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UNDERDOG SALUKIS SIZE UP JAYHAWKS IT'S SOUTHERN ILLINOIS' GRIT VS. KANSAS' SKILL.(Sports)

Byline: JAKE CURTIS San Francisco Chronicle

With all the lovable underdogs gone from the NCAA Tournament, we are forced to create some, and Southern Illinois still can qualify as a David against the Goliath of Kansas.

Kansas uses its seemingly endless supply of skilled athletes to score often and in every way imaginable. It has 10 players who were ranked among the top 65 players in the country as high school seniors by scout.com, and five were in the top 20.

That does not include the four top-50 players who would be at Kansas now if they had not transferred.

Southern Illinois coach Chris Lowery calls them "guys who are going to shake commissioner Stern's ...

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