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6B THURSDAY MARCH 21 2019 Sports KANSASCITY.COM into place. That is, the 13th seed is 28-108 against the No 4 since 1985. Not as good as the 12th seed, which is 47-89 against the No. 5, but better than the No. 14 seed, which owns a 21-115 record against the No. 3. The No. 13 seed has provided a flair for the dramatic, however. Kan- There has been nothing unlucky about the number 13 when it comes to NCAA Tournament seeding. Check out any list of tournament upsets, and featured prominently are games that emerged from the 13 verses 4 pairing. Remember Princeton’s backdoor basket to beat UCLA in 1996, or Bryce Drew’s buzzer beater that gave Valparaiso a victory over Mississippi two years later? Vermont over Syracuse in 2005, Morehead State over Louisville in 2011…all No. 13 seeds. The 13-16 seeds were added when the bracket expanded to 64 teams in 1985, and historically the 13th seed’s success in the opener against a fourth seeded team has fallen sas State and Kansas are taking note, along with Virginia Tech and Florida State. That’s the fourth line of this year’s bracket. The matchups: Kansas State vs. UC Irvine, Kansas vs. North- eastern, Virginia Tech vs. Saint Louis and Florida State vs. Vermont. A common thread: The four seeds play in power conferences, the Big 12 and ACC. The opponents, with the exception of Saint Louis of the Atlantic-10, are champions or tourna- ment champs of mid to low major conferences. The basic formula for an upset begins with this class structure and takes on a David verses Goliath tone. Fourth seeded teams are typically schools from pow- er conferences. The 13th seeds often are mid-to-low majors. Those programs don’t have the overall ta- lent or depth of the better seed, not to mention athlet- ic budget. But they know how to win. Last season produced two such outcomes. Mar- shall defeated Wichita State and Buffalo downed Arizona. After the victory, Bulls coach Nate Oats said he believed his team was just as good as Arizona enter- ing the game but teams like Buffalo rarely get a chance to prove that dur- ing the season. “We were going to get a high major on a neutral floor,” Oats said. “This is what we’ve been waiting for.” Last year, Oats believed his team was mis-seeded, that Buffalo deserved better than a No. 13. The Mid-American Conference champions got one this year. They’re the sixth seed in the West Region, and in something of a role reversal, will take on the winner of Wednesday’s First Four game between Arizona State and St. John’s. The power confer- ence teams are No. 11 seeds. Kansas and Kansas State each own a fourth- seed loss in their tourna- ment history. In 2006, the Jayhawks fell to Bradley. In 2013, Kansas State was topped by La Salle. Oklahoma’s three open- ing game losses are the most by a fourth seed. Arizona, Vanderbilt, Indi- ana and UCLA each have lost twice as a No. 4 seed in the opener. The pairing produced an upset from the outset, when LSU fell to Navy and David Robinson in 1985. Among other winners over the years: Missouri State, Manhattan, UNC Wilmington, Siena, San Diego and Hawaii. South- ern University’s victory over Georgia Tech in 1993 was the crowing achieve- ment in the career coach- ing legend Ben Jobe. Upsets occur annually and throughout the brack- et. But victories by the No. 13 seeds have provided the tournament with some of its most memorable mo- ments, usually at the ex- pense of a power confer- ence team. NCAA TOURNAMENT Beware of tourney’s upset- minded No. 13 seeds BY BLAIR KERKHOFF [email protected] ....................................................... 1985-2018 Seed vs. Seed A #1 vs. #16 135-1 .993 A #2 vs. #15 128-8 .941 A #3 vs. #14 115-21 .846 A #4 vs. #13 108-28 .794 A #5 vs. #12 89-47 .654 A #6 vs. #11 85-51 .625 A #7 vs. #10 84-52 .618 A #8 vs. #9 68-68 .500 ....................................................... HAYNE PALMOUR IV TNS Marshall’s Rondale Watson celebrated after dunking on the way to a win over Wichita State in the 2018 tourney. Perez remains under con- tract through 2021. Perez claimed surgeon Neal ElAttrache told him that he should be able to start throwing from short distances, 30 to 45 feet, in four or five months. For now, he’s outfitted with a brace that goes from the middle of his bicep to middle forearm, and he’s slowly working to extend his range of motion. From the day the team announced he’d have sea- son-ending surgery, team- mates such as Alex Gordon and back-up catcher Cam Gallagher expected that Perez would be a regular presence around the club- house while he went through rehab. Perez said he’d hoped to be around the team reg- ularly, but he had not spo- ken with general manager Dayton Moore about whether he will travel with the club during the season. Searching for a positive spin earlier this month, prior to Perez’s surgery, Moore said he’d be happy for Perez to use the year as a chance for growth and time with family. “I’m really excited be- cause he gets a chance to really spend great time with his wife and great time with his kids, and maybe step out of it a little bit and just get even a different perspective on life,” Moore said. “He’s been playing baseball his entire life, all year round. Now, he’s going to get an opportunity to re-evaluate, assess some things. I think it could be a tremendous positive as well, personally. “Baseball-wise, it’s not what we want. But you’ve got to look at it in a posi- tive way.” Wednesday, Perez was still not willing to go that far just yet. In his mind, the desire to play still overwhelmed any poten- tial positives of time off. “A lot of people tell me that,” Perez said about the injury possibly being a positive. Perez, who man- ages his life around pre- paring to play a full sea- son, hadn’t quite gained that perspective just yet. Perez, who was in a fairly jovial mood and joking with reporters, praised the defensive ability of his replacement Maldonado. The two vet- erans knew each other before Maldonado signed with the club, but Perez expects they’ll become much closer this season. “I think calling the game, he’s good. Throw- ing, you guys have seen his arm,” Perez said. “I think yesterday he threw somebody out at second base. I think he’s going to do a pretty good job. And the good thing is we’ve got (Billy) Hamilton and Whit (Merrifield) and (Adalber- to) Mondesi, those guys. So he don’t have to worry about these guys (laugh- ing).” Perez threw out 24 base-stealers in 51 chances last season on his way to his fifth Gold Glove in six seasons. That put him in an exclusive group of catchers with at least five Gold Gloves. He joined Ivan Rodríguez (13), John- ny Bench (10), Yadier Molina (9), Bob Boone (7), Jim Sundberg (6) and Bill Freehan (5). Maldonado’s AL Gold Glove win in 2017 broke up Perez’s streak of con- secutive awards. As far as any good-spirited back- and-forth about Maldona- do breaking up his streak, Perez laughed as he said, “We didn’t talk about, not yet but it’s going to come. He got lucky!” Lynn Worthy: 816-234-4951, @LWorthySports FROM PAGE 1B ROYALS PEREZ Here is the fishing report for the Kansas City area and lakes and wildlife areas in Kansas and Missouri for the week of March 20, 2019. MISSOURI BULL SHOALS: 47 degrees, clear, 2 feet high Outlook: Del Colvin Guide Service reports: lake levels dropped. The whites are moving up with the moon coming. Look for shad in pockets and runoff with warmer water nearby. Bass have been moving up. A Keitech around the shad will produce. Keep an out for seagulls to help you find the shad. Bluff ends and points leading into spawning areas are holding some fish. Try a grub, jig or ned rig on post frontal days. The cranking bite should pick up with the warming trend. If we have wind, red colors have been best lately. Spro rock crawlers, wiggle warts and square bills will work. Wind will help the crank bite. Carolina rig should be dusted off soon. Below the dam: John Berry of Berry Bros. Guide Service reports: The White has fished well. Heavy generation and no wadable water in the last week. The hot spot has been The Catch and Release section at Rim Shoals. The hot flies were olive woolly buggers (#8, #10), Y2Ks (#14, #12), prince nymphs (#14), zebra midges (black with silver wire and silver bead or red with silver wire and silver bead #16, #18), pheasant tails (#14), ruby midges (#18), root beer midges (#18), pink and cerise San Juan worms (#10), and sowbugs (#16). Double fly nymph rigs have been very effective (my current favorite combination is a bead head pheasant tail nymph (#14) with an egg pattern (#12) suspended below it. Use plenty of weight to get your flies down. TANEYCOMO: 43 degrees, clear, 2 units of generation Outlook: Lilleys’ Landing reports: flood gates were open at Table Rock Dam last week and through the weekend, but there’s no flooding. The Corps is working on the intake screens on the lake side of the dam. Divers have to go down and pull off dead catfish and other nasty things that have piled up over the past few years on these grates. For that to happen, the turbines have to be offline, but because of the lake levels on Beaver and Table Rock, the Corps needs to move some water, so over the spill gates it came. This brought all kinds of fish with it including threadfin shad. Trout fishing was incredible over the weekend because of this flow, and the trout are still looking for shad now that the gates are closed and turbines running, but it has slowed down. They’re running anywhere from 1 to 3 units, and with rain in the forecast, it’s not going to slow down any time soon. So fishing in the trophy area has been pretty good throwing white jigs, spoons, small stick baits and shad flies. And these lures are still working well all the way to the Branson Landing because the shad drifted down that far. The best fishing has been from Monkey Island down through the Landing. MDC stocked quite a few rainbows late last week and it’s been pretty crazy. Best thing to drift with is pink or orange PowerWorms on the bottom, or if the water isn’t running too hard, under a float 5-7 feet deep. Join Southwest Missouri Area Fishing Facebook group for fishing updates from an engaged membership. NORFORK: 51 degrees, creeks stained, main lake clear, about 3 feet high. Outlook: Bink’s Fintastic Guide Service reports: Lake is falling and the spring fishing is picking up. Stripers, hybrids, and white bass are all back in the creeks and feeding on the ½ oz Bink’s white jigging spoon. Non stop action. LONGVIEW: 39 degrees, stained, 0.8 feet high. Outlook: Longview Marina reports: anglers are catching quite a few crappie around the marina, but have to work through a lot of small ones. Black and pink seems to be working well. Fishing is available from the marina seven days a week. Fishing hours are 8am-3pm. Join Lee’s Summit Area Fishing Facebook group for daily updates. POMME DE TERRE: low 40s, stained, 5 feet high. Outlook: Muskie Guide Service reports: 3,000 cfs being released per Corps. of Engineers. All species have been slow. Only one bass was caught and weighed in over the weekend in a tournament with ten boats. Some crappie have been caught around docks. LAKE OF THE OZARKS: 43 degrees, stained, 6 feet low Outlook: Gier’s Bass Pro reports: crappie can be caught with minnows around docks. Anglers are starting to find them with a bobber and jig at the backs of coves. Place your jig five feet below the bobber. They’re being found fishing anywhere in 5 to 15 feet of water. They are being found on just about every rocky bank now. Bass fishing has been okay throwing a jerkbait or jig on main lake points. Sunny days can be very good for throwing a jerkbait. Small jigs and crawdad crankbaits are starting to become productive near secondary points and chunk rock. REED AREA: 44 degrees, clear, normal pool. Outlook: Missouri Dept. of Conservation reports: crappie fishing is good on sunny afternoons. Tube jigs and minnows near brush piles are producing the most crappie. Also, look for them on northern, wind-blown banks. Trout fishing is good using Powerbait, inline spinners and small jigs on windy banks. Channel catfish are picking up on worms and Powerbait. Bass are good on slow moving baits. All other species slow. Join Lee’s Summit Area Fishing Facebook Group for daily updates. STOCKTON: 49 degrees, clear, 3.7 feet high Outlook: Stockton Lake Guide Service reports: Walleye are finally on the move. Look for them on main lake points near lots of rocks throwing a jerkbait. If you really want to catch him, sit around in your boat until after the sunsets when you usually want to go home and start fishing. Crappie are still under schools of shad, but not like they have been. You’ll have better success if you can find shad and cover any place from 29 to 50 feet deep. For bass, throw a jerkbait and run the A-rig around 20 to 30 feet of water. Look for them mainly on points and chunk rocks on steep areas and bluffs. A few white bass have been up the rivers along with a few walleyes. So if you’re looking for a nice little walk through the woods, try way up the Sac River. Join Southwest Missouri Area Fishing Facebook group for fishing updates from an engaged membership. JACOMO: mid to upper 30s, stained, a little high Outlook: Lee’s Summit Area Fishing Facebook group reports: Crappie can be found around the docks and brush piles. Look for white bass to start moving in along the dam soon. Join Lee’s Summit Area Fishing Facebook Group for daily updates. BLUE SPRINGS: mid to upper 30s, clear, a little high Outlook: Lee’s Summit Area Fishing Facebook Group reports: Crappie can be found around the marina when the water is open. Join Lee’s Summit Area Fishing Facebook Group for daily updates. TABLE ROCK: 49 degrees, clear on main lake (7 feet), stained in rivers, a little high and rising. Outlook: Eric Prey of Focused Fishing Guide Service reports: white bass are moving up and feeding in the rivers. Try rooster tails and grubs. Walleye are still running in the rivers, stickbaits and crankbaits are effective. For bass, crankbaits on steeper rocky banks have been best, wind helps this bite. Swimbaits around standing timber on steep banks has been good. Jigs and Ned rigs on rocky banks and channel swings are producing when the wind is calm. Join Southwest Missouri Area Fishing Facebook group for fishing updates from an engaged membership. TRUMAN: 44 degrees, stained, 9.25 feet high. Outlook: Richard Bowling Guide Service reports: Crappie are being caught in 20 feet of water and more fishing 18 feet deep. Spider rigging the creeks and pockets in the lower lake area has been productive. Minnows are the bait of choice. Catfish are being caught in the flooded bushes in 3 to 8 feet of water fishing 2 feet off the bottom. Fresh cut bait is a must! SMITHVILLE: 42 degrees, clear, 1.5 feet high Outlook: Burton’s Bait and Tackle reports: the lake is thawed out. The walleye are expected to pick up the last week of March. Look for them on the dam. Crappie are still in deep piles. There will be a brush pile project on March 28th where you can volunteer to help place brush piles. You can call the MDC or Corps. of Engineers for more details. MOZINGO LAKE: low 30s, 1-3 feet of clarity, normal. Outlook: Fishing With Nordbye YouTube channel reports: The lake is still mostly frozen but is starting to show signs of open water. There is a gap of open water between the bank and the ice. Ice fishing is not recommended. Join Northwest Missouri Area Fishing Facebook group for daily updates. KANSAS SHAWNEE MISSION PARK: 43 degrees, clear, normal Outlook: Clarity: trout are good on worms or Powerbait. Crappie and panfish are fair on worms or jigs. Catfish are poor. Bass/wipers are fair on jigs or chicken liver. KILL CREEK PARK: 45 degrees, clear, normal Outlook: trout are good on worms or Powerbait. Crappie and panfish are fair on worms. Bass are fair on jigs. Catfish are poor. MELVERN: 41 degrees, stained, 0.5 feet high Outlook: Melvern Lake Marina reports: crappie are poor to fair with a lot of small fish being caught. More keepers are being caught in and around established brush piles and at the Marina docks. Small ice jigs and soft baits are best. All other species - poor or no reports. CLINTON: 39 degrees, 1 foot low, dingy. Outlook: Kansas Angling Experience Guide Service reports: Crappie are good. Size and numbers are still being caught on brush piles and channel breaks on jigs. PERRY: 38 degrees, stained, about 8.5 feet high Outlook: Don and Tom’s Bait and Tackle reports: pretty muddy on the north end. The south end of the lake is pretty clear. The boat ramps are mostly underwater except for the one in Rock Creek. Anglers are also using the ramp at DJ’s Marina. Crappie are being caught in the marinas, but nothing of any major size. Small plastics have been working. Channel cats have picked up where water is flowing into the lake. Some walleye have been caught on the dam. COFFEY COUNTY: 64 at north end, 68 at hot water outlet, 47 at the inlet, 45 at the dam clear, full pool Outlook: The Gatehouse reports: Ramp is usable. 998 whites reported caught in the last week, 33 largemouth, 47 smallmouth, 62 wipers, 76 channel cats, 35 crappie, and 103 blue catfish. LA CYGNE: 54 degrees at hot water outlet, 44 degrees on the south end, clear, full pool Outlook: Linn County Parks reports: a 34-pound blue catfish was caught in the last week. Numerous bass over five pounds have been caught in the last week. For information on the Linn County Marina boat ramps call 913-757-6633. Join Southeast Kansas Area Fishing Facebook Group for daily updates. POMONA: 34 degrees, stained, 2.7 feet high Outlook: Lighthouse Bay Marina reports: Corps. of Engineers reports: Crappie have been biting very well around the dock and some anglers are starting to catch them shallow. MILFORD: 40 degrees, stained, 4.3 feet high Outlook: Kansas Department of Wildlife reports: anglers are starting to target blue catfish now since ice has come off the lake. Higher lake levels are expected, which could impact angling success. All blue cats between 25-40 inches must be released. Creel limit is still five, but only one can be 40-inches or longer. Crappie are fair 10-20 feet deep suspended near points, flooded brush, and ledges on jigs and minnows. Walleyes should start staging in spawning areas along the dam. Target rocky or wind-swept mud banks. HILLSDALE: 38 degrees, stained, 0.3 feet low Outlook: Jayhawk Marina reports: Crappie – fair on blue and white, black, and silver jigs, as well as minnows. Small spoons are producing, too. Try 19-24 feet down. Some bass and walleye are being caught as well. The fishing dock opens at 7am, kids 12 and under are free. Join Northeast Kansas Area Fishing Facebook Group for daily updates. GLEN ELDER (WACONDA LAKE): 32 degrees, clear, about 4 feet high Outlook: Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism reports: last updated 3/14/19. The recent winds have cleared the reservoir of ice except for the east end. Most of the boat ramps are open now and anglers should be able to launch a boat and fish nearly anywhere lake wide. Anglers have been reporting improved crappie catch rates from deep drops along the river channel and in the marina slips. Small jigs and minnows are working best. The bite is often best early in the morning and late in the afternoon. There have also been some fish caught off the brush piles around the state park area. White bass can be caught in good numbers out here throughout the winter in a variety of locations. Check around the outlet area with the high outflows occurring right now. Also, fish can be found off main lake points along the north shore and near the south bluffs. Fish will also be stacking up west of the causeway and anglers should be able to find some along the river channels in that area. Anglers have been catching good numbers of trout using cheese, Powerbait, minnows, and worms. The latest stocking of trout occurred on March 12th with 300 more pounds added to the already stocked 2,000 pounds. The ice is gone and anglers should have no problem fishing in the pond. Make sure to purchase a trout permit before fishing the pond! TUTTLE CREEK: 32 degrees, stained, 27.36 feet high. Outlook: Kansas Department of Wildlife reports: ice is mostly off the lake. KDWPT last updated 3/5. Most fishing has been slow due to high water. High water, dropping water and muddy water has greatly hampered the normally good winter crappie fishing. The high release rates have been moving saugeye from the Reservoir downstream, which has led to some good fishing in the river pond, the river below the dam or at Rocky Ford. Trout season is in full force at Willow Lake, which is located in the Southeast corner of the Tuttle Creek State Park below the dam. Willow Lake was stocked with 650 pounds of rainbow trout on 03/05/19. So far this trout season, the lake has been stocked with 7,675 catchable sized rainbow trout. Fishing has been good to excellent. Ice conditions have been changing weekly, but there have been some anglers able to get out on the ice or just breaking holes by the docks when the ice is not safe. Best baits are commercial trout baits, worms, corn or lures. Limit is 5 fish a day. A trout permit is needed to fish at Willow Lake during the trout season, except that anyone under 16 years of age with a properly licensed adult can fish and harvest up to 2 trout without a trout permit. WILSON: mid to upper 30s, stained, 1 foot high. Outlook: Knothead’s Bait Shop reports: ice is gone. Fishing is still slow all over the lake. EL DORADO: mid to upper 30s, stained, 0.52 feet high. Outlook: KS Dept. of Wildlife, Parks & Tourism reports: last updated 3/7. As of March 7, the lake is mostly ice covered and all boat ramps are locked in ice. Ice not thick enough for safe ice fishing. Crappie were biting in 16 to 20 feet of water before ice up. The KDWPT stocked 400 pounds of rainbow trout in the trout stream last week and have one more stocking to go. Trout fishing should be FANTASTIC when the ice melts and allows access to the fish. Tyler Mahoney is a Rockhurst University-educated outdoors fanatic who works to support his hunting and fishing habits. Read more of his next-generation insight at mahoneyoutdoors.com. FISHING REPORT Submitted photo Sidney Sibenaller of Overland Park caught a 670-pound blue marlin while visiting Kona on the big island of Hawaii for spring break. It took an hour and a half to reel in. TUESDAY’S LATE GAME ROYALS 8, CUBS 6 Chicago ab r hbi Kansas City ab r hbi Alm Jr. cf 4 0 1 0 Mrrfeld 2b 41 00 Bernard cf 0 1 0 0 J.Flres 2b 10 00 C.Admes 3b 3 1 1 0 Mondesi ss 4 0 1 0 Donahue pr 1 1 0 0 N.Lopez ss 10 10 Da.Bote 2b 3 0 1 0 A.Grdon lf 22 00 Gmbrone pr 1 0 1 0 Te.Gore lf 10 00 Cratini c 3 1 2 1 J.Soler rf 42 21 M.Amaya c 1 0 1 1 Hrnndez rf 10 00 Russell ss 4 0 0 0 O’Hearn 1b 3 2 2 5 Z.Short ss 1 0 0 0 Schwndl dh 4 0 1 1 J.Addci 1b 1 1 1 0 H.Dzier 3b 10 00 Blguert 1b 2 0 1 0 Mldnado c 20 10 J.Field lf 4 0 1 1 Frnndez c 10 00 Zagunis rf 4 1 1 1 Hmilton cf 31 10 J.Young dh 4 0 0 0 E.Mejia cf 00 00 Totals 36 611 4 Totals 328 97 Chicago 002 002 101 — 6 Kansas City 350 000 00x — 8 E—Russell (1), Soler (2), Fernandez (1). DP—Chicago 1, Kansas City 1. LOB— Chicago 9, Kansas City 8. 2B—Mondesi (3), O’Hearn (3), Maldonado (1), Hamilton (6). 3B—Caratini (1). HR—Zagunis (4), O’Hearn (1). CS—Adduci (1), Maldonado (1). Chicago IP H R ER BB SO Hatch L, 0-1 2 6 8 7 2 0 Webster 1 1 0 0 0 0 Rosario 1 0 0 0 1 2 Maples 1 0 0 0 2 2 Wick 1 1 0 0 0 1 Norwood 1 0 0 0 1 0 Minch 1 1 0 0 1 2 Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO Junis W, 1-1 5 5 2 2 2 5 Ellis 1 2 2 1 1 2 Zimmer 1 2 1 1 1 0 Boxberger H, 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 Diekman H, 5 2 3 0 1 1 1 0 Peralta S, 1-1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 HBP—by—Hatch (Gordon). WP—Maples, Junis. Umpires—Home, Ben May; First, Cory Blaser; Second, Pat Hoberg; Third, Gabe Morales. T—3:03. A—9,563

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6B THURSDAY MARCH 21 2019Sports KANSASCITY.COM

into place.That is, the 13th seed is

28-108 against the No 4since 1985. Not as good asthe 12th seed, which is47-89 against the No. 5,but better than the No. 14seed, which owns a 21-115record against the No. 3.The No. 13 seed has

provided a flair for thedramatic, however. Kan-

There has been nothingunlucky about the number13 when it comes to NCAATournament seeding.Check out any list of

tournament upsets, andfeatured prominently aregames that emerged fromthe 13 verses 4 pairing.Remember Princeton’s

backdoor basket to beatUCLA in 1996, or BryceDrew’s buzzer beater thatgave Valparaiso a victoryover Mississippi two yearslater?Vermont over Syracuse

in 2005, Morehead Stateover Louisville in 2011…allNo. 13 seeds.The 13-16 seeds were

added when the bracketexpanded to 64 teams in1985, and historically the13th seed’s success in theopener against a fourthseeded team has fallen

sas State and Kansas aretaking note, along withVirginia Tech and FloridaState. That’s the fourthline of this year’s bracket.The matchups:Kansas State vs. UC

Irvine, Kansas vs. North-eastern, Virginia Tech vs.Saint Louis and FloridaState vs. Vermont.A common thread: The

four seeds play in powerconferences, the Big 12and ACC. The opponents,with the exception of SaintLouis of the Atlantic-10,are champions or tourna-ment champs of mid tolow major conferences.The basic formula for an

upset begins with this classstructure and takes on aDavid verses Goliath tone.Fourth seeded teams aretypically schools from pow-er conferences. The 13thseeds often are mid-to-lowmajors. Those programsdon’t have the overall ta-lent or depth of the betterseed, not to mention athlet-ic budget.But they know how to

win.Last season produced

two such outcomes. Mar-shall defeated WichitaState and Buffalo downedArizona.After the victory, Bulls

coach Nate Oats said hebelieved his team was just

as good as Arizona enter-ing the game but teamslike Buffalo rarely get achance to prove that dur-ing the season.“We were going to get a

high major on a neutralfloor,” Oats said. “This iswhat we’ve been waitingfor.”Last year, Oats believed

his team was mis-seeded,that Buffalo deservedbetter than a No. 13. TheMid-American Conferencechampions got one thisyear. They’re the sixthseed in the West Region,and in something of a rolereversal, will take on thewinner of Wednesday’sFirst Four game between

Arizona State and St.John’s. The power confer-ence teams are No. 11seeds.Kansas and Kansas

State each own a fourth-seed loss in their tourna-ment history. In 2006, theJayhawks fell to Bradley.In 2013, Kansas State wastopped by La Salle.Oklahoma’s three open-

ing game losses are themost by a fourth seed.Arizona, Vanderbilt, Indi-ana and UCLA each havelost twice as a No. 4 seedin the opener.The pairing produced an

upset from the outset,when LSU fell to Navy andDavid Robinson in 1985.Among other winners

over the years: MissouriState, Manhattan, UNCWilmington, Siena, SanDiego and Hawaii. South-ern University’s victoryover Georgia Tech in 1993was the crowing achieve-ment in the career coach-ing legend Ben Jobe.Upsets occur annually

and throughout the brack-et. But victories by the No.13 seeds have provided thetournament with some ofits most memorable mo-ments, usually at the ex-pense of a power confer-ence team.

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Beware of tourney’s upset-minded No. 13 seedsBY BLAIR [email protected]

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1985-2018Seed vs. SeedA #1 vs. #16 135-1 .993

A #2 vs. #15 128-8 .941

A #3 vs. #14 115-21 .846

A #4 vs. #13 108-28 .794

A #5 vs. #12 89-47 .654

A #6 vs. #11 85-51 .625

A #7 vs. #10 84-52 .618

A #8 vs. #9 68-68 .500. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

HAYNE PALMOUR IV TNS

Marshall’s Rondale Watson celebrated after dunking onthe way to a win over Wichita State in the 2018 tourney.

Perez remains under con-tract through 2021.Perez claimed surgeon

Neal ElAttrache told himthat he should be able tostart throwing from shortdistances, 30 to 45 feet, infour or five months.For now, he’s outfitted

with a brace that goes fromthe middle of his bicep tomiddle forearm, and he’sslowly working to extendhis range of motion.From the day the team

announced he’d have sea-son-ending surgery, team-mates such as Alex Gordonand back-up catcher CamGallagher expected thatPerez would be a regularpresence around the club-house while he wentthrough rehab.Perez said he’d hoped to

be around the team reg-ularly, but he had not spo-ken with general managerDayton Moore aboutwhether he will travel withthe club during the season.Searching for a positive

spin earlier this month,prior to Perez’s surgery,Moore said he’d be happyfor Perez to use the yearas a chance for growthand time with family.“I’m really excited be-

cause he gets a chance toreally spend great timewith his wife and greattime with his kids, andmaybe step out of it a littlebit and just get even adifferent perspective onlife,” Moore said. “He’sbeen playing baseball hisentire life, all year round.Now, he’s going to get anopportunity to re-evaluate,assess some things. I thinkit could be a tremendouspositive as well, personally.“Baseball-wise, it’s not

what we want. But you’vegot to look at it in a posi-tive way.”Wednesday, Perez was

still not willing to go thatfar just yet. In his mind,the desire to play stilloverwhelmed any poten-tial positives of time off.“A lot of people tell me

that,” Perez said about theinjury possibly being apositive. Perez, who man-ages his life around pre-paring to play a full sea-son, hadn’t quite gainedthat perspective just yet.Perez, who was in a

fairly jovial mood andjoking with reporters,praised the defensiveability of his replacementMaldonado. The two vet-erans knew each otherbefore Maldonado signedwith the club, but Perezexpects they’ll become

much closer this season.“I think calling the

game, he’s good. Throw-ing, you guys have seenhis arm,” Perez said. “Ithink yesterday he threwsomebody out at secondbase. I think he’s going todo a pretty good job. Andthe good thing is we’ve got(Billy) Hamilton and Whit(Merrifield) and (Adalber-to) Mondesi, those guys.So he don’t have to worryabout these guys (laugh-ing).”Perez threw out 24

base-stealers in 51 chanceslast season on his way tohis fifth Gold Glove in sixseasons. That put him inan exclusive group ofcatchers with at least fiveGold Gloves. He joinedIvan Rodríguez (13), John-ny Bench (10), YadierMolina (9), Bob Boone (7),Jim Sundberg (6) and BillFreehan (5).Maldonado’s AL Gold

Glove win in 2017 brokeup Perez’s streak of con-secutive awards. As far asany good-spirited back-and-forth about Maldona-do breaking up his streak,Perez laughed as he said,“We didn’t talk about, notyet but it’s going to come.He got lucky!”

Lynn Worthy:816-234-4951,@LWorthySports

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ROYALS PEREZHere is the fishing report for the KansasCity area and lakes and wildlife areas inKansas and Missouri for the week of March20, 2019.

MISSOURIBULL SHOALS: 47 degrees, clear, 2 feet highOutlook: Del Colvin Guide Service reports:lake levels dropped. The whites are movingup with the moon coming. Look for shad inpockets and runoff with warmer waternearby. Bass have been moving up. AKeitech around the shad will produce. Keepan out for seagulls to help you find theshad. Bluff ends and points leading intospawning areas are holding some fish. Try agrub, jig or ned rig on post frontal days. Thecranking bite should pick up with thewarming trend. If we have wind, red colorshave been best lately. Spro rock crawlers,wiggle warts and square bills will work.Wind will help the crank bite. Carolina rigshould be dusted off soon. Below the dam:John Berry of Berry Bros. Guide Servicereports: The White has fished well. Heavygeneration and no wadable water in the lastweek. The hot spot has been The Catch andRelease section at Rim Shoals. The hot flieswere olive woolly buggers (#8, #10), Y2Ks(#14, #12), prince nymphs (#14), zebramidges (black with silver wire and silverbead or red with silver wire and silver bead#16, #18), pheasant tails (#14), rubymidges (#18), root beer midges (#18), pinkand cerise San Juan worms (#10), andsowbugs (#16). Double fly nymph rigs havebeen very effective (my current favoritecombination is a bead head pheasant tailnymph (#14) with an egg pattern (#12)suspended below it. Use plenty of weight toget your flies down.TANEYCOMO: 43 degrees, clear, 2 units ofgeneration Outlook: Lilleys’ Landingreports: flood gates were open at TableRock Dam last week and through theweekend, but there’s no flooding. TheCorps is working on the intake screens onthe lake side of the dam. Divers have to godown and pull off dead catfish and othernasty things that have piled up over thepast few years on these grates. For that tohappen, the turbines have to be offline,but because of the lake levels on Beaverand Table Rock, the Corps needs to movesome water, so over the spill gates it came.This brought all kinds of fish with itincluding threadfin shad. Trout fishing wasincredible over the weekend because ofthis flow, and the trout are still looking forshad now that the gates are closed andturbines running, but it has slowed down.They’re running anywhere from 1 to 3units, and with rain in the forecast, it’s notgoing to slow down any time soon. Sofishing in the trophy area has been prettygood throwing white jigs, spoons, smallstick baits and shad flies. And these luresare still working well all the way to theBranson Landing because the shad drifteddown that far. The best fishing has beenfrom Monkey Island down through theLanding. MDC stocked quite a fewrainbows late last week and it’s beenpretty crazy. Best thing to drift with is pinkor orange PowerWorms on the bottom, orif the water isn’t running too hard, under afloat 5-7 feet deep. Join SouthwestMissouri Area Fishing Facebook group forfishing updates from an engagedmembership.NORFORK: 51 degrees, creeks stained,main lake clear, about 3 feet high. Outlook:Bink’s Fintastic Guide Service reports: Lakeis falling and the spring fishing is pickingup. Stripers, hybrids, and white bass are allback in the creeks and feeding on the ½ ozBink’s white jigging spoon. Non stopaction.LONGVIEW: 39 degrees, stained, 0.8 feethigh. Outlook: Longview Marina reports:anglers are catching quite a few crappiearound the marina, but have to workthrough a lot of small ones. Black and pinkseems to be working well. Fishing isavailable from the marina seven days aweek. Fishing hours are 8am-3pm. JoinLee’s Summit Area Fishing Facebook groupfor daily updates.POMME DE TERRE: low 40s, stained, 5 feethigh. Outlook: Muskie Guide Servicereports: 3,000 cfs being released perCorps. of Engineers. All species have beenslow. Only one bass was caught andweighed in over the weekend in atournament with ten boats. Some crappiehave been caught around docks.LAKE OF THE OZARKS: 43 degrees,stained, 6 feet low Outlook: Gier’s Bass Proreports: crappie can be caught withminnows around docks. Anglers arestarting to find them with a bobber and jigat the backs of coves. Place your jig fivefeet below the bobber. They’re being foundfishing anywhere in 5 to 15 feet of water.They are being found on just about everyrocky bank now. Bass fishing has been okaythrowing a jerkbait or jig on main lakepoints. Sunny days can be very good forthrowing a jerkbait. Small jigs and crawdadcrankbaits are starting to becomeproductive near secondary points and

chunk rock.REED AREA: 44 degrees, clear, normalpool. Outlook: Missouri Dept. ofConservation reports: crappie fishing isgood on sunny afternoons. Tube jigs andminnows near brush piles are producingthe most crappie. Also, look for them onnorthern, wind-blown banks. Trout fishingis good using Powerbait, inline spinnersand small jigs on windy banks. Channelcatfish are picking up on worms andPowerbait. Bass are good on slow movingbaits. All other species slow. Join Lee’sSummit Area Fishing Facebook Group fordaily updates.STOCKTON: 49 degrees, clear, 3.7 feethigh Outlook: Stockton Lake Guide Servicereports: Walleye are finally on the move.Look for them on main lake points nearlots of rocks throwing a jerkbait. If youreally want to catch him, sit around in yourboat until after the sunsets when youusually want to go home and start fishing.Crappie are still under schools of shad, butnot like they have been. You’ll have bettersuccess if you can find shad and cover anyplace from 29 to 50 feet deep. For bass,throw a jerkbait and run the A-rig around20 to 30 feet of water. Look for themmainly on points and chunk rocks on steepareas and bluffs. A few white bass havebeen up the rivers along with a fewwalleyes. So if you’re looking for a nicelittle walk through the woods, try way upthe Sac River. Join Southwest MissouriArea Fishing Facebook group for fishingupdates from an engaged membership.JACOMO: mid to upper 30s, stained, alittle high Outlook: Lee’s Summit AreaFishing Facebook group reports: Crappiecan be found around the docks and brushpiles. Look for white bass to start movingin along the dam soon. Join Lee’s SummitArea Fishing Facebook Group for dailyupdates.BLUE SPRINGS: mid to upper 30s, clear, alittle high Outlook: Lee’s Summit AreaFishing Facebook Group reports: Crappiecan be found around the marina when thewater is open. Join Lee’s Summit AreaFishing Facebook Group for daily updates.TABLE ROCK: 49 degrees, clear on main lake(7 feet), stained in rivers, a little high andrising. Outlook: Eric Prey of Focused FishingGuide Service reports: white bass are movingup and feeding in the rivers. Try rooster tailsand grubs. Walleye are still running in therivers, stickbaits and crankbaits areeffective. For bass, crankbaits on steeperrocky banks have been best, wind helps thisbite. Swimbaits around standing timber onsteep banks has been good. Jigs and Nedrigs on rocky banks and channel swings areproducing when the wind is calm. JoinSouthwest Missouri Area Fishing Facebookgroup for fishing updates from an engagedmembership.TRUMAN: 44 degrees, stained, 9.25 feethigh. Outlook: Richard Bowling GuideService reports: Crappie are being caughtin 20 feet of water and more fishing 18feet deep. Spider rigging the creeks andpockets in the lower lake area has beenproductive. Minnows are the bait of choice.

Catfish are being caught in the floodedbushes in 3 to 8 feet of water fishing 2feet off the bottom. Fresh cut bait is amust!SMITHVILLE: 42 degrees, clear, 1.5 feethigh Outlook: Burton’s Bait and Tacklereports: the lake is thawed out. Thewalleye are expected to pick up the lastweek of March. Look for them on the dam.Crappie are still in deep piles. There will bea brush pile project on March 28th whereyou can volunteer to help place brush piles.You can call the MDC or Corps. ofEngineers for more details.MOZINGO LAKE: low 30s, 1-3 feet ofclarity, normal. Outlook: Fishing WithNordbye YouTube channel reports: The lakeis still mostly frozen but is starting to showsigns of open water. There is a gap of openwater between the bank and the ice. Icefishing is not recommended. JoinNorthwest Missouri Area Fishing Facebookgroup for daily updates.

KANSASSHAWNEE MISSION PARK: 43 degrees,clear, normal Outlook: Clarity: trout aregood on worms or Powerbait. Crappie andpanfish are fair on worms or jigs. Catfishare poor. Bass/wipers are fair on jigs orchicken liver.KILL CREEK PARK: 45 degrees, clear,normal Outlook: trout are good on wormsor Powerbait. Crappie and panfish are fairon worms. Bass are fair on jigs. Catfish arepoor.MELVERN: 41 degrees, stained, 0.5 feethigh Outlook: Melvern Lake Marina reports:crappie are poor to fair with a lot of smallfish being caught. More keepers are beingcaught in and around established brushpiles and at the Marina docks. Small ice jigsand soft baits are best. All other species -poor or no reports.CLINTON: 39 degrees, 1 foot low, dingy.Outlook: Kansas Angling Experience GuideService reports: Crappie are good. Size andnumbers are still being caught on brushpiles and channel breaks on jigs.PERRY: 38 degrees, stained, about 8.5 feethigh Outlook: Don and Tom’s Bait andTackle reports: pretty muddy on the northend. The south end of the lake is prettyclear. The boat ramps are mostlyunderwater except for the one in RockCreek. Anglers are also using the ramp atDJ’s Marina. Crappie are being caught inthe marinas, but nothing of any major size.Small plastics have been working. Channelcats have picked up where water is flowinginto the lake. Some walleye have beencaught on the dam.COFFEY COUNTY: 64 at north end, 68 athot water outlet, 47 at the inlet, 45 at thedam clear, full pool Outlook: TheGatehouse reports: Ramp is usable. 998whites reported caught in the last week,33 largemouth, 47 smallmouth, 62 wipers,76 channel cats, 35 crappie, and 103 bluecatfish.LA CYGNE: 54 degrees at hot water outlet,44 degrees on the south end, clear, fullpool Outlook: Linn County Parks reports: a34-pound blue catfish was caught in the

last week. Numerous bass over five poundshave been caught in the last week. Forinformation on the Linn County Marinaboat ramps call 913-757-6633. JoinSoutheast Kansas Area Fishing FacebookGroup for daily updates.POMONA: 34 degrees, stained, 2.7 feethigh Outlook: Lighthouse Bay Marinareports: Corps. of Engineers reports:Crappie have been biting very well aroundthe dock and some anglers are starting tocatch them shallow.MILFORD: 40 degrees, stained, 4.3 feethigh Outlook: Kansas Department ofWildlife reports: anglers are starting totarget blue catfish now since ice has comeoff the lake. Higher lake levels areexpected, which could impact anglingsuccess. All blue cats between 25-40inches must be released. Creel limit is stillfive, but only one can be 40-inches orlonger. Crappie are fair 10-20 feet deepsuspended near points, flooded brush, andledges on jigs and minnows. Walleyesshould start staging in spawning areasalong the dam. Target rocky or wind-sweptmud banks.HILLSDALE: 38 degrees, stained, 0.3 feetlow Outlook: Jayhawk Marina reports:Crappie – fair on blue and white, black, andsilver jigs, as well as minnows. Smallspoons are producing, too. Try 19-24 feetdown. Some bass and walleye are beingcaught as well. The fishing dock opens at7am, kids 12 and under are free. JoinNortheast Kansas Area Fishing FacebookGroup for daily updates.GLEN ELDER (WACONDA LAKE): 32degrees, clear, about 4 feet high Outlook:Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks andTourism reports: last updated 3/14/19.The recent winds have cleared the reservoirof ice except for the east end. Most of theboat ramps are open now and anglersshould be able to launch a boat and fishnearly anywhere lake wide. Anglers havebeen reporting improved crappie catchrates from deep drops along the riverchannel and in the marina slips. Small jigsand minnows are working best. The bite isoften best early in the morning and late inthe afternoon. There have also been somefish caught off the brush piles around thestate park area. White bass can be caughtin good numbers out here throughout thewinter in a variety of locations. Checkaround the outlet area with the highoutflows occurring right now. Also, fish canbe found off main lake points along thenorth shore and near the south bluffs. Fishwill also be stacking up west of thecauseway and anglers should be able tofind some along the river channels in thatarea. Anglers have been catching goodnumbers of trout using cheese, Powerbait,minnows, and worms. The latest stockingof trout occurred on March 12th with 300more pounds added to the already stocked2,000 pounds. The ice is gone and anglersshould have no problem fishing in thepond. Make sure to purchase a troutpermit before fishing the pond!TUTTLE CREEK: 32 degrees, stained, 27.36feet high. Outlook: Kansas Department ofWildlife reports: ice is mostly off the lake.KDWPT last updated 3/5. Most fishing hasbeen slow due to high water. High water,dropping water and muddy water hasgreatly hampered the normally good wintercrappie fishing. The high release rates havebeen moving saugeye from the Reservoirdownstream, which has led to some goodfishing in the river pond, the river below thedam or at Rocky Ford. Trout season is in fullforce at Willow Lake, which is located in theSoutheast corner of the Tuttle Creek StatePark below the dam. Willow Lake wasstocked with 650 pounds of rainbow trouton 03/05/19. So far this trout season, thelake has been stocked with 7,675 catchablesized rainbow trout. Fishing has been goodto excellent. Ice conditions have beenchanging weekly, but there have been someanglers able to get out on the ice or justbreaking holes by the docks when the ice isnot safe. Best baits are commercial troutbaits, worms, corn or lures. Limit is 5 fish aday. A trout permit is needed to fish atWillow Lake during the trout season, exceptthat anyone under 16 years of age with aproperly licensed adult can fish and harvestup to 2 trout without a trout permit.WILSON: mid to upper 30s, stained, 1 foothigh. Outlook: Knothead’s Bait Shopreports: ice is gone. Fishing is still slow allover the lake.EL DORADO: mid to upper 30s, stained,0.52 feet high. Outlook: KS Dept. ofWildlife, Parks & Tourism reports: lastupdated 3/7. As of March 7, the lake ismostly ice covered and all boat ramps arelocked in ice. Ice not thick enough for safeice fishing. Crappie were biting in 16 to 20feet of water before ice up. The KDWPTstocked 400 pounds of rainbow trout inthe trout stream last week and have onemore stocking to go. Trout fishing shouldbe FANTASTIC when the ice melts andallows access to the fish.Tyler Mahoney is a RockhurstUniversity-educated outdoors fanatic whoworks to support his hunting and fishinghabits. Read more of his next-generationinsight at mahoneyoutdoors.com.

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Sidney Sibenaller of Overland Park caught a 670-poundblue marlin while visiting Kona on the big island of Hawaiifor spring break. It took an hour and a half to reel in.

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