University Daily Kansan, January 18, 1985
SPORTS
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NEWS BRIEFS
Defector enrolls at Alabama
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. / An East German swimmer who defied the United States last week has enrolled in classes at the University of Alabama, but the athletic Association has ruled that he will not eligible for competition until next season
Jens-Peter Berndt, 21, a world-class swimmer from Potsdam, announced his enrollment during a news conference today, one week after arriving on campus.
Bernard became the first athlete from his country to defect to the United States when he slipped away from the East German swimming team at an airport in Oklahoma and then to the East German team was in the United States for a meet at the University of Arkansas.
Bernet was contacted the same day by Alabama swimming coach Don Gambril, who invited him to enroll. The East German swimmer said Gambril, who coached the 1984 U.S. Olympic swimming team as a major factor in his choosing Alabama.
"He's very famous in our country / a very good coach and who has many foreigners in his group," Berndt said. "I was one of the reasons for my decision."
SMU being investigated
DALLAS — The Southwest Conference is investigating Southern Methodist University's recruitment of Reginald Muhammad, a basketball player who signed with the Mustangs in November, a Dallas newspaper reported yesterday.
SWC Commissioner Fred Jacoby confirmed the conference was checking allegations concerning SMU's courting of a high school basketball player. The Dallas Times-Herald reported the player was Muhammad, a 6-foot-10 center and forward from Wilmer-Hutchins High School in Hutchins, Texas.
Jacoby said he could not comment on the nature of the allegations.
Muhammad told the Times-Herald that there had been no improprieties in his recruitment.
Darryl Winston, an assistant coach for Kansas State who also recruited Muhammad, said the school stopped seeking the player after learning "there was some cheating involved" with him, the newspaper reported.
SMU also has been under investigation by the National Collegiate Athletic Association for nearly two years for reported violations in its football program.
Creighton considers change
OMAHA — Creighton University is seriously considering an offer to leave the Missouri Valley Conference in favor of the University. The Director Dan Offenburger said yesterday.
Offenburger said Midwestern City officials had extended the invitation during the National Collegiate Athletic Association that ended Wednesday in Nashville, Tenn.
"It's really a tough call," Offenburger said. "The Missouri Valley Conference has a long and rich tradition."
James Shaffer, Midwestern City commissioner, told the Omaha World-Herald, "We're looking to get a commitment one way or another."
Offenburger said, "We'll attempt to make our decision by May."
Creighton could begin competition in the Midwestern City Conference in the 1986-87 season.
Sox, Cubs series a possibility
CHICAGO / Baseball fans who would like to see Chicago's two baseball teams meet in the 1985 World Series may get to see the clubs play one another, regardless of whether either club makes it to the Series.
White Sox President Eddie Einhorn said
the team was investigating
reinstating a team at the
Manning leads KU to victory with late rally
Calvin Thompson, KU guard, jams in two of the 15 points he scored last night in the Jayhawk's 76-72 victory against the Iowa State Cyclones. Kansas trailed by one point with 6:20 remaining in the game, but rallied to improve its record to 13-2. The game was the Big Eight season opener for both teams.
By LAURETTA SCHULTZ Sports Editor
Sports Editor
When head coach Larry Brown told Danny Manning to get aggressive at halftime in last night's game against Iowa State, KU's freshman standout took the directive to
The 6-foot-11 forward took charge in the second half as the opposing opener, scoring 10 points and kicking KUGA.
"It was just on him at halftime." Brown said, "gold him that he had to start asserting his hold."
Assert was an understatement. Manning ended the game with 22 points and scored KU's last 12 points. It could easily have been
IOWA STATE (72)
DYNAMIC (22)
1. Hill 3,6 4-0; Vigga 3,4 0-0; Hornacek 6,1-3 4-4
2. Hill 3,6 4-0; Steven 9,1-8 4-6; Grayer 7,4 2-12
3. Moss 0,3 4-0; Peterson 6,1-0-0; Totals 29-55 14-23 72.
WANMAN (22)
Turgorson 2-0 2-0 4, Newton 0-1 0-0 9, Hunter 0-7 1-0 1,
Manning 9-16 5-2 12, Dreiling 0-2 14, Boyle 1-1 0-0 2,
Thompson 6-12 3-1 5, Pellock 0-1 0-3 1, Kellogg 5-6 8-9
18, Totals 28 54 20-28 76
Halftime/ Kamasa 41, Iowa State 35, Pouled out/
Grayer and Halton Total. Folsom / Iowa State 25, Kansas 18
Stevens 6, Kansas 36 (Manning 10), Assistz/ Iowa State
6, Kansas 6, Kamaa 19 (Hunter 7), Technochs/ A.
18, 4, 1800.
"At the beginning of the game, he was just standing in the zone," Brown said. "Then he just flat took over making a lot of our last points."
KU led 41-35 at the half. But ISU scored
KU led the first five baskets in the second half
of the game.
the last 15 points, but one free throw Manning made was disallowed on a lane violation, and his slam dunk on an alley-oop at the buzzer did not come in time.
The two teams passed the lead back and forth for the rest of the game, tying it three times. With 6:38 left, the Cyclones led 61-58, their biggest lead of the night.
Manning's scour spurt was the difference for KU, but the game was never out of reach for Iowa State until Manning hit two free throws in the second quarter. KU improved its record to 13-2 overall and
Iowa State, powered by Barry Stevens' 22 points, stayed close to the Jayhawks the entire game and led six times as the two teams traded baskets for most of the second half.
"We expected a tough game," Brown said. "They're extremely well coached. We were fortunate to get away with it."
KU improved its record to 13-2 overall and
1-0 in the Big Eight. ISU dropped to 12-5 and
1-0 in the Big Ten.
In the first half, ISU stayed close with long shots pumped in by 6-3 guard Jeff Hornacek. He finished the game with 18 points.
"Hornacek played with such poise," Brown said. "If they're going to shoot the ball outside like that, it's going to cause problems." You know, if you can prove there's anything you can do get there.
But KU tried. Brown went through several defenses trying to stop Stevens and Hornacek. At times, those two were covered by other three Jayhawks played a zone defense.
Brown said. "We had diamonds and triangles and all sorts of different kinds of zones.
For Kansas, Kellogg was the star of the first half. The 6-5 forward put in 14 points by halftime, hitting five of six from the field and two of seven on the floor. Kellogg finished the game with 18 points.
"We played some of the ugliest zones,"
Greg Dreiling had 14 points in the game with eight in the second half. Calvin Thompson had 15 points, including three crowd-inspiring slam dunks.
Halftime pep talk with Manning pays off
By DAVID O'BRIEN
Sports Writer
At the end of the first half of Kansas 76-72 victory over Iowa State last night, it looked as though Danny Manning was on the way to an average night for a freshman standout in the
He had six points, four rebounds, two steals and a couple of assists.
"I'd like to think Barry Stevens is just a good player and did a good job defending Danny," KU head coach Larry Brown said. "I'm confident we have to move from him in the second half."
Brown got much more in the second half, particularly in the final minutes of the game.
With a little over four minutes remaining in the game, Iowa State's David Moss hit the front end of a bonus free throw situation to cut the KU lead to one: 64-63. But that was as
With 4:17 remaining, Manning made a short jump shot and was fouled on the play. He converted the free throw to put KU on top. 67-63. From there he went on to hit two more shots, giving a driving lay-up before sealing the victory with three free throws in the final 32 seconds.
close as the Cyclones would get, as Manning went on a tear that proved to be too much for the Cyclones. He scored all of KU's final 12 points.
Cyclone head coach Johnny Orr said ISU's standout forward Barry Stevens had been able to contain Manning, for a while.
"Barry did a good job on Manning," he said. "But Manning hit some big hoops down the stretch."
"Danny played phenomenal down the stretch," said KU center Greg Deiling. "He really played like he's supposed to."
He nor knew him agreed.
"Danny had an excellent second half."
That's what we needed really bad and he came out for us. We really needed it.
"I told Danny at halftime that he was going to have to start asserting himself and that he was going to have to get more involved," Brown said. "He made some big shots, that's for sure. He's always played good in the big games."
Manning said, "In the second half, I started posting up. My teammates did a great job of getting me the ball. In the first half I was concentrating more on rebounding. Tonight we tried to concentrate and really hit the boards and it paid off."
Paid off, indeed, as the Jayhawks opened the Big Eight conference season with a hard-fought victory over a good Iowa State team led by Stevens.
Stevens finished the game with 22 points,
five rebounds, one steal and one assist.
Manning finished the game with 22 points, to make three blocked shots, two assists, and two steals.
Tubbs says OU needs to grow before Saturday
By LAURETTA SCHULTZ Sports Editor
OU head Coach Billy Tubbs has some changes he'd like to make in his team before the OU-KU game, but he said yesterday he didn't think he could get the job done by Saturday.
"When you speak about adjustments that you might need to make, I have a very important, but impossible one." Tubbs said, looking back at him to grow between now and the KU game.
OU's front line averages only 6-foot-7, and
seems to be about facing 7-1 Greg
Drepulli and 6-1 Daniel Hook.
"If I could just stretch the guys out a little before the weekend, I'd just about have it made." Tubbs said.
Norman, Okla., and will be televised by CBS. KU head coach Larry Brown said there were several key areas the Jayhaws must concentrate on if they were going to win.
"We've got to stay out of foul trouble, rebound more, and by all means, quit turning the ball over."
"We have to control the tempo of the game," he said. "I'm not saying we won't run the ball, but we have to patient."
Brown is a little worried about playing in OU's Lloyd Noble Center, and understandably so. The only other time he has faced the Sooners there, OU embarrassed the Javahawks. 103-84.
"I've only been down there that one time
and I have a guarantee you I
want you to be comfortable the
way I am."
"But we've played in some hostile places already this year. We'll be OK."
Brown's nightmare game took place on Jan. 31, and the Sooners later defeated KU 92-49 in an overtime game in Lawrence. The Sooners defeated Iowa in a championship game and beat UM 79-78.
OU standway Wayman Tisdale, averaging 30 points per game is another of Brown's concerns.
Tubbs is equally respectful of KU's Danny Manning.
"Manning has got to be one of the best what a coach could ever do to adjust for him."
"And on top of Danny, they've got Ron Kellog. It's also tough to defense a guy who is shooting the ball in the hole he is. And he's not a very good player for that year. I think we have our hands full."
The Sooners will have trouble getting the ball inside, Tubbs said.
"That front line does not just pose a problem for Oklahoma," he said. "It poses a problem for anyone KU plays."
Brown is quick to point out that OU has several other players besides Tisdale that KK to commit.
"I don't care what the d娘 of the player is getting in against Dreiling and Manning and the team."
"They've got McCalister, Clark and Bowie," he said. "Those guys can hurt you, too. You can't key entirely on one player."
Brown referred to Tim McCalister, Shark Clark and Anthony Bowie. McCalister scored 31 points against KU last year in the game here. Clark is a dangerous guard, and Bowie, 6-6 forward-guard, is averaging 14 points a game.
After his 22-point performance last night,
Manning turned his thoughts to OU.
"We want to go down there and come out with a conference victory," Manning said, "and we got a lot of things to work on and, we just have the next couple of days we'll get them down pat."
Kellogg said KU had to work at controlling the game.
"We got in a rat race game with them last year," he said. "We've got to hit the open window."
Super Bowl XIX looks to be a great battle in the air
Marino is Miami's biggest catch
By United Press International
OAKLAND, Calif. - The Miami Dolphins ended up with Dan Marino because Coach Don Shula did his homework better than the competition.
Marino's stock in the 1983 dray dropped due to a bad season and rumors of drug problems during his senior year at the University of Pittsburgh. It has been written that Marino had to take a urinalysis before the draft to prove he was clean.
Shula held the rumors and checked them out. He was delighted when Marino was still available after 26 players, including five quarterbacks, had been drafted.
Two seasons later, the Dolphins are preparing to battle the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl XIX Sunday.
"Everybody's trying to figure out now why he was drafted so late." Shula said. "We had a strong commitment on Marine that others did not. We heard rumors, different kinds of
"We checked them out and did not hear anything that changed our minds. I called (Pitt Coach) Foge Fazio and he gave me his presentation. We all knew we needed to know."
Marino has refused to discuss his personal life since joining the Dolbins. *
"I never took any tests," he said. "One time somebody wrote that but that's
Marino is having a good time despite the hundreds of thousands of words that have been written about him this week. Heading into Super Bowl week, all Marino had left to prove was how well he could handle the media circus.
something I can't control. If I worried about everything that was written about me, I wouldn't have a good time."
"Nothing seems to overwhelm Dan," Shula said. "Everything he does is natural. When we went to play in Pittsburgh this season I think it might be difficult for him but he handled it."
"It's hard to think of a negative. It's all natural to him, it all flows, it's just a part of his personality. Every day is better than the dav before."
"I'm enjoying it," Marino said. "I'm getting used to it. I just want to be myself. Take me for what I am and I'll take you for what you are."
If Marino gets much better, there won't be a statistician in the National Football League able to keep up with him. In just his second pro season, he set records for passing yards (364), and led the league in attempts (564), completions (362) and efficiency rating (108.9).
He capped the season by setting AFC Championship game records by passing for
Shula isn't surprised anymore by how well Marino handles any situation.
our touchdowns and 421 yards in a 45-28 victory over Pittsburgh.
"It's been like that for our whole team," Martino said. "Everything's fallen in place."
Marino gets a lot of help. Shula's coaching, the offensive line that allowed him to be sacked just 14 times, and acrobatic receivers like Tyler Oliver and Super have eased his transition into the NFL.
"I couldn't have done it without him and he couldn't don't it without me," said Clayton, who caught 73 passes for 1,389 yards and an NFCL-record 18 touchdowns.
Marino is quick to spread the credit.
Dean's job is to get Marino
"When I was in college, I played on a team that threw the ball a lot," he said. "I was able to see a lot of things. Then in Miami, I had great people around me — great receivers, and Coach Shula really helped me adjust to the pro system."
Shula thinks all the coaching in the world and the best of teammates couldn't create a
"You have to do a lot of natural ability to do what Dan Marino has done," Sulda said. "The thing is, you need to be very patient."
"They had me projected as a thiro baseman," Marino said. "What I wanted to be what John Elway did
Marino has been able to do practically whatever he's wanted as an athlete. In high school, he was good enough to be drafted by the Kansas City Royals.
SAN FRANCISCO — You have to look three deep on the San Francisco depth chart to find Fred Dean, but the Miami Dolphins won't have to look that far Sunday in Super Bowl XLI.
By United Press International
The Dolphins — and quarterback Dan Martino in particular — have only to look up.
The San Francisco defensive end is football's version of a pinch bitter: he enters the game for the 48ers in passing situations to put pressure on the quarterback. And he has
Not that Dean isn't good enough to start: it's just that he is such a force as a pass rusher that the 49ers want to focus his energy at those situations. Other players can defend him, but the offense also wants a fresh Dean operating against tired offensive linemen on passing downs.
Dean hasn't been a full-time player since 1980, but the Dolphins figure to make him one
"I don't know the game plan yet," Dean said, "but I might be seeing a lot more playing time than usual. My work is going to be cut out for me."
Miami threw the ball on 72 percent of its offensive plays during the 1984 season. So even though Dwight Board and Gary Johnson are listed ahead of Dean at right end on the San Francisco depth chart, the Dolphins seem to trot Dean onto the field early and often.
Indeed it will: I muddle its offensive line allowed a league-low 14acks in 1984 to enable Marino to set NPL passing records with his 48 touchouts and 5,084 vards.
"If we don't get pressure on Marino, it will be a long afternoon." San Francisco Coach Bill Walsh said. "Even if we do get pressure, we'll be a long afternoon. But you've got to press him."
Two of Marino's offensive linemen, center Dwight Stephenson and guard Ed Newman, were voted to start in the Pro Bowl and two of them were selected as Jon Giesler, were selected as alternates.
The 49ers only managed one sack of Marino when the Dolphins visited the Bay Area in 1883 and, as a result, Miami strolled away with a 20-17 victory. Dean recorded that one sack and he'll get a rematch Sunday against Giesler.
"This might not be the ultimate challenge, but it's up there." Dean said. "Their offensive line is good. I’ve had as much trouble with them as any I’ve faced. But I don’t feel any extra pressure. I’m just one individual and without the help of Dwaine Board and Gary Johnson, it’s going to be tough to get at them."
Despite his limited action — Dean is only on the field for roughly 15 plays per game — he has gone to the Pro Bowl in four of his last five seasons.