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Wednesday, November 16,2011
Sports
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Sean Gorman, Sports Editor
seangorman@my.unt.edu
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Photo by Kalani Gordon/Contributing Photographer
Senior forward Alonzo Edwards rebounds a ball during a game against St. Gregory's Friday at the Super Pit.
Strict oi fseason regimen helps
Edwards recover from injury
Bobby Lewis
Senior Staff Writer
After struggling with tendon-
itis in his left knee most of last
season, senior forward Alonzo
Edwards thinks an offseason
program can keep him out of the
trainer's room this season.
Edwards was sidelined for just
three games, but his playing
time limited to eight minutes
per game off the bench in 30
games.
"It was a lot of pain," Edwards
said of the tendonitis - an inflam-
mation, irritation and swelling of
a tendon. "I mean, I never missed
a game before last year, but the
pain was just unbearable."
Edwards said he started
noticing pain while playing at
Nebraska. He spent two years
there before transferring to Lon
Morris College, and joined UNT
last season.
"I think it was more me not
taking care of my body than
it was anything trainers did
here or at Nebraska," Edwards
said. "I came here, and they'd
stress to me how important it
was to take care of myself, so
it wasn't anything different. It
was all on me."
This summer Edwards
worked to eliminate the
tendonitis with head coach
Johnny Jones, head strength
coach Chris Seroka and assis-
tant director of sports medicine
E.J. Hairston. Edwards worked
out twice as much as other UNT
players and received a stricter
diet.
"It was just extended work-
outs and doing more than
everybody else," Edwards said.
"Leg squats, working with ankle
weights -1 had to come in every
day. I had to stay after every-
body left, too. Every day."
Hairston said constant exer-
cise was a better option than
allowing Edwards to rest his
knee.
"I knew that he had to keep
working to make it better and
I knew that sitting him out
wasn't going to make it any
better because other places had
already tried that," Hairston
said. "After seeing him perform
this year as opposed to how he
performed last year, I'm defi-
nitely confident it worked."
Jones said the team had
initially expected Edwards
to have surgery after trans-
ferring to UNT, but it never
happened.
"The regimen he's been going
through has been helpful and
it's worked out," Jones said.
"His willingness to work has
allowed him to be as healthy as
he's been in a long time."
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a FOOTBALL
igers remain atop
college standings
NEW YORK (AP) — LSU was
a unanimous No. 1 in The
Associated Press college foot-
ball poll, marking the first time
since 2008 a team has received
all the first-place votes during
the regular season.
The Tigers (10-0), who have
been No. 1 since Sept. 25,
received all 60 first-place votes
from the media panel in the
rankings released Sunday
The last unanimous top-
ranked team in the regular
season was Texas on Oct. 26,
2008.
Oklahoma State (10-0) was
No. 2 for the second straight
week, but the rest of the top
five was scrambled a bit after
Boise State and Stanford lost
for the first time.
Alabama moved up to No.
3, Oregon jumped two spots
to No. 4 and Oklahoma moved
to No. 5.
The top five teams in the
BCS standings released later
Sunday, which use the Harris
poll and the coaches' poll,
were the same as the top five
in the AP poll
LSU had been sharing first-
place votes for the last month
and a half with Alabama,
Oklahoma and Boise State.
But as those teams each
took a loss, the Tigers picked
up support.
Boise State was the only
team other than LSU receiving
a first-place vote last week, but
after TCU upset the Broncos
36-35 at home on Saturday, the
Tigers made a clean sweep.
No. 8 Stanford, which lost
53-30 at home to Oregon, and
No. 10 Boise State each fell five
spots this week.
The rest of the top 10 had
Arkansas at No. 6, Clemson
at No. 7 and Virginia Tech at
No. 9.
The only other undefeated
major college team, Houston
from Conference USA, was
No. 11.
No. 21 Penn State fell nine
spots after it lost its first game
following the firing of coach
Joe Paterno, 17-14 at home to
No. 17 Nebraska.
Four teams dropped out
of the rankings after losses:
Cincinnati, Auburn, Texas and
Georgia Tech.
Cincinnati dropping out
leaves the Big East with no
ranked teams this week.
The teams entering the
rankings this week were No.
19 TCU, No. 23 Florida State,
No. 24 Notre Dame and No.
25 Baylor.
All had been previously
ranked earlier in the season.
Michigan State is No. 12,
followed by Georgia, South
Carolina and Wisconsin.
No. 16 Kansas State,
Nebraska, Southern California,
TCU and Michigan round out
the top 20.
Penn State and No. 22
Southern Miss are in the final
five, along with three of the
newcomers.
The Big Ten and SEC have
the most ranked teams with
five each.
In UNT's 92-83 statement victory against
Texas Tech last season, one Mean Green player
led the way with clutch shooting down the
stretch. The senior finished with a team-high
32 points and hit a 3-pointer with 2.1 seconds
left in regulation to force overtime. What is the
name and position of the former UNT star who
helped the Mean Green upset the Raiders?
Hint: The player had success against Big 12 opponents
throughout his career, scoring 25 points against Oklahoma
State and 28 points against Texas his freshman year.
Those who think they know the answer can tweet their
guess at the NTDailySports Twitter, @NTDailySports!
People who guess correctly will be mentioned in Thursday's
paper.
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