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Wednesday, June 3,1992
SPORTS UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SPORTS REVIEW
Today is the first issue The University Daily Kansan has published in more than a month, but Kansas athletes and coaches have been hard at work despite our absence.
The NCAA Track Championships begin tomorrow, and Jayhawks Cathy Palacios, Harun Hazim, Julia Saul, Marybeth Labosky and Heather Berlin will be on hand to represent Kansas.
The Kansas softball team was eliminated from the College World Series on May 23 after consecutive losses to Fresno State and Arizona. The Wildcats edged the Jayhawks 1-0 in 17 innings.
Senior Eveline Hamers advanced to the third round of the NCAA Women's Tennis Championships before being eliminated May 19. Hamers was the first Kansas tennis player to earn All-American honors four times.
Senior basketball player Rex Walters has been named a preseason All-American by Playboy magazine. Walters was a first team All-Big Eight selection last season. Two Kansas football players, junior kicker Dan Eichloff and senior defensive tackle Dana Stubblefield, also earned preseason honors from the magazine.
Coach Roy Williams was contacted by the Los Angeles Lakers in mid-May when Laker coach Mike Dunleave left the Lakers following the playoffs. But Williams, the 1992 Associated Press Collegiate Coach of the Year, is still a Jayhawk
In other Kansas coaching news, football coach Glen Mason has yet to sign a new contract. And Jerry Waugh was named coach of the women's golf team. Waugh, a former Kansas basketball player and assistant coach, coached the men's golf team in 1960-61.
'Hawks aim for select teams
Jayhawks guard Stacy Truitt, left, and forward Alana Slatter, center, have been named to the Big Eight Conference Select Team. The squad will take on the Canadian Junior National Team later this month.
By David Mitchell Contributing Editor
Kansas womentry for spots on olympic team
Tomorrow, former Kansas basketball player Lynette Woodard will find out whether she will move one step closer to rejoining the U.S. Olympic Team. The team will make cuts tomorrow before announcing its final roster on June 12.
Woodard was a four-time All-American at Kansas from 1978 to 1981. She was selected to the Olympic team in 1980, but the United States boycotted the summer games that year. However, Woodard got another chance in 1984 when she was co-captain of the gold-medal winning U.S.队.
Because she gave up her amateur standing to play with the Harlem Globetrotters and overseas, Woodard was not eligible for the 1988 games. However, rules have changed to allow professionals to participate. Now 32, Woodard is once again in Colorado Springs, Colo., vying for a spot on the U.S. team.
"Lynette has had an extraordinary career," Kansas coach Marian Washington said. "She's done everything."
When Washington signed sophomore Angela Aycock as a high school senior, she made comparisons to Woodard and her heralded recruit. After a standout freshman season, Aycock is also in Colorado Springs. She is fighting for a spot on the U.S. Junior National Team. Aycock earned all-conference honorable mention after averaging 10 points and five rebounds a game in
Washington said that though the athletes had comparable talents, Aycock needed to improve
herstyle of play.
"Lynette loved the basketball, and she loved to find a way to get it in the basket," she said. "The one area Angela's had to work on is to be more aggressive."
"She has the opportunity to compete against future Olympians. You've got to compete hard and be very aggressive. I think she'll have a lot more confidence next fall."
Washington also said that Woodard and Aycock had enjoyed the opportunity to watch each other compete in their respective trials.
"Angie called me this morning and told me Lynette looked good, and Lynette called me last night and told me Angie looked good," she said. "I'm real proud of them regardless of what happens."
Two more Jayhawks, sophomore forward Alana Slatter and senior guard Stacy Truitt have been selected to BigEight Select Team. Truitt led Kansas in scoring last year, averaging 12 points a game, and was second in assists.
"Stacy is one of the premier players in the conference. Washington said, 'I'm real pleased for
Slatter took on an important role near the end of the season as injuries took their toll on upper-classman. In conference play, Slatter averaged eight points a game. She was especially hard on Iowa State, hammering the Cyclones with 43 points in two games.
KU coach is first woman president of association
Slatter said she would use her summer experience to work on many things.
"I'm going to work on every aspect of my game," Slatter said. "I will help me in every way. Everyone says that it's a great experience, so I'm excited."
Kansan staff report
Marian Washington is the new president of the Black Coaches Association. Washington, Kansas women's basketball coach, became the first woman elected to the position
The 98-percent male, 3,000-member organization concluded its fifth annual convention Saturday. Washington will serve one-yearafterhavingserved as
vice president last year.
Washington said she wanted to pursue several issues, including: addressing the lack of African-American football coaches, gender equity for coaches, gaining a stronger voice in the NCAA, installing a full-time executive director, producing a BCA journal, putting the organization on stronger financial ground and continuing efforts to encourage high school student athletes to meet academic requirements.
Entering her 20th year at Kansas, Washington has led the Jayhawks to a 347-216 record. During 1990-91, the team earned its fifth Big Eight Conference Championship despite enduring an injury-plagued season. Washington was named the conference's coach of the year.
Notes—Kansas' recruiting class was ranked 20th in the nation by Blue Star Report magazine. The ranking was the best
of any Big Eight team. Washington said the group had been underrated. The Jahawk newcomers include first-team Parade magazine High School All-American Charise Sampson, third-tier Parade All-American JaNet Davis and transfer Michelle Leathers. Leathers helped guide her team to the junior college national championship last season.
NBA playoffs
Most minutes played in NBA playoffs:
Minutes
Wilt Chamberlain 7,559
Bill Russell 7,497
Magic Johnson 7,403
Dennis Johnson 7,004
Knight-Ridder Tribune
SOURCE: Sporting News NBA Guide
Bulls are ready to defend NBA title, but they won't overlook Portland
The Associated Press
What the Bulls beared the most was the embarrassment of not being able to reach the NBA Finals and defend their title. Now that they've made it to the final round, they believe they can play better.
"It's a great relief. There was a great amount of pressure on us to do good job and get back here," said Scottie Pippen, the catalyst in Friday night's 99-94 victory against the Cleveland Cavaliers that wrapped up the Eastern Conference finals.
CHICAGO—With talk of sweeping the playoffs long since past, the Chicago Bulls feel they can play under less pressure against the Portland Trail Blazers.
Pippen struggled for four games against Cleveland before snapping out of a slump with 29 points, 12 rebounds, four blocked shots and four steals in the series finale.
"There's definitely been a lot of pressure on me for not being able to produce," he said. "Now we just have to go out and play. It's a great feeling."
expected from the Bulls, who went 15-2 in postseason last year en route to winning the championship. The team came back with a 67-15 record for the best mark in the NBA this season.
Before the playoffs started, there were some who thought the Bulls might go 15-0 in the playoffs this season. The expectations increased after a three-game sweep over Miami.
It hasn't been easy because so much was
However, Coach Phil Jackson said the prediction was ridiculous. And the Bulls proved it, losing three games to the New York Knicks and two more to the Cavaliers.
There is no talk of a sweep over the Trail Blazers, though Michael Jordan called the victory in the sixth game over Cleveland a great confidence builder.
Jordan had a miserable performance in the first three quarters of Game 6, missing 15 of 20 shots before scoring 16 points in the final period to share scoring honors with Pippen at 29.
"There were a lot of guys who stepped up and kept us in the game until I could get myself going," Jordan said.
Jordan also said it was tougher defending the championship than winning it for the first time.
There is no fear of taking the Trail Blazers for granted. They had the best record in the Western Conference at 57-25, and they knocked off Utah in six games by winning at Utah 105-97 Thursday night.
"It hard to get back, but we're back now, so let's win it," he said. "It was a trying season mentally, but we passed the test because we got back to the pinnacle of our game."
"Portland is one of the most athletic teams in the league," Jordan said. "It's a big challenge. We're going to have to play very smart and with a lot of good defense. We have to play four quarters, control the boards and take control of the game offensively."
Games 1 and 2 will be played at Chicago Stadium tonight and Friday night, then the series shifts to Portland for games on Sunday and the following Wednesday. If needed, Game 5 also will be in Portland June 12.
The sixth and seventh games would be played in Chicago June 14 and June 17.
Portland comes into the NBA Finals with a record of 57-25. They beat Utah in six games by winning at Utah 105-97 last Thursday night. The first two o games will be played in Chicago.
THE BLAZERS
Former Mizzou basketball star is charged with three felonies
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Ajudge granted a two-day delay yesterday for former Missouri basketball star Anthony Peeler's initial court appearance on felony kidnapping and firearms charges.
The Associated Press
Peeler, charged in a weekend incident involving a woman, could not attend a hearing yesterday because he was in Chicago for an NBA tryout camp, said Pat Eng. Peeler's attorney. Assistant Prosecutor Tim Wynes said he agreed to a delay in the hearing.
Peeler, 22, who is expected to be a first-round NBA pick, is charged with kidnapping, carrying a concealed weapon and brandishing a weapon, all of which are felonies. Wynes sad he also was preparing a misdemeanor assault charge against Peeler.
A new hearing was set for 1:30 p.m.
The Big Eight player of the year, Peeler was charged after he allegedly bit a woman four times and held a pistol to her head in her Columbia apartment early Saturday. He was arrested several hours later.
tomorrow before Boone County Associate Circuit Judge Larry Bryson.
The Kansas City, Mo., native was suspended for one game last season after Coach Norm Stewart learned that Peeler had skipped a couple of classes earlier in the year. He was academically ineligible for the first semester of the 1991-92 season but brought his grades up and played the second half of the season.
Royals win on McReynolds'homer
the one allegedly used to threaten the woman was found in Peeler's car, police said.
A gun matching the description of
Stewart is vacationing in Europe and has been unavailable for comment
Eng said he had told Peeler not to talk about the charges.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kevin McReynolds hit a two-run homer in the eighth off Scott Radinsky, the first home run given up by the White Sox pitcher in almost a year, to lift the Kansas City Royals over Chicago 2-1 last night.
The Associated Press
Frank Thomas hit a sacrifice fly off Mark Gubicza (6-3), giving Chicago the lead in the top of the eighth. Sox
pitcher Jack McDowell led off the bottom of the inning by walking Gregg Jefferies, and Radinsky (2-2) came in to relieve McReynolds followed with his eighth home run of the year, the first Radinsky has given up in 50 innings since last July 27.
Gubicea four hits in eight innings, striking out three and walking four. Jeff Montgomery pitched in the ninth for his ninth save of the season.
McDowell, who has lost three consecutive decisions since opening the season with seven straight wins, gave up five hits and struck out three.
Jefferies was 0 for 3, snapping his hitting streak at 18 games.
Ron Karkovice led off the eighth with a single and beat catcher Mike Macfaarlene's throw to second when Tim Raines sacrificed. Rob Ventura was walked, loading the bases, and Thomaslined to deep center.
Daron J. Bennett/KANSAN
As part of the Dave Bingham Baseball Camp, Gerry Camara, Bronx, N.Y., senior and former Jayhawk third baseman, shows participants how to field and throw a ball quickly during the infield test in Anschutz Sports Pavilion. The one-week camp, supervised by KU Baseball coaches and players, teaches youths the fundamentals of baseball.