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LAWRENCE, Kan. -- The growth of Josh Jackson will not eliminate whatever pressure the highly-rated freshman feels to both satisfy his preseason hype and elevate his NBA draft stock.Yet Kansas coach Bill Self has noticed his 6-foot-8 freshman welcomes whatever pressure is heaped on him with the No. 4 Jayhawks (6-1) riding a six-game winning streak entering a game Saturday against Stanford (6-2) in Allen Fieldhouse.Depth enables Kansas to sometimes ride the hot hand of an unconventional leading scorer. A case in point came in the Jayhawks most recent game when sophomore guard Lagerald Vick, in just his second career start, went 9 of 9 and netted a career-high 23 points.I dont think that Josh looks at it like, Im glad everybody else is playing good, so that takes some pressure off of me, Self said. I think (top-flight) kids look at it like I want all the pressure on me now.But it is an advantage to be able to have five guards out there that are all very capable and making plays and making shots.Jackson is the tallest in that group, a 6-8 wing who can penetrate for points or assists, and also contribute with sticky hands on the defensive end.The only time he failed to score in double figures was a nine-point performance in an overtime loss to Indiana to begin the season.Josh thinks of it like, I want to get as good as fast as I can, Self added. I think hes shown unbelievable improvement. And he didnt have a bad game against Indiana.At the rate Jackson is on, averaging 14.1 points, 5.7 rebounds and 3.3 assists, he is quite possibly the most versatile freshman Self has coached at Kansas. Among other standouts on that list who left for the NBA after one year are Andrew Wiggins and Joel Embiid.Hes got great vision, Self said. He can pass and can alter (shots) and is getting more active defensively. Hes probably as all-around as any freshman weve had who can do a little bit of everything.The two small guards in the Kansas backcourt, senior Frank Mason and junior Devonte Graham, join Jackson as double-digit scorers with averages of 19.6 and 12.9 points, respectively. Each averages 5.4 assists.Stanford is coming off a 66-51 loss to No. 12 St. Marys. The Cardinal led 30-26 at halftime but shot just 28 percent from the field in the second half and made just one 3-pointer.They came out more enthused than we did, Stanford coach Jerod Haase said.Additional enthusiasm might not be enough for Stanford to upset Kansas, especially considering the Jayhawks are riding a 46-game home winning streak, which is tops in the country.Haase, however, knows the territory.He played at Kansas from 1995 to 1997 under Roy Williams. He then assisted the Kansas staff before moving on to serve as an assistant under Williams at North Carolina. Haase was head coach at UAB for four seasons before taking over this year at Stanford.Reid Travis, a 6-8 junior forward who missed much of last season with a stress reaction in a leg, will try to cause problems inside. He leads Stanford in scoring (16.3) and rebounding (9.5) and could be a load for the Jayhawks, who have lacked frontcourt production.Dorian Pickens, a 6-5 wing, averages 13.8 points and 4.4 rebounds.JJ Arcega-Whiteside Eagles Jersey . Detroit and Boston are deadlocked, 1-1, and Tigers manager Jim Leyland could be forgiven if he was caught rationalizing instead of dissecting how his club could blow a 5-1 lead late in Game 2. 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In preparation for their first day-night Test, South Africas batsmen spent 133.5 overs facing the pink ball and their centurion Quinton de Kock explained that it was not as tricky as they thought it would be.I didnt find any difference, de Kock said. I am not one to overthink it. A ball is a ball. I just play the way I should be playing in that situation, its no difference to me.De Kock warned spectators not to read too much into the performances. It doesnt bother me whether I score a duck or a hundred. To me a warm-up game and a net is the same thing. When it comes to game time and focus time, I like to contribute where I can, he said.De Kock only batted in the first innings and scored 122 of 103 balls. Hashim Amla (51), JP Duminy (97) and Rilee Rossouw (77 in the second innings) also got comfortable, but openers Dean Elgar and Stephen Cook, and the captain Faf du Plessis did not capitalise on their starts. They will have a second opportunity to get their eyes in, when South Africa play another day-night practice match in Melbourne before the third Test, which will be played with the pink ball.For de Kock, the two things that stood out were not different from what he faces in any other game. Early on, I found it a little difficult but I think that is part of any cricket, white ball or red baall, he said.ddddddddddddI also found the outfield quite slow. Normally, you play on a square back home so its easier to hit the boundaries. With a drop-in pitch, hitting boundaries was a bit harder.De Kock also played down the difficulty of batting during the twilight period, when natural light is replaced by artificial light. I thought it was quite nice during the twilight period, actually, he said.That period was also when South Africas bowlers found it best to use the pink ball. It seems to nip around when the lights come on but not so much during the day, fast bowler Kyle Abbott said. There was a bit of grass on this wicket. Not a huge amount of swing, just a bit more nip off the surface.Abbott joked that the South African team thought they had not seen that much grass on a surface in the last seven years, and that he would not mind if a similar amount was left for the Tests, albeit of a slightly greener variety.The ground staff may have to do something like that because the pink balls reputation for early deterioration remains. After 15 overs or so, it [the ball] started to peel, Abbott said.South Africas five quicks bowled in short spells and took two wickets each to end their first warm-up successfully. Tabraiz Shamsi, the only spinner, bowled only three overs without any wickets. ' ' '