Wednesday. March 17. 1999
The University Daily Kansan
Section B · Page 3
Georgia Tech transfer enjoying career after adjustment period
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oped as he flourished in individual competition. "I started to enjoy tennis because it was an individual sport, and it was up to me whether I won or lost," Powell said. "No one else could control my fate, and I liked that."
After graduating from Ladue High School, he decided to attend Georgia Tech, but after two years, he wanted to transfer.
"Georgia Tech was one of the top engineering schools in the country, but I was a pre-dentistry major," Powell said. "I wanted to attend a college with a better liberal arts curriculum, so I could knock out my prerequisites."
He chose Kansas because he had developed a good relationship with Riley. While Riley coached at Drake, he had followed Powell through his juniors career.
Powell agreed to transfer when Riley accepted the job at Kansas.
Riley said that the transition required a big adjustment but that Powell had grown more comfortable with the system.
"In football and basketball, transfers have to sit out a season so they have time to adjust to the makeup of the team," Riley said. "They have time to evolve into a new environment. Kenny had to adjust to different personnel and a different team without taking a year off. It took awhile, but he has been a big plus for us this spring."
Powell plans to spend another semester at Kansas preparing for dental school before studying abroad in Costa Rica next spring. Before dental school, he might take a year to play professional tennis.
For now, he plans to have a fun and enjoy his final semester of college tennis.
"That's how I live my life." Powell said. "I work hard to do the best I can do. I believe in myself and have faith in God, and everything else will take care of itself. It's my last year of college tennis, and I want to enjoy every minute of it."
Kenny Powell pumps his fist in the air during a match at Alvarar tennis Club. Powell is the No. 2 player for the Jayhawks.
Photo by Graham K. Johnson/KANSAN
— Edited by Duane Wagler
Using only top seeds' home courts weakens women's tournament
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Weber State play their way into our hearts.
The lower echelon women's teams continue to be hidden in the shadows. If the men's Big Dance is the Charleston, the women's looks more like a waltz.
Women's hoops analysts contend that there is simply more parity in men's basketball and, therefore, more close games, but most coaches agree it is simply too hard to win on an opponent's home court.
Let's take a look at what happened to the Kansas women's team.
The Jayhawks are an outstanding defensive team, though they lack consistent outside shooting, and have the talent to beat any team in the country on a given night. Just ask Texas Tech.
What Coach Marian Washington's team walked into Monday night was nothing short of a 9,500 Boilermaker-fan ambush in Purdue's Macky Arena, which
Purdue coach Carolyn Peck could bring to a deafening roar with the wave of her arms. And she did throughout the game.
The Jayhawks realistically had no chance.
"Their crowd was out of control, which is what you want if you're Purdue," said Kansas forward Brooke Reves. "They're comfortable here and we're not. When the shot clock was running down, I couldn't hear a thing."
As another example, the overmatched Xavier women's team met perennial power Connecticut in the second round of the Mideast Regional and played a nearly flawless game, while the Huskies struggled.Xavier led by three with one minute remaining but couldn't hold on when crowd support of any kind might have been the difference. On a neutral site, the Musketeers probably could have pulled off the upset.
able. Or maybe they can see it but don't want to sacrifice a few years of ticket sales for the long-term growth of the sport.
"Programs are spending too much money, too much time, and our kids are working too hard to not have neutral playing sites," Coach Marian Washington said. "We are at a point where we deserve a fair, even ground."
The fact that the committee can't see how this is hurting women's basketball is unbeliev-
The current system guarantees a hierarchy of teams that always receive exposure and will always get the best recruits because no other schools advance past the second round, where most of the games are televised. The Lady Vols four-peating, or Connecticut winning by an average of 48 points does nothing for the advancement of the game as a whole. It's time to even the playing field.
Fans want hard-fought, evenly matched basketball. And if you provide it, they still will come.
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