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Tony Vilincikas was kicked off the California East All-Stars because of a flagrant foul that may have broken Kansas center Eric Chenowith's nose.
Monday
November 8,1999
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Rowing
Kansas finally beat Kansas State in a sport this fall at the Sunflower Showdown Regatta on Saturday in Manhattan.
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GOLDEN GOPEERS
College Football
Glen Mason's Minnesota Golden Gophers may have spoiled No. 2 Penn State's national championship hopes with a 24- 23 last-second victory.
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Kansas running back Moran Norris dives over the line of scrimmage to score his second touchdown. The Jayhawks defeated the Baylor Bears 45-10 Saturday at Memorial Stadium. Photo by Matt J. Daugherty/KANSAN
Kansas grins, Baylor bears it
Jayhawks rush to 45-10 victory
Bv Mike Miller
sports@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
The Bears weren't bad news, they were just plain bad.
But Baylor, 1-8 overall, 0-6 in the Big 12,
wasn't supposed to be much of a roadblock.
It was more like a deer caught in the head-
lights of the Kansas offense.
The Jayhawks ran over the Bears, backed up and ran over them again, cruising to a 45-10 victory. The victory moved Kansas to 4-6 overall, and 2-4 in the Big 12.
It was a rushing performance worthy of Nebraska standards. The 373 yards rushing were the most by Kansas since 1994. Allen, a
proponent of the pass, gave credit to the offensive line and to his coaches for recognizing the chance to run.
"We had some guys that wanted to make a statement," Allen said. "Chris Enneking, Dameon Hunt, they really led us to the victory today."
The 'Hawks didn't even throw a pass during their first drive — but they didn't need to. Enneking and company flattened Bear defenders and cleared the way for running backs David Winush and Moran Norrls, not only on the first drive, but for the rest of the day.
Kansas averaged almost 7 yards per rush and was remarkably consistent because only one run was more than 20 yards. Six and seven-yard gains were the norm because the offensive line became a dominating group for the first time this year.
"It's a great feeling," left tackle John Oddeton told. "We just played hard and
things went well. We communicated well, which made it a great game for us."
The running game took the heat off of quarterback Dylen Smith, who wasn't needed to perform offensive magic for the first time all season. Instead, he watched as Winchub, Norris and Mitch Bowles piled up the yards, which didn't bother him at all.
"I don't care if I throw for one yard if we're winning." Smith said.
The three backs ran for 272 yards and Winbush had his first 100-yard rushing game since a 71-14 victory against Cal State Northridge on Sept. 14.
The rushing success overshadowed another decent defensive effort, as the Hawks gave up 251 total yards, but only 121 after the first quarter.
"It's kind of fun to be able to win a football game when we didn't play well defensively," Allen said.
down. After playing the top-20 teams and rivalMichaelle in the last four weeks, it was tough to keep the same mindset for a team like Bavlor.
"We did come out a little flat as a defense," linebacker Tim Bowers said. "It's kind of hard to maintain the same intensity for such a long time, but now we're playing with the confidence we're expecting of ourselves."
Chalk some of that up to an emotional let-
That means Kansas is another step closer to respectability. If the 'Hawks win their next two games, they will finish the season with a 500 record, something the 'Hawks expect.
The 'Hawks will finish out the season with a game at Oklahoma State and will play Iowa State at home. The two teams have a combined record of 8-10, but are 2-9 in the Big 10.
"We refuse to lose those last two," defensive end Dion Rayford said. "I'm going to go out playing good."
New press leads to high-scoring harried contest
Edited by Mike Loader
By Matt Tait
Kansan sportswriter
In what Kansas coach Roy Williams called a glorified practice, the Jayhawks got a workout Saturday night when they defeated the California East All-Stars, 124-101, in an exhibition game at Allen Fieldhouse.
Kansas unveiled a full-court pressing defense, which helped the Jayhawks jump out to a 8-0 lead. But while the Jayhawks' defense worked at times, it was countered with deep fast-break passes by the All-Stars that led to easy layups or dunks. At half-time the Jayhawks only led 53-47.
"It was a helper-skeler type game and that's really what I wanted it to be," Williams said. "We wanted to make it more of a rat race, and I think we did that, but you don't like to look down and see 24 turnovers or that the other team shot 51 percent against you."
Both teams sprinted up and down the floor, leading to many monster dunks and even more turnovers.
At the start of the second half, Kansas stretched the lead with an 18-5 run. But again the All-Stars came back and cut the lead to 76-70 with 12 minutes remaining.
Then, the Kansas press tightened and allowed the offense to put the game out of reach. In a flurry of backcourt steals, Kansas took a 94-74 lead with 9:38 left to play.
"When you press people, you'll give them
some openings, but you hope to get a couple of flurries of your own," Williams said. "We got a couple tonight and that was basically the difference in the game."
Highlighting the Jayhawks' performance was the anticipated play of freshmen Nick
Kansas freshman guard Kirk Hinrich gets up for a layup. Hinrich scored 10 points and had 3 rebounds in his debut as a Jawahiri. Photo by Christina Neff/KANSAN
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Victorious volleyball team sets a new school record
By Shawn Hutchinson
sports@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
By Shawn Hutchinson
It was a night of firsts for the Jayhawks on Saturday.
The Kansas volleyball team beat Texas Tech for the first time in Lubbock, Texas, sweeping the Red Raiders, 3-0. With the win, the Jayhawks became the first team in
"It was really a great team effort," Kansas coach Ray Bechard said. "This was maybe our most complete match on the road in the Big 12 since I've been here."
University of Kansas history to record seven conference victories.
Kansas, 16-9 overall and 7-7 in the Big 12 Conference, entered Saturday night mired in a two-match losing streak after losses to No. 9 Texas and No. 13 Nebraska. The Jayhawks overcame that streak against Texas Tech.
Kansas jumped out to a 9-1 lead in the first game. After the Red Raiders mounted a comeback and pulled within one point late in the game, the Javahaws finished them off, 15-13.
"In the first game, we came out strong," Kansas sophomore setter Molly LaMere said. "But toward the end they kind of came back and caught us off guard."
Kansas won the next two games with little resistance from Texas Tech. 15-10 and 15-7.
In the first meeting between the two schools on Oct. 2 in Lawrence, the Jayhawks won a 3-1 match thanks to a career-high 23 kills by senior outside hitter Mary Beth Albrecht.
Albrecht came up big for the Jayhawks again on Saturday, recording a match-high 12 kills and a .346 hitting percentage.
Junior outside hitter Nancy Bell added 10 kills for Kansas, and senior
middle blocker Amanda Reves had eight. Freshman defensive specialist Jennifer Kraft led the team with 11 digs, and LaMere paced the squad with 33 assists.
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Both Kansas and Texas Tech had 17 attack errors in the match. But the Jayhawks out hit the Red Raiders 211 to
Texas Tech was led by Colleen Smith and Ann Romjue, who combined for 18 kills. The loss dropped the Red Raiders to 15-12 overall and 4-10 in the Big 12 Conference.
Next up for Kansas is a home match at 7 p.m. Wednesday against the Oklahoma Sooners at the Horesei Family Athletics Center. The last time the Jayhawks faced the Sooners, they overcame a one game deficit and won a 3-1 contest on Oct. 6 in Norman, Okla.
"We played really well this past weekend," LaMere said. "If we play like we have been playing, we should have no problem."
- Edited by Jennifer Roush
Coach's revamped game plan begins new era, attitude
Maybe it's a mid-life crisis. Maybe it's the beginning of a new era.
Then he said he was going to do something "screwy" with the starting lineup for Saturday's exhibition game against the California All-Stars — maybe the five who ate the most for breakfast Saturday
The nation's 11th-ranked college basketball team emulating cartoon characters?
Last week, Kansas coach Roy Williams told reporters he wanted this year's Jayhawks to be the Tasmanian Devil on defense and pepe LePew on offense.
morning would get the call, he said.
Screwy? Coach, is that you?
Sure, Williams dances with no regard for life or limb at Late Night. But that's Late Night. That's where things are supposed to be screwy, right? Not after that. Not after the season has begun. That's when the most straight-laced coach runs the most straight-laced nation.
James sports columnist sports@kansas.com
program in the
Isn't it?
Williams said he wanted to make it a rat race, a more helper-skelter game. Mission accomplished
No one was sure what would happen Saturday. Would Williams actually take a dynasty he's built on discipline and ball control, throw caution to the wind and show a wide-open, fast-breaking, pressing game plan. One hundred twenty-four Jayhawk points later, the question was answered.
But helter-skelter?
Yes, helter-skelter. There were full-court passes, breakaway dunks, alleyoops, no-look draws and turnovers. Were there ever turnovers — $2 by the end of the full-court mayhem. He was chaos. And Williams remained calm — even smiled through it all.
Kentucky is supposed to use a full-court press. UCLA is supposed to outscore opponents with a high-octane offense. Not Kansas.
The California All-Stars 101 points represented the fist time Kapsas has relinquished triple digits or any team, exhibition or not, since a 100.78 defeat February 27, 1990, at Oklahoma — Williams' second year as Kansas' coach.
"When you are pressing people, you will give them some openings," Williams said calmly. "What you are hoping to have is a couple flurries."
Those flurries were sparked in a large part by the impressive play of freshmen Nick Collison, Kirk Hinrich and Drew Gooden.
But aren't other coaches the ones who toss highly-touted freshman into the starting lineup, who then soar their way into the limelight and head to the NBA so fast we can hardly recall what school they attended.
Kansas freshman observe. They learn.
They earn playing time. But tradition
doesn't seem to worry Williams. Not this
year.
Even the Jayhawks' warm-up routine was different.
Nick Bradford led the team in a series of Hoosiers-like drills, complete with shuffles and synchronized dives. And yes, they too were Williams' idea.
"We practiced this morning. It's the first time they've done it," he said. "I like to get the crowd more into it. I like the fieldhouse to be more fun. A lot of things are tradition here. Tradition is OK, but it doesn't mean you have to sit back and say you can't do this or that."
"It goes back to the long shorts and black shoes. You've got to understand today's times. It's fun to play basketball. Basketball should be fun to play in the fieldhouse."
Williams' next idea: he'd like to have music through the sound system.
Like a wise man once said, "If you're not moving forward, you're falling behind."
Hold on Jayhawk fans, it's going to be a wild ride.
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James is a Hugeon senior in journalism.