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As reward for his best performance to date as a Kansas University basketball player, Jeff Graves was granted a live TV interview Friday afternoon at American Airlines Center. "I was nervous. My palms were sweating. My knees were shaking. I never did one of those before," said Graves, whose career-high 16 points and 12 rebounds made him stand out in KU's 89-74 Big 12 Conference tournament quarterfinal victory over Iowa State. "Everything flowed pretty well." Graves was referring to the interview, but the 6-foot-9, 255-pounder could have meant his 7-of-9 shooting performance that helped propel No. 4 KU (25-6) into today's 1 p.m. semifinal against (20-9) Missouri, a 60-58 winner Friday over Oklahoma State.

Nobody will be talking about the Big 12 Conference basketball tournament come 5 p.m. today, when the NCAA Tournament pairings are announced on CBS. You can bet that until then, Kansas University's 68-63 semifinal loss to rival Missouri Saturday at American Airlines Center will be discussed and even cussed by KU coach Roy Williams and his players. "We're very disappointed," Williams fumed after his Jayhawks squandered an 11-point second-half lead. "We're going to be disappointed. I'm going to be pissed off. If it bothers you with that language, I apologize. My wife doesn't like me saying that, but I could say a heck of a lot worse."