Monday, February 15, 1999
The University Daily Kansan
Section B·Page 5
Commentary
Kansas' support is easily deceiving
Basketball fans' 'greatness' is a debatable issue
This is from a forwarded e-mail I got from my sister:
it is time to elect a world leader, and your vote counts. Here's the scoop on the three leading candidates
Candidate A associates with ward heelers and consults with astrologists. He's had two mistresses. He chain smokes and drinks eight to 10 martinis a day.
Sam
Mellinger
sports@kansan.co
Candidate B was kicked out of office twice
sleeps until noon, used opium in college and drinks a quart of brandy every morning.
Candidate C: is a decorated war hero. He's a vegetarian, doesn't smoke, drinks an occasional beer and hasn't had any illicit affairs.
Which of these candidates is your choice?
Then you scroll down, and it reads;
Here's a couple more things to think about:
It's obvious that the local men's basketball team is not near what Jayhawk fans have been spoiled with the last few years. I'm not going to pretend to know why they have lost so many leads late in games, but what I do know is that losing a few games has made claims of KU having college basketball's best fans look like a crock.
The student section wasn't even full for last week's game against Nebraska. KU's hoop fans were among the nation's best the last two years, but it's easy to support a
team that never loses.
I couldn't find any statistics, but when Duke struggled during the 1994-95 season, their fans still came out in droves. Every time Duke had a home game on television, you could see the Cameron Crazies jumping around and screaming their heads off the same as they had during the Blue Devils' back-to-back championship runs in 1991 and 1992.
Sure, Duke's Cameron Indoor Stadium has fewer seats to fill than Allen Fieldhouse, but Duke was horrible that year, going 13-18, including 2-14 in the conference. Kansas has already won 16 games and is still in position to make the NCAA Tournament.
I hope I'm wrong. I hope that KU fans are not what the empty seats against Nebraska would suggest.
Last semester I had the pleasure of covering coach Washington's squad for the Kansan. Marian Washington has one of the most engaging personalities of anyone I've met. I wasn't quite sure what to expect when I met her, but she's the kind of woman you just can't help but like.
On a more positive Kansas basketball note, the women's team is poised to give Marian Washington her 500th career win if they can knock off Iowa State tomorrow.
it's normal for players to back their coach, but there's a different relationship with Washington. Her office is filled with pictures of past players, and those associated with her seem incapable of saying anything less than wonderful about the 26th-year coach.
She has done some amazing things, such as founding the women's track and field team her first year at Kansas while working on her master's degree in biodynamics and administration. That was just the first in a 26-year-and-counting run of outstanding deeds, far too many for this column.
Even if Allen Fieldhouse won't be full tomorrow, Marian Washington's accomplishment should not go unnoticed.
Mellinger is a Lawrence junior in journalism.
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