Officially, C.J. Giles was credited with one blocked shot in Kansas University's 82-51 exhibition basketball victory over the University of British Columbia on Saturday at War Memorial Gym. Like Al Gore in the last presidential election, KU's freshman center would be wise to ask for a recount. "He had two to three more than that," KU coach Bill Self said of the Jayhawks' pencil-thin human eraser, who deflected more shots than a Team Canada World Cup goalie Saturday. Senior Wayne Simien scored 24 points and grabbed 13 rebounds.

Alex Galindo rocked back and forth, swaying to the music of a local freelance rap artist at halftime of Sunday's Kansas University-Langara College exhibition basketball game at War Memorial Gym. "I was just having some fun. We're a fun team," Galindo, KU's freshman guard from Puerto Rico, said after collecting 16 points and 10 rebounds in the Jayhawks' 101-46 laugher over the outmanned Falcons. "We were all listening to it and joking around," he added of his freshman buddies who had a jolly-good time jamming to the tunes and ramming the two-year college.

Sunday definitely was not a day of rest for Kansas University's men's basketball team. Laboring on Labor Day eve, the Jayhawks pounded University College of Fraser Valley, 106-71, at Mennonite Educational Institute's high school gym -- a mere eight hours after lashing Langara, 101-46, 40 miles down the road in Vancouver. "I thought we played well today," KU coach Bill Self said. "Keith and J.R. keyed it tonight. Keith's been laboring with his knee bothering him. He's working through it. His body won't do what his brain tells him to do, but he'll be fine."

A trip to Canada reaffirmed what college basketball fans already knew about Kansas University's Wayne Simien -- he's one of the top players in the United States -- make that all of North America. "Wayne shot unbelievable this trip," KU coach Bill Self said Monday after watching Simien score 25 points off 12-of-15 shooting in the Jayhawks' 98-76 exhibition victory over Simon Fraser's Burnaby Mountain All-Stars. "He showed his range. He looks like he is in midseason form right now. He probably is the only one on our team that does look that way," Self added.

Keith Langford looks like, and more importantly feels like, the Langford of old -- the slashing, sweet-shooting lefty whose game was derailed when he suffered a knee injury in February. "I almost feel as good as my sophomore year," Langford said after scoring 15 points off 7-of-10 shooting, including a vicious dunk and a three-pointer, in Kansas University's 115-70 exhibition basketball blowout of Emporia State on Sunday night at Allen Fieldhouse. I'm excited. The last week and a half I had some good practices. I really let go mentally and let my body take over," added Langford, one of five Jayhawks to score in double figures.

Now Kansas University's basketball players know how Purdue felt Monday night. Just like the unranked Boilermakers, the No. 1-ranked Jayhawks of NCAA Division One struggled to a nine-point exhibition victory -- 79-70 -- over the Division Two Ichabods on Sunday night at Allen Fieldhouse. "I think that team could beat a lot of folks," KU coach Bill Self said after watching his team make one fewer basket and one fewer three-pointer than the 'Bods, but cash 12 more free throws. "For the most part, it was a pretty stale performance tonight," he said of his Jayhawks, who made 24 of 59 shots for 40.7 percent and five of 16 threes. "Hopefully this will be a motivating factor and wake-up call for everybody."