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Tuesday, November 23, 1999
The University Daily Kansan
Section B · Page 3
Kansas returns to site of Williams' coaching debut
By Matt Tait
sports@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
The last time the Kansas men's basketball team met up with a Jim Harrick team, the result was a disappointing second round NCAA tournament loss, 80-75 to Rhode Island in 1998.
1999 Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout Pairings
Nov 24-27 - Anchorage, Alaska
Sullivan Arena (8,700)
Thursday night at the Great Alaska Shootout in Anchorage, Alaska. No. 10 Kansas will have an opportunity for revenge when they take on Harrick's Georgia Bulldogs — the fourth school for which Harrick has coached against Kansas.
This year's tournament marks the second time in the Roy Williams era that Kansas has traveled to Alaska, and the trip north reunites Williams with the place where he made his debut as coach of the Jayhawks in 1988.
Great Alaska Shootout
That year, the Jayhawks lost in the final to Seton Hall, 92-81. This year, however, the 'Hawks appear to be the strongest team in a field that includes Xavier, Louisville, Georgia Tech, Washington, Grambling State and the host team, Alaska-Anchorage.
Alaska-Arizona Kansas' meeting with Georgia will be the third in school history. The Jayhawks won both of the previous meetings 1992's season opener at Allen Fieldhouse 76-65 and again a year later at the Georgia Dome, 86-79.
While Kansas has spent practice preparing for Georgia, some of the Jayhawk players are excited about the trip to Alaska.
Led by junior Adrian Jones' 16 points and nine boards and fellow junior Anthony Evans' 11 points and eight rebounds, the Bulldogs may offer Kansas a tough test
This year's Georgia squad is 0-1 after a hard-fought game Friday night at North Carolina State 64-63. The Bulldogs lost on a Wolfpack three-pointer with 56 seconds left.
"Alaska and Hawaii — those are places people don't get a chance to go too often," sophomore guard Jeff Bosche said. "It's a really appealing opportunity."
Tearily appearing Nick Bradford agreed with Boschee and said that he was also looking forward to the rest he would get on
Williams, however, is looking at the trip simply as another job adventure with only one thing in mind — basketball.
the trip.
one thing to do.
"I don't dog sled, I don't snowmobile, I'm going up there to do a job," Williams said.
"I told my wife I'd give her an hour a day, but after that I'm there to focus on winning basketball games."
As is common in several holiday and early-season tournaments, the Shootout will feature the use of two experimental rules. First, on the 10th foul and thereafter in both halves, the team fouled will have the option to take the ball out of bounds or shoot the traditional two free throws. Kansas was 15 of 28 from the free-throw
line in its season opening win against Fairfield Friday night.
Second, only six players will be allowed in the free-throw lane on all foul shots instead of the current limit of eight.
Thursday night's game will be televised on ESPN, and because of the time difference, it will begin around 11 p.m. C.S.T. If the Jayhawks beat Georgia and continue to win, they will continue to play at 11 p.m. if they lose to Georgia, the second round game will not be televised and will begin at 2 p.m.
2 p.m.
A Jayhawk win against Georgia would mean they would play the winner of the Xavier/Louisville game on Friday.
— Edited by Ronnie Wachter
Freshman guard Kirk Hinrich launches a shot in the first half of the season-opener against Fairfield. Hinrich scored eight points and had five assists in the win.
Photo by Jeepers/KANSAN
Volleyball team needs two more wins
Kansas senior Amanda Reves, left, and junior Danielle Geronyo celebrate after scoring a point against Kansas State Sunday night. The Jayhawks will play at Iowa State tomorrow to try earn a spot in the NCAA tournament. Photo by Aaron Lindberg/KANSAN.
By Shawn Hutchinson
sports@kansan.com
Kansas sportswriter
The Kansas volleyball team's last two matches of the season are now coated with the "must-win" label.
That label was branded in brutal fashion Sunday night, when the Jayhawks lost 3-2 to No. 18 Kansas State at the Horesei Family Athletics Center.
Kansas, 17-12 overall and 8-10 in the Big 12 Conference, had the Wildcats on the ropes for most of the night, but couldn't finish them off after winning two of the first three games and leading 6-0 in the fourth game.
ng it on both sides." It was up and down on both sides." Kansas senior middle blocker Amanda Reves said.
Because the Jayhawks weren't the ones standing in the end, their NCAA tournament chances nearly have been toppled.
Going into the K-State match, the Jayhawks knew they needed to end their season with several victories to earn a tournament berth.
Now that the Jayhawks have fumbled a golden opportunity to beat a nationally-ranked opponent, a road win against Iowa State tomorrow and a home win against Colorado on Saturday are crucial.
"Now we're at the point where we're starting to run out of matches," Kansas coach Ray Bechard said. "So obviously we have to win at Iowa State, and we have to win big against Colorado."
Beachard said that if the Jayhawks could finish the season at 19-12 overall and 10-10 in the Big 12, there still
KANSAS VOLLEYBALL
Who: Kansas vs. Colorado When: 7 p.m. Saturday
**Where:** Horeisi Family Athletics Center
A win against Iowa State is almost a given as long as Kansas shows up. The Cyclones haven't won since Sept. 4, are 2-23 overall and are 0-18 in the Big 12.
12. That leaves nationally-ranked Colorado standing in the way of a possible Kansas tournament berth. The match is scheduled for 7 p.m. Saturday at the Horeisi Center.
"We're going to give it all we got," Reves said.
That won't be easy considering the Buffaloes have already torpedoed the Jayhawks once this season — a 3-0 win Oct. 20 in Boulder.
The Buffalooes are tied for fifth in the Big 12 standings at 11-7 and are 17-10 overall. Colorado is led by setter Kelly Campbell and outside hitter Sonja Nielsen, who had 17 kills in its first meeting with Kansas.
Volleyball notes.
Seniors Mary Beth Albrecht, Kristi Kiyabu, Anne Kreimer, Reves, and Juniors Nancy Bell and Amy Myatt were selected to the 1999 Volleyball Academic All-Big 12 first team yesterday. To qualify, student-athletes must maintain a 3.2 grade-point average and compete in a minimum of 60 percent of the team's matches.
Edited by Ronnie Wachter
By Chris Wristen
sports@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas swimmers and divers battled the nation's best this weekend, but they came up short.
both the men's and women's teams placed fourth out of four teams at the Northwestern Invitational. Every opponent except the Northwestern men was ranked in the top 25.
The men finished well behind the rest of the pool, and the women's squad had a late burst but found third place to be just out of reach.
“There was a star-studded field this weekend,” coach Gary Kempf said. “Almost all of them were top 10 to 15 teams in the country. Our girls put on a late charge and tried to catch SMU, but we just couldn't catch them. I was very pleased with them overall, though.”
The women gained some strokes as underclassmen led the way. Freshman Gwen Haley finished fourth in the 200 breaststroke and 200 butterfly, freshman Julie Ottmar was second in the 100 backstroke and sophomore Sarah Holke was second in the 100 butterfly.
"This was a good opportunity, especially for the underclassmen, to see what kind of speed is out there to race against," junior Carolyn Grevers said.
Carlton Gerrard two women posted career-best marks. Grevers swam a 51.59 while capturing third in the 50 freestyle, and sophomore diver Patti Stringham posted a career-best score of 344.20 while placing fifth in one-meter diving.
"I was really happy with my one-meter," Stringham said. "I've never had a consistent diving meet since I've been at Kansas, and all of my requiled were consistent."
Kansas earned most of its points in the
distance races. Freshmen Beth Schryer and Lyndsay DeVaney placed first and third, respectively, in the 1,650 freestyle race. The two were keys to the team's point production, Kempf said.
"We swim distance very well," Kempf said.
"Distance is definitely a strength on the women's side. Schryer and DeVaney swam really well, and they do a great job for us."
The men's squad didn't fair as well, which Kempf attributed to a lack of numbers. Kansas took a reduced squad of 17 men to the meet while their opposition had nearly 25 swimmers. No. 14 Arizona State. No. 19 Southern Methodist and Northwestern were strides ahead of the Jayhawks, though, and Kansas trailed from start to finish.
The men didn't get pleasing overall results but found solace when many showed time improvements. Senior Brian Klapper and junior Jon Reyes gave season-best performances in the 500 freestyle, and junior Jason Carr set a personal best in the 50 freestyle. Freshman Brian Soria placed third in the 1650 freestyle.
The bright spots also included junior Chad Sunderland, who won the 100 breaststroke, and sophomore Adam Hanhart, who placed fourth in the three-meter diving competition and second in the one-meter.
I thought they competed real well," Kempf said. "Arizona State and Southern Methodist are just a step ahead of us right now. We definitely took a step up in our performance though."
Edited by Ronnie Wachter
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