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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. 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The first month-plus of the Premier League campaign has been an absolute horror show for Stoke City, who come into Saturdays home clash against West Bromwich Albion winless with just one point.This weekends fixture represents another opportunity to get their season off the ground, but battling former manager Tony Pulis and West Brom (2-1-2) is far from an easy task.The clubs lone point came in an opening-weekend 1-1 draw with Southampton, but its been all downhill from there as the Potters (0-1-4) have conceded four goals in three of their five matches, including last weeks 4-1 thrashing at the hands of Crystal Palace. Eagles defenders James Tomkins and Scott Dann struck within the opening 11 minutes and James McArthur and Andros Townsend finished off the rout.Marko Arnautovic picked up a consolation goal for Stoke, but manager Mark Hughes admitted there is significant reason for worry.There is a little bit more concern that there was this time last year because we are shipping too many goals at the moment, the Welshman said. That is incredibly unlike us and it is something that we have got to address immediately because this cant continue. There are things that we have looked at and worked on and we are going to have to get back to doing that again.Things didnt get any better for the Potters with a midweek 2-1 loss to Hull City in the EFL Cup. Hughes lamented his sides lack of luck.I thought we started the game with real intent and were very much to the fore, he said. I felt we were causing them plenty of problems and they strugggled to gain any sort of momentum.dddddddddddd We scored a great goal and then, probably with their only attack in the first half, their lad has gone and produced a fantastic finish right before the break.The Baggies come into the contest in 10th place with seven points, including an impressive 4-2 result over West Ham United last week.Nacer Chadli netted a brace in his Hawthorns debut, while goals were also supplied by James McClean and Salomon Rondon. Chadli remarked on his clubs impressive result.When you go 4-0 up against West Ham you know its been a great performance, Chadli said. After that we conceded two goals but I think we deserved our win and I am really pleased for the team. We worked very hard for this win.West Brom are also set to receive a boost on the injury front as midfielder Chris Brunt featured for the clubs Premier League 2 side in their 5-2 win over Aston Villa in preparation for his return to the squad.Ive been training for the last couple of weeks but its never the same until you get on the pitch, Brunt said. I felt a bit rusty at first but got better as the game went on and it was nice to get 60 minutes. Its a step in the right direction. Hopefully over the next couple of weeks I can get some more game time and get back into the swing of things.These sides split two Premier League meetings last season with West Brom taking a 2-1 win in their most recent meeting on Jan. 2, 2016. ' ' '