Friday, December 3.1999
The University Daily Kansan
Section B · Page 3
Jayhawks head for hostile arena at 2-0 Middle Tennessee State
By Matt Tait sports@kansan.com
Kansas san writer
The Kansas men's basketball team will take to the road to play Middle Tennessee State at 1:05 p.m. Sunday in Murfreesboro, Tenn.
The game will be the Jayhawks' first road game in an unfriendly arena.
Kansas headed northwest last week to play at the Great Alaska Shootout. The Jayhawks won the tournament, and the crowd at the Sullivan Center in Anchorage appeared to be neutral, usually rooting slightly for the underdog.
In contrast to the 8,000-seat Sullivan Center, Middle Tennessee's Murphy Center seats 11,520 fans and is a notoriously tough place for its conference opponents to play.
The Blue Raiders are 2-0 and are one of only two undefeated teams in the Ohio Valley Conference.
Coached by Randy Wiel, who has a 52-40 career record at Middle Tennessee, the Blue Raiders play a similar style to Kansas — varying zone and man-to-man defenses along with motion offense designed to get good shots.
Kansas coach Roy Williams is a good friend of Wiel's, which he said had a lot to do with scheduling the game.
"They needed a big game and they said they'd play us two games here for one game there." Williams said.
Overall, Kansas leads the series with the Blue Raiders, winning 103-68 in their only previous meeting in Lawrence in 1997.
Middle Tennessee returns three of its leading scorers from last season — something Wiel thinks will help the Blue Raiders compete.
"Everybody's excited at the opportunity to play a team that's nationally ranked," Wiel said. "I don't feel like I have to
get the guys up to play a team like Kansas. We'll have to play as good as we can to compete with them, but just the fact that we're playing them gives us a chance."
Senior Cedrick Wallace, a 6-foot-6 inch forward averaged 13 points and five rebounds a game last year. Also, juniors Lee Nosse, a 6-10 center, and Freddie Martinez, a 6-5 guard, return after averaging 10 points each per game last season.
Kansas' next action upon returning home from Tennessee is in the Great Eight at 6 p.m. Tuesday in Chicago. The Jayhawks will play No. 8 Michigan State, which upset No. 2 North Carolina Wednesday night in Chapel Hill. The Great Eight appearance will mark the fifth straight year that Kansas has competed in the event.
Kansas is 3-1 alltime in Great Eight play, losing 63-45 last season to Kentucky.
— Edited by Shawn Linenberger
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Women's basketball team seeing double
Volleyball star joins twin sister on court
By Melinda Weaver
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The Kansas women's basketball team has its first set of twins.
Amanda Reves, a senior and the all-time kills leader for the Kansas volleyball team, joined the basketball team Wednesday and will suit up for the home opener tonight against Loyola Marymount. Amanda Reves joins her twin sister, Brooke, who plays guard for the Javahaws.
Coach Marian Washington said that she saw a lot of potential in her new forward but that Amanda Reves needed to get used to being
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"She looks very confused right now, but she is very talented and athletic. I think she will be a big help to us."
"She runs hard, and she can run the floor, but when she goes up for a layup, she misses by just a little bit," Washington said. "She is getting more comfortable with the basketball, but there are a lot of footwork things she needs to adjust to. She is having to learn the new offensive and defensive schemes just like everyone else, but she is
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Amanda Reves is not joining the team completely without experience. Although she has not played organized basketball since high school, she practiced with the team last season during the preseason and postseason.
And because of the volleyball season, which ended on Saturday, Amanda Reves doesn't have to worry about getting into shape.
"She is in great shape and already very focused, so she is able to learn very quickly," Washington said. "We are very patient with her and will continue to be very patient with her. I can see that there is so much she wants to do. We expect her to be able to come in and stabilize our defense and add more depth to the perimeter."
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"She looks very confused right now, but she is very talented and athletic." Jackson said. "I think she will be a big help to us."
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Swimmers and divers prepare for test in Iowa
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By Chris Wristen
The Kansas men's and women's swimming and diving teams will venture back into Big Ten Conference country tomorrow against the Iowa Hawkees in Iowa City, Iowa.
"Both Iowa and us are pretty comparable teams, so I look forward to it being a good meet," said coach Gary Kempf. "It is a real tight match-up."
The Jayhawks have competed twice against Big Ten teams this fall and said they thought they could match the level at which the Hawkeyes competed.
The Jayhawks men's and women's teams lost to Illinois in November at the dual meet extravaganza in Champaign, Ill., and both teams finished in last place out of four teams two weeks ago at the Northwestern Invitational in Evanston, Ill.
"The Big Ten tends to be really competitive," said freshman swimmer Gwen Haley. "It should
be a good meet to go in and compete against people who I'm not familiar with."
The Kansas men are led by senior swimming captains Brian Klapper and Andy Kyser, but sophomore diver Adam Hankart and freshman swimmer Brian Soria are carrying some of the load for the team, which is 0-2 this fall. Hankart finished in second on the one-meter board at Northwestern, while Soria finished third in the 1,650-meter freestyle at the meet.
For the women's team, which has a 3-2 dual record this fall, younger members also dominate. Junior swimmer Carolyn Grevers swam a career-best time of 51.59 in the 50 freestyle at Northwestern. But freshman swimmers Lysandy
DeVaney, Beth Schryer and Haley have made the most extensive contributions so far.
At Northwestern, Schryer finished first in the 1650 freestyle and DeVaney took third. Sophomore diver Patti Stringham set a career-best mark as well.
Kempf said that while he did not try to predict the outcome of meets, he expected that his swimmers would give it all they had.
"I know we'll race to the best of our ability." Kempf said. "I'd like to see us continue to swim faster and move forward. We're reaching the end of this training phase so I'd like to see us continue to get better."
"I want to do the best I have this season and try to beat what we've done," Haley said. "That will set me up for a good Christmas break and back half of the season."
Haley said she believed improvement was definitely possible. Iowa will be the Jayhawks' last meet before winter break, and the team hopes to post its best marks of the season.
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