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Spring football practice kicks off today
The University Daily KANSAN March 27, 1984 Page 12
KU's Gottfried sees '84 as rebuilding year
By JEFF CRAVENS Sports Editor
Things aren't always better the second time around, and no one knows that better than KU head football coach Mike Gottfried. The JAYhawks begin spring practice today, and Gottfried is beginning his second year on the job.
"This is truly a rebuilding year," Gottfried said yesterday. "Our defense was not great last year, but we were improving and improved. This we'll be your goal."
But the place where Gottfried will have to do some evaluating quickly will be on offense, where the Jayhawks lost a third and a 4 passing team in the nation last season.
KU is also rebounding from the announcement of the NCAA probation, which will keep the Jayhawks ineligible for post-season action next season.
"It definitely has an effect," Gotttried said. "It is a big part of the reason we are where we are today. We don't want to take a year off, though."
On top of the probation and the loss of
the offense, Gottfried has lost four assistant coaches since last August. The latest was John Fox, who announced that he was taking a job with Iowa State.
"You never want to lose a big number of assistants in one year," Gottried said. "The ideal situation would be to lose one a year and we've lost four since I've been here. But we've had two take head coaching jobs, one a professional job and another to a similar situation. You can't hold people back."
With everything that has happened,
Gottfried is comparing next season to
his first year at other head coaching
position and he has been asked to rebuild
a program
"Usually in the first year, you have a choice and you play a lot of young guys, but with the seniors we had, we weren't able to do that," he said. "Usually in a rebuilding situation, you don't have a lot of seniors. Now we have a lot of youth, and we have to decide who to redshift — that kind of question."
Gottfried and his staff have brought in several junior college transfers who are teaching the course.
jobs. The most highly regarded of these is quarterback Mike Norsech.
In two seasons at Snow JUCO in Utah, Norsest passed for more than 4,000 yards. Norsest is expected to battle sophomore Mike Orth as the third pick in a record-setting Jayhawk who is now starting for the Los Angeles Express.
Robert Mimbs, who was second on the team in rushing and receiving last season, returns at tailback. Lynn Williams, a junior college transfer who had academic problems last season, is listed No. 2 on the depth chart.
The fullback position will be one of the most interesting this spring, with Steve Nave and Charles Cooper. He has played in a number of Mark Henderson for the No. 1 spot.
KU lost both of its starting wide receivers, Bobby Johnson and Darren Green, but Richard Estell and Sandy McGee both saw considerable action in the Jahayhaws' passing offense. Skip Petee, who sat out last season after transferring from Arizona, and Steve Cole, who moved from the defensive secondary, are listed as 2. at the receivers.
Sylvester Byrd will return at the tight end position. Byrd, a senior, is one of the many Jayhawks who is reportedly considering redshifting next season.
Gottfried and offensive coordinator Mike Solari will have to reconstruct an offensive line that was devastated by graduation. The Jayhawks lost four starters from last season's team.
Center Bennie Simecke is the only returning starter. Doug Certain, a 6-foot-4, 260-pound guard started for two seasons at Cincinnati when Gottfried coached there, before transferring to KU last season.
"He is a very fine player." Gottfried said. "He played a lot in Cincinnati because we were rebuilding. He started out at Michigan, his freshman and sophomore seasons."
The KU defense struggled last season, and Gottfried has brought a number of junior college players in to help the situation.
One place on the defense that doesn't need much help is at linebacker where all-Big Eight Conference performers are allowed to return. Last season, Pless led the Big
Eight with 190 tackles while Williams was second with 152.
The defensive line, which had its problems last season, returns four starters in tackle Joe Masaniai, guards D溜龄艾维 and Rod Timmons, and len End Gant. Four JUCO players are listed on the depth chart on the line.
In the secondary, starter Derek Berry returns at safety, JUCO players Sal Lewis, Kevin Pointer, Jimmy Drayton and Alvin Walton are all listed among the top two players in the secondary. Dino Bell, recovering from a broken wrist, is listed at No. 2 at right cornerback.
"When you bring a junior college guy in, you bring him to in play." Gottfried said. "You put them in at the top of the spring to see if they can play in the spring."
Two players, quarterback Mike Frederick and defensive lineman Ken Davis quit the team before the end of last season. Both, however, may participate in spring drills. Gottfried said the status on both was questionable, but he would not rule out the possibility of them being reinstated.
2 Jayhawks are named All-District
By the Kansan Staff
This year, the Kodak All-District 5 Women's Basketball Team, announced yesterday, included two Kansas Jayhawk players, Angie Snieger and Vickie Memer, a team member team was selected by the women's Basketball Coaches Association.
District 5 is made up of schools in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma and South Dakota. There are nine districts in the nation.
This is the second straight year that Snider, a 5-foot-10 senior guard-forward, has been named to the team, and the eighth straight year that a KU player has been named to the team. Adrian Mitchell made the team in 1977, and Tommy Harvey from Iowa through 1981, and Tracy Claxton made it in 1982.
Both Sniper and Adkins were on the All-Big Eight Conference team announced earlier this year and both were players. Player of the Week during the season
Snider led KU in scoring in all games with a 21-point average. She was on top of the conference scoring charts throughout the season. She scored 35 points against Colorado and Wichita State and 29 against Nebraska.
Adkins, a 6-1 sophomore center, led KU in scoring in conference games with 18.5 points a game. She averaged 16.9 points a game overall. She was in the top three in the conference in record-setting double blocked shots throughout the season. She scored 32 points against Oklahoma and 29 against Kansas State.
Angie Bonner, a 6-1 center from Kansas State; Joni Davis, a 6-0 forward from Mississippi; Lori Krause of UCLA University were also named to the All-District 5 team.
NEW YORK — Michigan's Roy Tarpley tries to get past Virginia Tech's John Dixon during seminal action of the National Invitation Tournament in Madison Square Garden. Michigan won the game 78-75 lost night and will play Notre Dame in the championship tomorrow night. The Irish defeated Southwestern Louisiana 65-59 to advance.
Michigan, Notre Dame advance to NIT finale
By United Press International
NEW YORK — Tom Slaby scored a game-high 26 points and Notre Dame hit its first 15 free throws of the second half to score a 65-59 victory over Florida. The team advanced to the final of the 47th National Invitation Tournament.
The Irish, 21-11, will meet Michigan in tomorrow night's championship game. Michigan, 21-10, topped Virginia and last night's other semifinal game.
After letting an 11-point second-half lead slip away, Notre Dame regained control with eight straight points for a 58-53 lead with 2 minutes, 39 seconds remaining. Slucky scored four of his 16 second-half points in that streak.
After Southwestern Louisiana's Alonza Allen scored to make it 85-11. Ken Barlow dunked off a pass from Joe Howard and was fouled by the Cajuns' Graylin Warner Barlow hit the free throw in 61-55, and Howard added two free throws on the Irish's next possession to make it 63-55.
Howard's foul shots gave Notre Dame 15 straight from the line after the Irish did not attempt a free throw in the game. Notre Dame finished 17 of 21 from the line.
Allen led Southwestern Louisiana, 23-9, with 20 points, 15 of them in the second half. He scored nine points during a 16-6 J棠 tear that pulled
them to within 38-37 with 11:48 remaining. The Cajuns took the lead on a Warner layup which made it 49-48 with 7:39 remaining.
After two lead changes, a Sluby basket put Notre Dame ahead to stay 54.
In the other semifinal game, Roy Tarpley hit two free throws for the winning points with 45 seconds remaining, then fired a full-length pass to Antonio Joubert for the final basket, and scored a to a 78-75 victory over Virginia Tech.
Tarpley, a 6-foot-10 sophomore center, hit both ends of a 1-and-1 to put Michigan ahead 76-75. With 15 seconds remaining, Virginia Tech's Tim Lewis missed a 15-footer, Tarpley rebounded and gunned a pass to the streaking Joubert for an easy layup for Michigan's three-point margin.
Tarpley, who had 11 rebounds, led the Worries with 23 points, and Joubert and Duffield each scored 10.
Dell Curry scored a game-high 24 points, including 16 in the first half, to help the Hokies to a 44-40 halftime lead. Virginia Tech's big men, Bobby Beecher and Keith Colbert, both picked up their fourth personal foul early in the second half, however, and the Wolverines used a 19-8 streak to take their biggest lead of the game, 67-62 with 8:12 remaining.
Curry scored four points in a 6-point Virginia Tech streak for a 68-67 lead and gave the Hokies their final lead, 75-74.
SPORTS ALMANAC
BASKETBALL
Michigan 78, Virginia Tech 75
McCormick 12-6 15-6, Refilford 2-4 1-2, Turtle 8-15 7-9 20, Joubert 7-14 3-7, Turner 1-8 4-6, Pelleukodus 1-0 1-0, Wade 6-9 6-1 12 Totals 29-63 20-26 78
Halftime - Virginia Tech 44, Michigan 40 Fouled
- Colbert 26, Michigan 18
- Halftime - Michigan 41, Michigan 41 (Meetin-
g) Virginia Tech 25 (P. Young, Curry) 5
Virginia Tech 6 (Meetin-g) Virginia Tech
15 (P. Young) 5 (Technical)
Notre Dame 65, SW Louisiana 59
6. 3-15, 39 - Jackie Elliott, 12-19 6-1 24. A. Young, 1.2-0 6-2
6. 3-15, 39 - Emma McKinnon, 12-19 6-1 24. W. Williams, 1.2-0 6-
Totals 12-19 57-12 27
DIONIX 15.6 10.6 10.6
Dicon 3-7 0-6 6. P. Young 4-10 10-14 18. Beecher
SOW THEREWITHER LOCUM HANA '84
Allem. Allen B15.4.6
D. Tempel A2.4.4 Allem. Allen B15.4.3.10
NOTRE DAME (65)
Dionard 2-3 14 R, Royal 0-0 0-0, Barlow 5-15 3-13 13
Hearford 2.3 & 2.5: Skub. Sluyt 11:22 44.64 Kempert 24:48 6.48
Hickla 9:14 6.07 Kempert 24:48 6.70
Hickla 9:14 6.07 Kempert 24:48 6.70
Halftime 01-00. Price 2-4.00 Total 24.56 17-20.95
Halftime - Notre Dame 20-04. Southwestern Lou-
siana 19. Outline 19. Total 38.00
Southwestern Lousiana 18. Outline 18. Total
Rebounds - Southwestern Lousiana 30 (Warner 9).
Notre Dame 38 (Harlow 12). Assists - Southwestern
Louisiana 18 (Harlow 12). Assists - Northwestern
16 (Howard 25). Technicals - None A - 9,099
Lerdahl, Baeraas break KU records in shot, javelin
Arizona State won the meet with 36 points, followed by Drake with 32 points.
By GREG DAMMAN Sports Writer
KU women capture third in track meet
Lifetime personal best marks were set by Lisa Bossch and Denise Buchan in the discus, Caryne Finley in the 3.000- and 1.500-meters, Kelly Wood in the 5.000, Rosie Wadman in the javelin, Connie McKernan in the long jump.
"We were very strong in the weight events," Coffey said. "I know the team can only continue to improve going into the rest of the outdoor season."
Bossch was second in the discus with a throw of 156-3, and Buchanan was third at 154-7. McKernan leaped 18-6 placing second in the long jump. Finlay finished first in the 3,000 with a time of 10 minutes, 15.28 seconds. Tracey Keith finished fourth in the 5,000 in a time of 18.19.71.
The Kansas women's track team, performing under sunny skies for a change, broke two school records Saturday at the Arizona State track meet in Tempe. Ariz. The Jayhawks play in the four-tteam meet with 34 points.
School records were set by Stine Lerdahl in the shot put, with a mark of $50.4\%$. That distance was good enough for second place and also qualified her for the NCAA meet, scheduled for May 18. The team Grette Baerras broke the school record in the javelin with a toss of 165-4, also an NCA qualifying mark.
"Overall 1 was pretty happy about how well the team competed." Kansas Coach Carla Coffey said. "The warm weather helped tremendously."
Eight personal bests were set by the Jeyhawks, indicating that improvement in
The men's team participated in the Alabama Invitational Sunday, after that meet was rained out on Saturday. No team scores were kept. The team did not admit one-third of the squad to return to Lawrence for classwork and exams.
Freshman Sharriff Hazim cleared 7-0 in the high jump for the Jayhawks only first-place finish. Craig Branstrom was second in the high jump, clearing 6.8. Hazim also placed second in the triple jump with a leaf of 46.8$^a$.
See you there.
Middle-distance runner Dave Cole paced KU in the running events, finishing third in the 1,500 and 800, with respectively of 3:51.17 and 1:53.12, respectively.
You'll find that our specials tonight will work for you. Free strawberry daiquiris for the ladies from 9 'til 11, and $1.25 drinks and $10^4 draws for everyone else, all night long.
See you there
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Weightman Clint Johnson placed second in the discus with a throw of 183-4¹ and second in the shot put with a put of 60-7.⁴ In the javelin, freshman Tommy Tillis placed second with a throw of 189.7 and Erie Smith placed third with a toss of 184.9.
Kelly Kilcrease finished second in the 400 with a time of 49.39. The mile relay team of Kilcrease, Cole, Rob Rhett and Tony Berry finished second.
The men's and women's teams will be in action Friday and Saturday at the Ralph Higgins Invitational in Stillwater, Okla.
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