Monday, February 1, 1999
The University Daily Kansan
Section B · Page 3
Boschee's winning shot highlight of young career
By Marc Sheforgen Associate sports editor
Jeff Boschee's only field goal in Kansas' win over Colorado Saturday was the biggest of his life and the biggest of the Jayhawk's season.
After being benched for much of the second half for careless ball handling, the freshman point guard avenged his poor play the best way possible — by hitting a three-point shot with eight seconds remaining and breaking a tie that resulted in a 77-74 Kansas victory, its first in three games.
“It’s the biggest shot I’ve ever made,” Boschee said. “I’ve made shots at the end of the third quarter, but never at the end of a game.”
With the score tied and 14 seconds to play in regulation, Kansas coach Roy Williams called a timeout and drew up a play he said he had used in previous late-game situations, including a loss at Missouri two years ago.
The play was designed to yield three different shot options. Both Ryan Robertson and Nick Bradford were to be freed by screens, and, if Boscheh had an opening, he was to penetrate to the basket.
with a little twist.
Bradford inbounded to Boschee, who then dribbled down the left side of the lane. When he was stopped by Colorado's interior defense, Boschee dished to Robertson and then retreated to behind the three-point arc. Jaquay Walls, who had been guarding Boschee, ran toward Robertson, leaving Boschee unguarded. Robertson recognized the double-team and passed to his
That's how it unfolded Saturday.
backcourt
teammate for
the open shot.
Robertson said that he could have gotten a shot off and would have liked the game-winner to have been his own, but that he was confident in Boschee's shooting and didn't hesitate to pass.
Boschee: Had never made a game-winning shot.
"I'm not going to force something up when I see a teammate wide open, regardless of who it is or regardless of what kind of a day he's having," Robertson said. "Today was Jeff's day. No longer on this
team is he considered a freshman.
He's considered someone who knows what he's doing and should be ready to play."
Before his end-of-the-game heroes, Boschese had shot 0 for 3 from the field and only had two points from the free-throw line. He also turned the ball over four times in contrast to his four assists.
"When you're a point guard, you shouldn't turn the basketball over just dribbling it," Williams said of why he opted to bench Boschee in the second half. "I would not be a good college player at this level, 'cause if someone stole my basketball, I'd hit him right in the mouth, and he wouldn't do that again. I'd take it personally, and I think that that's what I want Jeff to do is to take it personally. I don't want him to hit anyone in the mouth, but he's a nicer kid than I was."
Boschee's shot reminded some of the Jayhawks of Jacque Vaughn's three-point buzer-beeper against Indiana in 1993 when Vaughn was a freshman.
"Hopefully, somebody will remember that shot like they remember Jacque's, and he (Boschee) will have that same type of career where he'll be one of the greats to play here," Williams said.
Track teams successful in Iowa
Broken records, titles mark season's start
By Mike Miller
Kansan sportswriter
And it's just the beginning.
The Kansas men's and women's track teams already have experienced success this season.
And it's just the beginning.
Track athletes have broken records, given top performances and won race titles.
Smashing records have been an important part of sophomore All-American Scott Russell's season. He has established a new Kansas school record in weight throw, winning the 35-pound weight throw event with a new school record of 70 feet, 2-1/4 inches. He also qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championships and set a new Big 12 record, which gave him the third best collegiate mark of the year.
"I knew a big threw was going to come."
Russell said. "It feels great, though."
A second-place finish in the triple jump by senior Lester Smith also qualified him for the NCAA Championships.
Strong performances by Eric Paterson and Kevin McGinn helped the men's track team finish fourth this weekend at the Big Four Invitational held at Northern Iowa.
Patterson, a sophomore, placed first in the 60-meter high hurdles.
McGinn's win came in the 3,000-meter race, an event he had not run since early January. He ran the mile two weeks ago at the K-State Triangular and won the event but was unsure of what to think going into this weekend's race.
"The 3,000 is harder to maintain focus because I think that the 15 laps around the track plays with your mind," said McGinn, a senior. "But I think that it's still hard to tell if the mile or the 3,000 is going to be my best event."
Second-place finishes by sophomore Charlie Gruber in the 1000
meter run and senior Colby Miller in the pole vault, and third-place finishes by Russell in the shot put and sophomore Greg Steele in the pole vault rounded out the top performances for the men's team.
Plagued with injuries, the women's squad finished last, although not without giving a few strong performances.
Sophomore All-American Andrea Branson set a personal best in the pole vault and won the women's competition. Freshman Shannon Agee took second place. Both provisionally qualified for the NCAA Championships.
Sophomore Sherre-Khan Blackmon added a third-place finish in the 600-meter run, rounding out the top performances for the women's squad.
"I think we're making good progress towards the conference meet," said Coach Gary Schwartz.
Falcons safety arrested in Miami
The Associated Press
MIAMI — Eugene Robinson is one of the NFL's most respected players.
His bubbly, infectious leadership was a major reason the Atlanta Falcons reached their first Super Bowl. His strong religious beliefs, usually espoused in sermon-like fashion, seemed to make him a role model in this era of misbehaving athletes.
But Saturday night, less than 24 hours before the Super Bowl, the Pro Bowl safety was arrested on a downtown Miami street, charged with soliciting an undercover police officer for oral sex.
Police said Robinson was arrested at 9 p.m. Saturday on Biscayne Boulevard, a major street frequented by prostitutes and drug
dealers. He was driving alone in a rented car.
"While conducting an undercover prostitution sting, defendant drove up... and offered the officer $40 for (oral sex)" the police report said.
The misdemeanor charge carries a maximum sentence of 60 days in
jail, but most first-time offenders are offered some combination of community service, attending a
Despite the arrest, Falcons coach Dan Reeves allowed Robinson to start last night against the Denver Broncos, the first NFL championship game in Atlanta's 33-year
course on the dangers of solicitation and a fine, said police spokesman Angel Calzadilla.
"I love Eugene unconditionally," said Reeves, speaking poolside during a pregame TV show. "As far as I'm concerned, and as far as the league is concerned, he can play."
history.
He signed with the Falcons as a free agent and became the unquestioned leader of the secondary, earning Pro Bowl honors and bringing a winning attitude to a franchise that was used to losing. All week, he wore his 1997 Super Bowl ring to inspire his teammates.
Robinson, who played in the last two Super Bowls with Green Bay, is the NFL's career leader among active players with 53 interceptions, including four this season.
Robinson remained in seclusion at the hotel and didn't comment on his arrest before the Super Bowl.
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