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The University Daily Kansan
Monday, November 8. 1999
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Big 12 Basketball
New Bears coach has big task
By Brandon Krisztal
sports@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
Crawling out of the Big 12 Conference coach is the task at hand for new Baylor coach Dave Bliss.
Bliss, who coached the last 11 seasons at New Mexico, will have his hands full trying to turn around the Bears' basketball program. He is attempting to develop chemistry on a team that lost 10 letterman from last year's 6-24 season when Baylor went winless in conference play.
"The Baylor team is a team in transition," Bliss said. "When a new coach comes in, the personnel changes, some people move on. The ones that stay, in our case Tevis Stukes, Jamie Kendrick and David Jones, can be valuable contributors to this year's basketball team."
New players Terry Black, DeMarcus Minor and John Flippen should contribute as well. Bliss said.
"The problem I think we have at the outset is we don't have a lot of
BAYLOR MEN
Last year: 6-24 overall, 0-16 Big 12
Coach: Dave Bliss, first season
Key players returning: Senior forward Jamie Kendrick (9.8 points per game, 6 rebounds per game) and senior guard Tevis Stukes (17.8 points in 13 games).
Key players lost: Center Kish Lewis (14.3 points, 8.9 rebounds)
Outlook: Bliss has had success wherever he's coached, and Baylor should be no different.
Don't expect Baylor to compete with the upper echelon of Big 12 teams this season, however.
depth to really compete the way people have to in this league."
Kendrick, a senior forward, will anchor the Bears lineup. Last season he led the team with six rebounds and 9.8 points per game.
Stukes, a senior guard, will return to the Baylor backcourt as the Bears' leading scorer. He averaged
17. 8 points per game in the first 13 games of the season, before he left the team because of personal rea;ons.
The two newcomers who Bliss expects to impact the team are junior college transfers Black and Minor. Black, a 6-foot-5 forward and Big 12 preseason Newcomer of the Year, was a two-time All-America selection while at Indian Hills Community College in Iowa.
Minor, who will join Stukes in the backcourt, averaged 14.8 points, 5.7 assists and 5.8 rebounds per game last season at Barton County Community College.
Kendrick said Bliss had made changes to help the team improve.
"There's already been a lot of changes in practice," Kendrick said. "We're gonna be more of an up-tempo team."
Edited by Katrina Hull
Prior to New Mexico, Bliss coached eight seasons at Southern Methodist and four seasons at Oklahoma.
Baylor to rely on younger class
By Melinda Weaver sports@kansan.com Kansan sportswriter
While many Big 12 Conference teams claim to have improved from last season, Baylor finds itself picked to finish in the conference's basement after losing four key seniors.
third-place preseason pick.
Last season, seniors Lara Webb, Kacy Moffitt and Toya Ellis accounted for 70 percent of the scoring on a team that started the season ranked third in the Big 12.
The team will rely on guards Nichelle Boutte and Mandy Hayworth for leadership, even though neither of them ever has had a key role on the team.
Another of the team's key players will be Danielle Crockrom, who had an impressive freshman
This season, the team will return only four upperclassmen, which means the five-player sophomore class will have to step up and fill some gaps.
Last season, the team finished 17-14, 8-8 in the Big 12, and did not even earn a berth in the NCAA tournament despite its
Though the team is picked to finish at the bottom of the Big 12, the players know not to rely to heavily on the polls.
season. As the first player to come off the bench, Crockrom led the team in rebounding with 5.5 per game and had the second-highest scoring percent with .522, averaging 9.1 s per game.
age with 522, averaging 9.1 points per game.
Despite the problems this team faces, Coach Sonja Hogg said she was excited about the season and expected the team to do well.
"I'm very excited about the chemistry of this team," Hogg said. "What they lack in experience, they make up for in chemistry. They are very good friends, even off the court. They may be young and inexperienced, but they are very athletic."
-Edited by Becky Stauffer
BAYLOR WOMEN
Last year: 17-14 overall, 8-Big 81; lost to Rice 62-60 in overtime in the second round of the WNIT Coach: Sonja Hogg, sixth season Key players returning: Senior guards Mandy Hayworth and Nichelle Boutte, sophomore forward Danielle Cockrum (averaged 9.1 points and a team-high 5.5 rebounds per game off the bench) and sophomore point guard Nicole Collins
Key players lost: A senior class of guard Lara Webb, forward Kacy Moffitt, guard Toya Ellis and guard Amy Alcala, which made up for 70 percent of the team's scoring
Outlook: Though the Bears are picked to finish 11th in the conference, they expect to surprise a few teams. What they lack in experience, they make up for in athleticism and chemistry. Hayworth will return after missing the last eight games of last season, and Cockrum should make a big impact.
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