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Jayhawks bask in their senior moment
Departing players lauded in Allen finale
March 4, 2008
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Senior speeches
KU sends seniors, Red Raiders out with a bang
The KU men's basketball team may not have been able to script it's five seniors' last night in Allen Fieldhouse any better. Enlarge video
Fans will miss Jayhawk seniors
Monday night marked the final home game for five seniors on the Kansas men's basketball game. Enlarge video
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For the first time this season, Kansas junior Brandon Rush is the Big 12 Player of the Week. Enlarge video
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2007-08 KU-Texas Tech Hoops
- Bill Self spoke with the media, mostly about his seniors following festivities Monday in Allen Fieldhouse
- Darnell Jackson talks about how KU has bounced back from a rough February
- Jeremy Case talks about a night at KU he said he'll never forget
- Russell Robinson talks about how everything seemed to go right on Senior Night
On the street
Which Kansas University senior basketball player are you going to miss the most?
Probably Darnell, just because he’s so great and has overcome so many obstacles. He’s a very strong person. It’s going to be really sad. I’m probably going to cry a lot.
The thunder inside Allen Fieldhouse grew even more deafening Monday night as Jayhawk fans saluted their seniors.
Fans doted over the seniors - Darnell Jackson, Rodrick Stewart, Jeremy Case, Russell Robinson and Sasha Kaun - on Kansas University's Senior Night.
"They've all represented us well," said Marv Nuss, a '73 alumnus. "This is one of those special classes. We've had some like this before, but this is one of those special ones."
Everyone seemed to have kudos for the players.
Ryan Bigley, a senior from San Antonio, Texas, said Stewart stands out.
"He came to Kansas to play," Bigley said. "He could have played with his brother at (Southern California), but he transferred here. I dig that."
Shannon Ferguson, a Kansas native who drove from Watertown, S.D., to Lawrence for Monday night's game, said she's been impressed by Jackson's work ethic.
"He's actually an offensive contributor now, whereas last year it just seemed like he was a body in the center," she said.
KU freshman Zakary Martin said Robinson has shown good ball handling.
"He runs the floor well," he said.
Nuss, who holds a degree in engineering, said he's been impressed by Kaun's work as a computer science student.
"I've talked to the dean of engineering about Sasha's progress," he said, adding that Kaun has done well in school.
"He's doing it on the floor," Nuss said. "Knowing that he's doing it in the classroom is a special treat for me."
But as KU topped Texas Tech, 109-51, fans weren't spending too much time stuck in retrospection.
Jeffrey Hudson, a cousin of sophomore Sherron Collins, said he predicts big things.
"If they can take the Big 12 tournament, I can see them in San Antonio for the Final Four," he said.
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