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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday, February 15, 1994
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Kansas to lock horns with Texas
Women's tennis ready for battle
By Matt Siegel
Kansan Sportswriter
Confidence is one thing that the No. 15 Kansas women's tennis team won't be lacking when it faces the No. 1-ranked Texas Longhorns.
The Jayhawks will play at 1 p.m. today at the Alvamar Racquet Club, 4120 Clinton Parkway.
Kansas coach Chuck Merzbacher said he liked his teams chances against the No.1 team in the country.
"I told the girls to wake up expecting to win," he said. "For them to come into our place is a great opportunity for us to get a big win and show our stuff."
Kansas is coming off two wins last
weekend in South Bend, Ind. The Jayhawks trounced Notre Dame 8-1 and then defeated William & Mary 7-2. Junior Nora Koves, playing in the No. 1 singles spot, is No. 17 in the nation and 11-1 overall. The doubles duo of Koves and junior Rebecca Jensen is ranked No. 10 in the nation. Senior Mindy Wiener is ranked No. 35 in singles and she and teammate senior Kim Rodgers are ranked No. 15 in the nation in doubles.
Although the Jayhawks are playing well, Merzbacher said he knew they would be tested against the Longhorns.
"They have the No. 1 singles player in the country in Lucy Ludigovara," he said. "At No. 2 they have Kelly Paste who is the No. 3 player in the country. At every position they are solid."
Kansas players know they can defeat top teams in the country. Koves and Jensen already have defeated Texas' No. 8 doubles team
this season and recently defeated the top team in the nation from California. Koves defeated Wendy Crabtree of Notre Dame who, according to the latest Intercollegiate Tennis Association poll, holds a No. 13 ranking. Kansas has a 3-0 dual match record and has not lost a doubles match all season." We're going to be fired up," Jensen said. "There is a lot of pressure on them because they are No. 1, and they are playing Kansas which isn't known for tennis. Whether you are No. 2 or No. 8 you still have to perform."
The Longhorns have many ranked players. Along with carrying the No. 1 tag, they have four players ranked in the ITA poll. For added incentive, the Jayhawks will be trying to avenge a defeat they suffered at the hands of Texas last year in Austin.
"I felt like last year we were up and down." Weiner said. "Last year, I wasn't too confident at every position, but this year we know what we can do."
Merzbacher said he felt that Kansas' top four players matched up with Texas well. He said Kansas just needed to play good matches at every other spot. Last season, the Jayhawks lost to Texas 2-5. Kansas' only victories came at the No. 6 singles and the No. 3 doubles positions. Jensen promised a different result this year if Texas was not prepared.
"If they don't come in here ready to play, they are not going to pull through," she said.
Freshmen Bianca Kirchhof said she was looking forward to competing against the No. 1 team in the country. But even Kirchhof couldn't contain her excitement and perhaps summed up the team's overall attitude the best.
KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Senior Mink Weiner, who ranked No. 35 in the country in singles, will try to lead the No. 15 Jayhawks against the No. 1 Texas Longhorns today.
KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Kansas senior guard Steve Woodberry drives past Missouri junior forward Marlo Finner and Missouri senior guard Mark Atkins
Temple coach's outburst results in 1-day suspension
The Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA — Temple University suspended basketball coach John Chaney for one game yesterday, a day after he publicly threatened to kill Massachusetts coach John Calipari.
Chaney apologized after his outburst Sunday following Temple's 56-55 loss to thenNo.13 Massachusetts, but Temple president Peter Lacouras still suspended Chaney from Wednesday night's game at St. Bonaventure
"Coach Chaney overstepped the line this time," Liacouras said in a statement. "I believe the university must pursue the highest standards in competition, and even his sincere apology, he agrees, is insufficient in these circumstances."
It was the first time Chaney has been disciplined in 12 years, during which he led the Owls to nine NCAA tournament appearances.
In a statement released by Temple's athletic department yesterday, Chaney extended his apology "to everyone for (Sunday's) unfortunate incident following the basketball game — to the Atlantic 10 Conference, the University of Massachusetts, the teams, those persons who were present and those who witnessed the incident."
Temple spokeswoman Harriet Goodheart said Liacouras would not comment beyond his one-and-a-half-page statement.
Chaney planned no further comment, said assistant sports information director Gerry Emig.
Chaney burst into Calipari's postgame news conference after Sunday's loss and accused Calipari of trying to intimidate the officials.
Chaney then charged the podium where Calipari stood. Three Massachusetts players moved quickly to intervene, and Chaney was restrained before reaching Calipari.
Tigers eye conference title
"I'll kill you." Chaney was plainly heard to say. "You remember that."
He also added he would have his players confront Massachusetts players when the teams play again in Philadelphia on Feb. 24.
"Some things never cease to amaze me," Calipari said when order was restored. "And I am going to leave it at that. I am not going to comment any further either here or on radio or television."
It wasn't the first time the two emotional, highly successful coaches have tangled. The two had to be separated in 1990 in Amherst, Mass, after getting into a showing match at midcourt during a triple-overtime game.
Last month Chaney was part of a controversy over a threatened boycott by the Black Coaches Association over what it perceived as unfair treatment of African-American students through scholarship reductions and admissions standards.
By Gerry Fey
Kansan sport(swriter
Men's basketball teams in the Big Eight Conference are wondering whether Missouri can be knocked from the top with a 9-0 conference record.
The No. 12 Tigers are first in the conference, two games ahead of No. 4 Kansas. Kansas coach Roy Williams said that he was not surprised by Missouri's performance but that he was surprised that the Jayhawks were ranked ahead of Missouri.
"I've been Missouri's biggest fan since the beginning of the season," he said. "That's been the most amazing thing to me this basketball season. It's strange because we started by winning the NIT with all the media coverage, and people have hauged us on that."
Missouri is 18-2 overall, but a 120-6 non-conference defeat against Arkansas cost the Tigers some national respect, Williams said.
"Everybody put so much stock in that Arkansas game," he said. "Arkansas could have beat some NBA teams that night the way they were playing."
Iowa State coach Johnny Orr said Missouri was a strong defensive team. Missouri will play the 11-9 Cyclones tomorrow.
"They're playing lights out
right now," Orr said. "I think Melvin书 is a great player. He is doing the things on his team that have to be done."
Missouri senior guard Booker was named Big Eight Player of the Week for the 26 points he earned against Oklahoma State in the Tigers' 72-70 victory Saturday.
"Having been in this for a number of years, I've learned that, with young people, anything is possible," Missouri coach Norm Stewart said.
Oklahoma State coach Eddie Sutton said no one thought Missouri would be defeated at this point in the season.
"I told my team before the season that I really felt an 11-3 record would win the Big Eight," Sutton said. "I don't know if Missouri will lose three more ball games, but they still have to play in Lawrence and Manhattan, which will be tough."
The Cowboys are 16-7 and 5-3, making them third in the conference. Sutton said he was not worried about the polls or Oklahoma's chances for an invitation to the NCAA tournament.
Nebraska and Oklahoma possibly could be on the bubble for receiving a tournament
"We're in a position to win our last conference games," he said. "But with the balance in the Big Eight, we could lose the rest of them."
bid. Oklahoma defeated Nebraska 115-11 last night in Norman. Nebraska coach Danny Nee said he was trying not to think about the tournament.
"We really have to buckle down, and we really have to win our home games," Nee said.
Despite the Big Eight's 83-19 record against non-conference opponents, the conference may have only three teams in the NCAA tournament. Williams said the conference had to make a better showing in the tournament to get national respect.
"Missouri is running away and hiding." Williams said. "It makes it more difficult for everybody else. But if you can go 7-7 in this conference and do well in a tough nonconference schedule, there's no way anyone can keep you out of the tournament."
"I'm still of the opinion that North Carolina and Arkansas are a little better than everyone else," he said.
"It's going to be a strange championship," he said. "And I think a team that no one expects is going to win it."
But when it came to picking a front-runner for the national championship, Williams didn't have a definite answer.
Orr said this could be the most wide-open tournament in recent history.
Men's AP Top 25
Kansas moved up one spot in the poll to fourth after defeating Kansas State. Missouri continued its climb in the polls to 12th.
rank team record pts. pr
1. Arkansas (54) 18-2 1,579 3
2. N. Carolina (2) 20-4 1,436 1
3. Connecticut (3) 21-2 1,402 6
4. KANSAS (1) 21-3 1,367 5
5. Louisville (2) 20-2 1,345 7
6. Duke 17-3 1,315 2
7. Michigan (2) 17-4 1,118 11
8. UCLA 17-2 1,099 9
9. Purdue 20-3 1,068 10
10. Mass. 19-4 972 13
11. Kentucky 18-5 946 4
12. Missouri 18-2 927 15
13. Temple 17-4 863 8
14. Syracuse 16-4 814 14
15. Arizona 19-4 771 16
16. Indiana 15-5 754 12
17. Florida 19-4 475 20
18. Saint Louis 19-2 431 17
19. California 16-5 407 18
20. Minnesota 17-7 386 23
21. Ala.-Birm. 18-4 295 19
22. Marquette 16-6 232 22
23. Cincinnati 16-7 147 —
24. Wisconsin 15-5 138 21
25. Georgia Tech 13-9 83 —
Other receiving votes: Wake Forest 66,
Texas 58, New Mexico St. 49, Penn 35,
Xavier, Ohio 35, Boston College 34, New
Mexico 30, Maryland 28, Oklahoma St. 27,
Illinois 16, Virginia 14, Mississippi St. 9,
Brigham Young 8, Alabama 7, Georgia 70,
Evanville 3, W. Kentucky 3, Murray St. 2,
Wis. Bay Green 1.
Source: The Associated Press
Women's AP Top 25
KANSAN
Kansas remained at No. 10 despite victories against Iowa State and Nebraska this weekend. Colorado jumped two spots to third.
rank team record pta. p
rank team record pts. pr
1. Tennessee (64) 23-1 1,744 2
2. Penn St. (6) 19-1 1,652 1
3. Colorado 19-3 1,555 5
4. Connecticut 20-2 1,455 6
5. North Carolina 20-2 1,425 3
6. Virginia 20-2 1,355 9
7. Southern Cal 17-2 1,353 4
8. Texas Tech 19-3 1,350 7
9. Purdue 19-3 1,223 11
10. KANSAS 18-3 1,116 10
11. Iowa 15-4 996 8
12. Louisiana Tech 19-3 968 13
13. Stanford 15-5 865 14
14. Vanderbilt 17-6 836 12
15. Washington 16-4 762 15
16. Seton Hall 19-3 631 18
17. Alabama 16-5 495 20
18. Florida Int. 18-2 451 16
19. Boise St. 19-3 423 21
20. Rutgers 14-4 364 17
21. Montana 18-3 341 22
22. Auburn 16-6 243 19
23. W. Kentucky 17-5 204 24
24. Southern Miss. 18-2 173 —
25. Toledo 18-2 87 23
Others receiving votes: Mississippi 84,
Florida 68, UNLV 57, San Diego St. 48,
Texas 43, Northwestern 41, Hawaii 37,
Maryland 37, UCLA 34, Ames T&M 30, N. Illi
nities 23, Virginia Tech 22, Santa Clara 21,
Ohio St. 18, Bowling Green 16, Notre Dame
16, Oregon 12, Georgia 11, SW Missouri
10, Stephen F. Austin 9, Pittsburgh 8
Source: The Associated Press
Texas Tech fans sue after postgame fight
The Associated Press
LUBBOCK, Texas — Two Texas Tech basketball fans sued Texas & M coach Tony Barone Sr. and three players yesterday, alleging "wanton, willful and malicious" attacks during a post-game mele that took place Feb. 5.
The plaintiffs asked for punitive damages of $1.375 million and actual damages between $500 and $100,000.
Barone and his co-defendants — Tony Barone Jr., Joe Wilbert and John Michael Jungers — were at practice yesterday and were unavailable to comment immediately.
The plaintiffs are Charles Ewing Jr, and his cousin, 16-year-old Christopher Ewing, who is represented by his mother, Mary Catherine Ewing, in court documents because he is a minor.
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A five-minute scuffle erupted as Barone and several Aggie players attempted to leave the court after their 89-88 victory over the Red Raiders.
The lawsuit says the victorious Aggies, on their way to the locker room, were "taunting all the gentle souls in the stands."
The suit claims Jungers, without provocation, hit Christopher Ewing in the chest and sent him sprawling.
Tony Barone Sr. then punched Charles Ewing in the face when he tried to help his cousin, the lawsuit says.
Charles Ewing began backing away but was pursued by Wilbert, who hit Ewing twice in the face, according to the lawsuit. The coach then grabbed Ewing by the hair and head and held him in a headlock
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