Tuesday, November 16, 1999
The University Daily Kansan
Section B • Page 3
AP TOP 25
The top 25 teams in The Associatesc Press' men's basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through yesterday, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:
rank team
1. Cincinnati (25) 0-0 1,605 2
2. Michigan St. (24) 0-0 1,573 3
3. Auburn (8) 0-0 1,551 4
4. Ohio St. (7) 0-0 1,417 5
5. N. Carolina (1) 0-0 1,383 6
6. Temple (3) 0-0 1,327 7
7. Florida (1) 0-0 1,315 8
8. Connecticut 1-1 1,277 1
9. Stanford (1) 2-0 1,197 13
10. Arizona 0-0 1,170 9
**11.Kansas** **0-0** **1,012** **11**
12.UCLA 0-0 890 12
13.Syracuse 2-0 801 17
14.Kentucky 0-0 766 14
15. St. John's 0-0 631 18
16.Utah 0-0 605 15
17.Illinois 0-0 583 16
18.Duke 0-0 558 10
19.Tennessee 0-0 496 19
20.DePaul 0-0 428 20
**21.Texas** **0-0** **316** **21**
22.Iowa 1-1 261 —
**23.Oklahoma St.** **0-0** **230** **22**
24.Purdue 0-0 199 23
25.Gonzaga 0-0 190 24
Others receiving votes: Miami 174, Maryland 146, Wake Forest 98, Georgia Tech 42, Oklahoma 38, Indiana 20, Louisville 17, Seton Hall 13, Tulsa 10, Valparaiso 10, Virginia 9, Oregon 7, Siena 7, Aknon 6, Detroit 5, Murray St. 5, New Mexico 6, Michigan 4, Arkansas 3, UNLV 3, Alabama 2, Fresno St. 2, New Mexico St. 2, SW Missouri St. 2, Xavier 2, Georgetown 1, George Washington 1, Memphis 1, N.C. Charlotte 1, Southern Cal 1.
Three point guards compete for starting spot in first game
sports@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
By Matt Tait
Kansas men's basketball coach Roy Williams will have the luxury of a three-headed monster on his squad this season. However, not one of them stands taller than 6-foot-4.
Sophomores Jeff Boschse and Marlon London along with freshman Kirk Hinrich will be the floor generals this year for the Jayhawks, entrusted with handling the point-guard duties.
Boschee, last year's starter as a freshman, handled the task for most of the season and was occasionally replaced by Ryan Robertson. This year, however, things are different, and Boschee knows it.
“This year, Coach has so many options at the point,” Boschee said. “Three people can play one spot, but it’s like that everywhere. Everyone’s got to be on when we’re out there, or we won’t play.”
Thus far, Williams has下载played who will be in the starting lineup, and who won't. He has always said that he wants the players to decide who should be on the floor.
in the Jayhawks' season opener against Fairfield at 7 p.m. Friday in Allen Fieldhouse, Boschee, London and Hinrich will get a first-hand
In Saturday's 119-44 exhibition destruction of the Geelong Supercats, Boschee, London and Hinrich all played point guard.
look at just who that will be — at point guard anyway.
In fact, during some stretches two of the three played together, one at point guard and the other at off guard.
Williams said he played Bosche and Hinrich together, or London and Hinrich together, because he anticipated those situations coming up during the season.
"I did that because there's going to be times this year that they will play together." Williams said. "Kirk, Jeff and Marlon, all three, will to have to learn both of those spots, because there will be times when they will be in the game together."
For Boschee, that's just fine, as long as he gets in the game.
"If Kirk and I, or Marlon and I are on the floor, it doesn't matter," Boschee said. "We can all shoot the ball and we should all get our minutes."
Those minutes have come sparingly during Kansas' exhibition season because Williams chose to substitute five players at a time, therefore spreading the minutes and giving each player a chance to prove himself.
Saturday, Bosche played a teamhigh 23 minutes and only took five
men's BASKETBALL
shots, but he dished out a team high nine assists. His defensive play was stronger, and he made smarter decisions with the basketball on offense, Williams said.
"That was probably the first game in his life that he didn't score," Williams said. "Yet he had nine assists and got us into what we wanted to do defensively."
Hinrich, who started the game at point, played 17 minutes, made all five of his shots, scored 13 points and tallied five assists. Hinrich played well, Williams said, pushing the tempo while playing under control and coming away with three steals in Kansas' tenacious full-court press.
As for London, most of his seven assists came from the off-guard position, as only four or five of his 20 minutes were spent at point guard. London chipped in 12 points and also had three steals.
With all three performing so well during their stints in the game, will the competition become heated? Bosche doesn't think so.
"It's great going against him everyday in practice," Boschee said of Hinrich. "Our games are a little bit alike, we both go 100 percent."
Edited by Ronnie Wachter
Randall upbeat about new Kansas recruits
Bv Chris Wristen
Kansan sportswriter
Randall excited about their arrival.
Although it struggled to a 14-40 record last year, the Kansas baseball team has been rebuilding. In an attempt to upgrade the team, the Jayhawks signed two recruits yesterdays.
Daniel Stucky and Tom Gorzelanny signed letters-of-intent to play for the Jayhawks next year. Both have accumulated impressive resumes, which has coach Bobby
Raman excavate a left-handed pitcher at Marist High School in Chicago. He was an honorable mention All-Area selection as a junior last year, he and holds freshman and sophomore strikeout records at Marist.
"In Tom, we will get an impressive left-handed pitcher and that is something that will benefit this staff greatly," Randall said.
Stucky, from Spokane, Wash., has been an all-around success. Stucky batted .470 last year while belting
four homers and driving in 23 runs Although normally a shortstop, he also pitched and posted a 3-0 record, struck out 15 and had a 2.57 ERA. Stucky was named to the Team One National Showcase in Florida, as well as to the Seattle Mariners Area
Code Games and is an All-Greater Area First Team selection.
Stucky's talent extended to football and basketball. He is a three-time letterman in those sports. Also, he has earned a 3.98 gradepoint average and is a member of National Honor Society.
"Daniel is a talented student-athlete who will make a fine addition to our ball club," Randall said. "He excels both on the field and in the classroom, and that makes him a very attractive prospect."
—Edited by Mike Loader
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