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2B WICHITA EAGLE WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 30 2020 KC CHIEFS Sun. LA Chargers, noon TBA Playoffs, TBA OKC THUNDER Thur. New Orleans, 7 p.m. Sat. at Orlando, 6 p.m.

Mon. at Miami, 6:30 p.m. WICHITA THUNDER Thur. at Allen, 6:05 p.m. Fri.

Allen, 7:05 p.m. Sat. Allen, 7:05 p.m. KU BASKETBALL Sat. Texas, 11 a.m.

Tues. at TCU, 9 p.m. Jan. 9 Oklahoma, TBA KSU BASKETBALL Sat. TCU, 1 p.m.

Tues. at Texas Tech, 6 p.m. Jan. 9 Okla. State, 5 p.m.

WSU BASKETBALL Wed. Newman, 6 p.m. Sat. at Mississippi, 5 p.m. Jan.

6 at Houston, 7 p.m. WSU BASKETBALL Wed. at Houston, 7 p.m. Sat. Cincinnati, 2 p.m.

Jan. 6 at S. Florida, 6 p.m. SPORTS PLANNER TV radio COLLEGE FOOTBALL Mayo Bowl: Wake Forest vs. Wisconsin, at Charlotte, N.C., 11 a.m., ESPN Cotton Bowl: Florida vs.

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Jets 23, Cleveland 16 Pittsburgh 28, Indianapolis 24 Carolina 20, Washington 13 L.A. Chargers 19, Denver 16 Dallas 37, Philadelphia 17 Seattle 20, L.A. Rams 9 Green Bay 40, Tennessee 14 Games Buffalo 38, New England 9 PREGAME.COM LINE Home team in CAPS COLLEGE FOOTBALL Wednesday Wisc (52) Wake Forest Okla 3 (70) Florida Thursday Va 7 Army Tulsa (47) Miss State Jose St. (64) Ball St. TCU Arkansas NFL Sunday Favorite Points Underdog Wash PHILA.

INDY 14 (50) Jville Green Bay CHICAGO Dallas (45) GIANTS CLEVE 7 Pittsburgh Tennessee (56) HOUSTON New Orl (48) CAROLINA NEW ENG (43) Jets Minnesota DETROIT BAY Atlanta Baltimore CINN BUFFALO Miami Chargers (44) KC Seattle San Fran Las Vegas (51) DENVER RAMS OFF (OFF) Arizona COLLEGE BASKETBALL NABC DIVISION II COACHES TOP 25 POLL Note: First-place votes in parentheses. Rank, team Rec. Pts. Pvs. 1.

NW Missouri (16) 3-0 400 1 2. Lincoln Memorial 5-0 384 2 3. West Texas 1-0 366 3 4. Colorado Mines 6-0 346 5 5. Washburn 6-0 295 10 6.

West Liberty 0-0 271 4 7. Truman State 5-0 262 12 8. Northern State 0-0 240 6 9. St. Edwards 2-0 239 11 10.

Findlay 4-0 236 15 11. Valdosta State 1-0 233 9 12. St. Thomas Aquinas 0-0 230 7 13. Azusa Pacific 0-0 224 8 14.

Colorado Mesa 6-0 190 17 15. Augusta 2-0 167 16 16. Augustana 0-0 159 13 17. Mercyhurst 3-0 158 21 18. Point Loma 0-0 130 14 19.

Queens (N.C.) 2-2 96 20 20. 2-1 90 22 21. Fairmont State 0-0 75 18 22. Missouri Western 5-1 67 19 23. Hillsdale 3-0 62 24.

Tusculum 3-0 53 25. Dallas Baptist 2-0 42 Others receiving votes: Charleston (W.Va.) 33, Sioux Falls (S.D.) 27, Lubbock Christian (Texas) 20, Seattle Pacific (Wash.) 18, Flagler (Fla.) 16, UNC Pembroke 15, Southwest Baptist (Mo.) 10, Lindenwood (Mo.) 9, Daemen (N.Y.) 8, Missouri-St. Louis 8, Southern Indiana 7, Southern Nazarene (Okla.) 4, Texas 4, UT-Permian Basin (Texas) 2, Wingate (N.C.) 2, Minnesota State 1, Union (Tenn.) 1. AAC MEN results South Florida at Memphis, late Houston at Tulsa, late games Newman at Wichita State, 6 p.m. Southern Methodist at Temple, 1 p.m.

Tulane at Central Florida, 6 p.m. BIG 12 MEN results West Virginia 73, Northeastern 51 Omaha at Kansas State, late Central Arkansas at Baylor, late Incarnate Word at Texas Tech, late Texas Christi at Texas, ccd. game Prairie View at TCU, 7 p.m. KCAC MEN result Bethany at Waldorf, late game Bethany at Bellevue, 1 p.m. MIAA MEN Tuesday No games scheduled games Newman at Wichita State, 6 p.m.

(exhibition for Newman) Rockhurst at Missouri Western, 6 p.m. Central Oklahoma at Emporia State, ppd. AAC WOMEN Tuesday No game scheduled games Wichita State at Houston, 7 p.m. Cincinnati at Southern Methodist, 1 p.m. South Florida at Tulsa, 6 p.m.

Temple at Tulane, 6 p.m. Memphis at Central Florida, ppd. BIG 12 WOMEN results Kansas 78, New Mexico State 59 Texas Tech 100, Incarnate Word 47 Lamar at Texas, late Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Oklahoma, late games West Virginia at Kansas, 5 p.m. Kansas State at Oklahoma, 7 p.m. Baylor at Texas Christian, 1 p.m.

Texas Tech at Oklahoma State, 6:30 p.m. KANSAS 78 NEW MEXICO STATE 59 New Mexico State (2-5): Terrell 2-5 0-0 4, Atkinson 0-1 0-0 0, Echols 1-11 1-2 3, Inoussa 2-8 1-2 6, Prince 11-16 0-0 22, Harper 1-1 1-2 3, Sule 0-1 0-0 0, Colaivalu 0-3 0-0 0, Grays 1-6 0-0 2, Soderqvist 3-9 0-0 8, Bradley 2-7 1-3 5, Donaldson 1-2 0-0 2, Kaiser 2-3 0-0 4, Team 0-0 0-0 0, Totals 26-73 4-9 59. Kansas (5-2): Chatzileonti 3-9 5-5 11, Stephens 2-2 4-4 9, Kersgieter 4-14 5-5 14, Mitchell 0-1 0-0 0, Thomas 4-5 3-4 13, Prater 2-4 1-2 6, Helgren 1-1 1-2 3, Merriweather 0-0 0-0 0, Brosseau 4-13 2-2 10, Franklin 4-5 2-3 10, Jessen 1-1 0-0 2, Team 0-0 0-0 0, Totals 25-55 23-27 78. Half: Kansas 38-27. Three-Point Goals- New Mexico State 3-16 (Echols 0-1, Inoussa 1-4, Grays 0-1, Soderqvist 2-8, Bradley 0-1, Donaldson 0-1), Kansas 5-16 (Chatzileonti 0-1, Stephens 1-1, Kersgieter 1-5, Thomas 2-3, Prater 1-2, Brosseau 0-4).

Assists: New Mexico State 12 (Echols 3), Kansas 13 (Stephens 3). Fouled Out: Kansas, Helgren. Rebounds: New Mexico State 34 (Terrell 3-8), Kansas 47 (Jessen 3-4). Total Fouls: New Mexico State 20, Kansas 17. Technical Fouls: New Mexico State Echols 1.

Att: 348. KCAC WOMEN Tuesday No games scheduled games Bethel at North Texas-Dallas, 1 p.m. Tabor at Pittsburg State, 6 p.m. MIAA WOMEN Tuesday No games schedule game Tabor at Pittsburg State, 6 p.m. HOCKEY ECHL result Jacksonville at Orlando, late games Florida at Orlando, 6:30 p.m.

Orlando at Florida, 6:30 p.m. result Jacksonville 5, Florida 3 LOCAL SCOREBOARD Kansas football has a new offensive line coach and one who has plenty of experience working with current staff members. KU coach Les Miles announced Tuesday that Lee Grimes previously offensive line coach had been hired in that role with the Jay- hawks. is a relationship builder, and is the type of leader we want in our Miles said in a release. am eager to get to work with Miles knows Grimes from his time as a player, as Miles originally recruit- ed Grimes to Oklahoma State before he eventually chose Texas The KU ties stop there.

Grimes previously was offensive line coach for KU recruiting coor- ends coach Josh Eargle when Eargle was head coach at East Texas Baptist, and Grimes also played at Texas with current KU safeties coach Jordan Peterson. After a one-year stint in the NFL as an offensive lineman in 2010, Grimes has been a coach the last 10 seasons. He was with Charlotte one year in 2020, and before that was an offensive analyst and graduate assistant at Tex- as from 2017-19. Grimes replaces Luke Meadows, who was fired by Miles on Nov. 20.

Analyst John Morookian was promoted to interim O-line coach for final two games in 2020. With an- nouncement, KU football has all its full-time assist- ant coaching positions filled for 2021. Jesse Newell: 816-234-4759, KANSAS FOOTBALL Jayhawks hire Grimes as offensive line coach BY JESSE NEWELL TAMMY LJUNGBLAD Kansas head coach Les Miles has known new Jayhawks assistant Lee Grimes since playing days. Okon, who has spend the last decade-plus iron- ing out the details of schedule, said reaching agreements with major-conference teams to play the Shockers is challenging enough in a normal offseason. Trying to string together an agreement on the fly in the manner of hours is nearly impossible.

options for add- ing a potential resume- boosting opponent were severely limited because only a handful of major- conference teams in the region were available to play a mid-week game this week. And more impor- tantly, adding a game on short notice against WSU had to make sense for the opponent. is not only about finding an open date, but coaches also look at what they stand to gain from playing Team and Okon said. have to think about where at in your schedule and how it fits with your current team, especially this close with just a few days out. The timing of it all is crucial.

why the chances of playing (a major-conference team) is very limited to what you can Another consideration for WSU bringing in a lower-level Division I team was paying a guaran- tee fee that is typical for those games. In the age of the coronavirus pandemic, programs like WSU generating the same amount of revenue be- cause of the missing ticket sales and in-arena pur- chases by fans at Koch Arena this season. That means teams are looking to save money everywhere, including how much money they offer for For example, Oral Roberts was originally scheduled to receive an $85,000 guarantee to play at Koch Arena this season. But in the restructured deal post- pandemic, ORU received less than half of that. been common across college basketball, Okon said.

give out as much money because of no Okon explained. games that cost $25,000 to $80,000 last year are going for $15,000 to $40,000 this For Newman, it was much more simple. The Jets have a game until Saturday, so they were available and be- cause they had yet to play an exhibition game (Wednesday will count as an exhibition for New- man) they were also eligi- ble in that regard. The only adjustment for Newman was its CO- VID-19 testing frequency. In Division II, teams are only required to test once a week and that is typical- ly on Monday.

But per the AAC protocol, WSU oppo- nents must test three times before games. Since Newman already tested on Monday, it will be able to test again on Tuesday and Wednesday before the game to satisfy those requirements. think in the Covid world, adjusting on the fly is what all had to Newman athletic director Joanna Pryor said. us, a great oppor- tunity to play in our own town against a Division I school, so a lot of excitement behind that for While WSU could have pursued a chance for a marquee non-conference opponent, it would have also opened up the Shock- ers to a much higher risk of losing. With back-to-back road trips coming up with Ole Miss (5-1) on Saturday and No.

5 Houston (7-0) next Wednesday, WSU saw more value in shaking off its rust from Christmas break and sharpening its execution in a relatively low-risk game against Newman. go into every game telling our players, spect your Brown said. your opponent because any- body can beat you on any given night. approaching it like any other game. going to play our starters and if an opportunity to get other guys in the game, I will.

But the bottom line is that we need to play well in order to prepare for Ole Miss. I think the Emporia State game helped us a lot giving us confidence run- ning our system and being able to make open shots and then we went down to South Florida and played well. got to do the same thing against New- FROM PAGE 1B WSU Newman at Wichita State Records: Newman 2-4, WSU 4-2 When: 6 p.m. Where: Koch Arena capacity) Streaming: Radio: KEYN, 103.7-FM PROJECTED STARTERS Wichita State Pos. Ht.

Yr Pts. Reb. Ast. Alterique Gilbert 6-0 Sr. 12.3 3.7 3.7 Tyson Etienne 6-2 So.

17.0 2.8 2.5 Dexter Dennis 6-5 Jr. 5.7 3.5 0.7 Trey Wade 6-6 Sr. 5.3 5.0 1.3 Morris Udeze 6-8 Jr. 8.0 2.7 0.3 Newman Pos. Ht.

Yr Pts. Reb. Ast. Branden Bunn 6-2 Jr. 14.3 3.3 2.2 Ian Lee 6-1 So.

5.5 1.3 1.7 Joel Boyce 6-4 Jr. 12.8 7.2 1.5 David Javorsky 6-7 Jr. 6.0 4.8 1.3 DeAndre Johnson 6-7 Jr. 4.7 6.2 0.7.