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| Men's Basketball
3/10/04 |
Their
time?
Seniors
look to regain title |
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SCOTT
R. GALVIN |
DAILY KENT STATER
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Matt
Goul
Daily
Kent Stater
All
five of them have experienced success in their
time at Kent State.
For
Bryan Bedford, John Edwards and Eric Haut — the three
who have played all four years in gold and blue — that
has been four 20-win seasons, four Mid-American Conference
East titles, two MAC Tournament Championships and
two NCAA Tournament appearances.
The
last two are bound together because in the MAC, winning
its tournament is seemingly the only way to advance
and dance in the field of 65.
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| Women's
Basketball 3/10/04 |
Connecting
the pieces
Women
have found a way to put their season-long puzzle
together |
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PHOTO
ILLUSTRATION Y JOHN BARINGHAUS |
DAILY KENT STATER
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Matt
Peters
Daily
Kent Stater
At
the beginning of the Kent State women’s basketball
season, the focus was on one unusual set of statistics.
The
talk was not about a returning 20-point scorer or
even a starting lineup averaging double figures.
It was quite the opposite.
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| Men's
Basketball 3/10/04 |
Humble
senior, high priorities
Bedford
just wants to win
Matt
Goul
Daily
Kent Stater
No
hype, just wins please.
That
is all Bryan Bedford is about on the basketball court.
The
6-foot-4 senior forward was jokingly called “the
backup center” by coach Jim Christian before the
season started. That just illustrated what Bedford
can do to help Kent State’s men’s basketball team
win games. Post him up or stick him on the perimeter.
He is to a basketball team what a utility man is
to a baseball team. He can play at just about any
position — except maybe point guard.
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| Women's
Basketball 3/10/04 |
Flashes’ Shibata
behind the scenes contributor |
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Kurt
Snyder
Daily
Kent Stater
Points,
rebounds, steals — words usually used to measure
a basketball player’s success.
Selfless,
smart, loyal — words used to measure Christi Shibata’s
success.
During
Shibata’s first two years on the Kent State women’s
basketball team, Shibata started all but one game,
was a demon defensively and a clutch shooter offensively,
making the second-most 3-pointers in team history
by a freshman in 2001.
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