"She says she wants to be a lady. And what better place to start than in a boxing ring?"
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SPORTS COMMENTARY
Jason Hwang jhwang@kansan.com
KU alumnus shows talent in coaching
Whoever said, "You can never go home again," should not say it in front of Kansas swimming coach Clark Campbell, who has returned to his alma mater to the program he was once a part of.
In his first year, the coach has led his team and finished fourth at the Big 12 Conference championships in Austin Texas.
He's mentioned in every interview that he expected the Kansas program to be in the Top 25. This assurance has been an indication of stability for the swimming team, which is something it has been scrambling to find for the past four years.
The Kansas swimming and diving program has been through three coaches in the last four years. Gary Kemp, who coached the women's team for 23 years, left after the 1999-2000 season. Cathy Burgess, an assistant under Kemp, took over the program before Campbell became coach this season.
Senior Gwen Haley said the instability had made this year's senior class closer through the years to support one another. She also said the three coaches had different approaches.
"Gary just set the expectations there and never mentioned it for the rest of the season. Cathy emphasized the expectations to us once in a while." Haley said, "But with Clark, he reminded us what it needed to take to be a Top 25 program. He's very determined and cares so deeply for the swimmers."
"Grow where I'm planted" is how Campbell said he approached this program. Campbell swam under Kemp's leadership at Kansas in 1984 before swimming eight years as a professional tri-athlete.
He earned a bachelor's degree in 1993 from Kansas. After being an assistant coach for the University of Minnesota and coach at the University of Evansville in Indiana, Campbell jumped at the opportunity to go back to his alma mater and lead the program he once swam for.
"It has been a great opportunity for me as an alum to establish a consistent commitment to excellence for a flagship institution of Kansas," he said
Campbell ended his first year as coach at Kansas with a Coach of the Meet award at the Big 12 Championships Saturday.
"This was a tremendous honor shared by the staff and the team," he said.
Hwang is an Overland Park junior in journalism.
Tyson relives youth with quick KO
The Associated Press
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — There is still some badness left in Iron Mike after all.
In desperate need of a devastating win, Mike Tyson got just that Saturday night, flattening Clifford Etienne with a savage right hand reminiscent of Tyson in his prime.
Etienne was knocked flat on his back in the middle of the ring and he lay there as referee Bill Clancy counted him out only 49 seconds into the scheduled 10 round fight.
Tyson then leaned over and helped Ettienne to his feet as the crowd at the Pyramid arena erupted in glee at the sudden ending to a fight that seemed like it would never happen.
Fighting in the same ring where Lennox Lewis gave him a beating last June, Tyson went right after Etienne, who cooperated by standing in front of him and throwing punches back.
It proved a mistake when Tyson threw a right hand that landed flush on Etienne's
It was the 16th knockout in the first 1:33 of the first round or less for Tyson and his sixth quickest ever. He needed it badly to salvage his chances of a rematch with Lewis or a possible third fight with Evander Holyfield.
jaw and sent him sprawling to the canvas.
"To be honest I'm not ready to fight him (Lewis) at this time," Tyson said. "I need more fights. I don't want to get beat up again."
Etienne was picked as an opponent because he figured to give Tyson an easy target, and he didn't disappoint.
"I kept my hands up looking for the opening and I got it," Tyson said.
Tyson, more animated before the introductions than usual, had gone into the ring and stood bouncing in front of Etienne before ripping off the towel over his chest.
When the fight began, Tyson came out slugging, landing a few punches before Etienne grabbed him and pushed him into the ropes, knocking him down.
The action resumed and Tyson missed with a left hook before connecting with
the punch that ended the fight.
Ettienne has a tendency to go down—seven times in one fight alone—and was hand selected as an opponent because of his weak chin and his style of fighting right in front of an opponent.
"This was the way I had to fight him." Etienne said. "How else could I fight him? I'm OK. He caught me with a good punch."
With his new tattoo framing the left side of his face, Tyson showed some renewed determination in the ring.
A circus-like atmosphere enveloped the fight in the days leading up to it. Tyson, claiming to be suffering from the flu, canceled the fight on Monday only to wake up feeling better on Tuesday and deciding to fight.
Things got even better when Etienne staged a mini-boycott of his own before deciding that getting nearly $1 million to fight Tyson was too lucrative to pass up.
"I canceled too many fights in my career," Tyson said. "I wasn't afraid. He needed the money. I always need the money."
Oklahoma beats Texas in close-scoring game
The Associated Press
STILLWATER, Okla. — Victor Williams scored 20 points, including four big free throws in the closing seconds, and No. 16 Oklahoma held on to beat third-ranked Texas 82-77 on Saturday.
The Cowboys (20-5, 9-3 Big 12) had three players foul out and survived a career-high 32 points by T.J. Ford to end a two-game losing streak. They had also lost two in a row at home to Texas.
James Thomas had 21 points and 17 rebounds for the Longhorns (18-5, 9-3), who nearly erased a 15-point first-half deficit but came up just short.
Melvin Sanders scored 19 points and Tony Allen had 16 for Oklahoma State.
Williams scored 13 points in the first half when the Cowboys made nine three-point shots to twice lead by 15. He got his fourth foul at the 14:44 mark and sat for eight minutes, returning with Oklahoma State leading 68-58.
Ford, who seemed to go past defenders whenever he wanted, scored six points in a 9-0 run that got the Longhorns within 70-69 with 3:35 left.
Then Williams hit a three-point shot at the 3:06 mark to give Oklahoma State some breathing room.
Texas got within 76-73 on a tip-in by Thomas with 1:40 remaining, then made it 76-74 on a free throw by Ford with 50 seconds left.
Williams made two free throws for a 78-74 lead with 21 seconds to go, and after Ford missed a short jumper. Williams got fouled again and made both free throws with 8.6 seconds left.
Ford banked in a three-point shot with 3.4 seconds left and Cheyne Gadson sealed the victory with two free throws with 2.6 seconds remaining.
The Cowboys, who shot a season-low 28.6 percent and scored just 48 points in a loss to No. 5 Oklahoma on Wednesday night, had 47 points at halftime.
The Longhorns shot better than 50 percent in the first half but Oklahoma State outdid them, hitting 60.7 percent including 9-of-17 from three-point range as they consistently got open jumpers against the Texas defense.
So an SUV full of basketball players is driving around and around the Templin parking lot.
Free for All
Kansan looks like Mr. Penguin from the Batman show.
Ryan Greene in his picture in the
Yeah, you know why Gooden's on the Magic now? Because he's all magic, baby.
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I saw Jeff Hawkins and Jeff Graves at Abe and Jake's on a Friday night when they have a game on Sunday against OU!
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I just want to remind everyone that, 0while Mizzou sucks more than anything else, Kansas State is a close close second.
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Jeff Boschee puts an egg yolk on his face every night before he goes to bed because he thinks it clears up his skin.
Mizzou loss to Colorado ends streak
The Associated Press
BOULDER, Colo. — Missouri's continued struggles on the road mean an even stiffer battle for the Tigers down the regular-season stretch.
Ranked as high as No.11 this season. Missouri is unranked — and 2-6 on opponents' home courts after Saturday night's 89-68 loss at Colorado.
With four games left before the Big 12 Conference Tournament, Missouri is 16 overall and 7-5 — fifth place — in Big 12 play. The Tigers missed a chance on Saturday to widen their lead over Colorado, which moved to within one game of Missouri in the conference standings, after the Buffaloes broke an eight-game losing streak to the Tigers..
"Colorado played very well, but we're not as mature as we need to be," Missouri coach Quin Snyder said.
Snyder reacted angrily, though, to a reporter's question about how much of Missouri's road difficulties were his responsibility.
"Of course, I'm responsible," he said. "Why don't you come to our practices? I think my team fought. I don't know what game everyone was watching out there."
Forward Rickey Paulding said the team's shortcomings were not Snyder's fault.
"Coach Q, he does everything in the book," said Paulding, who led the Tigers with 22 points. "He goes beyond the call of duty to try to get us animated, to try to give us energy."
He couldn't shoot free throws for the Tigers. They went 11-for-24 from the line and had many key misses down the stretch.
"We were knocking on the door,but we could never really convert when we needed to," Snyder said. "If we would've converted a few from the line, it would've given us a lift."
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2003
POLI
kansan.com Which Big 12 player do you think is most
likely to win the Wooden Award?
Andre Emmett, Texas Tech
T. J. Ford, Texas
Nick Collison, Kansas
Nick Collins, Kansas Kirk Hinrich, Kansas
Hollis Price, Oklahoma
Log on to hansan.com to cast your vote.
LAST WEEK'S POLL RESULTS
Now that the Kansas baseball team has knocked off then-No. 6 Louisiana State and is ranked No. 21, will you attend more baseball games at Hoglund ?
I wasn't a fan then, I am not a fan now. 47 votes for 20 percent
They have piqued my interest. I will go to a few games. 82 votes for 35 percent
I love Kansas sports and would have gone anyway. 64 votes for 27 percent
I will start going if they continue to prove themselves. 41 votes for 18 percent
234 votes were cast on Kansan.com.
Kansas Athletics Calendar
TOMORROW
WEDNESDAY
Baseball vs. Arkansas, Hoglund Ballpark, 4 p.m.
Men's Basketball vs. Texas A&M, Allen Fieldhouse, 6:30 p.m.
Women's Basketball at Kansas State, 7 p.m.
Women's Basketball at Kansas State, 7 p.m.
FRIDAY
Softball vs. Penn State, Tuscaloosa, Ala.,
1:30 p.m.
Softball vs. Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Ala., 4 p.m.
Baseball vs. TBA, Music City Challenge,
Nashville, Tenn.
Track, Big 12 Indoor Championships, Lincoln, Neh.
Tennis vs. Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 2 p.m.
Women's Golf at the Edwin Watts — Carolina Classic, Pinehurst, N.C.
Men's Basketball vs. Oklahoma State, noon Women's Basketball at Missouri, Columbia, Mo., 6 p.m.
Softball vs. Texas-Arlington, Tuscaloosa Ala., 1 i a.m.
Softball vs. TBA, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Southern vs. TBSA, rustbush, Aub.
Baseball vs. David Lipscomb, Nashville,
Tenn. 1 p.m.
Track, Big 12 Indoor Championships, Lincoln, Neb.
Tennis vs. Iowa State, Ames, Iowa, noon Women's Golf at the Edwin Watts — Carolina Classic, Pinehurst, N.C.
SUNDAY
Baseball vs. Vanderbilt, Nashville, Tenn., 1
p.m.
Women's Golf at the Edwin Watts—Carolina Classic, Pinehurst, N.C.
Softball, Beach Tournament, hosted by the University of California Santa Barbara 2003 Crimson Classic, hosted by Alabama
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