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By Mike Bresnahan

Dec. 18, 2002 12 AM PT

Saturday at Kansas (5-3), 2 p.m. PST, Ch. 2 -- The Jayhawks were No. 2 in the preseason but slipped as low as No. 20 after losses to North Carolina, Florida and Oregon. Kansas, now ranked No. 19, played better in recent victories over Tulsa, 89-80, and Emporia State, 113-61. Senior forward Nick Collison had 26 points against Tulsa and is averaging 19.3 points with 8.8 rebounds.

-- Mike Bresnahan

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Mike Bresnahan

Mike Bresnahan previously covered the Lakers for the Los Angeles Times. He started the beat in 2004, a month after Shaquille O’Neal was traded, and covered several seasons of mediocrity before the Lakers won back-to-back championships in 2009 and 2010. Now they’re back to mediocrity. Bresnahan is from Los Angeles, started with The Times after graduating the University of Wisconsin in 1994, and has also covered the L.A. Kings, pro beach volleyball and numerous colleges and high schools. He left The Times in 2016.

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