SPORTS
'Hawks, Cowboys in shooting match
Stillwater fight may determine top spots
By Lyle Niedens
Kansan sportswriter
Kansas senior point guard Adonis Jordan missed a team bus to the Jayhawks' game at Oklahoma State last season.
Asaresult, Jordan was left behind in Lawrence and did not play in the game.
But despite his absence, the 'Hawks took the Cowboys into overtime at Galagher-Iba Arena before falling 78-73. The Jayhaws had a chance to win when guard Sean Tunstall missed two free throws at the end of regulation.
Kansas coach Roy Williams said the Jayhawks were in a good situation last season even though Jordan did not play.
"I wouldn't mind being on the free throw line with a two-shot foul with 2 seconds left," Williams said of tomorrow's game with No.2 Oklahoma State. "If you could guarantee me that, I leave his butt home again."
However, the Jayhawks probably will need Jordan against the 20-1 Cowboys, who lost their first game of the game on Wednesday night at Nebraska 85-69.
No.1.ranked Duke also last Wednesday night to No. 9 North Carolina.
meaning that a victory tomorrow likely would vault the No. 3 Jawhays to the top of The Associated Press rankings. A victory also would give the Jawhaws a two-game lead over the Cowboys and Missouri in the Big Eight conference race
Beating Oklahoma State at home is a formidable task, however. The Cowboys are 24-1 in the last two seasons at Gallerah-Iba.
Kansas likely will be concentrating on stopping senior forward and All-American candidate Byron Houston, but the Jayhaws also must face a three-guard line of seniors Sean Sutton, Corey Williams and Darwyn Alexander, a trio arguing a combined 32.4 points a game.
Coach Williams said he would not change Kansas' starting lineup despite potential matchup problems for the Jayhawks, and added that he thought the Kansas offense could cause problems defensively for the three guards.
"With the three-guard lineup, it does present some problems, but it also presents some problems on their end," he said.
"I don't think Corey, Sean and Darwyn are laying at night and thinking about how easy it's going to be to guard
Alonzo (Kansas forward Alonzo Jamison).
"Hopefully, we can turn that into our advantage and hide some of the problems it causes us."
Because the Cowboys have only two players — Houston and 7-foot center Bryant Reeves — taller than 6-2 in their starting lineup, it is important for the Jayhawks to be able score inside. Williams said.
"We are going to try to go inside and score and get some fouls," he said.
Kansas will have to play to a rowdy Oklahoma State crowd within the confines of Gallagher-Iba, which resembles a high school gym more than a modern college basketball arena.
"We'll just have to concentrate on what's going on on the court and on our bench and block out the crowd," Williams said.
Kansas guard Rex Walters, who leads the Jayhawks with 16 points a game, said after Kansas' victory at Oklahoma on Saturday that he thought the Jayhawks would do well against the Cowboys.
"We can beat anyone in the country if we play like we're supposed to," Walters said. "If we do the things the coach ask, we're going to win."
Kansas Basketball Game 19
(3) KANSAS JAYHAWKS Coach: Roy Williams Record: 17-1, (5-0)
(2) OKLAHOMA STATE
Coach: Eddie Sutton Record: 20-1, (4-1)
Game time: 3:09 p.m. tomorrow at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Okla.
Probable Starters
Player Ht. PPG RPG
24-F Alonzo Jamison 6-6 11.2 4.6
34-F Richard Scott 6-7 10.8 4.6
51-C Eric Pauley 6-10 8.5 3.0
23-G Rex Walters 6-4 16.0 3.0
30-G Adomis Jordan 5-11 13.4 3.6
Player Ht. PPG RPG
35-F Byron Houston 6-7 21.5 8.8
50-C Bryant Reeves 7-0 7.9 4.7
5-G Corey Williams 6-2 11.2 3.8
14-G Darwyn Alexander 6-0 10.5 2.7
20-G Sean Sutton 6-1 10.7 3.0
**Game notes:** ■ Kansas leads the all-time series 81-43, including a 28-24 series advantage in Stillwater. ■ Kansas coach Roy Williams is on the coaches' board for the NCAA tournament selection committee. Williams will send a list of the top 15 teams from the Midwest region to the committee on Feb. 15. During the last three games, Jamison has made 19 of 24 field goals attempts, for 79.2 percent. ■ In Kansas' six-game victory streak, Jordan has averaged 5.3 rebounds per game. ■ Tomorrow's game will be televised on Raycom, Channels 9 and 13 in Lawrence, and it will be broadcast on KLZR radio 105.9.
Source: Kansas Sports Network
Kansas signs 23 football recruits
Bv Jerrv Schmidt
Kansan sportswriter
Almee Brainard, Daily Kansan
Kansas football coach Glen Mason said just five short years ago that he could not get the attention of high school football players in Kansas. Now, some of the best players the state has to offer will be Javahawks.
Kansas announced yesterday at a news conference the signing of 23 recruits, including 20 high school students, two junior college students and one transfer student.
read football coach Glen Mason, left, and recruiting coordinator R.D. Helt speak about the 1992 Kansas football signees.
"I'm proud of this group," Mason said of the in-state players, "because five years ago the likes of these guys wouldn't visit the University of Kansas. I know, because I went and knocked on their door and they slammed it in my face. And now we're very successful in our recruiting efforts."
Marnse Dietrich/KANSAN
Mason and his staff signed 11 players from Kansas, including eight high school seniors who were selected to play in the Kansas Shrine Bowl. Also signing were two players from Kansas junior colleges and a native Kansan transferring from Georgia.
The list of in-state signees is highlighted by Parade All-American Jim Moore, who was a tight end at Garden City High School in Garden City. Another top Kansas prospect is Brian Schottenheimer, a quarterback from Blue Valley High School. Schottenheimer, son of Kansas City Chiefs head coach Marty Schottenheimer, passed for over 2,500 yards in two seasons.
The list of out-of-state recruits signed by Kansas includes the Missouri Player of the Year. Ronnie Ward, an outside linebacker from Hazelwood East High School in St. Louis, picked Kansas over Illinois. Ward was honored as the Gatorate Player of the Year in Missouri and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch ranked Ward as the No.1 player in the St. Louis area.
"I feel very fortunate to get him," Mason said. "We were in a fierce recruiting battle with the University of Illinois to get him."
The Jayhawk recruits include four wide receivers, seven interior lineman and four defensive backs. Mason said these were areas where Kansas needed help.
The list also includes the brother of former Kansas defensive back Paul Friday. Hosea Friday of Detroit's Chandler High School was a wide receiver.
"Overall I'm pleased with this recruiting class," he said. "I think we
"Paul went through our program in some very tough times." Mason said. "Paul and his family felt that things are going the right way at the University of Kansas. That's why Hosea decided to come here."
have some outstanding players."
Mason said at the press conference that not all of Kansas' recruits had met NCAA academic requirements vet.
One of the speedier recruits is receiver Andre Carter of Chamberlain HighSchool in Tampa, Fla. Chamberlain coach Billy Turner said the 5-foot-11, 155-pound Carter could bench press 250 pounds and run the 40-yard dash in 4.46 seconds.
Mason said he was a little conservative when the recruiting process started in the fall, thinking he would only be able sign 15 to 18 players. Under NCAA regulations, teams can have only 92 scholarship players at one time.
"He's very fast, but thin," Turner said. "Andre's not impressive when you see him. He's got skinny legs, but that's deceiving. He reminds me of Anthony Carter."
Anthony Carter, no relation to Andre, is a receiver for the Minnesota Vikings and former Michigan star.
Turner said Carter skipped a recruiting visit to the University of Miami after visiting Kansas about three weeks ago.
"He came back and said that's where he's going," Turner said. "He didn't even go to Miami. I think Coach (Pat) Ruel made a bier difference."
Ruel, the Kansas offensive coordinator, is responsible for recruiting in Florida.
Capricious Clippers land wayward Brown
Name Position Height Weight Hometown
Mike Arban OL 6-6 290 Calumet City, Ill.
Dorian Brew WR 5-11 170 Florissant, Mo.
Jason Brown DL 6-4 220 Stanley
Kiley Brown WR 6-2 200 Dallas
Andre Carter WR 5-11 155 Tampa, Fla.
Charles Davis DB 6-0 185 Tampa, Fla.
Hosea Friday WR 6-1 180 Detroit
Bob Goltra OL 6-6 255 Fort Scott
Devin Grant LB 6-5 210 Detroit
Chad Hayes OL 6-5 250 Atwood
Chris Jones DB 6-4 195 Newton
Kwamie Lassiter DB 6-1 185 Newport News, Va.
L.T. Levine RB 6-0 195 Colonia, N.J.
Johnny Mattress QB 6-0 215 Cincinnati
Jim Moore TE 6-3 225 Garden City
Keith Rodgers DB 6-1 187 Lenexa
Mark Sanders RB 6-1 200 St. Petersburg, Fla.
Brian Schottenheimer QB 6-2 185 Leawood
Jared Smith OL 6-3 235 Pittsburg
Mike Steele DL 6-4 275 Wichita
Ronnie Ward OLB 6-2 215 St. Louis
Scott Whittaker OL 6-6 300 Alta Loma, Calif.
Derrick Williams DB 6-0 180 Detroit
Future Jayhawks
In a news conference yesterday, the athletic department announced that 23
basketball players and signed letters of intent to attend the Kansas.
Here's what they said:
Source: Sports information
The Associated Press
"Obviously, I've stood up in a lot of
As Brown begins his seventh head coaching job, his second in Los Angeles, he also becomes the Clippers' seventh coach in the past 10 1/2 years.
Brown has been a man on the move much of his career, coaching six different teams in the past two decades. He has had more than one have been a revolving door for coaches.
LOS ANGELES — It figured that Larry Brown and the Los Angeles Clippers would finally get together.
different places," Brown said at a news conference at the Sports Arena. "I have a lot of confidence in my ability to coach, and I have a lot of confidence in the people I'm going to work with here.
The Clippers, conversely, have not
Brown, 51, has a history of turning teams around and has had only one losing season as a coach in the pros and college.
"I think we have all the ingredients of a team that can win. I'm hopeful I can keep you (reporters) from coming here to conferences to announce new coaches."
Brown, fired by the San Antonio Spurs on Jan. 21, said that he did not plan to take another job so soon but that Clippers general manager Elgin Baylor and vice president Harley Frankel convinced him to sign on.
had a winning campaign since 1979,
when they were in San Diego, and have
not been in the NBA playoffs since
1976, when the franchise was called the
Braves and played in Buffalo.
"It was a big factor that many of the players here are so young and the club has some draft choices coming up," Brown said.
Brown replaces Mike Schuler, fired
by the Clippers last Sunday after the team had lost 10 of its last 15 games.
Asked why he thought he might be able to be successful when so many other coaches have failed with the Clippers, Brown said: "Everywhere I've been, we've won, and I don't see why that should change coming hereto LA."
Brown's record was 153-131 with the Spurs. He experienced his only losing season as a coach his first year with San Antonio, when the team finished 21-61 in 1988-89.
Jayhawks to tangle with Oklahoma State
Bv Codv Holt
Kansan sportswriter
Kansas coach Marian Washington says the easy part of the season is over.
The Jayhawks will begin the second round of games in the Big Eight Conference against Oklahoma State at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Allen Field House.
"I anticipate the second round being much tough," Washington said. "We're just happy to be playing at home.
"After that last road trip I think we can handle anything."
Kansas defeated Oklahoma 75-65 Wednesday at the field house after completing a 3-0 road tour. The Jayhawk seized possession of first place in the conference on the strength of their wins at Lincoln, Stillwater and Manhattan. Nebraska and Oklahoma State both had a share of the conference lead when Kansas defeated them.
The No. 17 Jayhawks, 17-3 this year and 6-1 in conference play, won their last six games after losing the conference opener 57-56 on the road against Missouri.
During the current winning streak, the Jayhawks' nation-leading defense has limited Big Eight foes to 49.3 points a game while Kansas has averaged 71.5 points a game.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Washington said matching up with Oklahoma State's front court would once again be a key to victory.
The Jayhawks handed the Cowgirls their second consecutive conference loss 64-60, Jan. 29 in Stillwater. Oklahoma State was led by junior forward Lisa McGill with 16 points, two points below her season average. Despite the Cowgirl's three front court starters — all scoring in double figures in their last meeting with Kansas — the Jayhawks were able to counter with strong inside play of their own. Kansas' front court accounted for 34 of the Jayhawks' 64 points. Freshman forward Alana Slatter helped the Jayhawks' cause with seven points and five rebounds on the bench while defending McGill, the conference's leading rebounder and third leading scorer.
"OSU has probably the most experienced inside tandem in the league with Lisa McGill and (Shea) Jackson," she said. "We don't have that kind of size or strength anymore with our injuries. Our young players are going to have to step up once again for us."
Game time: 2 p.m. tomorrow in Allen Field House. The game will be broadcast on JHK UTM
Women's basketball probable starters
Kansas 17-3, (6-1) Position Year Height PPG RPG
23 Terrilyn Johnson F St. 5-11 7.5 9.2
32 Danielle Shareef F St. 5-10 8.2 5.7
30 Angela Aycock Fr. 6-2 10.4 4.6
10 Jo Jo Witherspoon G Jr. 5-7 2.7 1.3
13 Kay Kary Hart G St. 5-7 9.3 3.7
33 Shea Jackson F Jr. 6-1 6.2 6.3
55 Susane Rosson F Sr. 6-1 8.5 4.1
25 Lisa McGill F Jr. 5-11 18.4 11.7
13 Kim Mahn G Jr. 5-9 6.8 3.2
34 Paula Breeden G Sr. 5-6 11.0 3.3
Almee Brainard. Daily Kansan
SPORTS BRIEFS
Track heads to Nebraska
The Kansas men's and women's track teams will compete in the Cornusker Invitational in Lincoln, Neb., tomorrow.
Head track coach Gary Schwartz said the quality of competition at the Invitational would be strong. Teams competing include Georgetown, Brigham Young, Florida and Arkansas.
About 300 to 500 athletes will compete overall. Schwartz said.
Kansas will have 18 men and 17 women competing. Schwartz said this was a large squad for such a meet.
"I want people to be geared up for this meet," Schwartz said. "It's going to be their toughest level of competition all year, and I don't want them to be bothered by it. I want them to show prossress from last week."
Sophomore distance runner Michael Cox said that he was excited about the new season.
the meet at the Kansas-Kansas State Missouri triangular Jan. 25.
"It's usually an exciting meet," he said. "It's prestigious to do well there."
Cox said the Cornhusker Invitation- al was a good meet to run fast in because the field of runners was so quick.
Junior varsitv wins 108-81
The Kansas men's junior varsity basketball team improved its record to 14-1 Thursday night with a 108-81 victory against Benedictine College at Allen Field House.
The Jayhawks led the entire way and jumped to a 60-34 halftime lead.
Junior center Donnie Braun tossed in 21 points and pulled down 15 rebounds for the Jayhawks. Sophomore forward Blake Wiechbrott scored 18 points.
Junior guard Derek Zeck had 10 assists.