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University Daily Kansan, April 7, 1981
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Shocker fans reason to ignore WSU
By TRACEE HAMILTON Associate Sports Editor
The Kansas basketball season has ended.
Head Coach Ted Owens' future is certain this season—he has been offered a new three-year contract. Senior guard Darnell Valentine has finished playing in the Pizza Hut and is preparing for the BA draft. Reasonable full-volume Everything seems calm on a sea that has traditionally been stormy
One question, however, remains unanswered—the fate of another Kansas-Wichita State matchup.
THE MERE MENTION of the season-ending KU-Wichita State game in New Orleans brings a shudder to many a jayahawk across the state. The two teams met after 26 years of basketball drought—a drought that was welcomed by most KU fans.
Wichita State defeated the Jayhawks, 66-65, but the outcome
was not as upsetting to the red-and-blue troupe as the idea that the NCAA tournament had forced a pairing that Shocker fast-talk and proposed legislation had been unable to bring about.
Wichita State has long clamored for a chance to play the Jayhawks.
Opinion
The Shocker basketball program has been built in recent years to one of extreme notoriety.
The Wichita high schools are a gold mine for a college coach writing up his recruiting list. KU has snatched several Wichita products in recent years, including Valentine and Ricky Ross, but WSU won forward Antoine Carr and this year, 7-footer Greene Drelling.
EVEN THE KANASAS Legislature has felt the need to get involved in the cross-state dispute. Legislation
has been introduced in the last couple of sessions to force the two schools to meet, both in football and basketball. The bills have been thrown out, and KU has coolly declined the extended Shocker hand.
It's also easy, now, for Shocker as being part of KU's snob hill tradition, which in part it is. Kansas has a basketball tradition as long as the trip to Wichita and plays tonationally ranked teams year after year. Why add Wichita State to the schedule?
It's also easy, now, for Shocker fans to scream "Chickenhawks!" Since Wichita State beat KU, they reason, the Jayhawks are obviously frightened of losing face and feathers to the Shockers.
Actually, it's all high school squabbling. And before the trip to New Orleans, it was easy to laugh at old college. It was good old college fun. Not anymore.
AFTER SEEING the Shocker crowd's behavior at the game, it would be in KU's interest to rebuff
attempts to make the game a regular. KU is already intensely hated two schools, Kansas State and Oklahoma, the bickering at times can be ugly.
But not as ugly as the Shocker fans. Never has a group been more vocally, embarrassingly rude to the Jayhawks. Cheers that Wildcat fans mutter under their breaths or write on posters, such as Rock Chalk Chickenhawk, and you know the rest, were screamed by the Shockers crowd on national television. That, predominantly alumni, incidentally, abused everyone wearing even a hint of red and blue. It was truly embarrassing to be from the same state as the Wichita State fans.
KU Athletic Director Bob Marcum says that, as of now, there are no plans to add Wichita State to the schedule. It is hoped that the pressure of the victor over the vanguished will not take hold, and that KU will not subject itself to that kind of performance again.
Kings to test playoff luck against Suns
By PAULD. BOWKER Sports Writer
The funny thing is, the Kansas City Kings weren't supposed to get this far.
The Kings, who were the last team to qualify for the National Basketball Association playoffs this year, suddenly came up short of winning the Western Conference semifinal-round series against the Phoenix Suns. The Kings outstalled the Portland Trail Blazers in a best-of-three series to win the NBA championship and the club moved from Central in 1972.
The first game of the series is at 10:30
tonight at Phoenix. After tomorrow night's second game in Phoenix, the teams return to Kansas City for the third and fourth games this weekend
THE KINGS advanced to the semifinals after beating the Trail Blazers 104-95 in Portland Sunday. The Trail Blazers, who beat the Kings Friday night in Kemper Arena to force the third game, took a 15-point lead in the second quarter but lost their momentum in the second half.
The King's' success in beating Portland was a result of slowing down the Trail Blazers' running game, the same team that beat the Sun, the Pacific Division champion.
"We have to control the tempo," Kansas City Coach Cotton Fitzsimons said. "We have to keep Phoenix out of their running game, execute our plays and apply defensive pressure for the full 48 minutes."
The Kings and Suns are not strangers in playoff games. In fact, the Suns are a team the Kings might rather not face. The Suns eliminated the Kings in the miniseries last year and in the Western Conference semifinals the year before.
The Kings, however, recaptured some of their pride this year after beating the Suns three of five times during the regular season, including a 105-68 rout of the Suns in Kansas City March 8. The Suns' point total tied the
"I think the realize will be positive in that we realize they are a very competitive, rugged team and we have great respect for them," Phoenix Coach John MacLeod said. "I think it will have a positive slant to it."
Phil Ford, the Kings' second-year guard, might play in spots against the Suns, but isn't expected to see much action because of an eye injury.
The third game of the series will be played at 7:05 Friday night at Kemper Arena, with the fourth game scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Kemper Arena.
The cold, windy weather Saturday didn't make the switch from indoor track to the outdoor version any easier for the Kansas' women's track team, but the result of the team's meet made the weather a little easier to take.
Women's track team 2nd in chilly outdoor meet
The Jahaywa placed second at the Nebraska Invitational with the Corrina.
OVERALL, IT was a chilly day," Coach Cairy Coffey said. "I was really pleased with the meet. Our relays are getting better, but we still have some stick passing to work on. I'm also passed with the field people."
Merlene Otleyted Nebraska to its first-place victory, winning the 100 and 200-meter dashes with times of 11 and 13 seconds. She ran on the winning 400-relay team.
The Jayhawks scored 125 points to finish behind Nebraska, which had 139.5 points. Minnesota placed third with 60. Kansas State had 52 and Missouri 22.
MCGRANAHAN, a sophomore who has been throwing the discus since junior high, had a best throw of 154.6. To qualify for the AIAW National Outdoor Meet, she will have to throw at least 158.
Jayhawkers who placed first included Debbie Hertzig in the 1,500, 4:44; Connie McKernan in the 100 hurdles, 14.2; Becky McGranahan in the discus, 158.9 %, and the 1,600 team of relay队 of Cindy Coon, L torna Lucker, Tudie McKnight and Hertzog, with a time of 3:58.9.
KU's softball hopes tested today by MU
After knocking off last year's conference champion Oklahoma State last week, the Jayhawks will battle the Bengals at 3 p.m. in Indy's Holcomb Complex at 3 p.m.
Missouri has had some impressive victories this spring, defeating two nationally ranked teams, California Berkeley and Texas A&M. The Tigers also won a 30-tem team tournament over spring break.
Kansas is expected to battle both Oklahoma State and Missouri for the conference title this spring. The Jayhawks already have defeated Oklahoma State and Oklahoma in a 17-team tournament last weekend.
Earlier this fall Kansas and Missouri split two games and Gay Boznang, senior third baseman, injects today's game to be just as even.
"We've played about the same amount of games so it will be pretty even," she said.
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Rather than throw his team into a full-scale tournament for its first meet of the season, Kansas' women's golf team defeated Alabama in a scheduled duel with Wichita State.
Four team members shot their best scores of the season and the squad won the meet with a 349 total. Wichita State finished with 359.
The team won that match Friday and team members believe they benefitted from the decision to let the squad relax in its first meet.
Patty Coe, a sophomore, said the meet would be best for new members of the team.
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RANDALL WAS also pleased with the team's performance, both in the Wichita State meet and in recent practice sessions.
"The team is coming along," he said. "They're working hard."
"It's a really good idea for the new people so they can get used to college golf," she said.
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