FRIDAY,MARCH 1,2002
SPORTS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN = 7A
Softball team wants new beginning on road
By Ali Brox
Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas softball team met with a sports psychologist on Tuesday to discuss the way the team has been playing.
"We had a nice little meeting, talking about how do we improve our play and get to the next level," said coach Tracy Bunge.
She said the team spent about 45 minutes in the locker room with the psychologist.
The team is on a two-game
losing streak, and has a 4-6 record heading into the weekend. Four of the Jayhawks' six losses have come against ranked opponents.
Senior catcher Katie Campbell said she thought the time off last weekend and the discussion the team had with Mark Thompson, the psychologist, would help Kansas this weekend.
"We're getting progressively better this week," Campbell said about the team's practices. "Mark Thompson, he had a lot
of good stuff to say about going out there and playing for no regrets and with no fear."
The opponents at this weekend's Sunshine Classic in Tallahassee, Fla., won't make playing without fear easy. The Jayhawks play No. 18 Florida State at 2 p.m. today before facing No. 22 Mississippi State at 3 p.m. tomorrow. The Jayhawks play at 5 p.m. tomorrow against Texas.
"It's going to be a nice test for us because it's kind of a nice mix of teams," Bunge said. "On the
Florida State was picked to win the Atlantic Coast Conference in the preseason poll. The team has a 13-6 record but has lost to Texas Tech twice this season.
other hand, there's not an easy game, there's not an easy team that's at this tournament."
Mississippi State enters the Sunshine Classic with a 10-5 record. The Bulldogs also played at the Fiesta Bowl Classic and had a 4-0 record for that weekend.
Texas, which is 13-6, has one
win against a ranked opponent this season, No. 17 Southwest Texas State. The meeting with Kansas will be the first of at least three games between Texas and the Jayhawks. The Longhorns travel to Lawrence on March 30 for a doubleheader.
Contact Brox at
abrox@kansan.com. This story was edited by Brooke Hesler.
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in Columbia, but a win against
no. 1 Kansas would put to rest
any talk of the Tigers not making
the NCAA Tournament.
More than that, a win against
the Jayhawks would put a blemish on Kansas' Big 12 record.
No Big 12 school has ever finished a conference season undefeated, but the Tigers were 14-0 in 1994, three years before the Big 12's inception.
Kansas walloped Missouri 105-7 earlier this season in Lawrence, and after that game Roy Williams said he expected the Tigers to play much differently in Columbia. He hasn't changed his mind.
"They'll play very well," Williams said. "What we have to do is we have to match their 'want to.' You've heard me say that before. We need to play with poise, the crowd will be going crazy. It'll be a big day for them, and I enjoy spoiling some
Missouri vs Kansas
When Kansas is ranked in the top five and play Missouri in Columbia, Mo., the Tigers usually prevail.
2001 Missouri 75, No.3 Kansas 66
1998 Missouri 74, No.3 Kansas 73
1997 Missouri 96, No.1 Kansas 94 (2 OT)
1986 Missouri 77, No.3 Kansas 73
1995 No.3 Kansas 102,No.17 Missouri 89
1994 No.20 Missouri 79, No.3 Kansas 67
people's big days, and hopefully that's what we'll do."
Kansas senior guard Jeff Boschee and Missouri guard Clarence Gilbert, the Tigers' only senior, are in a tight head-to-head battle to become the Big 12's all-time leader in three-pointers made. Boschee leads Gilbert 313 to 307, and the nationally televised match-up at 1 p.m. Sunday has all the makings of a soon-to-be-on ESPN Classic contest.
Miles broke Jacque Vaughn's freshman assist record in Wednesday's game against Kansas State. Miles, who has started every game this season at point guard with the exception of Senior Night, has 186 assists to Vaughn's 181, which he totaled in 1994.
Four Jayhawks made the academic All-Big 12 team. Brett Ballard, secondary education; Jeff Carey, master's in business administration and Todd Kappelmann, business administration and accounting, were named to the first team, which has a GPA requirement of 3.2 or higher. Nick Collison, communications studies, is a member of the second team, which requires a GPA above 3.0.
Notes:
"He really has had a heck of a year for us." Williams said.
Freshmen are not eligible.
Freshman guard Aaron
Contact Pacey at dpacey@ kansan.com. This story was edited by Brooke Hesler.
The Antlers was formed in 1976 and have since become associated with Missouri basketball.
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The group's name is based on a Saturday Night Live sketch in which Lily Tomlin does a stripetease while holding her hands up in an Antler formation. A Tiger announcer noticed that the Missouri student body was performing a similar dance at a game and called it the "antler dance." The name stuck.
Some of the Antlers' antics at games since the group's inception have led to controversy.
"We're just like any other group," Glennon said. "We have a uniform and hold meetings."
During the 1994-95 season, the Antlers had their seats taken away after they incited a former Oklahoma player to charge toward them. The Antlers held up a sign during an Arkansas game that read "Corey Beck has syphilis," using the acronym CBS.
The Antlers also chased Arkansas coach Nolan Richardson with a pig's head on a stick. Richardson claimed blood from the head got on his suit, ruining it. In another incident, after former Oklahoma coach Billy Tubbs said Tiger fans made him sick, a member of the Antlers allegedly got revenge by vomiting on the coach.
More recently, Antler members put cow testicles on a cutout of the Texas mascot and used their cars to block the Iowa State team bus en route to the Hearnes Center, keeping the team from getting to the arena on time.
"I'm sure people who bring their 4-year-old kid to the game are going to look at us and tell their kid 'don't be like them,'" said Nick "Dr. Priatism" Rees, the group's vice president. "We don't cross lines in our minds. There are a lot of things that get said that aren't true about us."
Being able to taunt people is a key to becoming a member of the Antlers.
"You have to go through an
Rees said the purpose behind the group was to make the Hearnes Center a difficult place to play. They want to distract opposing players.
interview process." Hays said. "They see how crazy you are and have you yell at random people and stuff. It's about a two-month process to get in."
"If your sitting there yelling something and a player looks right at you with a look of 'Sweet Caroline how did this man know that,' then we know we've gotten into their head," he said.
Glennon said the Antlers took the Kansas game in particular very seriously.
"Obviously, Kansas is our ultimate hatred, but we hate all 11 Big 12 schools." Glennon said. "It's a hatred with respect."
"We cried when we lost to Kansas this year together," he said.
Rees said the group watched Missouri's away games together.
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TRACK
The top four scoring teams at the meet and the two relay teams with the fastest times this season got into the fast heat.
The Jayhawks were in fifth place at the time, and had the fourth-best relay time of the year. They won the slow heat and finished fourth overall, while the three teams ahead of them qualified for the NCAA meet.
"The teams that beat us in the fast heat, if we would have been with them, we would have got them," Hann said.
Redwine said he expected improved performances this weekend, not only as a springboard to the NCAA meet, but to the outdoor season as well.
"We're not asking them to do anything they're not capable of doing, so we're definitely excited about their progression," he said.
the distance medley relay of Lavole, Eisenmenger, Arrah Nielsen and Keller; Brian Blachly, Brandon Hodges and Derec Lacio in the 800; Leo Bookman in the 200; Benaud Shirley in the triple jump; and the medley relay team of Blachly, Hodges, Lacio and Bookman.
Other Kansas athletes competing at Notre Dame: Katy Eisenmenger and Laura Lavoie in the mile; Monique Peters in the long jump; Brandi Taylor in the triple jump; Jennie Wonder in the 400- and the 60-meter hurdles;
The team going to Lincoln includes: Kerry Crumpleton, Luke Steinbrink, Dorian Jordan and Pat Johnson in the 400; John DiCalogero, Jeremy Mims and Josh Williamson in the 800; Pete Prince in the 3000; Anson Jackson in the 60 meter hurdles; T.J. Hackler in the high jump and Jeremy Hull in the pole vault; Courtney Deutsch, Megan Manthe and Megan Wray in the 800; Kerry Fink in the 400; The University Daily Kansan staff member Eve Lamborn in the mile; Page Higgins in the 3000; Sondra Rauterkus in the high jump; and Erika Hamel in the long jump.
Contact Norton at mnorton@kansan.com. This story was edited by Justin Guenley.
BASEBALL
Kansas game postponed because of possible snow
With cold weather and a chance for snow in the forecast, the Kansas baseball team's weekend series against Northwestern has been postponed.
The Jayhawks (8-0) will not reschedule a makeup series with the Wildcats.
Kansas returns to action on Tuesday, March 5 when the team travels to Tulsa, Okla., to take on Oral Roberts. Kansas' next home game is scheduled for March 8, when the team starts Big 12 Conference play against Texas A&M.
Ryan Wood
BOWLING
BOWLING Team hopes to qualify for national tournament
The KU bowling team will compete in the Intercollegiate Bowling Championships sectional qualifier March 23 and 24 at Heritage Lanes in Oklahoma City.
The team, ranked No. 13 by College Bowling USA, will need to finish in the top four at the qualifier to advance to the IBC tournament.
— Kansan staff report
TENNIS
Women look for first win during Utah trip
The Kansas tennis team will try to pick up its first road win when it travels to Utah, where it will face Brigham Young tomorrow and Utah on Sunday.
The Jayhawks, 3-0 at home and 0-2 on the road, are coming off a win against Southwest Missouri State last Saturday. The team won all three doubles matches with a lineup that featured sophomore Emily Haylock and freshman Paige Brown in the No.1 doubles slot.
Saturday's opponent, Brigham Young (2-6), won the Mountain West Conference championship last year. The Jayhawks will then travel to Salt Lake City to take on Utah. The Utes have four letterwinners returning, along with four recruits who have helped them to a 5-2 record.
Jonah Ballow
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bly watering by the time he finished his speech. This is the most relaxed Kansas team since Scot Pollard was around, and Harrison has a lot to do with that. His minutes have been few — 75 minutes in two years, including a career-high seven last night — but he has loved every one of them and may see a few more during the next few weeks if all goes according to plan.
Ballard's plan has been perfect and he has redefined the meaning of walk-on. He's the tough kid you've gotta love; the guy with the heart to conquer a giant.
He was the backup point guard a year ago and nearly came to blows with Jamaal Tinsley at Iowa State last year as he refused to back down from the All-American point guard. This year he went from walk-on to go-to player when he hit a clutch three-pointer in the Texas overtime thriller and tied last Sunday's game at Nebraska with a layup in the final minute that helped preserve the undefeated conference season and kept the ride going.
"We've got one trophy." Ballard said, referring to the Big 12 Conference title. "But the way I see it is we've still got 10 more wins left this season."
ride will be done and, God willing, the four will be hoisting a national championship trophy. Beyond that, they'll return to being normal students. For the red team there will be no NBA career, no overseas basketball opportunities and no sneaker deals. None of that will matter either.
They have played for the No. 1- ranked team in the nation and gone undefeated in the Big 12 Conference. Now they have a good chance of going to the Final Four.
Almost every Kansas kid dreams of playing basketball for the Kansas Jayhawks. These guys lived it.
Wristen is a Leawood senior in journalism.
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