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Monday, March 20, 1978
University Daily Kansan
Irish outmuscle DePaul, 84-64
Notre Dame was just too strong for DePaulvestday.
The Fighting Irish used their depth and strong rebounding to outmuscle DePaul, 84-64, yesterday for the Midwest Regional championship before 10.11 fans in Allen Field House.
The victory matches Notre Dame against Duke, the winner of the East Regional Saturday in St. Louis. Kentucky will face Arkansas in the other semifinal game.
THE FIGHTING Irish had eight different players play at least 10 minutes yonder! play at least 10 minutes yonder! play at least 10 minutes yonder! play at least 10 minutes yonder!
Their depth helped them outscore DePaul 24-10 in the final 6:4 minutes of the game.
*Detail's five starters, on the other hand, averaged 35 minutes of play each.*
Freshman Kelly Triupcka earned the outstanding player award for the Regionals by scoring 18 points and having 12 rebounds. Guard Rich Branning scored 15 points for the winners, and Don Williams and Bill Laimbeer had 14 and 12.
"THEY WORE us out; they just kept putting in fresh men," DePaul basketball coach Ray Meyer said after the game. "If we had to play against five for we, could have beaten them."
"Notre Dame can play aggressively and not worry about fools because of their depth at center," Meyer said. "They can afford to gamble—to push, hold and shove."
The Fighting Irish capitalized on depth, particularly at center. Laimbeer had 12 points and 10 rebounds off the bench. Starter Bruce Flowers contributed seven points for the team.
But Notre Dame's size also had a lot to do with its domination underneath. With Laimbeer at 250 pounds, forward Dave Batten at 233, Trippaque and Flowers at 21 and Tracy Jackson at 206, the Irish provide muscle throughout their lineup.
"BATTON, LAIMBEER, Tripucka—
"that a lot of beef, a lot of strength," Meyer
As a result, the Irish outbounded
DePaul by a commanding 47-36 margin.
we pounden the boards," Tripucka, the game's leading brouwer with 11," said. "We wore them down; we just kept getting more and more rebounds."
Meyer said that for all practical purposes, DePaul's annual season ended Saturday, with the start of next year's season right around it.
Dave Corzine is DePaul's awesome 6-11.
Sports
250-pound center who scored 46 points in Eriqavis's semifinal victory over Louisville
BUT, IN Saturday's practice, he dislocated the little finger on his right hand while catching a pass. As a result, he was kicked out against the muscular Notre Dame players.
"It took two doctors to get it back in place," Meyer, who has coached 36 years at DePaul, said. "It was very sensitive; catching the ball was very painful for him."
Despite Meyer's statements, Corzine scored 17 points and had seven rebounds for the game.
Corsine's team led most of the first half, before a late Notre Dame rally put them on top.
IN THE second half, though, DePaul once again rushed to the early lead, outsourcing Notre Dame 11-2 in the first four minutes. But once again the Irish took a narrow lead, keeping the Blue Demons at least two away until the final burst.
Notre Dame's victory was the end of a dry spell of sorts for the Irish, who had been unable to get past the regionalists in their last 14 NCAA appearances.
Coach Digger Phelps was estatic about getting a chance to play in St. Louis for the Browns.
"It's a coach's dream to get to the final four." Phelps said.
He has never reached the final four in his coaching career.
"It's an emotional thing—you live for those moments. Friday we got over the hump—this was gravy, to make it to the final four."
Notre Dame's next opponent, Duke, used its fast break to handle Villanova yesterday.
BEHIND JM Spannare's 22 points and Mike Gninskis's 21 points, Dale raid up an
In Saturday's regional championships, both Arkansas and Kentucky advanced to
After trailing at halftime, the top-ranked Wildcats rallied to defeat Michigan State, 52-49, in the championship game of the Mideast Regional.
Arkansas held off a late rally by California State at Fullerton to defeat the Titans 61-58, after they had come within one in the final minute.
Staff Photo by DONALD WALLER
Ball control
DePaul's Randy Ramsey attempts to get past Notre Dame's Rich Braming during yesterday's name in Allen Field House.
KU softball team wins 7 of 12 during spring trip
Sports Writer
By NANCY DRESSLER
The KU softball team opened its season during spring break and returned with a 7-5 record against some of the best teams in Texas.
KU softball coach Bob Stancill said yesterday that he was pleased with the Jayhawks' play, which involved six doubleheaders in six days.
"I didn't go down there with the philosophy that I would do everything I could to come back 12,0," Stancill said. "It was like of spring training for us."
STANCLIFT SAID the games were the first time out on a diamond for the Jayhawks, who have been hampered by poor weather this spring.
KU faced teams that had competed in a fall softball season in Texas. Stanciff said the other teams had more experience than KU.
they were all aggressive hitters and this made our defense play the type of defense we normally would not play till nationals," Stancill said.
KU's first doubleheader was against the champion of last fall's Texas state tournament, Texas Women's University. KU lost both games, 5-4 and 5-1.
IN THE FIRST game, Stancliff said the
battle was over, and the pitcher and
the best of the wildeph lump.
"We would have been better off the play them later in the trip," he said. "With 38 games under their belts, their hitting and defense were further along than ours."
Stancliff said that for their first games of the season and their first chance to play in the NBA, he felt he was "strong."
The Hawks won their first game of the season in the first game of a doubleheader with the Celtics.
KU had nine hits en route to a 6-2 victory.
In that game, senior Paula Hernandez allowed four hits and no earned runs. She finished the trip with a 4+0 record, the best of the nine pitchers who played for KU.
"This is a game we shouldn't have lost," he said. "We didn't hit the ball and left nine runners on base. We had our chances and couldn't get the hits, while they had only a couple of chances and got the hits they needed.
The Jayhawks, 1-3 after two days of play, Sue Sauer University next. KU awep doubleheader, 5-0 and 6-3, behind the pitching of Jules Shelby Crainl and freshman Eric Young.
The Hawks split their next two doublebusters against Stephen Austin University and the University of Texas at Arlington,
AGAUNT THE University of Texas at Arlington, the Jayhaws played two extra innning games. Stancill said KU gave away the first game, losing 4-3 in nine innings.
"We had some ups and downs that are hard to prepare for on a gym floor." Stancill said. "Everybody at one time or another played key roles. I was curious to see how the girls would battle back after the first game."
Drake stops women twice in tournaments
Rv RODNEV ANDERSON
Sports Writer
KU women's basketball coach Marian Washington and the KU women's basketball team did not permit losses in the AIW Region .v. basketball tournament in March 9-11 in Manhattan to alter plans for postseason play in sunny Texas.
But KU lost, 95-73, to the Missouri Tigers, the eventual winners of the tournament, in the semifinals, and to Drake University, 93-75, in the consolation game. The Lady Jayhawks, however, won an invitation to the tournament last weekend in Aarooiva, Texas.
Had the 19th-ranked Lady Jayhawks won that tournament, they would have qualified for the AIAW Satellite Regional in Denton, Texas. last weekend.
**THREE TEAMS** from the Region VI tournament, were invited to the eight-team double elimination tournament, including KU's first, and last, opponent of the season.
Mitchell and Woodard combined for 51 points and 29 rebounds for Kansas. Leading 42-32 at halftime, KU widened its lead in the field with 62 percent shooting from the field.
MITCHELL AND WOODARD scored the first 20 points of the ballgame for KU in leading the Lady Jayhawks past Minnesota, 86-45, in action Friday night.
The Bulldogs used the rebounding ability of center Sharron Upshaw to stop the Lady Jayhawks' *bid* to stay alive in the losers' bracket of the tournament, 60-58, Saturday.
Drake won the game on a basket at the buzzer, eliminating KU from the tournament. The Lady Jayhawks ended the season at 22-11.
The Jayhawks went to the tournament without a single day of practice. In contrast, some of the teams were playing in their fifth or sixth tournament.
In the opening game last Thursday, kansas lost a thatching double-overtime victory.
Oklahoma State took first place. Wake Forest and North Carolina tied for second, and Georgia Southern was third. Twenty teams participated in the tournament.
The University of Kansas men's golf team finished at the bottom of the standings in the Pinehurst Intercollegiate Golf Tournament March 14-16.
Craig Palmer is the only standout for Kai Palmer, a co-captain, bus 61-78-61 for 214 NASCAR teams.
Other totals for the Jayhawks were Max Hedrick with 256, John Michaelis with 249, Jim Doyle with 253, and Steve Gebert with 273. Doug Platner played the first two rounds but suffered a muscle pull and was unable to play in the third round.
"Craig had an excellent tournament," KU men's golf coach John Haun said.
Hallberg won in a playoff. Both players shot one-over 24 near the 54 holes.
Two Wake Forest golfers, Jeff Hallberg and Linda Miller, tied for medalist and
The Jayhawks won the second game, 7-6,
in eight innings.
KU finished the trip with two victories over Texas Wesleyan University, winning 8-1.
rierandez pitched a perfect game and had two RBIs in the 11-0 victory.
KU gets national attention because of Gowdy uproar
By GARY BEDORE Sports Editor
Sports Editor
Some thoughts while more wondering whether KU hasn't received more national attention from Curt Gowdy's blunders than from their 24-5 performance this year.
In case any of you were sambathing in warmer climates and missed last Saturday's selecet of the KU-UCLA NCAA west subregional basketball game, Gowdy unmercifully butchered the names of several KU players. Clint Johnson became Clint Moore, Naiden Malone, Darrell Donnie Moore, Warve van Mooo Koenigs was Coinings, Wilmore Fowler changed to Wilmer and Scott Anderson was Skip.
THE CHICAGO Tribute, which is noted for columnist Gary Deeb's periodic blasting of Gowdy, printed a story last week about the uproar over Gowdy's remarks.
Kansans showed they wouldn't accept Gowdy's blunders without an apology. Columnists have written about it and papers have been flooded with letters to the editor. During the game, callers swamped NBC with phone calls.
This weekend Gowdy apologized on national television to the nation for wronging Kansas and directed apologies to the players and KU men's basketball败了 Owen.
At Sunday's DePaul-Notre Dame game in Lawrence, some fans held a "Dump" behind the bench.
some applause and laughter from the crowd.
Three Jayhawks, Johnny Vardaline, Ken Koenigs and Clint Johnson, foiled out as UCLA was casing in 27 of the free throw line against a mere 19 of 17 for KU.
Gowdy was broadcasting the Duke-Villanova game. A different NBC team broadcasted the Notre Dame-DePaul game in Allen Field House.
MEANWHILE, on the basketball court,
UCLA barely survived Kansas, edging the
Jayhawks. 82-76 Kansas won the game
over Oklahoma. 84-56 UCLA free throws to beat KU
THE JAYHAWKS outran and outstault the Bruins and led until the 5:48 mark of the second half when UCLA took a 71-17 lead on Raymond Townsend's 22-foot jump shot.
Watching from the comforts of a TV room, it appeared that several calls were questionable, but Owens refused to blame the reefers, saying that the Jawhahors lost the game by not keeping their composure when they had the lead.
Kansas would again take the lead at the 2:37 mark, but late fools enabled Roy Hamilton to hit four straight from the line to seal the verdict.
Jayhawks hope to atone for indoor disappointment
The reason?
No one on the KU men's track team is more anxious to begin the outdoor track season than coach Bob Timmons.
The team had a disappointing finish at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships March 11-13 at Cobo Arena in Detroit.
As a team, the Jayhawks scored two points in the meet and finished in a tie for second place.
Lester Mickens was the only Jayhawk to qualify for the finals. He placed fifth in the 600-yard dash, crossing the finish line in the ninth round. Mickens earned the country's second-best time in the event.
Nine individuals and the KU mile relay team qualified for the NCAA meet, one of the smallest qualifying fields for the meet. The teams were ranked only six. Javahaws competed in Detroit.
Timmons said the Jayhawks' performance in the meet was typical of KU's players.
"The problems we had at the NCAA were the same problems we've had all year," he said. "There's no use making any excuses there are any. We don't have a good meet."
Timmons said the tiny four-lane track in Cobra Arena created many problems for KU. Ten laps on the track measured one mile, and with four laps on the Allen Field House track.
"We couldn't negotiate the turns on that
machine, "lumpy lummy, our lead-off
man on the rule're."
The early fall made any comeback impossible.
Despite the disappointing showing in Detroit, Timmons said he was looking with renewed enthusiasm toward the outdoor games, with the Arkansas Invitational April1.
"We're all determined to turn our season around and head into the outdoor season."
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