SPORTS UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Mondav. April 5. 1993
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'Hawks fall short of championship
Coach Williams upset by defeat; proud of players
NEW ORLEANS — It's over.
By David Dorsey
Kansas sportswriter
The Tar Heels, 33-4, will play Michigan at 8:22 tonight for the national championship.
North Carolina, using the inside force of junior center Eric Montross and the outside shooting of sophomore guard Donald Williams, ended the Kansas men's basketball team's quest for an NCAA championship with a 78-68 victory Saturday at the Superdome.
The Jayhawks finished what Coach Roy Williams called his toughest coaching season with a 29-7 record.
"It was one of my toughest years, but at the same time, it was one of the most satisfying." Williams said as he back back tears. "We were able to overcome some problems and be in the Final Four."
Kansas senior guards Rex Walters and Adonis Jordan ended their college careers with a teamhigh 19 points each. Each made five three-pointers. Senior center Eric Pauley finished with five points and two assists.
"Adonis Jordan, Eric Pauley and Rex Walters," Williams said. "We had three kids who were senior leaders. They did a great job of making me look like a halfway competent coach.
"We are going to keep keep. We're going to keep knocking on this door and one day we're going to knock that sucker down. Right now Dean Smith feels a lot better than I do. But no other coach in America can be as proud of their kids as I am of mine."
Kansas never led North Carolina but tied the Tar Heels twice in the first half.
Knight-Ridder Tribune
As the buzzer sounded to end the first half, Kansas junior forward Darrin Hancock made a 16-foot jump shot that brought the Jayhawks within four points at 40-36.
Kansas stayed close in the second half, but North Carolina would not allow the Jayhawks to catch up.
"It seemed like whenever we got within two or three points, they would go on a little run and get it back up to eight or 10 points," said Kansas junior forward Patrick Richey.
North Carolina 78, Kansas 68
KANSAS (29-6)
KANSAS (23-6)
Plane km/lcd ft/m²
Player fgm/fga ftm/fta tp
Hancock 2-5 2-2 6
Scott 3-5 2-2 8
Pauley 2-5 1-1 5
Walters 7-15 0-0 19
Jordan 7-13 0-0 19
Rayford 0-0 0-0 0
Woodberry 2-5 0-0 4
Richey 1-4 0-0 2
Ostertag 0-2 2-2 2
Gurley 1-2 0-0 3
Pearson 0-1 0-0 0
Totals 25-57 7-7 68
NORTH CAROLINA (33-4)
NORTH CAROLINA (33-4)
Reese 2-5 1-2 7
Lynch 5-12 4-6 14
Montross 9-14 5-8 23
Phelps 1-3 1-2 3
Williams 7-11 6-6 25
Sullivan 0-2 0-0 0
Rodl 0-0 0-0 0
Salvadori 3-5 0-0 6
Calbrai 0-0 0-0 0
Cherry 0-0 0-0 0
Totals 28-52 17-24 78
Halftime North Carolina 40, Kansas 36-3 point
goals Kansas 11, 20 (Jordan 5-7, Walters 5-9, Gurley 1-1, Pearson 0-1, Woodberry 0-2), North Carolina 5-7 (Williams 5-7) *Rebounds* Kansas 22
(Pauley 9), North Carolina 32 (Lynch 10) *Assists*
Kansas 15 (Walters 5, Jordan 4), North Carolina 17(Reese, 6, Phelix 10) Total foul kansas 20,
North Carolina 13 Attendance 64, 151
With 2:48 remaining and the score 68-65, Donald Williams hit a three-pointer that began an 8-0 run for the Tar Heels.
"He knocked some big shots down," Jordan said. "The last three with about two minutes left was a really big shot."
Williams and Montross finished with 25 and 23 points respectively.
Williams made five of seven three-pointers, and Montross made nine of 14 field goals.
Kansas junior guard/forward Steve Woodberry drives around North Carolina's double team of Pat Sullivan and George Lynch. Woodberry, who was plagued by foul trouble early in the game, scored four points in the Javhaws' 78-68 loss to the Tar Heels Saturday.
Pauley said that Montross was difficult to defend.
"He did a great job tonight," Paulie said. "And they did a good job of getting him the ball."
The Kansas starting frontcourt of Pauley and junior forwards Richard Scott and Darrin Hancock combined for 19 points.
Montross, senior forward George Lynch and junior forward Derrick Phelps combined for 44 of North Carolina's 78 points.
Twice during the second half, the Jayhawks came within three points, but each time the Tar Heels pulled away.
A turnaround jump shot by Scott made it 56-53 with 13:51 remaining. Williams was fouled by Walters, however, and Williams made both free
throws. An inside move by Montross then gave the Tar Heels a seven-point lead.
When Kansas again came within three points, Williams made his final three-pointer, which put the Jayhawks away for good.
Montross may meet his match
The Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS — "It's not Larry Bird and Magic." — Chris Webber on his match against Eric Montross tonight in the NCAA championship game.
No.it'll be a lot rougher.
Pity anyone who gets sandwiched between Montross 7 foot, 270-pound frame and Michigan's Webber at 6-foot,9,245 pounds, when they collide on rebounds.
As agile as they are, Montross and Webber won't be dancing a ballet under the backboards. They'll be crashing hard and often, going at each other with slam dunks forward and reverse, in a game that is likely to be a brussing affair.
Webber will rotate with Juwan Howard, 6-foot-9, 240 pounds, and Eric Riley, 7 foot, 245 pounds, in guarding Montrose. But neither Howard nor Riley has the brawn that Webber has to cope with the monstrous Montross, whose arms seem chiseled from granite.
There are other crucial matters, such as North Carolina's press. Michigan broke Kentucky's press Saturday night, but North Carolina does it differently with bigger players and causes lots of steals.
mocking shots is going to happen." Montross said with a shrug. "He got me. I got him. It's playing well as a team, not individual matchups that counts."
When Howard isn't helping out with Montross, he's likely to be tangling with George Lynch, who scored 14 points and had 10 rebounds against Kansas Saturday. Michigan's Jimmy King will have a two-inch height advantage in trying to stop Donald Wilhams, who hit five of seven three-pointers in a 25-point show against Kansas.
The Associated Press
ATLANTA — A championship game record for Sheryl Swoopes, a championship for her team. Texas Tech's wondrous season is complete.
Swoopes showed why she was the national player of the year, scoring 47 points to cap a record-breaking run through the NCAA tournament and lead Texas Tech to its first women's title with an 84-82 victory yesterday against Ohio State.
It was the most points in the NCAA championship game by a man or woman and the second most in any NCAA tournament game by a woman. The 6-foot senior also set a championship game record for points in one half with 24 and tournament marks for total points, 177 in five games, and free throws, 57.
"There are no words to explain how great a player Sheryl Swoopes is," Texas Tech coach Marsha Sharp said.
Swoopes, voted the Final Four's outstanding player, carried Tech to the title in its first Final Four appearance. The Lady Raiders finished with 19 consecutive victories and a 31-3 record and broke a 14-game winning streak for Ohio State. 28-4.
"Our players did what we wanted all year long and they executed the game plan today." Sharp said. "It is a great moment for Tech, for our fans, for our program and for our conference."
Tech became the second Southwest Conference school to win the women's title, following Texas in 1986. Swoopes obliterated the record of 28 points in a women's title game by Dena Head of Tennessee and Dawn Tailors of Virginia in the 1991 finals. The record in the men's finals was 44 by UCLA's Bill Walton in 1973.
"This is really something special." Swoopes said. "This is our last year together, and it is really something great for all of us."
Clash of the centers
By David Dorsey
Carolina's Montross plays tough against Kansas; earns respect of Jayhawks
Kansan sportswriter
NEW ORLEANS — The Kansas centers, senior Eric Pauley and sophomore Greg Ostertag, said they had anticipated a tough and physical game against North Carolina center Eric Montross.
After the Jayhawk's 78-68 loss to the Tar Heels, both agreed that he was one of the toughest, if not the toughest, center they had ever played against.
Montross, who is a junior and a second team All-American, scored 23 points on nine of 14 field goal shooting and five of eight free throw shooting. He helped North Carolina's defense by holding Pauley and Ostertag to a combined seven points.
"No one in the Big Eight can compare to him." Ostertag said. "He's probably the best big man I've played against. He's so big and strong. Once he gets it in the paint, you play behind him and just try to get your hands up in front of him."
rauine, like Ostertag, said he was impressed. "He's a great player, and he did a great job." Pauley said. "His teammates do a tremendous job getting him the ball on lobs and he does a
great job converting on those. It's difficult guarding someone that big and that strong that takes up so much space. He did a great job of getting to the ball."
The Tar Heels' starting frontcourt outscored the Jayhawks' starting frontcourt 44-19. And the Tar Heels, led by senior forward George Lynch's 10 rebounds, outbounded the Jayhawks' 35-24. Montross had four rebounds.
In addition to his success, Montross said he enjoyed his battle with Kansas' 7-2 counterpart.
"People have talked about how me and Greg Ostertag look like and have the same haircut," Montross said. "He did a good job of staying focused. It was a very strong contest and one that I really enjoyed. You've got something like 540 pounds banging out there together. It gets kind of fun, actually."
Montross, 7 feet tall and 260 pounds, played on the U.S. men's Olympic development team last summer against the likes of NBA centers David Robinson and Patrick Ewing. Kansas coach Roy Williams was an assistant coach on the developmental squad.
Ostertag, who first met Montross in December during the Rainbow Classic Tournament in Hawaii, said that the play of Montross was one of the keys to North Carolina's victory.
"Once the ball got down in to Montross, Eric and I had a tough time because of his strength," Ostergart said. "I think that eventually wore us down in the last four minutes."
Renee Knoeber / KANSAN
Senior center Eric Pauley tries to block the shot of North Carolina's Eric Montross. Montross, a 7-foot center, scored 23 points to help lead his team past Kansas and into the championship game of the NCAA tournament.
Frisbee team captures title
Kansan staffreport
The Kansas women's Ultimate Frisbee Club team captured the college title at the 12th annual Fool's Fest Tournament Sunday.
The 36-team tournament had four levels of competition. Both men's and women's teams competed in open and college levels.
Omana senior Gina Gimca said it was a great weekend for the team.
The women's team defeated Colorado College, 11-4, to win the title.
Weather postpones crew races
We expected to do well," said Carnel, who is the club president. "But we weren't confident enough to think we would win it all."
The men's team tied for third in its division
The Kansas Crew Club's Sunflower State Rowing Championships, which had been scheduled for this weekend, were postponed because of rain.
Kansan staff report
KANSAS BRIEFS
Coach Rob Catohl said the rain had played havoc with the Jayhawks all season.
The championships are rescheduled for April 17th. The four schools entered in the regatta — Kansas, Kansas State, Wichita State and Washburn — will compete at Clinton Lake.
"We're a week behind on water time due to all the rain," he said.
The saynawks will be forced to practice on Clinton Lake for the next two or three weeks due to the high level of the Kansas River.
Women's tennis team wins two
The No. 18 Kansas women's team blazed Big Eight Conference opponents Iowa State and Nebraska without losing a set last weekend in Ames, Iowa, and Lincoln, Neb.
Kansan staff report
Kansas coach Chuck Merzbacher said even though the Hawks beat the Cyclones 9-0 Saturday, they did not play to their potential
"I think we just came in a little nonchalant," he said.
The overmatched Cyclones took three of the matches into the third set.
Yesterday against Nebraska. Merzbacher said the hawks came out rolling
said the sojourner.
"We got down and we got to business against Nebraska and beat them bad," he said about the 9-0 pounding
Women golfers finish 10th
The Kansas women's golf team placed 10th at the Indiana Invitational this weekend in Bloomington with a score of 685, 50 strokes behead, Ohio State, which won the event.
Leading the Jayhawks was junior Holly Reynolds, who had a two-day total of 158.
Kansan staff report
"Holly just didn't play well in the final round." Kansas coach Jerry Waugh said.
After the first round, she was tied for second with a 76 but struggled to score a 82 on the final day.
Sophomore Tracy Belisle tied for 38th place with a 173. Next was sophomore Ann Holbrook in 46th, two strokes behind Belisle.
Lacrosse club splits games
Kansan staff report
the Kansas lacrosse club, 2-1, split a rain-soaked doubleheader yesterday against Wichita State and Oklahoma State.
The Jayhawks fell to the Shockers 9-2 in the first game but came back to defeat the Cowboys 8-5.
Junior Carl Schwarz said the Kansas play had difficulty maneuvering in the mud.
However, sophomore Andy Risinger had little trouble moving around in the second game, as he scored three goals. Sophomore Mitch Germann tallied two goals, junior Clay Malley had one and seniors Greg Goss and Noel Dushala each scored once.