McGruder And Increase In K-State Top No. 7 Texas 75-70

Texas, the team that two weeks ago looked unstoppable in the Big 12, it is the incorrect receipt.

Rodney McGruder made 22 points, Jacob Pullen scored 20 and Kansas State muscled past No. 7 Texas 75-70 on Monday night, the fifth straight victory the Wildcats' first road and the Top Ten since 1994.

Pullen example the hard physical nature of the game, scoring 16 points in the second half despite falling hard on his right wrist as Kansas State (21-9, 9-6 Big 12) sent the Longhorns to their loss right, second and third in four games.

"Everyone wrote off. Launch the season down the drain," said Pullen Wildcats' 1 -4 start in the conference. "People say we're a good team again, but we can not let things as they come in our room and we can not relax our vigilance. Our morale is in heaven. "

Texas is headed in the opposite direction.

11-0 to begin conference play Longhorns were among the contenders for the No 1 seed in the NCAA tournament. Now they are trying to put together and not worry about what they may drop.

"We're better than what we play and that's the concern," Texas coach Rick Barnes. "You have to stay disciplined with what you do. The Kansas State did exactly what I thought it would be and I was trying to get us out of our offense."

Texas (24-6, 3.12) has met its match against the Wildcats defense, which held the Longhorns shot 34 percent. Freshman Tristan Thompson scored 26 points for the Longhorns, but his teammates shot just 14 of 54 on the ground. Kansas State shot 50 percent two days after Texas gave an advance of 22 points and let Colorado get a 53 percent loss of the road.

Curtis Kelly scored 15 points for Kansas State, did much of his damage in the first half, when he had trouble scoring Pullen. McGruder was 4 to 6 in 3 points.

Thompson was the only Longhorn who could match the physical play Kansas State. He grabbed 10 rebounds and dunks are several, but got little help on the offensive. Jordan Hamilton scored 14 points on 5-of-18 shots and was a non-factor for most games. J'Covan Brown scored 11 points but did not make a field goal until hitting two long 3-pointers in the last minute.

"We were so well but we just missed our shots," said Texas guard Cory Joseph.

Texas, which was used to blow teams at home, knew it was a struggle, when Kansas State Jamar Samuels, who is 6-foot-7, trimmed Texas guard Jai Lucas 5-10 in a near collision course starts in midcourt.

But Thompson was the only one who really answered the first three dunks and difficult to bounce back. He scored 12 of Texas's first 20 points and Kansas State Best Counter Punch inside scoring Kelly and 7-footer Jordan Henriquez-Roberts.

Thompson immersed in the first quarter to put Texas up 29-24. At the time of his six field goals were more than the rest of his team. Thompson is a blow for Kelly to make Texas the first of five 3-pointers McGruder Kansas State pulled within 33-31 at halftime.

Kelly scored two consecutive baskets over Thompson starts another, then blocked Hamilton Kansas State quickly took command. Hamilton is also the edge off the 3-pointer, his tenth missed 11 shots.

"I try to be aggressive," said Kelly. "They are big and aggressive and try to attack and return to them."

Pullen then made three consecutive baskets to put Kansas ahead 50-42 with 12:06 to play.
Kansas State has maintained the lead for the next 5 minutes, but began to accumulate critical kick. Henriquez-Samuels and Roberts both took their fourth, sending a lot of inner strength for the Wildcats to the bench.

The Wildcats went just outside the points. McGruder Hamilton slipped away with his fourth 3-pointer and 60-51 lead.

Kansas State appeared to have wrapped the game when McGruder passing on a fast break 47 seconds. Brown two long 3-pointers from the right wing gave a little life in Texas before Pullen and the Wildcats put the game out of reach of the free throw line.

"Some of the specifications are confusing to be honest with you," said Barnes. "I can not tell you why, because we have shown that we can be really good defensive and offensive."

Georgia Restores RB Washaun Ealey

Athens, Georgia (AP)-Georgia running back Washaun Ealey was reinstated to the team, less than three weeks after being suspended for disciplinary reasons.

Coach Mark Richt said Ealey, who led the team last season with 811 yards rushing and 11 touchdowns, will join the team activities Monday.

"In recent weeks, Washaun have done things that we expect to do what we expect all players to do," Richt said in a statement Saturday. "He did things the Georgia way."

Ealey was suspended on February 8, fueling speculation that he was about to move. Richt does not give cause for particular punishment, but left the door open for a return to Ealey. ESPN.com reported that does not appear in a specification.

"We have certain expectations and rules that apply to all student-athletes," Richt said at the time. "We expect them to do things the right way, the way in Georgia. Washaun If you do things, like Georgia, will be back in good standing."

It was not the first time in kennels Ealey was the coach. The second year was suspended for the opening of the 2010 season after his arrest for driving with a suspended license and leaving the scene of an accident.

Although he missed the match, he was the top rusher on a team that finished 6-7 in the season losing Richt first time in 10 years at Georgia.

Georgia traffic jam of other senior, Caleb King has lost the Liberty Bowl, with academics and was suspended for two games last season for failing to appear in court to face a speeding ticket.

Ealey and the King will receive the competition this season of the signatories to the top of Georgia last week, Isaiah Crowell of Carver High in Columbus, Georgia

Richt said he expects Crowell contribute heavily as a rookie, starting the first game against Boise State in the Georgia Dome.

"I would not be shocked to see running the rock in the Dome against Boise State in the opening game if he does what he must do," Richt said.

Quenneville Returns Blackhawks 3-0 Predators

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP)-Joel Quenneville spoke softly with his hoarse voice to his return behind the bench of the Chicago Blackhawks. The coach feels good, is just the price of losing a few games and come back for a game in a building Soldout.

"You can say I was far away. I can not talk now," Quenneville said.

Tomas Kopecky  and Marian Hossa  scored, and goaltender Corey Crawford stopped 31 shots and the Chicago Blackhawks defeated the Nashville Predators 3-0 on Thursday night for their first game the coach's back. Quenneville lost four games due to a bleeding ulcer.

Not that the Blackhawks missed much of a step without him. They won three without him, and now the defending champions have won three straight and four of five.

"It is entirely up to us what we do with it," Blackhawks defenseman Duncan Keith  said. "Tonight I thought was a great team effort. That's what it will take. "

No wonder, Quenneville said it was exciting to be back as a big game.

"I felt good the whole match. I saw behind me will be the second for the third voice, suddenly it seems that the first day of training camp or the first game of the regular season resumes. It 'was used for some time. You take up a few decibels. We realized back, "he said.

I only want the Predators offense back. They outshot Chicago 31-25, but were excluded from the second straight defeat and lost three straight and four of five.

"We had some chances but we could not find them," coach Barry Trotz said Nashville. "There were some loose pucks each period, we could not get a handle on."

Crawford scored his third shutout of the season. Patrick Sharp had an empty-netter with 31 seconds left and added an assist. The Blackhawks won their season series with the team that ousted in the first round of the playoffs last April, 3-1-2.

With this game, Nashville and Chicago are among the six teams with 70 points together and fighting for position in the Western Conference.

"I do not think we ever in a place where we should feel good," Quenneville said. "You look at the posts, and next opponent is right in the wheelhouse. Six teams on 70 points is pretty amazing."

Nashville is not content with having lost his lead on the pack.

"No more excuses," said the captain of Nashville Shea Weber. "There is no reason why we make mistakes. If we do, we must do for themselves and for their increase."

Predators opened urgently after giving four goals in the third period of a 4-0 loss to Columbus on Tuesday night. They took the first five shots of the match and spent much of the first half against Crawford.

Kopecky came as an extra attacker during a delayed penalty, and Sharp to him as Kopecky reached the right circle where he snapped a shot past goalie Pekka Rinne at 17:12 for a 1-0 lead and his 11th goal this season.

Chicago was nearly a second goal 1:25 into the second when Ryan Johnson crashed on the slopes with the potential to slide the disc over the goal line, but a careful examination of each goal. The track was another great save, blocking a shot in front of Keith's mid-season.

Predators stop with Crawford, Hossa helped seal the victory early in the third with 14 this season. He lifted a pass, gathered the puck and scored on a breakaway with a wrist under the right arm of Rinne at 2:35.

"Clearly, the breakaway by Hossa was hard to swallow," said Trotz.

Predators thought they had scored 5:59 remaining, but officials immediately sign off the door. David Legwand touched Crawford, knocking him off balance before Colin Wilson to tap the puck in Crawford was also a nice pad save Wilson about 1:20 remaining.

The Impasse in the Standings Riviera

Ten years after Robert Allenby won an extension of six men at Riviera, he was part of a nine-way tie to his head Thursday at the Northern Trust Open.

Allenby kept simple, with a glorious day in Sunset Boulevard, with a 4-under 67 that turned out to result in sufficient proportion of the former Ryder Cup captain Corey Pavin faltered late.

It 'was the highest score in a round door to the Riviera for 15 years.

Also on top of the league when the game was suspended darkness was John Senden, Martin Laird, Spencer Levin, Aaron Baddeley, Ben Martin, Bill Haas, Carl Pettersson and JB Holmes.

Peter Tomasulo could join them if he made a 12-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole, when he resumed his round Friday morning. As it is, PGA Tour said nine players tied for the lead were later after one round since the beginning of record keeping in 1970.

Kentucky Wildcats, NCAAB Buckeyes Of Ohio And Other Teams In Action

College basketball is under way in the final straight of the season that we're almost at the short month of February. Conference playoffs and basketball tournament March Madness is just around the corner and the next weekend there are more important games.

At noon ET, Saturday 5 UConn Huskies will be 23 ranked Louisville Cardinals.

At the same time, the Georgetown Hoyas Villanova Wildcats # 21 compared to # 8.

At 13:00 ET the sixteenth row of Minnesota Golden Golphers cons # 12 team, the Purdue Boilermakers.

Texas A & M Aggies (# 13) and Nebraska corn leaves (not ranked) will meet at 02:00 am ET while Syracuse Orange (# 9) against Marquette at 15:00 EST.

Kentucky Wildcats is to serve 16:00 ET in front of the Georgia Bulldogs. Brigham Young Cougars at the same time is to meet again in New Mexico, Wisconsin and Penn State meet.

the top-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes facing northwest Arkansas, at 06:00 ET while trying to take down Vanderbilt in Nashville at the same time.

Kansas State will face the Kansas Jayhawks instead of 6 to 19:00 and the second, while Rutgers Pittsburgh Panthers at 8:00 pm ET.

One of the better late in games to feature the Tigers of Missouri (# 11), when faced seven ranked Texas Longhorns

The last 25 best teams to take the court on Saturday will be San Diego State, as they seek to recover from his loss to Brigham Young University with a victory over Wyoming in a game that starts at 10:00 pm ET.

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