Editor's Note

Friday, October 26, 2007

Amidst a perfect season from the football team, one week ago we realized that we hadn’t planned ahead for one of the cornerstones of the fall semester at the Kansan: the basketball preview special section. This left us four days, with a Monday-night deadline, to scramble for content and put together this comprehensive preview of the 2007-2008 season of Kansas Basketball.

Well, here it is, an entire section about the basketball teams — if you even want to read it that is. For the first time, well, maybe ever, basketball season could dwell in football’s shadow until the Big 12 Conference comes calling in January and the Bowl season is recent history. When are there ever empty seats at Late Night in the Phog? In 2003, hundreds were denied entry, but this year you could have skipped the skits, walked in when the scrimmages started and still gotten a decent seat.

Despite this lack of interest, we’ve got columns, Q and A’s, predictions, Big 12 team previews, Jayhawks in the NBA, a basketball-band article and tips for camping out — in case you’ve been so caught up in KU football that you forgot the rules.

Is Kansas in danger of changing its face from a basketball school to a football school? Eh, probably not. Bill Self knows this isn’t a competition.

“Everybody asks me,” Self said, “I know they ask Mark (Mangino) this all the time, ‘you’re competing with basketball there’ or this or that. I loved his response: ‘I don’t think they’re on our schedule this year.’ ”

So even though there’s a scheduling conflict, I’m sure you can fit a little bit of basketball into your life, especially for a team expected to compete for a national championship. And even though a home date against Nebraska may be dancing in your head, once the first whistle blows to tip-off against Pittsburgh State, you’ll be reminded why basketball was the first love of Kansas Athletics.

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Men's Basketball: The season in review

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Robinett: Oklahoma City roadtrip notes

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Getting creative in the Fieldhouse

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Game days and Traditions Night anchor the school’s sport history.

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Robinett: Don’t blow off Baylor

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Robinett: Oranges still taste good in Allen ...

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Morning Brew: Football in the South

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Basketball student attendance drops over break

How student support at basketball games waned during winter break.

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Brew: Fans need to support football team

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Thibodeaux: Weekend full of Jayhawks sports action

The Jayhawks make a sporting appearance everday this weekend.

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Football schools improve basketball programs

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Fans celebrate first game of season

Freshmen and graduates alike ready to participate in basketball traditions.

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From the student section to the Big ...

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Students, teams react to fights

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Looking at both sides of the scalp

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Mangino molding a successful squad

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Q&A with womens' club soccer

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Beecher: the schedule can make or break ...

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Appalachian State raises more questions about ranking ...

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Shroyer: Your Border Showdown schedule

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Quarterback battle at Texas Tech

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No excuse for empty student section

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Kansas increases early season intensity

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Quarterback’s career defied expectations

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Kansas wins top student section honors

The student section wind the Naismith Student Section of the Year Award

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Rains: Goodbye is the hardest part

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Taking care of business

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Guest: Kansas basketball beyond definition

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Letter to the Editor

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Battle of the brothers

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Athletics department considers economy

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