FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 2003
SPORTS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN = 3B
Kansas readies for last meet
By Jason Hwang
jhwang@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
Scott Revnolds/Kansan
Junior Maegen Himes races toward the wall in the 100-yard breaststroke in last Saturday's meet at Robinson Center. The Jayhawks will face Arkansas in Fayetteville, Ark., at 1 p.m. tomorrow.
The Kansas swimming and diving team will partake in its final road meet of the season against the Arkansas Razorbacks at 1 p.m. tomorrow in Favetteville, Ark.
"Arkansas is going to be hard to beat," Kansas swimming coach Clark Campbell said. "They are a totally different team this year because they've got a good recruiting class."
Kansas is 7-4 in dual meets and 17-2 lifetime against Arkansas. In its last contest, it defeated Colorado State 174-125, but lost to Minnesota with a score of 110-189 Saturday in Lawrence.
"It's nice to know that we've been been stronger than them in the past," junior Kristen Johnson said. "That'll give us more confidence going down there this year."
Last season, Kansas triumphed over Arkansas in Robinson Nataatorium 169-130. The Jayhawks took 10 first-place finishes out of 16 events.
Sophomore Amy Gruber captured three first-place titles in the 100-yard freestyle, 100-yard backstroke and 100-yard butterfly. Senior Gwen Haley won the
200-yard butterfly and 400-yard individual medley events. Johnson won the 200-yard breaststroke race.
"It's just one more step to sharpen our racing strategies for the Big 12."Campbell
said. "We're looking forward to facing an opponent in the SEC, which is arguably the best swimming conference in the country.
-Edited by Todd Rapp
Commission votes to alter Title IX
WASHINGTON — A sharply divided Bush administration advisory commission voted yesterday to change a landmark gender-equity law that substantially increased the number of female athletes, but the panel stopped short of the major overhaul some women's advocates feared.
The Commission on Opportunity in Athletics considered two dozen recommendations for Title IX in two days of sometimes contentious meetings. The most sweeping recommendations were defeated, and the panel deadlocked 7-7 on a proposal to make a major change.
That proposal called for altering the requirement that the ratio of male and female athletes at colleges and universities be
roughly the same as the overall student body.
The Associated Press
Commissioner Lisa Graham Keegan showed up after the plan was considered and left the meeting early without talking to reporters about why she missed the vote.
The commission will forward a report to Education Secretary Rod Paige, who will consider changes to Title IX.
Basketball
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It will be an important game for the Jayhawks if they want to contend for the Big 12 Conference title. After losing to Colorado, the Jayhawks are in a two-way tie for third place in the league. A win against Texas kept Kansas in the running, a fact not lost on Langford.
"I think it puts us in a position to control our own destiny," he said after Monday's game.
Whatever the Jayhawks' destiny may be, they'll have to get by Nebraska (9-10, 1-5) first. The Cornhuskers are the second in a stretch of 12 consecutive Big 12 games that includes a home game against rival Missouri on Monday.
Focusing on Nebraska could be a difficult task, junior forward
Jeff Graves said at yesterday's press conference.
Jeff Graves Junior forward
"It will be real hard not to overlook Nebraska."
"It will be real hard not to overlook Nebraska," he said.
If Kansas players need motivation to face the Cornhuskers, they might want to consider that Nebraska defeated Colorado in the same Bob Devaney Sports Center that is the site for tomorrow's game.
The Jayhawks should also remember their history, Kansas coach Roy Williams said yesterday.
"I think the guys that were on the team last year, which is the majority of our team, realize that we beat them easily here and
then had to fight for our lives up there, so they understand that part of it for sure," he said.
Kansas will meet the Cornhuskers without sophomore forward Wayne Simien.
Williams said Simien will miss his eighth consecutive game after separating his shoulder in a game against the University of Missouri-Kansas City on Ian.4.
"He will not play Saturday and not play Monday night," Williams said. "So we're still just hanging in there and waiting to see what happens. It's discouraging for him as it is all of us, but he will not play this weekend."
Simien has been involved in limited practice situations, but his progress has been slowed by continued pain in the shoulder, he said.
— Edited by Amber Byarlay
Women
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11. 7 per game.
As for Burras, her 11 points on Wednesday night included the game-winning free-throws. Now that Burras has found her offense again following a tough scoring slump, she knows that the entire team has to be on the same page tomorrow.
everybody's beatable, but we've just got to go out and focus," Burras said.
Freshman guard Erica Hallman has also stepped up lately for the Jayhawks in her continued role coming off the bench. Hallman continues to lead the team in bench points with 8.6 points per game and averages a team-high 3.7 assists per game.
"Every game in the Big 12
In Kansas' last game against a top-10 team, they suffered
an 88-49 beating from Kansas State. Washington does not want her players going into the game overconfident with their last two victories, but they should still be giving their all.
"I think they have to understand that they are the future," Washington said. "I want them to go in there without feeling pressure."
Edited by Todd Rapp
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Buffaloes. The defeat ended a 27-game winning streak over Colorado.
women's cross-country teams have also blown chances for critical points.
With the future looking grim for the Jayhawks, a big Monday showdown in Lawrence against the Tigers could get Kansas back on the winning track against Missouri. However, Kansas has faltered at times this season, specifically with a defeat to the
Missouri will look to stay in the top 25 as they sit at No.25 in the polls.
The Tigers have its second leading scorer, Ricky Clemons, back in the lineup and are hungry to beat the Jayhawks, considering they lost both games last season.
The women's basketball team also has a good opportunity to earn valuable points in two
With a 10-1 overall advantage. Missouri is making a supposed Border War look like border domination.
weeks when they face the Tigers in Lawrence. Missouri is only 9-8 on the season and are merely 3-3 in conference play.The Jayhawks have bounced back with two victories in the Big 12 after going winless in the conference last season.
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