Friday, May 5, 2000
The University Daily Kansan
Section B · Page 3
Kansas athletics down from past years
Continued from page 1A
areas, along with football, men's and women's basketball, track and cross country. And this makes the golf team's placing more impressive.
"With the Texas and Oklahoma schools being in the Big 12, it makes it pretty impressive." Vermeer said. "Anybody that knows anything about golf knows that Oklahoma State has a great team. For us to win it last year and have a respectable showing this year, I think we've solidified ourselves as one of the top teams in the conference."
Although Kansas is one of only three Big 12 schools with rowing, it doesn't take away from what the Jayhawks have accomplished this year. They dominated Texas and Kansas State this season, blowing them away in competition and in the rowing rankings.
And they've been doing it for a while, with minimal space for storage or to workout, namely no boathouse to store their boats. Catloth compared the Kansas rowing area and those of an East Coast school to that of an elementary grade school gym and Allen Fieldhouse.
"We have the gym floor with the linoleum floors that you share with the cafeteria, while they [East Coast schools] have Allen Fieldhouse." Cattho said. "That's no exaggeration; it's relatively the same."
The other Kansas teams haven't fared as well this year. In fact, compared to the rest of the Big 12, Kansas comes close to bringing up the rear.
So how does one determine the best school overall?
There are 12 main sports that most — 10 or more schools — of the Big 12 participate in the "big six" along with volleyball, baseball, soccer, men's and women's tennis and softball. Other sports in the Big 12, such as swimming, gymnastics, wrestling and rowing, have anywhere from three to six teams, while only one or two schools have competing teams in equestrian, archery, bowling, rifle and skiing.
An overall winner was determined by the number of points earned based on where it finished in each sport. If a school wins a championship in football, it receives 12 points because 12 teams compete. If it finishes ninth, it gets four points.
Continuing with sports such as swimming, the top team gets six points, while the top rowing team gets three points. Sports like rifle and archery, with only one competing school, get one point. Nebraska, for instance, has a varsity rifle and varsity bowling team. Because it's the only school with either of those varsity sports, it's unfair to penalize or give points for featuring that sport.
This way, all of the sports are evenly weighted according to overall Big 12 participation.
So, with all but four sports completed, baseball, softball and outdoor track standings are finalized by this month, Texas is winning with 150 points. Nebraska is second with 141, and Texas A&M is third with 109. Kansas is 11th with 75 points, four points ahead of last place Kansas State.
If Kansas is to improve, the outdoor track team has to move up from a 10th and 12th place finish at the Big 12 Indoor and catch Texas Tech, three points ahead of Kansas.
This is quite a change from the 1989-1999 season when Kansas finished seventh overall, just behind Oklahoma State. What changed were both basketball teams performances' and slightly worse placings from women's tennis, softball and both track teams.
Which brings us to the question, what can be done?
Football is on the way up if the $25 million spent on the stadium is any indication. Both basketball teams probably will be consistent winners, and the volleyball and soccer teams have improved since the arrival of their new coaches.
New coaches are on the way for the track and swimming programs - two incredibly successful programs in the
HOW WE DID IT
An overall winner was determined by the number of points earned based on where it finished in each sport. If a school wins a championship in football, it receives 12 points because 12 teams compete. If it finishes ninth, it gets four points.
■ In a sport like softball, with only 10 teams, the winner receives 10 points, while the second place team gets nine points and so on.
past. But it remains to be seen if these sports can compete in a conference that already has nationally dominant teams.
The baseball and softball teams have had the toughest time the last few years, even with new coaches.
Baseball coach Bobby Randall is in his fifth year and is on his way to a second straight 10th place showing. In fact, the most successful year the team has had under Randall was when he inherited a team that went to the College World Series and finished sixth. The next year was the only season the 'Hawks had a winning record
It's softball coach Tracy Bunge's fourth season, but her teams have yet to improve. The 38-23 record and a trip to the NCAA regionals her first year has been her best. Since then, the Jayhawks are 89-93 and haven't finished among the league leaders. For a team that went to three straight regional finals from 1992 to 1994, things have been better.
Can Kansas improve in coming years? There's no reason it shouldn't. The past success of the athletic teams is one indication of how Kansas can compete with other Big 12 teams. The buildings promised to the rowing, softball, track and soccer teams could help bring in more blue chip recruits. Or, this could have just been a down year for Kansas athletics, and the teams might rebound next year.
Either way, the two teams that currently are the best, women's rowing and men's golf, have it together. Maybe the rest can follow.
| | Conference W | L | PCT | W | Overall Pct |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Nebraska | 17 | 3 | 18.7 | 27 | 6.49 |
| Texas & AML | 16 | 5 | 800 | 28 | 6.82 |
| Texas | 16 | 5 | 750 | 22 | 6.73 |
| Kansas State | 14 | 6 | 700 | 21 | 7.00 |
| Southern State | 14 | 6 | 750 | 19 | 7.00 |
| Colorado | 12 | 8 | 610 | 12 | 8.00 |
| Kansas | 8 | 12 | 400 | 17 | 1.48 |
| Texas Tech | 7 | 13 | 350 | 16 | 5.45 |
| Missouri | 7 | 13 | 300 | 15 | 5.45 |
| Oklahoma | 3 | 17 | 150 | 8 | 2.26 |
| Iowa State | 3 | 17 | 150 | 22 | 2.67 |
SOCCER STANDINGS
| Conference | Overall |
|---|
| W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT |
|---|
| Nebraska | 7 | 3 | .700 | 17 | 5 | 1.631 |
| Texas & AMR | 7 | 3 | .700 | 17 | 5 | 1.631 |
| Missouri | 3 | 6 | .650 | 14 | 7 | 1.659 |
| Baylor | 6 | 3 | .650 | 14 | 7 | 1.659 |
| Missouri | 4 | 3 | .650 | 14 | 7 | 1.659 |
| Colorado | 4 | 5 | .450 | 11 | 8 | 1.575 |
| Iowa State | 4 | 6 | .400 | 11 | 8 | 1.575 |
| Texas Tech | 4 | 6 | .400 | 8 | 11 | 1.425 |
| Kansas | 3 | 6 | .400 | 8 | 11 | 1.425 |
| Oklahoma State | 2 | 8 | .200 | 5 | 14 | 0.263 |
| Oklahoma | 2 | 8 | .200 | 5 | 14 | 0.263 |
2000 Men's Big 12 Golf Championship
Oklahoma State 287-272-292 851 (+11)
Kansas 287-282-294 863 (+21)
Colorado 285-292-296 873 (+33)
Texas 285-292-304 876 (+36)
ABA M 285-292-304 877 (+36)
Baylor 292-292-303 887 (+47)
Okahoma 292-292-306 897 (+53)
Texas Tech 201-291-313 895 (+55)
Missouri 201-291-313 897 (+57)
State State 202-292-317 905 (+67)
Iowa State 304-299-309 912 (+72)
Nebraska 304-306-317 927 (+87)
2000 Women's Big 12 Golf Championship
Bowl Championship
Oklahoma State 298-303-319 617 (+54)
Oklahoma State 295-303-319 617 (+53)
Nebraska 300-306-314 920 (+66)
Texas 293-305-323 921 (+67)
Missouri 305-298-318 921 (+67)
Tech Tech 305-298-318 921 (+67)
Baylor 318-301-318 927 (+73)
Texas A&M 317-307-319 943 (+79)
Colorado 319-318-324 961 (+79)
Iowa State 318-322-327 977 (+113)
Kansas 327-323-330 978 (+114)
2000 Big 12 Women's Gymnastics Championship
Iowa State 196.775
Nebraska 196.750
Oklahoma 195.800
Missouri 194.375
Big 1.2 Men's Swimming and Diving Championships
pts.
Texas 1007
Nebraska 649
Iowa State 564
Texas A&M 563
**Kansas** **336**
Missouri 301
Big Bg 12 Women's Network Swimming and Diving Championship's
pts.
Texas 914.5
Texas A&M 630.5
Nebraska 602
Kansas **426.5**
Missouri 386
Iowa State 210.5
Missouri 86
Baylor 80
Texas A&M 78.50
Colorado 63
Iowa State 57
Oklahoma 45.50
Kansas State 40
Kansas 34
Oklahoma State 20
Texas Tech 19
Men's Indoor Track Championships 115
Nebraska 101
Texas
32 Wrestling Championships
Oklahoma State 84
Iowa State 68
Oklahoma 65
Nebraska 19.5
Missouri 14.5
Big 12 Wrestling Championships
Men's Tennis Big 12 Championships
1. Texas
2. Baylor
3. Nebraska
4. Kansas
5. Texas A&M
6. Texas Tech
7. Oklahoma
8. Colorado
9. Oklahoma State
Women's Big 12 Tennis Championships
Texas
2. Oklahoma
3. Baylor
4. Oklahoma State
5. Colorado
6. Texas A&M
7. Nebraska
8. Nevada
9. Texas Tech
10. Texas Tech
11. Missouri
Men's Cross Country Championships
1. Colorado 22
2. Oklahoma State 102
3. Missouri 103
4. Texas 157
5. Texas A&M 167
6. Nebraska 173
7. Kansas 187
8. Iowa State 189
9. Kansas State 202
10. Texas Tech 240
11. Baylor 240
12. Oklahoma 320
Women's Cross County Championships
1. Colorado 62
2. Kansas State 77
3. Missouri 119
4. Nebraska 121
5. Texas Tech 130
6. Texas 142
7. Baylor 150
8. Iowa State 186
9. Texas A&M 191
10. Oklahoma State 294
11. Oklahoma 294
12. Kansas 337
1999-2000 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
(First, ranked by Phillips 66 Big
12 Men's Basketball Tournament seeds)
Conference Overall
W 12 WL 7 WL 7
State State 13 3 813 14 6 818
Texas Tech 13 3 813 28 5 848
Kansas 11 5 688 25 10 687
Nebraska 10 9 6, 625 18 13, 581
Texas 10 6 753 18 13, 618
Missouri 7 9 438 18 12, 600
Kansas State 7 9 175 18 12, 433
Oklahoma State 5 11 353 14 16, 487
Colorado 4 12 250 14 16, 345
Texas A&M 3 13 188 11 16, 407
Baylor 3 14 125 11 20, 259
2000 Big 12 Conference Softball Standings
School W L Reference L W L Reference
Oklahoma 17 1 0 .944 55 6 0.902
Nebraska 12 2 0 .857 42 18 0.700
Texas 11 5 0 .688 26 14 0.520
Oklahoma St. 8 10 0 .444 33 20 0.623
Texas A&M 8 10 0 .438 20 19 0.596
Texas Tech 7 11 0 .400 21 19 0.582
Missouri 7 11 0 .333 27 19 0.542
Kansas 5 11 0 .313 30 29 0.508
Iowa State 4 13 0 .235 20 16 0.395
| Conference | Overall |
|---|
| Baylor | 20.7 | 741 39-13 | 750 |
| Nebraska | 19.8 | 704 36-12 | 750 |
| Texas | 18.8 | 692 31-12 | 750 |
| Texas Tech | 17.10 | 630 32-12 | 612 |
| Oklahoma | 15.9 | 625 32-18 | 640 |
| Missouri | 10.11 | 476 32-18 | 431 |
| Oklahoma State | 9.12 | 429 30-18 | 322 |
| Texas A&M | 11.23 | 429 30-18 | 323 |
| Kansas | 8-19 | 296 22-18 | 458 |
| Iowa state | 6.18 | 250 16-32 | 333 |
| Kansas State | 4.19 | 174 18-27 | 400 |
1999 BIG 12 FOOTBALL STANDINGS
| Conference | Overall | | | |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| W | 7 | 1 PCT | 12 | 923 |
| Nebraska | 7 | 1 PCT | 12 | 923 |
| Kansas State | 7 | 1 875 | 11 | 1,916 |
| Colorado | 5 | 3 625 | 11 | 5,183 |
| Kansas | 3 | 8 625 | 4 | 7,903 |
| Indiana State | 1 | 7 125 | 4 | 7,364 |
| Missouri | 1 | 7 125 | 4 | 7,364 |
Loretta Conference
W 6 L PCT W 7 L PCT
Texas 6 1 2.750 9 1 5.424
Texas Tech 5 3 6.252 6 5 5.454
Oklahoma 5 3 6.252 6 5 5.436
A&M 5 3 6.252 7 5 6.063
Oklahoma State 3 5 3.757 6 5 4.655
Baylor 8 0 8.000 1 10 0.991
(Final) ranked by Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball
Tournament teams
| School | Condition | W | Pct. | Pot. | W | Pct. |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Iowa State | 14 | 2 | 875 | 34 | 5 | 865 |
| Texas | 13 | 3 | 813 | 24 | 9 | 727 |
| Oklahoma State | 13 | 4 | 750 | 24 | 7 | 794 |
| Kansas | 11 | 5 | 688 | 24 | 10 | 706 |
| Missouri | 10 | 6 | 625 | 18 | 10 | 758 |
| Colorado | 4 | 1 | 250 | 11 | 19 | 567 |
| Utah | 4 | 1 | 225 | 11 | 19 | 567 |
| Baylor | 4 | 12 | 250 | 11 | 19 | 483 |
| Texas A&M | 4 | 12 | 250 | 10 | 20 | 986 |
| Texas Tech | 4 | 12 | 250 | 10 | 20 | 986 |
| Kansas State | 4 | 12 | 142 | 11 | 19 | 321 |
(determined in Kansas Invitational)
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