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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SPORTS
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2005
HOCKEY
NHL to call season
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — With no miracle save in sight and a weekend deadline long gone, the NHL made plans for a news conference today to cancel what little remains of a season already decimated by a lockout.
The NHL will become the first major professional league in North America to cancel an entire season because of a labor dispute. This marks the first time the Stanley Cup will not be awarded since a flu epidemic
canceled the finals in 1919.
After vowing not to reach out to each other after two days of talks broke off Thursday, the sides met Sunday at the request of a high-ranking federal mediator. Neither Bettman nor players' association executive director Bob Goodenow attended. That round of talks in Washington also failed.
Neither side has been willing to budge on the salary-cap issue
— the NHL has said it was necessary in any new deal, and the players' association rejected it
as a solution.
NHL chief legal officer Bill Daly was joined Sunday by outside counsel Bob Batterman, with players' association senior director Ted Saskin and outside counsel John McCambridge on the other side.
Neither side thought mediation would help end the stalemate that has lasted five months.
The lockout reached its 152nd day yesterday, a day after the NHL was to hold its All-Star game in Atlanta.
Weinstein
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After the Vilianova defeat, it was clear that this team was nowhere near ready to compete for any titles, but since that defeat, it had strung together six consecutive victories before last night's setback in Lubbock, though not all strong performances. The Jayhawks still lacked the consistency to be serious contenders in the postseason.
Impressive victories against Texas and Colorado in the last two weeks had given Kansas fans a glimpse of what could be come tournament time, but lackluster victories against Missouri and Kansas State in the same time period were evidence to that lack of consistency plaguing Kansas all season.
The Red Raiders came out firing last night. From the onset, they clearly wanted to win more. They appeared faster, stronger, more athletic, more passionate and more intense.
The Red Raiders ran the Bob Knight motion offense in the first half to perfection. It also helped that Ross and Jackson made nearly every shot they threw toward the basket.
Kansas didn't come close to matching Tech in any way until late in the second half. The Jayhawks were, again, inconsistent. They had numerous opportunities, but failed to capitalize on them. Langford and senior guard Mike Lee combined to miss three free throws midway through the second half that would have given Kansas a 55-54 lead. Sophomore guard J.R. Giddens was invisible after the first intermission, missing all eight of his shot attempts in the second half and the overtimes. Clearly out of sync, he should have been benched in the extra periods. You can hang that on Self.
Though fatigue had to have been a factor, big-time players usually find ways to make the clutch shots. In the end, the
Jayhawks didn't get the breaks and didn't make the plays.
The game in Lubbock last night was arguably the toughest road test Kansas will face for the rest of the season, though games at Oklahoma on Feb. 21 and at Missouri on March 6, are still ahead. Kansas' toughest home-court test will take place when Oklahoma State visits Allen Fieldhouse on Feb. 27.
Like the Villanova defeat, this didn't end the Jayhawk's season. Like the Villanova defeat, it will make them stronger, tougher and more determined. The dream of a perfect conference season is gone, but a championship season is not lost. The Jayhawks have to move on and get ready for Saturday's game against the Iowa State Cyclones. They'll have to forget about Texas Tech, and more importantly, Darryl Dora.
- Weinstein is an Overland Park senior in English.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALI
Luiz M. Alvarez/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Miami's Yalonda McCormick, right, falls over North Carolina State's Billie McDowell after struggling for control of the ball during the second half of the game in Coral Gables, Fla., last night. McDowell left the game, but later returned in North Carolina State's 71-68 victory.
Wolfpack outdoes Hurricanes North Carolina State coach caps 900th game
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Billie McDowell scored 26 points, helping助 Ne 21 North Carolina State defeat Miami 71-68 last night. The game gave State coach Kay Yow a win in her 900th career game with the Wolfpack.
McDowell made nine of 14 shots, including six-of-10 from 3-point range for State (18-5, 7-3 Atlantic Coast Conference), which won for the fifth time in its last six games. Yow's career score is 614-286.
Tamara James had 23 points and Yalonda McCormick had 20 for the Hurricanes, who had won two straight games. Imani Dahabu added 15 points for Miami, which was outrebounded 35-25 and committed 22 turnovers that turned into 35 State points.
Tiffany Stansbury added 20 points on 10-of-15 shooting for the Wolfpack, who held on despite 61.9 percent shooting in the second half by the Hurricanes (12-12, 4-7).
Marquetta Dickens added 14 points and seven rebounds for State, which shot only 42.4 percent compared to 58 percent by Miami. But the Wolfpack made up for that by holding a commanding 19-5 edge in offensive rebounds — and a 22-7 advantage in second-chance points.
Yow became the fifth coach in Division I history to coach 900 games at the same school, joining Texas' Jody Conradt, Tennessee's Pat Summitt, LSU's Sue Gunter and Kansas' Marian Washington.
Fieldhouse
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Someone brought out a basketball, and a few people shot bricks just like Colorado had several hours before.
The group prayed before the meal, then devoured the pizza. Someone brought a fruit bowl found in the concourse.
"Check out our future walk-ons," laughed Frank Boyd, a nursing student at Johnson County Community College.
Abigail Adams, Lawrence junior, stood in the
stands telling the horror story of cleaning up after Late Night in 2003.
"We weren't as organized as we are now," she said. "We were all going all over the place. Morale was low; people were dropping out. We were standing there with mops in our hands and were like, 'No way we're ever going to get this done.' We got called back a few times."
The blowers started their engines and got back to work. As they neared the lower-level seats, people grabbed mops and buckets and started cleaning where the blowers had been.
Just watching the mopping was a mind-numbing experience. It involved moving slowly down the rows, getting every sticky spot and lugging the mop bucket to the restrooms to change the water every couple of rows.
The blowers finally reached the bottom at midnight, and it was time to sweep up the scraps on the floor and mop the concourses.
To make a long, story short, by 3 a.m., most of the group sat in the stands, waiting for the two people still mopping in the student section. Cheek sat as upright as he could in the maintenance room drinking a pop. Everyone concentrated on staying awake.
Jackson declared that it was time for bed. As the weary workers grabbed their coats from the maintenance room and headed out the door with bags under their eyes, Frank Boyd only had the energy for two words: "Worn out."
After nearly ten hours of cleaning, Troy Viland wasn't sure he liked the tradition of students shredding newspaper at games.
At 3:30 a.m., the stragglers finished, and
"I think it's crazy after having to clean it up," he said. "But it's cool though. You gotta have traditions."
—Edited by Kendall Dix
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