University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, December 13, 1977
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Women's team moves into national rankings
By RODNEY ANDERSON
Sports Writer
For the first time in the nine-year history of women's basketball at the University of Kansas, a national ranking has been bested on the Jayhawks.
Kansas, -7.1, is ranked 18th in the country according to a poll of selected coaches
The poll is published every Monday in the Philadelphia Inquirer and is compiled by Mel Greenberg, a sports writer for the Inquirer.
WAYLAND BAPTIST College is ranked No. 1 in the country. The Flying Queens handed Kansas its only loss of the season last month, 72-71, in Allen Field House.
KU coach Marian Washington said last night that she was taking the polls seriously, even though the poll came early in the season.
It's nice to get some concrete sign of how well you're doing and how well other people are doing.
She thought that the players would be inspired by the ranking and would want to work harder for the Big Eight Championships Jan. 5-7 in Allen Field House and for a seven-day, four-college tour of the East Coast Jan. 10-16.
"I THINK we deserve at least that, but it's important that we play well and keep a winning attitude," Washington said. "It's a tough battle, but we have to prove it on the court."
Three of the four teams the Jayhawks meet on the Eastern swing were ranked in the Top 10.
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The University of Maryland team, scheduled to play the Jayhawks Jan. 11, is ranked 10th by the coaches. The Terrapins are 3-0 this season.
Rutgers University, also 3-0 on the year, is ranked 14th and former three-time national champion.
KU 'MEETS Rutgers Jan. 14 in New Brunswick, N.J., and Immaculata, Jan. 10 in Immaculata, Pa. Immaculate lost its State license in the spring. State University 92-33, past the season
Washington D.C. B.C. that game, KU
basketed by U.R. Ken Larry Warner (R-KM).
based on U.R. Ken Larry Warner (R-KM).
But before the Jayhawks look too far ahead, they must battle opponents in the paint.
The Jayhawks also meet lightly regarded George Washington University Jan. 16 in
Kansas will face Iowa State University at
p.m. jan. 5 in the first round of tomahawk
season.
WASHINGTON SPOKE cautiously about predicting a first-place finish in the tournament for KU, but he said KU had an even better improve on their fourth-place finish last year.
--emotions will be running high and upsets could take place, according to Washington.
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"I'm not going to underestimate any of these teams," she said. "The adrenalin is going to be flowing and the upsets could be going all over the place."
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"I have confidence that KU can do a very good job in this tournament," she said. After that victory over Nebraska in Lincoln, the team were stronger than I had first realized."
Because of the nature of the tournament.
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Office of Minority Affairs
Attention Students New Financial Aid Applications for 1978-79.
Applications for next year's financial aid (you have to reapply every year) are now available in the Office of Student Financial Aid, 26 Strong Hall. There are two forms, a KU application for financial aid, and a Financial Aid Form (FAF) from the College Scholarship Service.
You should pick up the forms now and take them home with you at semester break. You can fill out the KU form yourself but the FAF requires information from your parents' 1977 income tax return. It should be completed and mailed to the College Scholarship Service (CSS) as soon after Jan. 1 as possible, because the deadline for that information to be returned to the Financial Aid Office is Feb. 15, 1978.
Forms (both the KU application and the FAF) which come back before Feb. 15 will have priority for funding. Forms received after Feb. 15 will be considered only after the priority applications. Last year, most late applicants did not receive financial aid. Don't let them happen to you!
NEW THIS YEAR! The Financial Aid Form (FAF)
that is filled with CSS will be used to indicate eligibility
MORE GOOD WELL IS it possible that maximum awards from BEOG will be greater in 1979-78 than ever
If you are not eligible for BEGG money but do have financial needs, you should consider applying for a Guaranteed Student Loan through the Higher Education Assistance Foundation of Kansas. This foundation has established the Higher Education Loan Program of Kansas, which provides a "Lender of Last Resort" for students who are unable to find commercial lenders to handle their loans.
FAIR WARNING! Federal financial aid programs (BEG, SEOG, FISL) will be requiring what is called "reasonable academic progress" from students who want to reapply under these programs. "Progress" will be measured in terms of credit hours completed and g.p.a. earned while completing them. For example, you should carry enough hours to finish a 4 year degree in 4 years with a C(2.0) average.
If you have any questions about the use of the forms, student budgets, receipt of funds, etc., PLEASE contact one of the financial aid officers in 26 Strong Hall.