SPORTS The University Daily KANSAN March 21, 1984 Page 16 Basketball attendance up 22 percent at Kansas By MATT DeGALAN Staff Reporter A 22 percent increase over last year in basketball attendance at the University of Kansas should bring in nearly $50,000 extra in revenue this year. The KU average of 11,388 fans a game in 15,200 seat Allen Field House helped set a new Big Eight Conference record. The university's service bureau announced this week. Overall attendance in the conference increased 10 percent breaking last year's record. The league this year drew 1,202,267 fans in 123 home and tournament games for an average of 9,775 a game. But what was a banner basketball season financially for the Big Eight ended on a sour note last week when Kansas and Oklahoma failed to advance to the regional semifinals of the NCAA tournament. Jim McCrossen/KANSAN If the teams had won, the Big Eight would have received an additional $600,000 in tournament revenue, an NCAA official said yesterday. All teams appearing in the tournament receive $153,000. If a team advances to the semifinals of one of the tournaments, its share increases to $460,500. Teams advancing to the final four in Seattle will receive $614,000. The revenue is generated from ticket sales and, more importantly, the NCAA's contract with CBS-TV for the rights to television the tournament. KU and Oklahoma were one step away from the semifinals before bowing out last weekend. KU lost 69-59 to Wake Forest Saturday in the Midwest Regional at Lincoln, Neb. Oklahoma lost 69-85 to Dayton Saturday in the West Regional at Salt Lake City. The revenue from the tournament doesn't go directly to the schools playing in the tournament, however. The money goes — along with all other post-season, bowl game and television revenue — to the Big Eight, which then divides the revenue among conference schools after paying its own expenses. In fiscal year 1983, KU received $886,215 from the Big Eight. This year the athletic department expects to receive about $850,000 in Big Eight revenue, according to a report released in January. Tim Allen, Big Eight service bureau director, said that the losses were disappointing, but that the conference was a huge success, 20,000 that victories would have brought. "You don't count your chickens before they're hatched," he said. "It's more the tradition and pride of the conference that you worry about." Jayhawk fans prepare for KU's game against the Wichita State Shockers, one of several sellouts in Allen Field House this year. The average attendance of 11,558 fans in Lawrence helped the Big Eight Conference establish a record for attendance this year. High court begins NCAA broadcast hearings By United Press International KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Edgar KANSAS scored four scores in overtime and Fort Hays State was able to overcome the NAIA's best defense. The Browns scored 40-46 for the championship of the 47th NAIA tournament. It was the Tigers' first title. They finished third in 1983 and were seeded second heading into the weeklong 1984 tournament. Fort Hays was beaten just twice in 37 games this season. By United Press International WASHINGTON — Two college football powers with long traditions of success asked the Supreme Court yesterday to allow schools to negotiate their own television contracts aside from NCAA contracts with networks. Lower courts have agreed with the universities of Oklahoma and Georgia that the NCAA television contract package illegally limited the number of games available for broadcast to boost the price of broadcast rights. But Frank H. Easterbrook, representing the NCAA in its appeal, urged the justices to reverse the lower courts' decisions. Ft. Hays State wins NAIA title in 48-46 thriller "That is sufficient in our framework of analysis to be a violation of antitrust law." television plan. restricts output and drives unp air.” U.S. Solicitor General Rex Lee, siding with the two universities, agreed to dismiss Mr. Greenberg. But Easterbrook denied that the collegiate sports association sought to raise the price by decreasing the number of programs available. "The NCAA is a supplier of programs," said Easterbrook. "If the supplier limits the number of programs or makes them less attractive, fewer viewers watch. The fewer the viewers, the less income is received. "The key to our argument is whether the NCAA has the ability to raise the price by decreasing the output. We say it does not. We say college football games being televised are the most attractive to the most viewers." Easterbrook compared the NCAA agreement with TV networks to agreements between networks and producers of entertainment programs. He said the exclusivity of CBS having the show "Dallas" made that program more attractive to market to both viewers and advertisers. But Lee said the NCAA plan did not allow some schools to appear on televisc "as frequently as consumer demand would dictate." Andy Coats, mayor of Oklahoma City, told the justices that college football telecasts should be as unrestricted as college basketball. The state does not govern college basketball telecasts, except for post-season tournaments. "If there was no national NCAA television plan for football, the prices would go down," said Coats. 'Hawks 8-6 on trip Defense, inexperience hurt KU softball team By PHIL ELLENBECKER Sports Writer Kansas softball coach Bob Stancil said that lack of defense kept his team, 8-6 in the season, from winning more games during its spring break trip. "I was pretty much pleased overall with our offense, but defense was the part of the game that let us down," Stancilf said. "We have only one returning starter on the infield so it's a matter of our infielders gaining more experience and confidence," he said. Stancillist said that during the early part of the trip the team was winning in spite of its errors because it was outstitting its opponents. but when KU started playing better teams, he said, "I got better," and errors made more of a difference. The Jayhawks started their season at the Roadrunner Invitational in Las Cruces, N.M., March 8-11, where they went 4-0 in pool play before losing three games in a row in the championship round. After splitting a double-header with New Mexico in Albuquerque March 13, the jayhawks traveled to Norman, Okla., for the Sooner Invitational. KU won its opening game in the tournament Thursday against Illinois State, but was eliminated on Friday in a New Mexico State and a 1-2 loss to Baylor. Stancliff said the team could have won its last two games in the Oklahoma "We lost both of them on unearned runs. Stancliff said." We also quit the race. "We had lots of scoring opportunities in both games, but we weren't getting the ball down on the ground and were hitting it up into the air too much." KU wrapped up its trip Saturday with a pair of shutout victories against two other teams that had been eliminated in the tournament, Iowa and Northern Colorado. "We played two fine teams and played two fine defensive games." Stancifl and of Saturday's games. "Those two were by far our best ballgames on the trip. Maybe that's a sign of things to come." KU ace Tracy Bunge compiled a 7-4 pitching record on the trip, allowing 39 hits in 69 innings with a 0.61 earned run average. She had a no-hitter in a 3-2 victory over Oklahoma City. Freshman Kim Tisdale went 1-3 with a 1.46 ERA and allowed 25 hits in 24 innings. Bunge led KU in hitting with a .371 batting average. She was trailed by catcher Kim Cobb, third baseman Debbie Randle and outfielders Keli Randolph. They all hit around the 300 mark. May the team in runs batted in with them. "Those five are our big run producers," Stancifl said. "Jill Williams, Judith Phillips and Laura Cramer are our speedie people, and we need to do a better job of getting them on base in front of those five." Stanclift said he thought that part of his team's defensive problems may have come because of its lack of preparation on a dirt field. "We'd had only three or four practices on our dirt field. Stanciff "The rest of the time we'd been working on the artificial turf at Memorial Stadium, and it's kind of hard getting prepared on turf!" Stanclift has had to shake up his infield with the loss of Coleiette Seltz, who played second base for much of the fall season. Seitz had also pestered a winning record last year as a pitcher for the Javahawks. She didn't return this spring because of an elbow injury. 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