#2 20-1 Vs 9-11 <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Kansas coach Bill Self hopes his team is able to make something positive out of a negative experience. The second-ranked Jayhawks look to rebound from their first loss of the season as they visit Colorado in a Big 12 matchup on Saturday. Kansas (20-1, 5-1) lost 84-75 at No. 22 Kansas State on Wednesday, its first defeat on its rival's homecourt since 1983. While the loss left No. 1 Memphis as the lone unbeaten Division I team, it put the Jayhawks in a position they have not been in all season. "We weren't going to run the table," said Self, whose team also had its 13-game conference winning streak snapped. "As much as I wish we could, that wasn't going to happen. So this could be a good thing for us in the long run. But certainly it stings." The Jayhawks have been known to get hot following a big loss. Last season, after Kansas lost at home to then-No. 10 Texas A&M on Feb. 3, it won 14 in a row before falling to UCLA in the regional finals of the NCAA tournament. Bouncing back shouldn't be too much trouble for Kansas as it tries for a 10th consecutive victory over Colorado (9-11, 1-5), which has lost 36 of its last 37 to the Jayhawks. Wednesday, Kansas didn't play that poorly, shooting 48.1 percent, but was outplayed by a determined Kansas State team with a raucous home crowd behind it. The Jayhawks committed 16 turnovers -- their most in league play -- and were outrebounded by four. Guards Mario Chalmers and Russell Robinson both fouled out, while leading scorer Darrell Arthur was in foul trouble most of the game to match a season low with 17 minutes played. Chalmers finished with 19 points, Arthur had 12 and Brandon Rush added 15 for Kansas, which allowed more than 78 points for the first time this season. "Saying that we were bad would take away from how well (Kansas State) performed," Self said. "I don't think we were good but I think they were a big reason why." Saturday, the Jayhawks look to avoid losing consecutive Big 12 road contests for the first time since losing three in a row from Feb. 14-Mar. 6, 2005. Robinson had 14 points and Arthur 11 in Kansas' 75-46 win at Colorado on Feb. 14 in the teams' most recent meeting. Rush is averaging 14.5 points and Chalmers 13.5 in four career games each versus the Buffaloes. Colorado will try to avoid a fifth consecutive loss after falling 57-41 at Iowa State on Tuesday. The Buffaloes, the Big 12's lowest-scoring team at 62.6 points per contest, were held to a season low while being outscored 42-19 in the second half. Senior guard Richard Roby had 13 points and five rebounds for Colorado. Roby leads the team with 16.5 points, 6.5 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game and is averaging 15.0 points in six career contests versus Kansas. Roby had 30 in Colorado's 97-74 loss at Kansas on Jan. 27, 2007.</div> http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/preview?gameId=280330038
72 59 <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>BOULDER, Colo. (AP) -- The second-ranked Kansas Jayhawks shook off the hangover from their first loss just in time to avoid a second straight shocker. Kansas overcame a slow start thanks to Darnell Jackson's 18 points and turned back Colorado's upset bid 72-59 Saturday, in the Jayhawks' first game since their perfect season was ended by Kansas State (No. 24 ESPN/USA Today, No. 22 AP). Brandon Rush added 15 points and Sasha Kaun 12 for the Jayhawks (21-1, 6-1 Big 12), who had a hard time shaking off the doldrums from their 84-75 setback at the hands of their in-state rival Wednesday night. "When we played against K-State, a lot of guys knew that we could have given it a little bit more but it just didn't work out that way. We just carried it over to the first half of the game," Jackson acknowledged. "And we can't be worrying about mistakes that we made in the last game and just try to fix things while we're playing now and just keep looking ahead." The Jayhawks' lead was just 51-48 with less than nine minutes remaining before their superior athleticism and deeper bench led the way to victory. They trailed most of the first half and went into the locker room tied at 30. "They played good the first half. We didn't play very good. We were fortunate it was a tie game," Kansas coach Bill Self said. "I thought we played very well in the second half." The Jayhawks held the Buffs (9-12, 1-6) scoreless for more than five minutes to start the second half and used an 8-0 run to take control. Jackson started it off with a turnaround jumper and two free throws, then Darrell Arthur added a jumper and Mario Chalmers capped the spurt with a steal and dunk that made it 38-30. For its part, Colorado missed its first six shots after halftime, including three at the rim. "We didn't covert on three great opportunities coming out. It got us down a little bit," said Richard Roby, who led the Buffs with 22 points. Although Colorado kept chipping away over the next 10 minutes, the Jayhawks never surrendered the lead, thanks in part to superb free throw shooting -- Kansas sank 21 of 25 foul shots to the Buffs' 6-of-10. The Buffs wouldn't go away, cutting the deficit to three points at 51-48 on Roby's fadeaway jumper, but the Jayhawks, now loosened up, started to show off their many advantages in height, depth and talent. Rush's dunk off a steal, Chalmers slam and another one by Sherron Collins made it 64-51. "We had three athletic plays in a row that I think gave us some confidence and got our guys going," Self said. The Buffaloes were coming off a loss at Iowa State in which they scored just 19 second-half points, their worst performance in a Big 12 game, and went the final 10 minutes without a basket. They had an easier time than Kansas of putting that loss behind them, jumping out to an early lead Saturday and maintaining the edge until Kaun's hook shot with 5:31 left in the half gave Kansas its first lead at 24-23. No player epitomized the difference in the halves better than Collins, who banged his right knee when he was stripped by Dwight Thorne midway through the first half for his fourth turnover in six minutes and went to the locker room. He returned after halftime and scored nine of his team's final 12 points. "We were careless with the ball, as evidenced by the 10 [first-half] turnovers," Self said. "You know, Sherron turns it over against no pressure four times in five minutes. I mean, we just weren't very good. ... I was surprised we had 30 points, to be honest with you." At halftime, Self told his players about Kansas State's 77-74 upset loss to short-handed Missouri on Saturday. "That may have put a little pep in their step," Self said. "In the back of their mind, they probably thought, 'You know something? We caught a break, now we've got to make the most of it.' "I told our guys I'm happy that Missouri won," Self said, "but we don't want to feel too good about those guys since they're probably our most-hated rivals," and they face each other Monday night. Guard Xavier Silas, the Buffs' third-leading scorer at 10.2 points, didn't play but coach Jeff Bzdelik wouldn't reveal why. The Jayhawks' only loss in their last 38 games against Colorado was a 60-59 stunner in Boulder on Jan. 22, 2003. "We played hard and we competed. We just came up short," Bzdelik said. "They are deep and confident and they wore us down."</div> http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=280330038
