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March 23, 1984 Page 16
Basketball recruits to play in all-star games
By GREG DAMMAN Sports Writer
The high school basketball season is over, but not for the four players who have signed to play for the Jayhawks or competing in post-season all-star games.
The four players, all of whom committed to KU during the early signing period in November, are Lawrence's Danny Manning, Tyrone Jones and Milton Newton of Washing- C., and Allonio Campo of St. Louis.
"It's a good group," assistant coach John Callipari said. "The requirements we had from Coach Brown when we went out recruiting were that first they had to be a good person, second they had to be good athletes, and third they had to be academically. The kids we've brought in are all pretty good students."
CALIPARI SAID that the recruits would help the Jayhawks in most one-on-one games.
"They'll help our overall team quickness. Calipari said "We needed to be able to deal with everyone."
The recruiting battle is not over yet for the Jayhawks. Brown and assistant coaches Ed Manning and Bob Hill are in Hutchinson scouting at the National Junior College Athletic Association National Championships. Kansas has two scholarships to award before it reaches the NCAA limit of 15.
Calipart said that the Jayhawks were searching for a power forward, Kansas' top two rebounds this year, seniors Carl Henry and Kelly Knight, ended their careers last week when the team lost Wake Forest in the NCAA tournament.
"We need a rebounder" Calipari
and "We need immediate help on the
barrier."
Callipari said that all four of the recruits were quick and good shooters. Here is how they fared over the season in the season games each will participate in.
DANNY MANNING, 6-11; Lawrence High School — NCAA regulations allow players to participate in two all-star games. Manning will participate in the McDonald's All-Star games in Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles. He was Parade Magazine's national high school co-Most Valuable Player this
year and is considered by many to be the best high school player in the nation.
As a junior, Manning helped Page High School in North Carolina to the state title, averaging 18.9 points a game and shooting 65 percent from the field. Manning moved with his family to Lawrence after his father was hired by Brown as an assistant coach and led Lawrence High School to a 22.2 record and second place in the class 6A state tournament. He averaged more than 22.7 points, 9.1 rebounds and 4.2 blocked shots a game.
TYRONE JONES, 6.6, Dunbar High School, Washington, D.C. — Jones will participate in the McDonald's All-Star game in Washington, D.C. and the NFL's Classic in Louisville, Ky. He was a fourth-team Parade-American all-pick.
As a senior, he averaged 19.5 points a game. His team finished with a 24-2 record and was ranked number one in the country for nine weeks. Dumbar placed second in the state tournament at East High School, the nation's ten-touched team.
Jones averaged 19 points and 9 rebounds a game as a junior, shooting
65 percent from the field and 85 percent from the free-throw line.
"He's a great shooter and a good
Gapman said. He spends a
lot of time in the basement."
"Altono is a quick point guard," Calpair said. "He's a leader, a good player."
ALTONO CAMPBELL, 5-11, Vallon High School, St. Louis. — Nicknamed "shotgun" for his quickness, Campbell was selected to play in the Dapper Dan Classic in Pittsburgh. His team won the Missouri large school state title his junior year, when he averaged 15.5 points and 8.3 assists a game. Campbell shot 52 percent from the field and 85 percent from the line.
This season, Vason lost in the finals of the state tournament, finishing with a 21-9 record. Campbell averaged 10 points and 4.6 assists a game.
MILTON NEWTON, 6-4. Coolidge High School, Washington, D.C. — Newton has been called the sleeper of the group by Brown and will play in the McDonald's All-Star game and the All-Star All-Star game in Washington, D.C.
Newton averaged 15.6 points and 13 rebounds a game, helping Coolidge to a
22-6 season. He shot 52 percent from the field and 76 percent from the free-throw line. As a junior, Newton scored 140 points in game as Coppeldale had a 14.7 record.
"He has a 3.4 grade point average and wants to be a doctor," Calipari said. "A great athlete, he can jump and dank wav you can imagine."
JAYHAWK NOTES — The 1983-84 Jayhawks broke several team and individual school records. As a team the Jayhawks shot 52.2 percent, breaking the old record of 50.4 percent, set by the 1980-81 team.
Kansas' 67.2 percent field goal percentage against Florida International broke the single-game field goal goal percentage, 14.8 percent, oldest Oklahoma in 1983.
The Jayhawks also shot well from the free-throw line, tying the single-game percentage mark of 100 percent with 11-of-11 shooting against Kansas State.
Calvin Thompson led the way in free-throw shooting, breaking the KU conference season free-throw percentage record of 90 percent set by Dale Greenlee in 174. Thompson shot 90.2 points per game line during the conference season.
Alford leads Indiana past Tar Heels; Kentucky, Virginia, Illinois advance
By United Press International
ATLANTA — Freshman guard Steve Allford scored 27 points last night to pace Indiana to a 72-68 upset of No. 1 Oklahoma State and semifinals of the NCAA East Regional.
The victory sends the No. 18 Hoosiers against Virginia, 63-55 upset winners over No. 16 Syracuse in the first semifinal game, in Saturday's regional finals. Kentucky and Illinois were also winners in games played last night.
The Tar Heels were the top seed in the East, but with Allard, the Hoosiers' scoring leader, hitting from the corners and the free throw line, North Carolina fell behind in the opening minutes and trailed most of the game.
North Carolina, 28-3, had 26 points from one of the All-American, Sam Perkins. But their other All-American, Michael Jordan, wasn't a factor until the closing minutes and fouled out with 13 points.
Indiana, 22-8, led 32-28 at halftime and 59-47 with 5:32 left before Perkins and Jordan led a last-minute rally that margin to 2 points in the closing moments.
Kentucky 72. Louisville 67
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Melvin Turpin scored 10 of his 14 points in the second half, leading a surge that lifted No. 3 in the NBA and led Louisville in the NCAA Mideast Regional semifinals.
The Wildcats, who offset the combined 47-point performance of Cardinal guards Lancaster and Milt Wagner, were trailing No. 10 Kentucky in game Saturday against No. 6 Illinois.
The Illini defeated No. 10 Maryland 72-70 in the first game of the doubleheader at Rupp Arena behind the center of center George Montgomery
Jim Master and Dicky Beal led the Wildcats, 28-4, with 15 points each. But it was Turpin in the second half who buried Louisville. Kentucky was trailing 49-47 when forward Sam Bowie started what turned into a 10-9 spurt by making two free throws that tied it with 9:29 left.
The Wildcats scored 8 more points, with Turpin accounting for 4, to take a 57-49 lead before Louisville scored again with 5:21 left. The Cards went almost six minutes without scoring, but the Wildcats scored within two points but Kentucky's foul shootdown down the stretch kept them at bay.
Illinois 72, Maryland 70
LEXINGTON, Ky. — George Montgomery, a mobile 6-foot-8 center, tossed in 15 points and kept high-scoring Ben Coleman away from the basket to give No. 6 Illinois a 7270 win. He scored the NCAA Midwest Regional semifinals.
guard, nearly pulled off a spectacular one-man comeback. He led all scorers with 21 points, including 10 in the final 3½ minutes to bring the Terrapers from a 66-56 deficit to 72-70 with one second left.
Coleman, 6-9, had 10 points in the first half to help give the No. 10 Trirapins a 32-30 lead. But under Montgomery's aggressive shadow, Coleman managed just 2 points in the second half and was shut out the last 16 minutes as the Terraipes, 24-8, were forced into bad shots.
Adrian Branch, Maryland's 6-8
Virginia 63. Syracuse 55
Atlanta — Virginia, drawing No. 16 Syracuse into a low-scoring game, posted a 63-55 victory in the semifinals of the NCAA East Regional.
The Cavaliers, who upset No. 7 Arkansas last Saturday, got suprisingly strong inside play in the early going from 6-foot-11 freshman Olden Polyny to build a 10-point halftime lead. The Orangemen, with four starters fouling out, were never able to get closer than 6 in the second half.
Guards Othell Wilson and Ricky Stokes paced Virginia in the second half when the Cavaliers led by as many as 15 Virginia improved its record to 20-11.
Wilson led Virginia with 17 points while Polynice had 10 of his 12 in the first half. Rafael Addison, the last of nine players to foul out, topped Syracuse with 18.
ATLANTA — North Carolina's Michael Jordan falls on the floor while Indiana's Stew Robinson hustles for the ball. Jordan was held to 13 points and the Hoosiers' Steve Alford scored 27 as Indiana beat the Tar Heels 72-68. Indiana will now face Virginia, which beat Syracuse, in the finals of the NCAA East Regional tomorrow.
Stearns. tennis team finally earning respect
Charles Stearns is hot.
But not only is Stearns hot on the court, he's simmering off the court a little, too, because he
The captain of the KU men's tennis team finished the team's recent trip to the West Coast with an umblemshed record in singles and only one loss in doubles. Quite an impressive string.
IEFF CRAVENS
Sports Editor
doesn't think the Jayhawks are getting the recognition they deserve for winning the tough Las Vegas win.
“It’s about time,” an upset Stearns said when he found a reporter was within earshot. “We win one of the biggest tournaments of the year and nobody knows about it.”
The Jayhawks beat the University of Nevada- Las Vegas, Weber State, Fresno State and San Diego State to win the tournament, which the team finished last in a year ago.
work and winning." Stearns said. "We have more to do when our ogas trip was definitely a step in the right direction."
Last season, KU suffered through the growing pains of rebuilding a tennis program. Under first-year coach Scott Perelman, the team began a rigorous workout schedule that included not only playing, but running and weightlifting. However, the victories were few and far between.
Now the Jayhawks are starting to reap the benefits from the long hours of grueling workouts
"HE'S BEEN LIKE a rock at No. 4 singles," Perelman said. "I've never coached anybody that works any harder than Stearns does. He's there every day, working on his game, lifting weights and running. He spent the whole summer just working on his game and it is starting to show."
"When we go out on the court, we feel like we deserve to win because of how hard we've worked," Stearns said "This season is a culmination of last year, especially the discipline." One no one has handled the discipline any better than
That is why Perelman choose Stearns as the team captain, because that pushes the junior Torkela even harder.
"I feel pressure in a sense that I have to perform," Stearsn said. "I think I'm one of the more stable guys on the team, and if I lose my composure and start to complain, then everyone
No one has handled the discipline any better than Stearns.
else can find a reason to lose it too, and the team starts to unravel."
"WE'VE EARNED THE respect through hard
"HE IS HITTING winners to win matches," Perelman said. "He is making the shots necessary to win, it's not like the other guy is making a mistake."
It has been a long time since Stearns has lost anything on the court. His winning streak is around 16 or 18 matches. Perealman is not only happy with the victories, but how Stearns is winning matches.
And the winners have strengthened Stearns' mental outlook.
"Hitting winners when I needed to has helped my confidence 100 percent," he said. "Knowing that you can heat a guy with a good shot in a pressure situation really helps."
"It's going to take a really good player who has just as much drive to win as I do," Stears said. "Right now, I think I have a chance to go undefeated for a good part of the season."
It has helped so much that Stearns had a hard time describing a player that could break his singles streak.
Although he is playing the best tennis of his college career, Stearns is still relatively unknown. Most of the publicity the team has received this season is centered around freshman Mike Wolf, who plays No. 1 singles. But that doesn't bother Stearns.
"Now, each one of us, in our own minds, has its own way of seeing the world. The other way, we’re different, but not arrogant."
that," Stearns said. "He deserves the ink. With him, we have a feeling of accomplishment. When we go out there, we know he is going to win so all we have to do is follow through and the team can win.
"The program has grown so fast that we've had to make a mental adjustment to playing like a great team," Pereelman said. "It's really an opportunity for those guys. They thoroughly enjoy winning."
"WOLF HAS HELPED us a lot, no one can deny
THE JAYHAWKS WILL try to take another step toward gaining recognition this weekend in the Region S tournament in Wichita. Oklahoma, Natl Warrior, and most of the dominate teams in the area — will compete.
Perelman said the entire team had to make a transition to being a competitive team against
"I it's a real big as far a determining a possible berth in the NCA's," Stearns said. "Vegas was a big win, but it was just a small step compared to what is in front of us. People still doubt us and we have to prove we can beat the best teams in our league, so now we can win a tournament of that caliber."
If the Jayhawks continue their winning ways this weekend, the recognition will come. And Stearns is ready.
'Hawks at home to face Oklahoma in double-headers
Baseball team begins Big 8 this weekend
By PHIL ELLENBECKER Sports Writer
Pattin said he was unsecure of who his starting pitcher would be this weekend. He said it depended on shape senior Dennis Copel's arm is in. Pattin said he would know more about Copel's sore arm today.
Pattin said the field should be ready. Tomorrow's doubleheader is scheduled to start at noon, and another noon doubleheader is scheduled for Sunday.
KU, 9-7 on the season, went 6-0 over spring break on a swing through the Southwest. The Jayhawks went 4-3, including a 10-8 victory over OU, and took third place out of five teams at the Citrus Tournament in Edinburg, Tex.
Kansas head baseball coach Marty Pattin and some of his players had the rakes out yesterday, trying to whip Quigley Field into shape for their opening Big Eight conference double-bearer against Oklahoma tomorrow.
KU SENIOR SHORTSTOP Joe Kueen the Jayhawks played their best baseball in two or three years during the early part of the Citrus Mountains, which await a pair of games from Maine, which put to the College World Series last year.
"I was kind of surprised," Heeney said. "For a team that went to the World Series last year, they weren't as tough as I thought they'd be."
Going into Saturday's final round of the tournament, KU had a chance to the first place, then lost to Central Michigan. 6-5. Sunday the team was blown away in a doubleheader with Texas & M-9, 10 and 11-3.
"We weren't so much physically tired later in the trip as we were mentally tired from playing so many close ball games." Heeney said.
Heeney, who was drafted by the Texas Rangers last June, is third on the team in hitting with a 426 average. He also leads in runs scored with 14 and home runs with 11. His shortstop this year after he had played third base the past two years.
"I PLAYED SHORT all through high school and worked there a lot during the fall, so I feel really comfortable there." Heeeney said.
Catcher Rob Thomson leads the team in hitting with a .481 average, a marked improvement from his 299 average last year, and is second in runs batted in with 14.
Thomson, who already had a reputation as a good defensive catcher with a strong arm, said he's not surprised by his improved hitting this year.
Seven KU batters have averages over 300, and the team batting average is
Thomson said that he likes his team's chances in the conference race this season.
"I EXPECTED TO be hitting better, but not this much," he said. "I'm a little more confident and relaxed up at home." He said K!U batting coach helped me out a lot.
He said that this year's KU pitching staff is "100 percent better" than last
He said that Oklahoma State would be the toughest team in the conference, and that Oklahoma and Nebraska should be tough as well.
"Right now we're looking at first or second," he said. "The main thing is that we just need to keep improving. I really think we can do it."
*Last year we had only three good starters. This year we have five or six starters.*
SEVEN DIFFERENT KU pitches have started this year. John Heeney, Charlie Buzard, Coplie and Duke Loh have started three games apiece. Kevin Krooker and Drew Hosman have started freshman Brent Morris has started one.
Kroeker's earned run average of 2.70 is best among the starters. Coplan leads in strikeouts and Lohr leads in innings pitched.
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NOTICE
TO ALL UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS TAKING COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCE COURSES:
The last day to drop College of LA&S classes and receive an automatic "W" is Tues., March 27, 1984.
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