banyon
03-01-2006, 03:02 PM
Just thought I'd be fair and give :mizzou: fans some ammo.
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Rush says type of basketball hampered play
By Ryan Colaianni (Contact)
Tuesday, February 28, 2006
When Brandon Rush touched the ball against Texas on Saturday, he could tell something was different.
It was not the same type of ball that he was used to playing with. It was a Nike ball, and Rush said it was lighter.
Rush, freshman guard, struggled against Texas, scoring a career-low three points on just 1-of-8 shooting.
“I wasn’t aggressive. I was settling for jumpers and they weren’t falling. I was getting the shots I wanted, I was just having an off week I guess,” he said.
Rush also played with a Nike ball at Colorado and at Missouri and attributed his shooting struggles — 10-of-24 in those two games — to the type of basketball he was firing toward the basket.
In order to help solve this problem, Rush, Kansas’ leading scorer, practiced with a Nike basketball Sunday.
Rush, like his teammates, is looking to rebound from a 25-point loss to Texas with a solid performance Wednesday against Colorado.
“We’re at home. It will be a different atmosphere, a different ball,” he said. “We had a little time off yesterday to regroup and shoot around.”
rest of article (http://www.kansan.com/stories/2006/feb/28/mbb/)
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Rush says type of basketball hampered play
By Ryan Colaianni (Contact)
Tuesday, February 28, 2006
When Brandon Rush touched the ball against Texas on Saturday, he could tell something was different.
It was not the same type of ball that he was used to playing with. It was a Nike ball, and Rush said it was lighter.
Rush, freshman guard, struggled against Texas, scoring a career-low three points on just 1-of-8 shooting.
“I wasn’t aggressive. I was settling for jumpers and they weren’t falling. I was getting the shots I wanted, I was just having an off week I guess,” he said.
Rush also played with a Nike ball at Colorado and at Missouri and attributed his shooting struggles — 10-of-24 in those two games — to the type of basketball he was firing toward the basket.
In order to help solve this problem, Rush, Kansas’ leading scorer, practiced with a Nike basketball Sunday.
Rush, like his teammates, is looking to rebound from a 25-point loss to Texas with a solid performance Wednesday against Colorado.
“We’re at home. It will be a different atmosphere, a different ball,” he said. “We had a little time off yesterday to regroup and shoot around.”
rest of article (http://www.kansan.com/stories/2006/feb/28/mbb/)