TUESDAY, MARCH 26. 2002
SPORTS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN - 7A
Outfielder's skill wows coach, fans
By Ryan Wood Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas baseball team's offense is full of experience, as six of the nine regular batters are juniors and seniors. But perhaps the most effective offensive weapon so far this season has been outfielder Matt Tribble — a sophomore.
"Matt Tribble's done great," coach Bobby Randall said. "Matt Tribble's the one that has been hitting all year."
Tribble has been one of the few consistent performers for the Jayhawks (11-9 overall, 1-5 Big 12 Conference play), a team that has had both a 10-game winning streak and eight consecutive losses.
The outfielder is batting 366 with 18 RBI this season, hitting mainly out of the second spot in the lineup. He said he felt more comfortable this season near the top of the order.
"I think it's a big change for me from last year, when I was hitting lower in the lineup," he said. "It helps me see a lot more pitches."
In the first inning of last Friday's win over Michigan, Tribble hit a solo blast over the right-center field wall, giving him a team-leading record of five home runs this season. No one on last year's team hit more than four. He claims, though, that power hitting isn't his strength.
"I think it's making contact, putting the ball in play," he said. "I think I can help the team by getting on base and letting the guys behind me knock me in."
Tribble was the only freshman to regularly start for the Jayhawks in 2001, hitting .263 with 26 RBI in a conference that Randall said is tough on first-year players.
"The hardest thing about freshmen, is that they tend to think they're overmatched." Randall said. "I don't think Matt ever
REVISED BASEBALL SCHEDULE
The Jayhawks' road game against Creighton has been postponed because of cold weather. No make-up date has been set, but a game against Baker University has been added to the schedule. The Jayhawks will take on the Wildcats at 4 p.m. tomorrow at Hoglund Ballpark.
thought that."
Tribble joined Kansas following an outstanding high school career at Warrenville High School in Wheaton, Ill. As a senior, he hit .477 with 42 RBI, and after his prep playing days, the big question may not have been where to go to school, but if to go to school.
The hometown Chicago Cubs selected Tribble in the 15th round of the 2000 amateur draft, but the lefy bypassed the offer to play at the college level. He chose Kansas over Baylor, Nebraska and Xavier.
"I was excited to play college baseball, and be part of a team," Tribble said. "To get my game a little better, and fine tune my skills a little bit. Hopefully, I can enjoy four years of college."
Tribble is young compared to most of his fellow starters, but his versatility has been key to the Jayhawks' successful start. In addition to his high average and home runs, Tribble has stolen three bases in as many attempts, and has played error-free defense in right field.
"I'm starting to feel more comfortable," he said. "Hopefully, I can keep helping the team out."
KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Contact Wood at
rwood@kansan.com. This story was edited by Joanna Miller.
Sophomore outfielder Matt Trible corrals a fly ball. Trible has been one of the few consistent performers for the Jayhawks this season hitting, 366 with 18 RBI.
Tigers' head coach courted by Huskies
The Associated Press
Missouri sports information director Chad Moller said Washington officials contacted Tigers athletic director Mike Alden during the weekend.
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Missouri gave Washington permission to talk with Quin Snyder about the Huskies' vacant head coaching job, a Tigers spokesman said yesterday.
Moller said Alden gave his permission for the Huskies to approach Snyder, who in his third year at Missouri led the Tigers to
the NCAA West Regional final. Missouri lost to Oklahoma 81-75 on Saturday.
Moller said Snyder and Alden were unavailable for comment yesterday about the coach's future at Missouri. Four years remain on Snyder's five-year contract, which was renegotiated last summer to give him more money.
The contract includes a buyout option that would allow Snyder to leave in exchange for a payment equaling two years of his $185,000 base salary. Accordingly, it would cost at least $370,000 to buy out Snyder's contract, Marvin Wright, general counsel for the University of Missouri system, said yesterday.
Snyder told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Sunday that he had no plans to leave Missouri but was not promising he would stay in Columbia.
"It's always been my policy."
Snuder said. "No promises."
Jim Daves, sports information director at Washington, said in a telephone interview that the school was not discussing its search for a successor to Bob Bender, who was fired last week after nine seasons.
The Huskies had back-to-back 20-loss seasons for the first time in school history before finishing 11-18 and eighth in the Pac-10 this season.
Daves said Washington's athletic director, Barbara Hedges, was out of state at a school fund-raiser and unavailable for comment.
Sports stories and columns have suggested that Snyder's wife, Helen, is unhappy in Columbia, and that the coach was upset about harsh criticism he received when the Tigers were in a mid-season slump.
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