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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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WEDNESDAY MAY 7.2003
Recruit may visit Kansas
By Doyle Murphy
dmurphy@kansan.com
Kansan senior sportswriter
The Jayhawks already have Illinois' basketball coach. Now, they might be after the player who was supposed to be the Illini's prized recruit.
The Lawrence Journal-World reported yesterday that Charlie Villanueva, from Blairstown, N.J., will visit Lawrence today. Villanueva orally committed to then-Illinois coach Bill Self, but when Self packed his bags for Kansas last month, Villanueva chose to re-evaluate his options.
tant basketball coach Tom Parauda said the only plan Villanueva had communicated to him involved a lot of looking around.
"I know that he hasn't made up his mind." Parauda said in a phone interview. "I know he talks openly about his options."
Villanueva
Villanueva didn't tell Parauda about a recruiting visit to Kansas, but that doesn't mean he's not talking to the Jayhawks, Parauda said.
"I think he's just trying to be realistic," he said. "He is looking at all his options, and a trip to Kansas could be part of it."
Parauda said Villanueva was looking at a number of schools, including Illinois, and may still declare himself eligible for the NBA draft. If he chooses to attend college, Villanueva must make up his mind by the May 12 draft deadline.
The 6-foot-9, 215-pound Villanueva would add a third McDonald's All-American to Kansas' incoming class. Self has already gained renewed commitments from McDonald's All-Americans David Padgett, of Reno, Nev., and J.R. Giddens, of Oklahoma City, Okla., after former Kansas coach Roy Williams
resigned to coach at North Carolina. Jeremy Case, of McAlester, Okla., and Omar Wilkes, of Los Angeles, have also decided to honor the commitments they signed during Williams' tenure, meaning the Jayhawks have one available scholarship.
When Self accepted the Kansas job, he said he would consider filling the vacant scholarship if he could find a quality candidate, but he had not mentioned Villanueva. According to NCAA regulations, coaches are not allowed to speak about possible recruits until they have signed a national letter of intent.
Edited by Christy ODendurent
Iowa State starts restoring image after Eustachy
The Associated Press
AMES, Iowa — The conference championships Iowa State won under Larry Eustachy brought the school some of its brightest moments.
During the last week, Eustachy was the key figure as it went through one of its darkest periods, battering the image of this normally tranquil campus and leaving a basketball program in disarray and a community divided.
"I don't ever remember an issue as divisive as this," said Jon Fleming, an Ames physician and longtime Iowa State booster. "It's been an ugly, messy time."
Now, the university must patch it up after Eustachy's resignation.
After first vowing to fight for his job, Eustachy stepped aside Monday, one week after the publication of embarrassing photos of him drinking and kissing young women at a fraternity party. With a $1.1 million salary, he had been Iowa's highest paid state employee and was The Associated Press national coach of the year in 2000.
"We've seen it in politics, but never thought of it happening here," said Matt Moles, a sophomore at Iowa State. "It was educational in how fast a person can fall from grace."
The photos were accompanied by reports of Eustachy drinking at parties with students in Columbia, Mo., and Manhattan. The Missouri student who took the snapshots sent them to The Des Moines Register, triggering a week marked by one startling development after another:
Eustachy revealed last Wednesday he was an alcoholic and was seeking treatment. Three hours later, athletics director Bruce Van De Velde suspended Eustachy and recommended that he be fired, an action that could not take effect immediately because the coach had five days to appeal.
Steve Barnes, Eustachy's top assistant, was suspended after allegedly telling a player and his family that they needed to get behind Eustachy and "go after the people that got us." Barnes denied making that remark.
- The next day, Iowa State disclosed that Eustachy broke NCAA rules by twice paying players to make free throws. The NCAA suspended Eustachy for one game.
SEE IOWA STATE ON PAGE 5B
Bump, set, spike!
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William Blake, DeSoto sophomore, plays volleyball with Hai Chen, Olathe sophomore, at Robinson Center. Chen said yesterday that he was wearing a sock on his right foot because of an injury.
Call the ball
Courtney Kuhlen/Kansan
Junior outfielder Matt Trible readies for a fly ball Sunday against Texas. Trible has started every game but one this season. Kansas faces Wichita State at 7 tonight at Eck Stadium in Wichita. Wichita State (34-21) owns a 36-16 all-time record against Kansas; the team's meeting in Wichita earlier this season was rained out.
Royals end home winning streak
The Associated Press
The Royals fell one victory short of matching the 1911 Detroit Tigers, who opened 12-0 at home to set the modern major league record for the longest home winning streak to start a season.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — One of baseball's oldest records is safe for at least another year.
Doug Mirabelli had four hits and Todd Walker drove in three runs as the Boston Red Sox beat Kansas City 7-3 last night, handing the Royals their first loss in 12 home games this season.
The Royals, who have had only one winning record at home the past eight years, improved to 11-0 at Kauffman Stadium on Monday by rallying to beat the Red Sox in the ninth inning. No other team since 1901 had started better than 10-0 at home.
Casey Fossum (3-1) took a two-hit shutout into the seventh but left with two outs after allowing RBI singles to Carlos Febles and Michael Tucker. Mike Timlin relieved, and the Royals made it 6-3 on a double steal and catcher Mirabelli's throwing error
Mirabelli was 4-for-4 as the Red Sox won despite committing their eighth error in five games.
Fossum went 6 2/3 innings, giving up three runs on five hits with five walks and two strikeouts. Timlin pitched the eighth, and Tim Wakefield worked a scoreless ninth just two days after starting against Minnesota.
Mirabelli reached with his fourth single in the eighth and scored on Walker's sacrifice fly to make it 7-3.
Walker's RBI single gave the Red Sox a 1-0 lead in the third, then Nomar Garciaparra's RBI single off Kris Wilson in the fifth made it 2-0 before the Red Sox scored four in the sixth.
Mirabelli drove in two runs with his third single of the night, and Johnny Damon and Walker followed with RBI singles.
The left-hander, who went on the DL with a blister problem on the middle finger of his pitching hand, was relieved by Kris Wilson to start the fifth.
Royals starter Jeremy Affeldt (2-1), who came off the 15-day disabled list earlier in the day, struck out four of his first five batters and gave up only five hits and one run in four innings.
Notes: Red Sox catchers had thrown out seven straight runners before Febles stole second in the third. ... The Royals optioned OF Brandon Berger to Triple-A Omaha to make room for Affeldt.
Weather Jay asamuelson@kansan.com
Want something different in KU athletics this year? Go outside!
People say that if you don't like the weather in Kansas, wait a minute.
'Cause it's always changing.
You name it, you got it.
And wasn't there some kind of chaos with a coaching carousel?
Heck that should have been the motto for Kansas' athletic department this season. You know it, you get it.
From a basketball team that lost three games in November, for the first time ever, to make a return trip to the Final Four.
Here are a few highlights, highlighted by Weather Iav:
How about those Ritch Price-led Jayhawks' stunning upset of Louisiana State earlier this spring?
Football
Football
K-State 64
Kansas 0
In the 100th meeting of the series, it looked as if the Wildcats might win by 100.
While Bill Snyder got the best of Mark Mangino in their first meeting, Kansas students got to tailgate for the second straight year.
Certain games when the soccer and volleyball teams played.
Other games when the soccer and volleyball teams played.
Women's basketball
The Jayhawks won six straight to open the season.
The Jayhawks won only three during the Big 12 Conference regular season.
BASEBALL STUNNED LSU
Basketball's Back-to-back trips to the Final Four.
Al Bohl Firing
Kansas fans weren't careful what they wished for. Bohl was a big talker who bought into Kansas football.
Wait, wait, wait...
Al Bohfiring
Dove, what? Crush,
what? Hooray!
ROY
Fifteen great years and one sad day.
Bill
A man living out his coaching dream.
Kansas' future?
Partly cloudy with possible sunshine on the way
■ Andy Samuelson is a Wichita senior in journalism
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