SPORTS
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Friday, February 12. 1993
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Kansas to encounter Tigers again
Kansas forward Richard Scott pressures Missouri forward Jeff Warren. Kansas beat Missouri 86-69 at Allen Field House last Monday. The Jayhawks meet the Tigers again tomorrow at Columbia, Mo. Daron J. bennett (KANSAS)
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Jayhawks emphasizing rebounding
"I was more impressed with our team than at any other time this year." Williams said about overcoming the slump. "Every time during the season you're going to have ups and downs, and that includes the confidence in your shots."
Williams said he hoped the team's confidence would be up again tomorrow afternoon, when the Jayhawks, 19-3 overall and 6-1 in the Big Eight Conference, met the Tigers for the second time this season.
Williams said he expected another hard fought game and said he never felt safe during the last meeting until the final minute.
Missouri, 15-7 and 4, lost to Kansas 86-69 Feb. 1 in Lawrence. Less than two weeks later, Missouri hopes to avenge that loss when Kansas arrives for a l.p.m. tipoff in Columbia, Mo.
"I know we're going to have our hands full completely just as we had our hands full completely the last time," Williams said. "When you play a game and win it you would like the next game to be further removed because they can use revenge as a motivational factor."
Williams said that the Tigers would be tough because they had several veteran players, including senior forward Jeff Warren, who has been a starter for three seasons.
Wednesday night against unranked Oklahoma State, the No. 7 Kansas men's basketball team shot 24 percent from the field during the first half, a record low during the Williams era. Once the second half began, however, the Jayhawks shot 64 percent and coasted to an 84-74 victory.
"All we have to do is do what we did the last time we played them," Richey said. "We have to box out and keep
"Their experience is the first thing that comes to my mind," he said. "They can do a great job defensively and their rebounding jumps out at you."
them off the boards. If we do that,
we'll be all right"
Williams also said that rebounding would be an important factor and that the sometimes outsized Jayhawks needed an aggressive attitude in order to succeed.
By David Dorsey
Kansan sportswriter
Kansas out rebounded Missouri 47-31 two weeks ago, and junior forward Patrick Richey said that driving to the boards would be the key again in tomorrow's game.
"We're not physical enough and we're not going to be a great rebounding team if we don't concentrate on it," Williams said.
What is coming off a 2 for 9 shooting performance from the field against Oklahoma State on Wednesday, an
Jevon Crudup leads the Tigers in rebounding, averaging nine a game. Kansas junior forward Richard Scott, the Jahayhaws' leading rebounder with 5.6 a game, said he looked forward to playing Missouri again.
unchainable game for him which Williams said he noticed. Scott leads the Jayhawks in field goal shooting percentage at 63.4 percent.
"I think he must have missed more shots last night than he normally does in a month," Williams said.
Missouri sophomore guard Melvin Booker has been hitting the target just under 50 percent of the time this season and leads the Tigers with 16.8 points a game.
Booker, who has 90 assists this season, has gained the respect of Kansas senior guard Rex Walters. Walters leads the Jawhavas with 103 assists
"Mekvin Booker is a great player," Walters said. "When he was a freshman I really didn't think much of him, but he's really improved his game."
According to Kansas coach Roy Williams, in the wacky world of college basketball, the best team doesn't always win. Or shoot well.
Source: Kansas Sports Information
Dan Schauer / KANSAN
Kansas baseball team opens season today
Bullpen puzzles follow Kansas to Arizona
Kansan sportswriter
By Brady Prauser
Kansas sportswriter
As the Kansas baseball team begins its season today against Grand Canyon University, Kansas coach Dave Bingham continues his search for pitchers.
Although the rest of the Kansas lineup is solidified, Bingham is looking for both starters and relievers.
Bingham said he would use most of his pitchers during the road trip, including freshman Jamie Splittorff, who Bingham said was a top prospect. Splittorff is the son of former Kansas City Royals pitcher Paul Splittorff.
Inconsistency and walks plagued
"We are going to experiment with some things over the next 20 games before we hit the conference and try to find three or four starters and a bulpen," Bingham said. "We'll see who is most effective in different spots."
the Jayhawks' pitching staff last season, Bingham said.
"Our pitching at times has a chance to be pretty good," he said. "If we get sloppy, though, it can be pretty bad. This is the real big question mark."
Seniors David Meyer and Jimmy Walker will anchor the starting pitching staff, with assistance from junior Chris Corm, Bingham said also is a candidate for the bullpen. But a fourth starter is needed to replace Curt Schmidt, a two-time All-Big Eight selection who completed his eligibility last season.
That experience could help Kansas improve on last season's 25-28 season record and seventh place Big Eight Conference finish. Bingham said this was the most motivated group of players he has had in more than 20 years of college coaching.
What is not a question mark is Kansas's experience everywhere else. The Jayhawks return starters at eight positions.
"These people have finally risen to the top of our program." Bingham said. "They were committed to excellence when they came here, and they are in a position to do something about it."
"There are a lot of guys who know what it is going to take for them to get better, and what it is going to take for us to win games," Berblinger said. "This team is really unselfish."
Senior second baseman Jeff Berlinger agreed.
Although Grand Canyon has an
The trip to Grand Canyon, located in Phoenix, is a homecoming of sorts for Bingham and seniors Tom Stewart, John Wuychecheck and Rory Tarquinio, all of whom are Arizona natives.
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Sources: Kansas Sports Information, Grand Canyon Sports Information
Grand Canyon has a rich baseball tradition. Although this is just its third season of competition in the NCAA, it formerly was a force in the National Association of Interenrollment of about 1,800 students, last season it often played the role of David against the larger Goliaths of college baseball. The Anteplopes defeated nationally ranked teams Wichita State and Arizona State last season.
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first season, Grand Canyon was 25-37 in NCAA play. "We're competitive, and we're scrapy, but we are not going to scare anyone," said Grand Canyon coach Gil Stafford.
collegiate Athletics. The Antelopees won the NAIA National Championship four times.
Kansas plays a three-game series with the Antelope.
KANSAS BRIEFS
The men's and women's track teams will compete in the Frank Sevigine Invitational this weekend in Lincoln, Neb. The indoor meet will feature four teams from the Big Eight as well as Texas Christian, Pittsburgh, Brigham Young, the University of Nevada-Las Vegas and
Kansas track teams to compete in invitational meet at Nebraska
Arkansas.
Last year at this meet, there were 89 NCAA Division I qualifying performances, which made it the premier indoor track meet in college competition. Preliminaries start today. Finals will be tomorrow.
Men's tennis team to play in quadrangular, Women play at Topeka
The Kansas men's tennis team traveled to Evanston, IL, to participate in a quadrangular tournament today and tomorrow. The Hawks will face Northwestern University and Iowa in the American Airlines Classic tournament. Texas will also compete. The Jashawks are 2-3
in dual meets this season, with two defeats coming against nationally ranked teams.
The women's team will play Arkansas tomorrow and Drake University Sunday. Both matches will take place in Topeka.
Compiled from Kansan staff reports
Seniors eye finale with hope Swimming teams to defend rankings in last dual meets
By Matt Doyle
Kansan sportswriter
"There are a lot of feelings by being with a hell of a team for so long," he said. "It won't be the same next year."
Eleven Kansas swimmers hope their final dual meets this weekend at Robinson Natatorium end on a successful note.
The six seniors on the Kansas men's team and five on the women's will join their teammates in facing Southern Illinois at 7 tonight at Robinson. The No. 1 Jaihaywomen return to the pool at 2 p.m. Saturday against No. 5 Southern Methodist.
The Kansas men are ranked 20th in the latest poll.
Ed Riddle is one senior who will miss the camaraderie of the Jayhawk team.
"That would be the ultimate to cap off my career," he said. "Ever since I came in as a freshman, that's all we strived for."
However, Riddle would put aside any and all individual honors for a Big Eight team championship, which Nebraska has won each of the last 13 years.
Riddle has achieved numerous accomplishments in his career at Kansas. He has swum on the Big Eight Conference champion 200-yard medley relay team for the last two seasons. He won the 100 butterfly at the Big Eight meet last year and was part of the conference champion 400 medley relay team in 1991.
Michelle Wilde was skeptical when she first came to Kansas on a recruiting trip from Martinez, Calif., four years ago. She did not have any skepticism after the trip.
"I figured there must be something about this team because three people from my team back home were here," she said.
She said that things have changed for the better on the team since her freshman year.
Wilde has been part of a program that was ranked in the top 10 for the first time in 10 years and one that won a Big Eight Championship.
"We did well my freshman year when we were ranked 15th, but things didn't pan out for us in the championship season," she said. "It was not until last year when we placed 16 at NCAA's."
Saturday's meet against Southern Methodist will give Kansas an indication of what the competition will be like at the NCAA Championships in March.
"When you get to the level we're at now, things never stay the same," Kansas coach Gary Kempf said. "You either get better, or you get worse."
BASKETBALL
Referee's regrets don't change result of bad call
The Associated Press
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — The referee regretted the call. His boss said he was wrong. It doesn't change the worst call in Penn State history.
No. 1 Indiana escaped with an 88-84 double-overtime victory Tuesday night. Penn State could have won in regulation it not for a blown call with 17.3 seconds left.
With the Nittany Lions leading 88-66, Greg Bartram broke away from Indiana's Chris Reynolds for a reverse layup but was called for a foul for pushing off. Official Sam Lickliter missed the beginning of the play — when Reynolds pulled Bartram's jersey so hard it came out of his pants.
Instead, Greg Graham sank two of three free throws to tie the game at 68. Indiana won the game in the second overtime. Big Ten supervisor of officials Richard Falk said the call should have gone against the Hoosiers.
"If that is seen by an official, that would clearly be, by guidelines, an intentional foul — two shots and the ball out of bounds." Falk said.
Penn State still had the lead and a chance to win, and there was no guarantee Bartram would have made his free throws.
"It's a league policy that coaches aren't allowed to discuss officiating," said Penn State coach Bruce Parkhill. "We've never argued to the point that it's almost cut out."
Indiana coach Bobby Knight agreed that the team that won won dwell.