12.03.09
KU’s Robinson : Fortunate No One’s Mentioned Chris Dudley
If Wednesday’s 67 point rout of Alcorn State in Men’s hoops wasn’t enough to distract the University Of Kansas community from Mark Mangino’s all-but-certain dismissal, perhaps the following item about freshman F Thomas Robinson, aka “Shaq-Rob”, will do the track. From the Lawrence World Journal’s Jesse Newell :
Robinson said assistant coach Danny Manning came up with moniker — a reference to NBA standout Shaquille O’Neal’s notoriously bad free-throw shooting — on KU’s bench. Teammates soon followed along.
“I’ve never shot that bad before. I don’t remember shooting that bad. But tonight was horrible: three for 11,” Robinson said of his free-throw effort in KU’s 98-31 victory over Alcorn State. “That won’t happen any more.”
ollowing his 3-for-11 performance Wednesday, Robinson is just 13-for-30 (43.3 percent) from the free-throw line this season.
“Coach (Self) said we’re going to get in the gym and work on that,” Robinson said. “That’ll be the last time ya’ll will see that.”
And also, Robinson hopes, it’s the last time he has to hear his nickname as Shaq-Rob.
He’ll knock down the free throws,” KU freshman Elijah Johnson said with a grin. “That name will disappear in a couple of days.”
