University Daily Kansan, January 16, 1985
SPORTS
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Busy holiday helps 'Hawks prepare for conference play
By LAURETTA SCHULTZ
Sports Editor
The Jayhawks are ready to begin what head coach Larry Brown calls a scary second season after a hailstorm that elevated its national ranking to eighth.
The Jayhawks, 12-2, begin their Big Eight season tomorrow with a home game against Iowa State. The two teams begin at 7:40 p.m.
Saturday, Kansas will travel to Norman, Okla., to face 9.9 standout Wayman Tisdale and the Oklahoma State Wildcats at points and 11.3 rebounds per game.
The Cyclones are led by senior Barry Stevens. The 6-foot-5 forward is averaging 21.9 points per game. Sam Hill, is averaging 11.2 points.
The Jayhawks have played eight teams since mid-December, losing only to Kentucky in a close game at Freedom Hall in Louisville.
Brown said the Big Eight season concerned him.
"It seemed like we were playing every other day," he said. "But it was a good time to get the team together, and the young guys got a lot of experience."
"We had our ups and downs over the break," Brown said yesterday. "There were some games we played and others we didn't." We played poorly, and we still won.
"Sometimes I would look out at us struggling on the court against a weaker team and get frustrated. But you have to try to be realistic and realize that we have such a young team."
Brown said he valued the hectic schedule of non-conference games as a chance to get more playing time for all of his players.
"I am happy with our record, but I am not particularly pleased with the way we are playing," he said. "Our conference is so tough I don't want an easy time of it. We'll need all of the support we can get."
Brown said he expected the team to continue to improve in turnovers and rebounds.
"We are turning it over a lot," he said. "That's because our offense insists on that extra pass. That means our chances for turnovers."
Brown said he was placing emphasis on the amount of effort team members put out for each game.
"We are only concerned that we give it our best effort," he said. His game I want people to leave thinking, "Those kids always play hard."
A brief synopsis of the last eight Kansas games follows:
*In a Dec. 10 home game against South Carolina State, KU won 81-54. Ron Kellogg the high scorer for the Jahawks with 16 points. Danny Manning pulled in nine rebounds, and Calvin Thompson had five assists. The team played in front of 11,200 fans.
- Brown called the Dec. 15 home game against Houston "fantastic."
Kansas won 87-75 in front of a raucous crowd at the sold-out game. Winning it over CU high scorer with a high rebounds with 8. He also had three steals.
"We executed very well," Manning said. "I scored a lot of points, but most of the time I was wide open and my teammates got the ball to me.
"I think one of the keys was that they couldn't key on one person because of all of us were contributing."
Brown said the fans played an important part in the game.
"The crowd was amazing in the Houston game," he said. "The atmosphere in that arena was something else."
He said Kansas had learned from the Cougars.
"They are great athletes and they made us play fast," he said. "They were a quality team."
- Kansas defeated George Washington University 76-70 Dec. 22 in Washington, D.C. Greg Dreiling led the team with 23 points. The teams played the game in a small arena before 4,210 fans.
- In a New Year's Eve heart breaker, the Jayhawks lost to Ken
tucky 92-89. Manning scored 30 points and had 11 rebounds in one of his strongest performances so far. He had mixed feelings about the game.
"I was pleased and disappointed with the Kentucky game," he said. "You don't like to make excuses for your team. But it seemed like ever more intense in control of the game, something funny would happen with the refs."
- Ron Kellogg's 24 points helped salvage an overtime victory for Kansas over Texas Southern Jan. 3. The Jayhawks won 78-67 in the home game in front of 9,900 fans. Brown said he was "really disappointed" with Kansas' performance in the game.
"It was a tough game, and we were fortunate," he said.
*Kansas faced off against Wichita State Jan. 5 in a sold-out game at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Mo. Hawks winv 79-62 in front of 173-84.
"It is a pretty big rivalry and I don't think people came who didn't care," Brown said. "That trans- tion to the kids. We gave a lot of effort."
Kellogg said, "They were giving me the good shot. There were a lot of strong emotions out on the court."
Kellogg logged the team with 30 points and Manning had 11 rebounds.
*Kansas defeated Western Carolina 79-62 in a home game Jan. 7. Thompson led the Jayhawks with 19 points and led of the Jayhawks played on Feb. 18.
The score was surprisingly close for most of the game, leading Brown to consider the game one of the winter break's disappointments.
- But Brown was pleased with the Jayahawks 90-81 overtime win against South Alabama Friday. Dreiling led with 30 points.
"The South Alabama game was an important win for us," Brown said. "We looked good.
"We got into foul trouble and had some bad breaks. But we came through and beat a pretty darn good team."
JuCo standout transfers to Kansas to be eligible for play by next fall
By TONY COX Sports Writer
Archie Marshall, a 6-foot-6 sophomore transfer from Seminole Junior College in Oklahoma, is the newest addition to the KU basketball program.
Marshall is passing up his last semester of eligibility at Seminole and has enrolled on a basketball scholarship for the spring semester
"I wasn't happy there," he said. "I wasn't playing the game I'm capable of playing. Things got out of order. I was just going through the motions."
Marshall began practicing with the team this week and will have two years of eligibility with the Jayhawks beginning next season.
Marshall was averaging 15.5 points
game this season as Seminole point
In the 1983-84 season he averaged
17 points a game, leading Seminole to
the National Junior College Athletic
Association tournaments. He scored
12-25 that season.
"I should have left before this spring," he said. "I think I made the right decision.
Marshall said he wouldn't mind having to sit out this semester's games as a result of the early transfer.
"While I'm waiting I'll be learning everything, I can use this semester just to learn the program, and there is a lot to learn."
KU head coach Larry Brown said how he managed the game. The dayshawks would go Marshals.
"He's just a really good basketball player," Brown said. "He's the type of kid that can fit into any system. We don't think he'll have any trouble
Marshall was the Tulsa High School Player of the Year in 1883, his senior season at Edison High School. He averaged 23.4 points and 11.7 rebounds that season to lead Edison to a 23-4 record.
"We're happy he's here early so
we can get in and get adjusted
without a lot of pressure."
"I chose to go to Seminole because I chose to go to Seminole because I was not recruited by that many schools out of high school and I went to a junior college," Marshall said.
Several schools recruited Marshall when he was at Seminole, but KU's push was the strongest, he said.
Greg Dreiling attempts a slam dunk against Wichita State. Dreiling was held scoreless by the Shockers in the first half, but he came back to score 10 points in the second half.
Break helps women cagers
Sports Writer
By MIKE BRENNAN
After compiling a 9-4 nonconference record, the women's basketball team opens the Big Eight season against the Iowa State Cyclones tonight, and head coach Washington thinks her team is ready.
"I think we are better prepared than we were at the beginning of the season." Washington said yesterday. "The break was helpful to us. We played a lot of players and that will be helpful down the stretch."
The game begins at 7:30 at Allen Field House.
Washington took advantage of the non-conference schedule to get a look at all of her players and get a good idea of a starting line-up. But after 13 games, the starting line-up for the conference schedule still is not set.
Kansas played five games during the winter break, winning three and losing two. Kansas lost to Creighton 67-56 and Drake 75-74. The Jayhawks defeated Wichita State 67-56. Mary's of California 82-58 and University of Pacific 91-86 in overtime.
"The shuffling of players has allowed us to get different combinations," Washington said. "Many games we played 10 players. We are closer to setting the starting five-some."
Four starting positions have been set with only one forward position yet to be decided. Co-captain Vicki Adkins will start at center, co-captain Mary Myers and Sherri Stoecker will be the starting guards and Jackie Martin will start at forward.
"The fifth spot right now is open," Washington said. "We've got more depth than we've had."
Adkins has amassed a 64.4 field goal percentage, which is good enough for third in the country. He is averaging 11.7 points a game.
The Cyclones, who also have a 9-4 record, are on a five game winning streak under new head coach Pam Wettig. According to Washington, Iowa State has an experienced ball club with Tony Burns, Sandy Hafner and Jane Lobenstein leading the way.
Eight player of the week following a 30 point performance in Iowa State's victory over Central Missouri State earlier in the season.
If the Jayhawks expect to win, Washington said that Kansas, which leads the overall series with Iowa State 10-1, must play with more intensity and keep it up throughout the game.
Burns is leading the Cyclone scoring attack by averaging 17.5 points a game. Burns was named Big
"They like to push the ball down the floor. We'll have to play a strong transitional game. Washington will bounce back to keep them off the offensive boards.
Washington also said the Jayhawks needed better concentration. Lack of concentration at the free throw line was a factor in the loss to Drake and Washington doesn't want that to happen again.
Washington expects to match Adkins with Burns, Stoecker with Lobenstein, Meyers with Haffner and Martin with Rhonda Thacker.
Returning to the Kansas squad tonight will be Barbara Adkins and Philicia Allen. Adkins did not attend classes last semester because of a surgery she received, but suited up after the 1963-64 season but became eligible this semester.
Olympic official to take top post in USFL shakeup
By United Press International
NEW YORK - The United States Football League Tuesday named Harry Usher its new commissioner.
"This is a tremendous challenge." Uhsar said in a statement. "A challenge as stimulating as the 1984 Olympic Games is difficult to match. What is no question that the USFL will be demanding and interesting."
League ownership unanimously approved Usher's appointment to a three-year term. Chet Simmons resigned as commissioner Monday amid speculation that he was forced out by league owners.
The USFL was formed as a 12 team spring league. But last year, it was announced that the league would move its schedule to the fall of 1966 so it could compete with the established NFL.
Usher, a 45-year-old lawyer, had been the executive vice president and general manager of the Los Angeles Organizing Committee since 1908.
The USFL's television contract with ABC expires after this season, but the network has no intention of it. The league when it switches to the fall.
While the USFL has a three-year $20 million television contract with ESPN, many owners are upset the league does not have a deal with one of the major networks.
Hartman could return in 8 weeks
From Staff and Wire Reports
TOPEKA — Kansas State Uni-
tiversity basketball coach Jack
Hartman, who underwent quadru-
ple bypass heart surgery, could
return to coaching in eight weeks,
his doctors said yesterday.
Doctors at Stormfront-Vail Regional Medical Center said the condition of the 59-year-old coach continued to improve. They said that the team was able to be transferred from the hospital's intensive care unit today.
KU head coach Larry Brown said yesterday that he knew Hartman well and was glad that he was on the road to recovery.
"I think the world of that man," Brown said. "Hopefully this can be taken as a warning, and maybe caught everything in plenty of time."
"Jack Hartman is great for the profession, and I care about our profession. I don't think it comes to job, it happens in all walks of life."
Jack Hartman
Hartman will remain hospitalized for another two weeks while he is placed on a gradual exercise program before returning to his Manhattan home, Roeder said.
Although he is described as resting comfortably, Hartman will not be permitted visitors for a few days, said Dr. Robert E. Roeder, a diologist at Stormtont-Vail who has supervised Hartman's recovery.
He was first admitted to St. Francis Hospital in Manhattan, then transported to Topeka where he underwent quadruple bypass surgery Sunday in which four veins were taken from one of his knees and used to detort blood around four clogged areas near his heart.
Hartman began complaining of chest pains late Saturday, a few hours after his Wildcats narrowly to 12th-ranked Oregon State.
Roeder said Hartman was in the beginning stages of a heart attack by the time he checked into the Manhattan hospital.
"The by-pass surgery limited the scope of the heart attack."
Roeder said. "Right now, he has excellent heart functions and full circulation because all the diseased arteries were bypassed."
Dr. Norman W. Thoms, who headed the surgical team that operated on Hartman, said the coach suffered an anterior myocardial tear and required blood flow in arteries supplying major areas of the heart.
Hartman has no history of heart disease and apparently did not take heed of the warning offered by some brief chest pains he suffered about 48 hours before to receive to the hospital, Boeder said.
Darryl Winston, 29, an assistant coach who played under Hartman for four years, was appointed the Wildcat's interim coach by Kansas State Athletic Director Dick Towers.
Brown said Winston would have his work cut out for him.
"Those are some pretty tough shoes to fill." Brown said. "But I know he is probably well prepared working under Hartman for so long."
"I don't see any reason why things would change much at K-State."
Roeder said Hartman could resume full-time coaching duties in eight weeks, depending on the progress of his recovery. Roeder said the chances were good that Hartman would make a complete recovery and return to his normal pace of activity as a coach.
Swim teams compete well at prestigious Texas meets
Sports Writer
By DAVID O'BRIEN
Sports Writer
Head coach Gary Kempf said yesterday that he was pleased with the teams' efforts in both meets, their only competition during the holiday break.
The Kansas men's and women's swim teams made strong showings in invitational meets last weekend at the University of Texas in Austin.
"It was the best we've performed overall," Kemp said. "We had a couple of breakdowns, and we've got some areas to work on. But we came out of the weekend knowing that it got the talented and qualified people here."
The men competed in the All-American Meet, which ran Friday through Sunday. Nearly 800 of the top U.S. swimmers were featured at the meet, Kemp said.
Kempf also noted the performances of Chris McCool in the individual medley and freestyle and Grant Seavall and Chris Cook in the middle distance freestyle races. No team scores were kept for the meet.
He said he was pleased with several individual performances in the meet, including Carl Stumpf's fifth place finish in the 100-meter breaststroke in 58.6 seconds and Brad Coone's sixth place finish in the 200-meter breaststroke that also finished 10th in the 200 individual medley with a time of 1:55.
"Overall, we felt good about the men," Kempf said.
The team missed the finals Sunday, after leaving early to avoid being stranded by a snowstorm that passed through Texas. Kemp said
The women's team competed in the Texas Invitational Thursday and Friday. The meet featured five of the nation's top 14 teams, including third-ranked Texas and fourth-ranked Southern California.
Kansas finished fourth in team scoring with a total of 414 points. Texas won the meet with 972, followed by USC with 846 and Georgia with 444. Nebraska finished fifth with 377.
"It's probably the most prestigious college meet of the year," Kempf said. "It shaped up the way we played, it challenged for battle for first and a battle for third."
Kempf noted the individual performances of Tammy Pease, Karen Dionne, Liz Duncan and Tana Bowen.
Pease finished second in the 50 freestyle, fourth in the 100 breaststroke and third in the 200 breaststroke. Pease finished fifth in the 100 breaststroke.
Duncan recorded personal best times in four events, while Bowen showed continued progress in the backstroke races. Kemp said.
The KU women's team went into the meet ranked 12th in the nation.