2B THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9.2005
SPORTS
ATHLETICS CALENDAR
FRIDAY
- Softball vs. Louisville, 1 p.m., Arrocha Ballpark
* Softball vs. Southwest Missouri State, 3 p.m., Arrocha Ballpark
SATURDAY
- Baseball vs. North Dakota State, 3 p.m., Hoglund Ballpark
* Women's golf at Texas, all day, Austin Texas
* Men's basketball vs. TBA, 6 p.m., Kansas City, Mo.
SUNDAY
- Women's swimming vs. Truman State, 6 p.m.
* Track and field at Kansas State, all day.
- Women's swimming vs. Truman State, 8 p.m.
* Track and field at Kansas State, all day.
INTRAMURAL SCORES
MONDAY
BASKETBALL
* **Men's**
Jordan's Disciples def. EA Sports All-Stars 84-46
Raining Deep def. Kougz 54-43
Stiff Competition def. Miami Dolphins 58-26
Corey Hain's Drug Problem def. AND 1 61-49
Tahs def. Coney Island Railsplitters 59-51
T and D LLP def. And Twins 49-39
Punching Bags def. J-Unit 59-51
Pocket Aces def. Liberty Lancers 65-58
Kappa Sig 1 def. Sigma Chi 3 46-43
Triangle def. Beta Fresh 40-34
Phi Delt A-4 def. Theta Chi 1 60-53
- Women's.
Oliver def. B2B 66-37
◆ Co-Recreational
D-Unit def. Willie Style 59-42
The Best Team def. Team Zizzou 67-65
Ligers def. K-Unit 52-42
TRACK
Jayhawks prepare to compete at indoor championships
The Kansas track and field team will send six athletes to the NCAA Indoor Championships this weekend in Fayetteville, Ark. Senior pole vaulter Amy Linnen and senior middle-distance runner Jeremy Mims automatically qualified.
Four other Jayhawks made nationals with their provisionally qualifying times. Junior thrower Sheldon Battle made nationals on the men's side in both the shot put and the weight throw. Freshman Ekaterina Sultanova qualified in the pole vault, senior Brooklyn Hann qualified in the triple jump and junior Charrise Bacchus qualified in the long jump. Events begin Friday at the University of Arkansas.
Patrick Shehan
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Texas A&M's Gillispie named Big 12 coach of the year
COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Billy Gillispie never doubted he would eventually win a lot of games at Texas A&M. Hardly anyone thought it would happen so soon.
"We exceeded our expectations," Gillispie said. "But expectations were fairly low here for a good reason."
Indeed, Gillispie, who came to Texas A&M from Texas-EI Paso last March, has engineered a remarkable turnaround at what was one of the nation's worst big-time college basketball programs.
Coming off a winless record in Big 12 Conference play last season, the Aggies (19-8, 8-8) have turned themselves into improbable contenders for an at-large berth in the NCAA tournament. A&M's 12-victory improvement is tied with San Diego for the biggest swing in Division I.
For his role in bringing a taste of success to a traditionally downrodden program, Gillispie was named the AP's Big 12 coach of the year yesterday. Gillispie was an overwhelming winner among the panel of sportswriters that regularly cover the league, earring 21 of 24 votes. Texas Tech's Bobby Knight got two votes and Oklahoma's Kelvin Sampson had one.
Gillispie had already proven he could turn things around quickly. At UTEP, Gillispie finished 6-24 in his first season but went 24-8 the next year and, advancing to the NCAA Tournament. That tied for the greatest one-year turnaround in college basketball history.
The Associated Press
Big 12 Women's Basketball Tournament bracket
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