Section B·Page 4
The University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, December 7, 1999
College Bowl Predictions
KU
84-48
CHRIS FICKETT
(sports editor)
80-49
BRAD HALLIER
(associate sports editor)
83-46
JULIE WOOD
(editor in chief)
97-32
MICHAEL RIGG
(Big 12 football reporter)
87-42
MIKE MILLER
(Kansas football reporter)
80-49
RYAN DESCH
(student)
Citrus: Florida vs. Michigan St.
Rose: Stanford vs. Wisconsin
Orange: Michigan vs. Alabama
Fiesta: Nebraska vs. Tennessee
Sugar: Florida St. vs. Virginia
Michigan St.
Wisconsin
Michigan
Nebraska
Virginia Tech.
Florida
Wisconsin
Alabama
Nebraska
Virginia Tech.
Florida
Wisconsin
Michigan
Nebraska
Florida St.
Florida
Wisconsin
Alabama
Nebraska
Virginia Tech.
Florida St.
Florida
Wisconsin
Alabama
Nebraska
Virginia Tech.
Florida St.
AP TOP 25
The top 25 teams in the Associated Press" men's basketball poll, with firstplace votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 5, total points based on 25 points for a firstplace vote through one point for a 25thplace vote, and previous ranking:
rank team rec pts pvs
1.Cincinnati (55) 5-0 1,747 1
2.Arizona (6) 5-0 1,647 4
3.Stanford (9) 5-0 1,620 3
4.Michigan St. 6-1 1,454 8
5.Kansas 6-0 1,451 6
6.Connecticut 5-1 1,402 5
7.North Carolina (1) 5-1 1,333 2
8.Auburn 4-1 1,231 7
9.Florida 4-1 1,044 11
10.Texas 4-1 1,043 9
11.UCLA 3-0 1,032 12
12.Syracuse 6-0 994 14
13.Ohio St. 2-1 869 15
14.Duke 5-2 822 17
15.Indiana 4-0 774 23
16.Tennessee 6-0 760 18
17.Oklahoma St. 6-0 550 21
18.Wake Forest 5-0 475 —
19.Temple 2-2 395 10
20.DePaul 4-2 378 20
21.Maryland 6-2 317 24
22.Illinois 3-2 272 16
23.Kentucky 3-3 224 13
24.Gonzaga 4-1 194 25
25.Purdue 3-2 181 19
Other receiving votes: Oklahoma 158; St. John's 135, Dau-
lion 129, Utah 124, N.C. State 115, Michigan 36, tulsa 304,
Michigan 33, Southern Miss 19, Minnesota 12, Creation 11,
Usk 9, Kent 8, Notre Dame 8, Murray St. 7, Mississippi 6,
Siena 6, ULN 5, Welber St. 3, Georgia Tech 2, Marshall 2,
Oregon 2, Memphis 1, Penn St. 1
Cincinnati remains first in AP college hoops poll
The Associated Press
Cincinnati was No.1 in the Associated Press college basketball poll for the fourth straight week, and Wake Forest returned to the Top 25 on Monday for the first time in two years.
The Bearcats (5-0), who beat Gonzaga in their only game last week, received 55 first-place votes and 1,747 points from the national media panel.
Arizona (6-0), which won at Texas on Saturday, jumped from fourth to No. 2, receiving six No. 1 votes and 1647 points.
Stanford (5-0), which didn't play last week, held third with nine first-place votes and 1,620 points, 166 more than Michigan State, which used its impressive win at North Carolina to jump from eighth to fourth in the rankings.
Kansas, at 6-0 the fourth unbeaten team in the Top Ten, moved up one spot to fifth and was followed by Connecticut, North Carolina, which got one No.1 vote, Auburn, Florida and
Texas.
UCLA moved up one place to lead the Second Ten and was followed by Syracuse, Ohio State, Duke, Indiana, Tennessee, Oklahoma State, Wake Forest, Temple and DePaul.
The last five teams were Maryland, Illinois, Kentucky, Gonzaga and Purdue.
Wake Forest (5-0) beat Wisconsin and Temple last week to move into the rankings for the first time since Dec. 15, 1997, the season after Tim Duncan graduated.
The Demon Deacons replaced Utah (3-2), which sandwiched wins against Stony Brook and Augusta State around a loss to Weber State.
This week's Great Eight in Chicago will have three Top Ten match-ups as No. 1 Cincinnati plays No. 7 North Carolina; No. 2 Arizona faces No. 6 Connecticut; and No. 4 Michigan State goes against No. 5 Kansas. The fourth match-up will have No. 19 Temple against No. 24 Gonzaga.
NBA dreams fading for Wichita player
The Associated Press
risks even the most gifted high school athletes face when they forgo college and leap to the NBA.
WICHITA, — Korleone Young had that nervous feeling in his stomach. It was the same feeling that got his adrenaline going before big games. But he wasn't getting ready to play a game. He was getting booted out of pro basketball.
It was Oct. 28. Philadelphia
76ers coach Larry Brown had
just cut him.
"It's one of the most shocking things that ever happened to me," said young, the 6-foot-7 former All-State player from Wichita East High School.
Eighteen months ago, he had been only the 10th prep basketball player ever selected in the National Basketball Association Draft when the Detroit Pistons chose him in the second round. Today, his story illustrates the
As the saying goes, said Detroit Pistons assistant coach George Irvine, the NBA is also an acronym for "No Boys Allowed."
"We're a league of men," said Irvine, who worked with Young last season. "Nobody baby-sits you here. Korleone would have benefited a great deal if he had gone to college a year or two — not just in basketball but in the maturation process."
Young isn't totally out of pro basketball. He learned Wednesday that he will leave by Dec. 13 for the Richmond (Va.) Rhythm of the first-year International Basketball League. It's his first step back to the NBA, said Kevin Poston, Young's agent.
Young said his economic situation played a role in his decision to skip college, and he especially wanted to help out his grandparents. He and his mother, Kim, Cessna employee, live with his maternal grandparents, Charles and Betty, in northeast Wichita.
"Every decision is different with every family," said Poston, who also represents such basketball stars as Penny Hardaway and Robert Horry and pro football's Charles Woodson and Orlando Pace. "If you could make 300 grand or go to college, which one would you do?"
And, at 20, he's at the beginning of his prime basketball years.
"He's not in the gutter," Poston said. "He's not pushing a broom yet. He's a young guy that needs developing. A major setback? I don't see that at all."
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