Friday, February 27,1998
The University Daily Kansan
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KU tennis to match Syracuse, Ohio State
By Erin Thompson Kanson sportswriter
Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas women's tennis team will finish the last leg of its five-match road trip this weekend, while the men's tennis team will search for its first win.
The women head to South Bend, Ind., to face Syracuse tomorrow and No. 16 Notre Dame on Sunday. The Jayhawks have not had a home match since Feb. 1.
Kansas coach Roland Thornqvist said another road trip would not be hard on the team since they have had a week off between matches.
"We had a weekend at home, and I think the team feels pretty good," he said. "If it had been back-to-back road trips that would be more difficult."
In their match against third-ranked Duke on Feb. 13, the Jayhawks were swept in doubles play. During the team's two-week hiatus, it concentrated on doubles play at practice.
"The team's learned a lot in the past two weeks since the trip to North Carolina," Thornqvist said. "I don't think doubles are a problem any more."
Kansas is looking to pick up two wins this weekend against their competition, Thorngvist said.
"Notre Dame is higher ranked and should have some firepower, but we want to play them one at a time," he said. "Right now we're concentrating on Syracuse and beating the Orangemen."
The men's tennis team will be looking for its first win of the season this weekend.
The Jayhawks, 0.5, will face Ohio State tonight at Alvamar Racquet Club and will begin conference play against Oklahoma State on Sunday at Alvamar.
"I think it's important to win the first match against Ohio State," Kansas assistant coach Bobby Cashman said. "We have a better chance against them.
The Jayhawks have tough competition lined up for Sunday against Oklahoma State. The Cowboys are
We've been playing some highly ranked teams."
ranked 38th in the nation and have the topped ranked singles player Pavel Kudrncac and the topped ranked doubles team of Martin Dvoracek and Kudrncac
The Jayhawks, suffering their worst start of the 1990s, will try to turn the season around this weekend.
"Obviously we have to go forward," Cashman said. "Oklahoma State is one of the top teams. They will be vying for the Big 12 along with Texas, Texas A&M and us."
Last year, the Cowboys lost the Big 12 championship by only one game to Texas.
Enrique Abaroa, the Jayhawks' No. 1 singles player, suffered muscle spasms in his back last Sunday against Boise State
Tennis Schedule
Today; against Ohio State at 6 p.m. at Alvamar Racquet Club
Men's Tennis:
Arnathan Requee Club
Sunday: against No. 38 Oklahoma
State at 1 p.m. at Alvamar Racquet Club
The men are off to their worst start of the
State at 1 p.m. at Alvamor Racquet Club
Sunday: against No. 38 Oklahoma
State at 1 p.m. at Alverno Racquet Club
Women's Tennis
The men are off to their worst start of the 1990s and are looking for their first win.
Sunday: against No. 15 Notre Dame at South Bend, Ind.
- Tomorrow: against Syracuse at South Bend, Ind.
The women are off to a 5-1 start. Their only loss was to No. 3 Duke.
and is questionable for this weekend.
"We don't know for sure if he will play." Cashman said. "We're taking it day by day. We'll know more closer to match time."
The doubles lineup, which has caused the Jayhawks some difficulties, will depend on whether Abaroa recovers fully before the match.
Krzyzewskiville houses Dukies
Students set up camp for tickets in January
The Associated Press
DURHAM, N.C. — The garden of multicolored tents springs form a patch of mud between a block of tennis courts and a parking lot adjacent to Cameron Indoor Stadium.
Empty beer canes decorate the budding trees like Christmas ornaments, and a Duke flag flies above the tiny village, marking the area as if it were an encampment of soldiers.
Welcome to Krzyzewskiville, the village named for Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski, where more than 1,300 students are staked out in hopes of landing seats for tomorrow's game against North Carolina.
Some students do homework on lawn chairs outside their tents. Others doze inside on piles of blankets and sleeping bags. One of the tents has a coffee table and couch, and two others have Web pages. The hassle, these students say, is a
"I grew up here, and I haven't missed a Duke-Carolina game since I was 5," said
Christy Hamilton, Durham freshman. "And whenever Duke lost, my mom would let me stay home from school the next day just so I wouldn't get ragged on."
School officials allow 100 tents on the triangular sliver of land that is no bigger than a regulation basketball court. A maximum of 15 people can be assigned to each tent, and at least one person is required in each tent 24 hours a day.
The first tent went up Jan. 3 and earned the No.1, meaning the students assigned to that tent can be first in line for each Duke home game. Each subsequent tent that went up was given a number that corresponds to its place in line.
Student government monitors check the tents five times a day in the two days leading to a
Duke game. A tent must be occupied for three of the five checks for each student assigned to the tent to earn a wristband and entry into the game. Unoccupied tents can be bumped to the back of the line and even eliminated from the line altogether.
Most of the tents went up about six weeks ago and students have braved rain, insects, head colds and chicken pox just to get inside the raucous arena tomorrow for the No. 1 Blue Devils' rematch with the No. 3 Tar Heels.
"It's an event," said Neal Morgan, Duke sophomore. "Last year, there were police with riot gear once the game got over."
Eric Futoran, Duke junior, and Jeff Kessler, Duke senior, are two of the tenants in tent No. 1. Both estimate they've spent about 70 hours there since the first week of January.
"We just really like those front-row seats at half-court," Kessler said.
The Duke students are in the midst of midterms. But they say their grades haven't been affected by their devotion to the basketball team.
Foreign players earn nominations for Hall of Fame
The Associated Press
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Brazilian basketball star Ubiratan Pereira Macleih and longtime Yugoslavian national team coach Aleksandar Nikolic have been nominated for election to the Basketball Hall of Fame.
Pereira Maciel and Nikolic were proposed by a special screening committee created to recognize international figures. There are 17 nominees this year.
Pereira Maciel, a 6-foot-6 center nicknamed "O'Rei" or "The King," led the Brazilians to five South American Championships, a gold medal in the 1963 world championships, and a bronze medal in the 1964 Olympics.
In addition to playing on the national team from 1962 until 1979, Pereira Maciel starred with clubs in both the Brazilian and Italian leagues.
Nikolic joined the Yugoslavian team in 1953 and turned it into a European force, winning silver medals in the 1961 and 1965 European championships. In 1976, after an 11-year coaching stint in the Italian League, he returned to guide the Yugoslavians to the 1977 European championship and the 1978 world championship.
Nikolic amassed records of 101-39 with the national team and 357-200 with club teams. Between 1969 and 1973, his Ignis Varese队 won three national titles, three European titles, three Italy Cups and two International Cups.
For election, nominees need at least 18 votes from a 24-member honors committee. The inductees will be announced on June 29, and the induction ceremonies will be held in October.
The Associated Press
NCAA bid awaits ex-KU assistant
ST. LOUIS — It's dress rehearsal time for Illinois State.
The Redbirds, who won the Missouri Valley by four games, are heavy favorites to win the conference tournament that starts today and to advance, win or lose, to the NCAA Tournament.
"I don't care what happens in our tournament, they belong in the NCAA Tournament," said Creighton's Dana Altman, coach of the No.2 seed. "It'll be just a shame if they're not in the NCAA Tournament."
So, perhaps there's a comfort zone.
"I don't think we have to win it," said coach Kevin Stallings, who was an assistant coach at Kansas in 1989-93. "I was of the mindset last year that we might have to, but I think our RPI is in a little better shape than it was last year. The one thing I do know is if we do win it, we'll be in."
Hill, who's also among the league leaders in rebounding, doesn't want to leave anything to chance.
"We have the top seed and it's sort of like having the home-court advantage," Hill said. "To make things safe, we should just win it anwav."
One relative certainty is that the other nine teams in the Valley have to win the conference tournament and grab the automatic bid, to be one of the 64 chosen NCAA teams.
"I would love for Creighton to get consideration if they don't win," Stallings said. "I'm not naive enough to believe that my comments that Creighton should be in will influence the selection committee."
Creighton (18-8, 12-6) finished a distant second in the Valley. The only other team in the conference that enters the tournament more than one game above. 500 is Indiana State (16-10, 10-8), which was fifth.
"I guess Illinois State is pretty much head and shoulders above the pack, which seems to be pretty even," said Creighton's Doug Swenson, the Valley's sixth man of the year.
The one team that has given Illinois State trouble is fourth seed Southwest Missouri State (14-15, 11-7), which has defeated the Redbirds twice.
"If I didn't think they were beatable, there wouldn't be any reason to go up there," said coach Steve Alford. "We just hope we get an opportunity to play them, because that will mean we're in the championship game."
Games between the bottom four seeds open the tournament tonight. Southern Illinois (13-15, 8-10) vs. Northern Iowa (10-16, 4-14) is the first game at 6 p.m., followed by Bradley (13-13, 9-9) vs. Drake (3-23, 0-18) at 8:30 p.m.
Four quarterfinal games are set for tomorrow, the semifinals are Sunday and the final is Monday.
"It's tournament time, and it's do or die," said Wichita State coach Randy Smithson. "It's new life for everybody."
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