SPORTS
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2005
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN 11A
AP TOP 25
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' men's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 4, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week's ranking:
| Record | Points | Previous | |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 1. Duke (53) | 7-0 | 1,767 | 1 |
| 2. Texas (9) | 7-0 | 1,699 | 2 |
| 3. Connecticut (9) | 6-0 | 1,693 | 3 |
| 4. Villanova (1) | 4-0 | 1,593 | 4 |
| 5. Louisville | 3-0 | 1,431 | 7 |
| 6. Boston College | 6-0 | 1,346 | 8 |
| 7. Memphis | 6-1 | 1,333 | 9 |
| 8. Oklahoma | 4-1 | 1,244 | 5 |
| 9. Gonzaga | 4-2 | 1,202 | 6 |
| 10. Florida | 7-0 | 1,154 | 11 |
| 11. Illinois | 7-0 | 1,040 | 12 |
| 12. Iowa | 7-1 | 967 | 14 |
| 13. Washington | 7-0 | 44 | 18 |
| 14. Michigan St. | 5-2 | 833 | 13 |
| 15. Kentucky | 5-2 | 614 | 10 |
| 16. UCLA | 6-1 | 579 | 16 |
| 17. Nevada | 5-0 | 562 | 20 |
| 18. Indiana | 4-1 | 553 | 17 |
| 19. George Washington | 4-0 | 488 | 19 |
| 20. Wake Forest | 7-1 | 431 | 22 |
| 21. Maryland | 5-1 | 367 | 23 |
| 22. Alabama | 4-1 | 363 | 21 |
| 23. North Carolina | 4-1 | 281 | — |
| 24. Arizona | 2-3 | 170 | 15 |
| 25. N.C. State | 5-1 | 127 | 24 |
Others receiving votes: Bucknell 114, Houston 101, Syracuse 61, Vanderville 61, Ohio St. 54, West Virginia 52, Wisconsin 61, Michigan 29, Pittsburgh 18, Oklahoma St. 16, Ohio 114, LSU 9, Xavier 8, Arkansas 7, Hawaii 7, Cleveland 5, Iowa St. 4, Old Dominion 4, Indiana 3, Texas Tech 3, Colorado St. 2, Buffalo 1, Loyola, Md. 1, N.C.-Wilmington 1.
TRACK & FIELD
Director honored with award
Kansas Relays meet director Tim Weaver has been named the 2005 Meet Director of the Year. Under Weaver's direction, the Relays drew nearly 25,000 in 2005. The 2005 Kansas Relays introduced the Gold Zone format, which includes a three-hour block of time featuring 33 Olympians.
"This is a tremendous recognition for the hundreds of volunteers who have labored since the event's revival in 2000 for a return to prominence," Weaver said. "I would be remiss not to share this award with Lew Perkins, in particular. Without his vision and support, the successes of 2005 would not have been realized."
Weaver is in his sixth year as meet director and his 11th overall at Kansas. He previously served as a track and field assistant coach. —Ruan Schniden
BIG 12 FOOTBALL
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Former Kansas State football coach Bill Snyder, right, introduces his successor, Ron Prince, at a news conference Monday in Manhattan. Prince, who was offensive coordinator at Virginia, will replace Snyder who is retiring after 17 years at the helm.
K-State hires coach
Kansas native becomes 4th black head coach
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MANHATTAN Kansas State's search to replace the coach who turned the worst team in major college football into a national powerhouse has ended with the hiring of a man who graduated from high school just 20 miles up the road.
The 36-year-old Prince, raised in Junction City, became only the fourth black head football coach in Division I-A, joining Washington's Ty Willingham, Mississippi State's Sylvester Croom and UCLA's Karl Dorrell.
Snyder led Kansas State to a 5-6 mark this season, announce-
He replaces Bill Snyder, who took the Wildcats from being the nation's only 500-loss team in 1989 to 11 straight winning seasons through 2003, when they won the Big 12 title.
ing his retirement just days before the season finale against rival Missouri — a game the Wildcats won 36-28.
A lineman at Dodge City Community College and Appalachian State, Prince spent five seasons at Virginia, the last three as offensive coordinator.
He also coached at Dodge City Community College, Alabama A&M, Cornell, South Carolina State and James Madison, and spent four seasons as an NFL Minority Fellowship intern with Jacksonville, Washington, Atlanta and the New York Giants.
"The most important thing for Kansas State was to find the right fit," Weiser said Sunday. "And though that could be defined in a lot of different ways, we believe that included someone who had familiarity with Kansas State football, the state of Kansas and the unique culture and tradition
of the university.
"In our minds, Coach Prince clearly meets all of those criteria, among many others, and we are extremely excited to be announcing him as our head football coach tomorrow."
But Prince's hiring won't necessarily thrill all Wildcat faithful because he neither has any direct Kansas State ties — something Snyder had said would be important — nor does he have any head coaching experience.
Two of Snyder's former assistants who had been prominently mentioned in speculation about his replacement took themselves out of the running last week. Jim Leavitt agreed to a contract extension as South Florida's head coach, and Brent Venables said he wanted to remain defensive coordinator at Oklahoma.
- Men's basketball vs. St. Joseph's, Jimmy V Classic,
6 p.m., New York
ATHLETICS CALENDAR
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
♥ Women's basketball vs. UMKC, 7 p.m., Allen Fieldhouse
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
+ Men's basketball vs. California, 11 a.m., Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Mo.
- Women's basketball vs. Wisconsin, 1 p.m., Allen Fieldhouse
FOOTBALL
Free tickets to bowl game available
Kansas students will be able to receive free tickets to the Fort Worth Bowl with a valid KUID.
Free tickets for students must be picked up in Fort Worth, not in Lawrence. Tickets can be picked up at Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas, on Dec. 23. They will be first available at 4:30 p.m. at gate six on the east side of the stadium.
Kickoff for Kansas' bowl game against Houston is set for 7 p.m.
Classic
Ryan Schneider
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St. Joseph's lost its leading scorer, Pat Carroll, to graduation after last season and is led this season by Chet Stachitas, who is averaging 18 points per game and is shooting 62.5 percent from three-point range.
Coming into the game tonight, the Hawks are 3-1, with their loss coming in overtime at Davidson. Martelli said that tonight's game against the Jayhawks would be their toughest match-up thus far this season.
"This is a whole different quality of an opponent than we have played," Martelli said. "We are anxious to see where we kind of fit in right now and see how our players respond to a bigger stage."
Self said he had been impressed with the way St. Joseph's has shot the ball this season. For the year, the team is shooting nearly 50 percent from the floor and 45.5 percent from beyond the arc.
"They have just been fabulous," Self said. "We know that it will be a very tough ball game and we are looking forward to it."
Martelli said during a teleconference last week that Kansas was a young team and that it was learning.
"I just think that you can't do much about being young, you can only keep playing them and keep coaching them and no one does it better in the country than Bill Self." Martelli said.
Edited by Erick R. Schmidt
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