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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday, March 30, 1993
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Final Four rematch awaits 'Hawks
Similar styles mark Kansas North Carolina
When Kansas senior guard Adonis Jordan first played against North Carolina, he said he ran into a slight problem.
By David Dorsey
By David Dorsey
Kansan sportswriter
"At the same time, I know what they were going to do."
"When I called a play, they knew exactly what I was going to do," Jordan said.
Similar philosophies, offensive plays and defenses will clash again at 4:42 p.m. Saturday at the Superdome in New Orleans, when Kansas plays North Carolina for the second time in three years in the semifinals of the Final Four.
But half the time, the problem would turn into an advantage.
Martin Altstaedten / Special to the KANSAN
Kansas coach Roy Williams, who served as an assistant coach under Dean Smith at North Carolina for 10 years, will face his mentor for the second time. But Williams said that the second meeting between them should not be blown out of proportion.
Kansas beat North Carolina 79-73 two years ago in the semifinals in Indianapolis — the coaches' first meeting as opponents.
"I really want to put to rest as much as I can that Roy Williams versus Dean Smith junk." Williams said yesterday at a news conference. "I am very proud of my background and very proud of Coach Smith and what he meant to me, but it all boils down to Kansas' players against North Carolina's players."
Kansas coach Roy Williams talks about the Jayhawks' Final Four match up with North Carolina. At a news conference yesterday, Williams said more emphasis should be placed on the players than his ties to the North Carolina program.
Williams said that watching North Carolina play Cincinnati in the East regional final was difficult. In fact, he said, he walked away from the TV when the game went into overtime. But his emotions about the upcoming game, he said, would be like any other.
"Once we get into the arena, my emotions aren't any different than they would be if we were playing against a Bobby Knight team." Williams said. "I think Coach Smith would be disappointed in me if I would have any different feelings during the game that would take away from my coaching and the job that I was supposed to do.
"The only time my emotions were any different the last time was when the second technical was called. I don't care what anybody says. The man didn't deserve it."
Smith was called for a second technical foul late in the 1991 contest and was ejected from the court with the outcome of the game already decided.
Kansas senior guard Rex Walters, who sat out the 1991 season after transferring from Northwestern, said that he saw similarities and differences between the two coaches.
"The one thing they have in common is that they both care about their players and put their teams above everything." Walters said. "But they're not exactly alike. Coach Williams has been really hungry. He's out to prove something. Coach Smith is a lot more
Four Jayhawks — Jordan, Patrick Richey, Richard Scott and Steve Woodberry — and six Tar Heels — George Lynch, Eric Montross, Derrick Phelps, Brian Reese, HenkRod and Pat Sullivan — return for the second meeting.
Jordan said that Kansas did not plan on changing any of the signals or
plays, despite the Tar Heels' knowledge of them.
"We're going to play our own game," Jordan said. "There might be a little more free lance on offense, which is the type of game I like."
The Jahayhks enter the Final Four as a No. 2 seed, North Carolina, Michigan and Kentucky enter as No. 1 seeds from their respective regions.
1 two years ago, we were in the same situation, and we came out on top" Jordan said. The Tar Heels were a No. 1 seed while the Jayhawks were a No. 3 seed in 1991. "Two Final Fours out of four years. I'm on cloud nine right now."
Kansas will leave for New Orleans on Thursday. They will practice at noon on Friday in the Superdome.
Jayhawks end strong season
Seven swimmers receive honors at NCAA tournament
Kansan sportswrite
By Matt Doyle
[The five men's and two women's swimmers who participated in the championships received All-American honors.
The success Kansas swimmers achieved during regular season meets continued in the recent NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships.
Sophomore Frankie Hanson and freshman Katie Chapeau were the only NCAA qualifiers from the women's team, which won the Big Eight Conference Championship. The team finished the regular season two weeks ago with a No.11 ranking at the women's championships in Minneapolis, Minn.
Hanson and Chapeau are the first two Kansas women swimmers to simultaneously earn All-America honors since 1989 when Barb Prangen and Barbara Ann Smith were honored.
Hanson finished seventh in the 1.650-yard freestyle event with a time of 16:31.52, which was a new school
record for the event. Her finish also was the best by any Kansas women's swimmer since Tammy Pease's sixth place finish in the 50-yard freestyle at the 1985 NCAA Championships.
Chapeau broke her own school record in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 55.46 seconds, which put her in 11th place. She set the earlier record in the preliminary round with a time of 55.49 seconds.
Kansas swimming coach Gary Kempf said that Chapaue and Hanson both continued to improve at the national championships.
The Jayhawks finished 10th with 83 points while the Cornhuskers finished 20th with 69 points.
The men's team did something at the men's championships last weekend in Indianapolis that it could not pull off during the season: beating Nebraska.
"This was the first time we finished better than Nebraska in a long time, and I am happy with that," Kemp said. "To take a team of five and finish 16th
at the national championships was just great."
Sophomore Marc Bontrager and junior Scott Townsend earned All-America honors in the 50 and 100-yard freestyle events. Bontrager took sixth place in the 50 freestyle with a school record of 19.60 seconds and also placed 14th in the 100 freestyle. Townsend placed ninth in the 50 freestyle and 16th in the 100 freestyle.
Bontrager said the experiences encountered by the men this year should help them prepare for next season.
"This year we thought we had a better team than Nebraska, but we lost to them by 100 points at the Big Eight meet," he said. "We'll learn from our mistakes this year and apply them to next year."
One person Kempf will have to replace is senior Zhawn Stevens, who was an All-American in the 400-yard individual medley after a 15th place finish.
"You do not bring in people to take the place of a Shawn Stevens or Ed Riddle." Kempf said. "Those guys do not get replaced easily."
Riddle and junior Curtis Taylor earned All-America honors as participants on the third place 200-yard freestyle relay team, which set a school record with a time of 1:18.82
The Associated Press
Major league announces minority involvement plan
NEW YORK — Responding to pressure from civil rights groups, major league baseball yesterday announced a series of initiatives designed to increase minority involvement by the 28 teams.
The plan was immediately denounced by the Rev. Jesse Jackson as inadequate and misleading.
The executive council, in the wake of the outcry that followed derogatory remarks by Cincinnati Reds owner Marge Schott, issued a seven-point plan aimed at bolstering minority hiring in front offices and the use of businesses controlled by minorities.
"There's teeth in this program. It's comprehensive," said executive council head Bud Selig, calling it a "very significant and serious group of initiatives."
Jackson, a leading critic of baseball's hiring practices, released a letter he sent March 18 to White House chief of staff Thomas McLarry. Jackson threatened pickets next Monday outside Camden Yards in Baltimore, where President Clinton is to
throw out the ceremonial first pitch.
The plan called for teams to:
The plan called for teams to include minority candidates throughout their organizations "within a reasonable time frame."
- attempt to attract minorities as investors and have "appropriate minority participation" on their boards of directors.
seek minority-owned vendors, including doctors, lawyers and bankers.
insist non-minority vendors be equal opportunity employers.
make new efforts to attract minorities as fans.
have their employees undergo sensitivity training "unless clearly unnecessary."
increase community and charitable activities.
The commissioner's office says 17 percent of front-office employees are minorities, up from 2 percent in 1987. Baseball's seven-man equal opportunity committee, which drafted the report, rejected the establishment of quotas. Jackson has demanded specific goals and timetables.
BRIEF
Kansas City shut out
in exhibition contest
HAINES CITY, Fla. — Shortstop Rico Roscoy committed two errors in the ninth inning, allowing the Toronto Blue Jays to break a scoreless tie and top the Kansas City Royals 3-0 yesterday.
The Associated Press
Track teams anticipate better season
Bell scored the final run on Angel Martinez's single to right. Jeff Montgomery was charged with the loss.
After Paul Molitor led off the inning with a single and John Olerd walked. Rossy made a throwing error on Derek Bell's grounder, loading the bases with one out. Ed Sprague hit what could have been an inning-ending double play grounder to Rossy, who dropped it.
Meantime, Royals manager Hal McRae announced that Kevin Appier would be the opening day starter Monday against Boston.
The Royals also placed left-handed pitcher Dennis Rasmussen on the 15-day disabled list because of a nerve irritation in his left foot.
With the help of five individual titles, the men's team scored 50 points, six more than Texas Christian University and 14 points ahead of SMU at Saturday's meet.
Men, women win first outdoor meets of spring season
After the men's and women's track teams had what Kansas coach Gary Schwartz called a disappointing performance at the Big Eight Conference Indoors, both teams already have won their first outdoor meet, the Southern Methodist University Invitational.
The women's team scored four victories and led the field with 49 points, beating the University of Texas-Arlington by four.
By Blake Spurney
Kansan sportswriter
Indoor meets do not have the discus or javelin throw, events that the Jay hawks have performed well in.
"I think both teams will be a little stronger outdoors because of the differences of events," he said.
Schwartz said that he was optimistic about the new season.
Spring schedule
Junior Dan Lalich said the javelin
and junior Teresa Sherman-Reicher
The Kansas men's and women's track teams participated in their first outdoor meet of the season last weekend at South Point. A list of the rest of their meets follows.
April 2-3 Texas Reliays, Austin, Texas
April 10 John Jacobs Invittional
Norman, Okla.
April 14-17 Kansas Reliays, Lawrence
April 22 Drake Reliays
 April 24 Moores, Iowa
May 2 Minnesota Invittional
Mneapolis, Minn.
May 17-18 Big Eight Championships
Boulder, Colo.
June 2-5 NCAA Qualifying Meet, TBA
June 2-5 NCAA Championships
New Orleans
Junior Keeley Harding clears the bar during practice. Harding won the high jump at Southern Methodist last weekend.
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took the discus title at SMU.
Schwartz also said that he typically geared the distance runners toward having their best performances outdoors.
Junior Julia Saul won the 5,000-meter run at the conference meet, but she said she was looking forward to having a better spring.
Last year, the women's team enjoyed one of its best outdoor seasons with a third-place finish in the Big Eight Conference Outdoors. The men's team placed sixth.
"I think they both have the ability to be ten four teams," Schwartz said.
The return of many injured athletes should help Kansas in the outdoor season.
Schwartz said the women could again place third if sophomore spinner Natasha Shafer returns from a hamstring injury. She won both the 55 and 200-meter dashes at four indoor meets.
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a leg injury but vaulted to a victory last weekend.
the Jayhawks also returned junior Jon Handy, a middle distance runner, and freshman spinter Gene Coleman.
Junior pool vaultte John Bazzoni missed the indoor season because of
However, sophomore Kristi Koster, a middle distance runner, is out for the year. The defending conference outdoor champion in the 800-meter run is suffering from injuries to her calves. She will have surgery in two weeks.
Media owe Jayhawks respect
The national sports media seem to be perplexed trying to figure out why the Jayhawks' feathers are ruffled by the weather, and they have received in recent weeks.
ESPN analyst Dick Vitale has jumped on and off the Kansas band-wagon more times than he's said, "Oh, Baby!"
CBS analyst Mike Francesca picked Kansas to bow to Ball State in the first round. The Jayhawks won 94-72.
Walters has never been one to keep his thoughts about media criticism as a secret, but sophomore center Greg Ostertag might have said it best.
During the third-round game against California, all CBS commentators could talk about was Jason Kidd, the Golden Bears freshman quarterback. Kansas won 93-76 as senior guard Rex Walters scored a mere 23 points.
Welcome to the club, Bernie Lincicome.
"Mike Francesca and Dick Vitalte don't know what they're talking about," he said at Saturday's rally. Welcome to the club Bernie Linczi.
Temple in the championship game?
Bernie, wake up buddy.
Lincicone wrote a scathing column in Sunday's Chicago Tribune. He was not content to write that Kansas could not win the national title.
"Kansas has as much chance against North Carolina or Cincinnati as a doughnut in a cop car," he wrote. "If Kansas happens to stumble into some kind of blessed miracle and get into the final game, Michigan or Temple will turn the Jayhawks upside down and dust the floor with their nose hair."
Lincicome's point, if he has one, is that the Jahawks have been whining about the lack of respect they have received. However, the point he misses is that Kansas has every right to resent Mike Francesca, who has as much chance making it into the basketball hall of fame as a doughnut in Francesca's car.
It is true that Kansas was disap-
pointing at times during the regular
season. The Hawks were shocked by
Long Beach State 64-19 Jan. 25 at
Allen Field House. Kansas was 5-3 in
February.
I know I was critical of Kansas as it struggled to its third straight conference title. I was especially skeptical after the Long Beach State loss.
Perhaps analysts had the right to doubt the Jayhawks before the NCAA Tournament after a loss to Kansas State in the Big Eight Tournament.
In but in recent weeks, the Jayhawks have made me a believer. Walters is playing the best basketball of his career. Senior point guard Adonis Jordan has run the offense like a pro despite a nagging leg injury.
However, the national critics have not acknowledged that the Jayhawks turned things around. Kansas has won eight of its last nine games. Kansas survived what was without question the toughest of the four roads to the Final Four.
Lincicome seems to think that Kansas has made it on luck — an interesting theory considering that Kansas defeated Indiana, the only No. 1 seed that won't be in New Orleans.
"The Jayhawks are . . . a large collection of endless effort, making up in opportunity what is missing in skill," he wrote. "Any team unembarrassed to put an ox like 7-foot-2-inch Greg Ostertag on the same floor with the fluid and graceful Calbert Cheaney deserves points just for having a sense of humor."
Unfortunately, for Cheaney, the game is decided by points not fluid gracefulness. This is the Big Dancer not "Dance Fever." In fact the Big Ten's all-time leading scorer, was 0-3 against Kansas during his career.
Uniclife must have also missed the last 1:30 of the game when Cheaney missed one shot and had another blocked by Eric Pauley.
Pauley's backup, that ox Oystertag,
le Kansas with six rebounds.
Though Kansas has the worst record of the Final Four teams they have proven that they are for real.
Jordan told the fans at Saturday's rally to keep believing.
"A lot of people were doubting us," Jordan said. "A lot of folks said the Jayhawks were going home in the summer." "We're we're on our way to the Superdome."
Hey, Berry. I've got a doughnut that says Kansas will make you eat your
Sports editor David Mitchell is a DeSoto senior mentor in journalism.