导出博客文章KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Josh Jackson has been huddling with the Kansas coaching
staff since the start of the season, and the message has been the same: If you
quit fouling so much, you would say on the floor more.The sensational freshman
must have finally listened.Jackson poured in 22 points, many of them on
highlight-worthy dunks, while backcourt mates Frank Mason III and Devonte Graham
helped carry the load as fifth-ranked Kansas routed Alabama-Birmingham 83-63 on
Monday night in the semifinals of the CBE Classic.Me committing silly fouls take
me out of the game, and dont allow me to play as much as Id like, said Jackson,
who also had seven rebounds and three assists. It worked out today.Mason
finished with 20 points and Graham had 16 for the Jayhawks (3-1), who advanced
to play Georgia for the title on Tuesday night. The Bulldogs beat George
Washington 81-73 in the other semifinal.Kansas raced to a big early lead,
weathered several runs by UAB, then relied on their backcourt of Jackson, Mason
and Graham to pull away from the Blazers down the stretch.Theyre very good.
Theyre obviously one of the best teams in the country, UAB coach Robert Ehsan
said. When they shoot it like that, theyre very hard to beat.Dirk Williams led
the Blazers (2-2) with 13 points. Tyler Madison had 12.The Blazers got off to
what looked like it would be a catastrophic start, turning the ball over seven
times and missing their first 11 field-goal attempts. Their only points over the
first 10 minutes came on foul shots, and by the time they finally hit the
Jayhawks led 23-3.They started off really shooting it bad, and we defended
pretty well, Kansas coach Bill Self said, but I didnt think our defense was very
good the last 30 minutes. I thought it was average at best.The Blazers took
advantage with a run of their own.They ripped off a 17-2 run over the next 6
minutes as the Jayhawks missed seven straight shots of their own, and they
quieted a partisan crowd by getting within 27-20 late in the half.If that didnt
make Self irate, the way Kansas ended it did. Graham hit a 3-pointer with 5
seconds to go, but UAB went coast-to-coast for a buzzer-beating basket to
deflate the Jayhawks.We were exciting going into halftime, Ehsan said. I thought
if we could make a run in the second half, we would have a shot. But theyre
Kansas for a reason.The teams resumed trading runs early in the second half
before the Jayhawks began pulling, and four 3-pointers by Svi Mykhailiuk -- who
finished with 15 points -- helped put the game out of reach.We played really
well. I think everybodys mind was right, Graham said. We came in focused, just
trying to do the little things weve been watching on film that we hadnt been
doing well.Jackson added an exclamation mark with just over four minutes left,
taking a pass in the open floor and throwing down a windmill dunk while getting
fouled for a three-point play.Hes an extremely talented player. His versatility
is what Ive been surprised with, how many things he can do on the floor, Ehsan
said. Hes a tremendous player.CHARITY STRIPESelf was plenty unhappy with the
foul line at both ends of the floor. Kansas sent UAB there 26 times while going
just 9 of 19 at its own end. We have to figure out a way to get to the
free-throw line, he said, and when we do, itd be nice when we made some every
now and then. Were putting people on the line too much and giving people too
many free points.BIG PICTUREUAB showed some moxie in rallying from its big early
hole, even the Jayhawks never led by fewer than five the rest of the way. It had
to be encouraging for first-year coach Robert Ehsan, who is trying to get the
Blazers back into the NCAA Tournament this year.Kansas looked tired at times
from a brutal start to the season. The Jayhawks played Indiana in Hawaii, Duke
in New York and Siena at home on Friday night. The grind continues with the CBE
Classic title game before another home game against UNC-Asheville on Friday
night.UP NEXTUAB plays in the consolation game Tuesday night.Kansas plays the
Bulldogs for the tournament
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Montell Cozart and safety Mike Lee have gone through concussion protocol after
being pulled from the loss at West Virginia.Kansas coach David Beaty said both
have recovered well and will be evaluated.Once you get that activity going,
sometimes that tells you a little bit more about where theyre at, Beaty
said.Beaty never said explicitly the two indeed sustained concussions. After
Saturdays game, Beaty said Cozart had concussionlike symptoms. He didnt speak to
Lees situation until Tuesday.Cozart was hit after attempting to throw deep to
Steven Sims in the third quarter. Cozart was in the air after he released the
ball.He got lit up, Beaty said. It wasnt necessarily the hit, but his head hit
the ground. . You could see his head hit the ground pretty good.Redshirt
freshman quarterback Carter Stanley took over for Cozart on the ensuing drive
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