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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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MONDAY, APRIL 14. 2003
Mangino encourages Roy to stay
Eric Braem/Kansar
Ultimate frisbee players sweat near Allen Fieldhouse, which fans renamed "Roy's House" last week. Football coach Mark Mangino joined the effort to keep Roy Williams at Kansas Saturday
By Doyle Murphy
dmurphy@kansan.com
Kansan senior sportswriter
In several conversations last week, Kansas football coach Mark Mangino told his basketball counterpart that he wanted him to stay.
In the tug of war for Roy Williams, another Jayhawk is leaning on the rope.
"I would love for Roy Williams to stay here at KU," Mangino said, "He's the standard of excellence, and he is somebody that has been very supportive of our football program."
our football team. Mangino's statements were an unsolicited addition to his comments to reporters following Saturday's spring
scrimmage. Mangino would not divulge the content of his conversations with Williams except to say that he told Williams he wanted him to know how much he meant to him and the University.
Mangino said because of his opendoor relationship with Williams, the coaches would occasionally visit with each other in their offices.
"I go over and talk to him," Mangino said. "And I knew this was a tough week for him, so I went over and I told him how I felt, and I mean it, because I know this: that he means so much to the University and our fans that he keeps the morale high."
North Carolina athletics director Dick Baddour issued a statement on
Thursday, confirming he had spoken with Williams about the coaching vacancy at North Carolina. Baddour said he would continue to speak with Williams and other candidates, but at the time of the statement he said he had not offered Williams the job.
Williams joined senior forward Nick Collison in Los Angeles during the weekend to accept the Wooden Legends of Coaching Award. Collison finished fourth for national-player-of-the-year honors. Officials at Williams' ceremony instructed reporters that Williams would not answer any questions about North Carolina.
SEE ROY ON PAGE 8B
Sand and sun
Anne Murray, Lawrence first-year law student, and Brandon Kane, first-year law student, wait for a member of the Kuhn's Dawgs to hit the ball during an intramural sand volleyball game. Murray and Kane play for the Cru One team.
Scrimmage shows promise
By Kevin Flaherty
kflaherty@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
It took until the fifth play of the football spring scrimmage for Kansas quarterback Bill Whittemore to prove his worth as 2002 Big 12 Conference newcomer of the year and a 2003 Kansas football captain.
Whittemore rolled right and threw a spiral 20 yards perfectly over the shoulder of wide receiver Brandon Rideau on
the sideline. Rideau reached up and snagged the pass as he went out of bounds. On third and eight, Whittemore got a first down.
said Whitney. "Bill looks really good, really sharp — I'm excited about him," Mangino said. "He might have a chance to be among the top quarterbacks in the country if we can continue to develop a strong supporting cast for him."
got a first down. Mark Mangino, Kansas football coach, said Whittemore had a great spring.
for 180 yards and a touchdown in Saturday's spring scrimmage. The scrimmage started with the offense working out of various situations in which it started with a third down and then had to move five or more yards to score. After both the first and second string offense practiced out of third and long, each offense was given the ball on the 25 yard line and faced with having to drive the ball 75 yards for the score.
Whittmore completed 13 of 18 passes
Tennis drops match against rival at home
SEE SCRIMMAGE ON PAGE 8B
By Jonah Ballow
jballow@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
The first home match for the No. 61 Kansas tennis team ended in a 5-2 defeat to in-state rival No.34 Kansas State Wildcats Saturday.
"Kansas State has won a lot of close matches, and they have a lot of confidence," coach Kilmeny Waterman said. "I think the difference in the end was their ability to win the big points."
In doubles, the Jayhawks struggled and
came away with one victory, which resulted in losing the crucial doubles point.
needing to win four singles matches for the overall victory, Kansas won two. In No.2 singles, Brown won again by defeat Jessica Simosa in straight sets, 6-3, 6-3.
Junior Courtney Steinbock and sophomore Paige Brown beat Andrea Cooper and Hayley McLiver 9-7 at No. 2 doubles.
Juniors Emily Haylock and Kristen Steinbock lost to Paulina Castillejos and Petra Sedlmajerova 8-4 at the top position
SEE TENNIS ON PAGE 8B
Lindsey Gold/Kansan
Junior Kristen Steinbock returns a hit from Kansas State Saturday at Robinson Courts.
Top receivers standing out for Jayhawks
By Jesse Newell
jnewell@kansan.com
Kansan sportwriter
From the look of the Jayhawks' spring scrimmage on Saturday, the Kansas receivers might not just be catching on they might be also holding on.
they might be too hard to find After problems with dropped passes last year, the receiving corps came with an impressive performance Saturday, as the first team aided quarterback Bill Whitte more in catching easy and difficult passes.
"They're all young guys," Whittemore said. "Going through a year of the Big 12, you learn a lot. They're going to step it up this year — I feel like they will."
The passing game has been more efficient this spring, as the players have become more accustomed to the offense.
"I feel like we're a lot farther ahead than we were last year through spring, basically because it was new for everybody." Whittemore said. "Throughout the whole spring this semester, I feel like we've all been on the same page the whole time. We're clicking and we're going to feed on that."
SPORTS COMMENTARY
SEE RECEIVER ON PAGE 8A
Ryan Wood
rwood@kansan.com
'Owl Bowl' booze game shakes up sportswriter
If anything, Al Bohl made alcohol consumption even more fun during his 20-month vacation in Lawrence.
Bohl is signed to a five-year contract (one shot),is fired after two years (one shot) and may still be entitled to receive pay for the final three years (one shot).
20-month vacation in Bohl, who was fired as athletics director last week for being a creep, saw a lot of stupid actions take place during his tenure at Kansas. Many of them were his doing. Some of them were just done under his watch.
Either way, when Bohl arrived back in 2001, I invented a great new drinking game that I now have to retire after one more play.
Thanks to the "How stupid can the Athletics Department get?" game, my bank account is dry, every bartender in town knows me and I still haven't found my car after leaving it somewhere seven months ago.
Al Bohl is hired on June 28, 2001 (take one shot).
shot).
Al Bohl met with the media on his driveway after getting canned Wednesday, called himself a dove (one shot) and then bashed Roy Williams (10 shots), calling him a man who would crush the innocent bird that is Al Bohl the dove, or something (one shot). The day before, which wood be Tuezday, Bohl mentioned George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, George Patton and Berlin in a 30-second span (bottoms up).
months ago.
The rule to my game is simple: Take a shot every time the Athletics Department does something stupid. That's it.
So get out your shot glasses and your tequila, it's time to play. "How stupid can the Athletics Department get?"
tons up).
The room is spinning! (one shot to celebraight)
In an effort to genereight revenue, the STOOPID Athletics Department raised the student ticket combo prices from 100 bucks to 125 bucks!!!! Can U believe that? Do they really think we're rich?? (take a shot)
SEE WOOD ON PAGE 8B
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