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The University Daily KANSAN February 29,1984 Page 16
2nd place Jayhawks to take on Colorado
By JEFF CRAVENS Sports Editor
The Kansas Jayhawks, who have clinched a second place finish in the Big Eight's regular season, will go after their fourth consecutive road victory tonight against the Colorado Buffaloes at the Events Center in Boulder.
KU is coming off a 63-61 victory over Kansas State Saturday and has a 17-8 regular season record. The Jayhawks have an 8-4 record in conference play.
The game marks a homecoming of sorts for KU coach Larry Brown, who
Oklahoma, Nebraska win; these scores and more sports, p. 14
coached for five years in Denver for the Denver Nuggets,
"IM EXCITED about going back to Boulder," Brown said. "I know it's a big game for Colorado because it is still fighting for a first division finish."
The Buffalofoes, 5-7 in Big Eight play, are in a tie with Iowa State for fourth place in the conference going into last night's action. The top four finishers in the regular season will host first-round playoff games.
Missouri was also tied with CU and Iowa State, but lost 61-60 to Oklahoma.
Colorado is led by 6-foot-3 guard Jay Humphries. A senior, Humphries is averaging 15.8 points, 5.9 assists and 3.6 steals a game. Center Randy Downs is CU's second leading scorer averaging 14.6 points a game.
ALSO STARTING for Colorado is 6-7 senior forward Vince Kelly, who is averaging 11.1 points and 6.9 rebounds a game.
"It's a special game for Jay Hummelries and Vince Kelly since it's the final home game of their career," Brown said. "They are both great players who have had impressive careers at Colorado."
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Rounding out Colorado's starting five will be 6-8 forward Alex Stirvins, the Buffaloes' leading rebounder with an average of 9.7 a game. Mike Reid, son of former KU assistant Duncan Reid, will start at the guard spot opposite Humphries.
In the first meeting of the two teams in Lawrence, Carl Henry scored 17 points to lead KU to a 53-48 victory. KU center Greg Drelling played one of his best games of the season, scoring 14 points and grabbing eight rebounds. Drelling also hit four free throws in the final 23 seconds to ice the KU victory.
DOWNS SCORED 14 points to lead the Buffaloes. Stivins added 13 points and 10 rebounds. Humphries was held to nine points on four of 12 shooting.
Last season, KU beat Colorado 74-63 in Boulder. The victory marked the first time in four years that the chicks had beaten CU in the Events Cups.
Henry is leading the Jayhaws in scoring, averaging 16 points a game and 17.8 in conference games. However, Henry has scored only 20 points in KU's last two games although he made the game-winning shot against Kansas State.
CALVIN THOMPSON continues to be the hottest Jayhawk, shooting 63.1 percent from the field in his last six games. He also throws for Thompson over averaging 17.3 points a game.
Henry and Thompson are second and third, respectively, in field goal percentage in conference games, trailing Dave Hoppe of Nebraska.
Jayhawks Ron Kellogg and Carl Henry will try to lead KU to its fourth straight road to victory tonight against Colorado. Henry is second in the conference in field-goal accuracy during the conference season. KU beat the Buffaloes 53-48 earlier this season.
Kansas women hoping to snap four-game skid
By PHIL ELLENBECKER Sports Writer
The Kansas women's basketball team, 10-14 overall and 6-6 in the Big Eight conference, will try to break a four-game losing streak when it faces the Colorado Buffaloes tonight in Boulder.
The dayjawks haven't won a game since Feb. 11, when they defeated Iowa State 52-20. They were in second place in the conference at that time, but have since slipped into a tie for fourth with Nebraska and Oklahoma State.
The Jayhawks need a win to keep their chances alive to receive a home-court berth in the Big Eight Post-Season Tournament, which starts Tuesday. The top four teams in the conference receive home-court berths.
WITH TWO GAMES left in conference play, Missouri and Kansas State have home-court berths wrapped up with 11-1 and 10-2 records respectively. Before last night's games, Oklahoma is in third place with a 7-5 record, followed by the Jayhawks, Cornhuskers, and Cowgirls. Colorado and Iowa State are out of the running with 2-10 and 0-12 records respectively.
respect. Colorado, 9-16 overall, is in the midst of a five-game losing streak. Their only conference victories have come at home against Oklahoma and Iowa State.
Kansas and Colorado last met on Feb 4, when the Jayhawks defeated CU 68-61 in Lawrence. Vickie Adkins and Angie Snider were the top Jayhawk scorers in the game with 19 and 18 points each.
NIDER, as she has all season, leads the conference in scoring in all games with 21.3 points a game. She is seventh in conference game scoring with 16.5 points a game.
conference game scoring. Despite being held to three points Saturday against Kansas State, Adkins ranks fourth in conference game scoring with 18.8 points a game and sixth in overall scoring with 16.9 points a game. She also leads the league in field goal percentage, rebounding, and blocked shots for all games.
Diane Hiemstra, a five-foot-11 senior guard, leads the Buffaloes in scoring with a 17.7 overall average, fifth best in the league. She scored 16 points against the Jayhawks earlier this year, shooting 8-of-18 from the field.
KANSAS HEAD coach Marian Washington has said Hiemstra is "one of the best shooters in the women's game."
Colorado's only other double figure scorer is 5-10 torward
Julie Hoeching, who is averaging 10.9 points a game.
Intentional interference might occur Gottfried sees problem with rule change
By MATT DeGALAN Staff Reporter
The new NCAA rule will make a downfield pass interference a 15 yard penalty and an automatic
KU head football coach Mike Gottfried said yesterday that the recent change in the pass interference rule should be amended to discourage defenders from intentionally interfering.
'Anytime they get beat, I'm going to have my cornerbacks tackle the receiver.'
Howard Schnellenberger, University of Miami coach
first down. The old rule moved the ball to the point of the infraction.
THE RULE WAS designed to prevent "Hail Mary" passes, which are thrown into a crowd of receivers in the end zone in the final minutes of a game. Coaches hope as much for an interference call — which would place the ball on the 1-yard line — as they do for a touchdown catch.
Although most coaches — including Gottfried — said they favored the rule change, some have noted that it has a basic flaw. Under the new rule, they say it will be to the defender's advantage to intentionally interfere with a receiver who has slipped past him and is in a position to make a gain of more than 15 yards.
At least one coach, Miami's Howard Schnellenberger, has even vowed to take advantage of the new rule.
SCHNELLELBERGER, who led his Miami Hurricanes to the NCAA championship last season, said he didn't like the rule, but would make the best of it.
"Anytime they get beat, I'm going to have my cornerbacks tackle the receiver," Schnellenberger said.
To prevent such tactics, Gottfried said an amendment allowing officials to call intentional interference should have been added to the new rule. Under such an amendment, interference judged to be intentional was minimized by moving the ball to be intentionally of the infraction, just as interference has been penalized in the past.
This, he said, would make defenders think twice about tackling an open receiver ready to make a catch, as Schnellenberger has proposed telling his players to do.
"I NEVER REALLY thought of doing that." Gottfried said of Schnellenberger's plan. "I'm going to tell my guys not to beat in the first place."
Gottfred said that although he was an offensive-minded coach who liked to pass, he favored the general idea of the rule because "Hail Mary" passes have hurt him in the past.
"I just don't like that kind of a big play," he said. He said that in last year's Iowa State game the Cyclones benefited from an interference call in the end zone made late in the game. The ball was placed on the 1-yard line and the Cyclones scored. The Jayhawks lost the game 38-35.
Other coaches agreed with Gottfried that the rule should be amended.
TEXAS A&M COACH Jackie Sherrill said any coach — himself included — would give up the 15-yard penalty and a first down rather than a long run. The rule needs to be changed to avoid this, he said.
Despite its shortcomings, coaches praised the rule change as a positive step.
change as a positive step.
"I can't ask of any worse way to lose a game
'I never really thought of doing that. I'm going to tell my guys not to get beat in the first place.'
Mike Gottfried.
University of Kansas coach
than on a 50-yard penalty that puts the ball on the 1-yard line on a judgment call," said Brigham Young coach Lavell Edwards. "Personally, I think this is a better rule. I don't like any rule where a judgment gives you a 40 or 50-gain."
Oklahoma State coach Jimmy Johnson, whose offense is basically built around the run, and Illinois coach Mike White, who lives by the pass, both said they'll be able to outscore the game if no penalty and start calling it more.
"I hope they (officials) don't change their interpretation of the rule. White said "I think the
(Some information provided by United Press International)
Officials say they get publicity only on bad calls
By United Press International
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It happens maybe 25 times during the course of a college football season that spans several thousand games — an official will make a call that determines the game's outcome.
The official, of course, is making the call as objectively as he possibly can. It just doesn't seem that way to the team that gets saddled with the loss or to that team's fans.
Ackermann, chairman of the SEC Officials Association, agreed with Carlson and responded to a call by
Carlson was joined by the Southwest Conference's Buddy Coleman and Norbert Ackermann of the Southeastern Conference on a panel to discuss the plight of the officials in the White House replays and intense media scrutiny.
"When an official is noticed, it's always something bad," said veteran Big Eight Conference referee Vance Carlson yesterday.
"I don't think press availability is going to put the officials in a better light because there's always going to be a certain faction that's not going to focus on the calls made right but always on the ones said. "So you're always going to the press conference to hang the guy."
The officials said they were available, at least through conference representatives, after the game. But
media representatives for greater availability of officials after games
Coleman said, "When you get in the car, it's a big world, that's when the door goes." Ades.
"In the case of the Southwest Conference, we've got 12 eyes out there trying to watch these tremendous athletes. And we have 40,000, 50,000 or 60,000 people there in the stands and they pick up what we miss."
Ackermann said, "I have myself never been contacted, or heard of a supervisor being contacted, with compliments on the good call."
Dupree, Breakers agree on $5 million contract
By United Press International
NEW ORLEANS — Troubled college star Marc Dupree has agreed to a five-year, $5 million contract with the United States Football League's New Orleans Breakers, a New Orleans newspaper reported yesterday.
Owner Joe Canizare told the Times Picayune States Item that he still was trying to obtain approval from the former Oklahoma running back.
Breakers coach Dick Coury said the club had not signed the 19-year player from Hattiesburg. Miss, but also a quickie to quickly if the league gave approval.
Dupree could sign as early as today pending his release from the New Jersey Generals, which hold his USFL rights, Couray said.
Coury said he did not think Dupree would have trouble coming into the league early because he was a running back.
Dupree's contract could place him on equal footing with running back Herschel Walker, who signed a three-year contract. Generales worth a profit represented $3.9 million.
Apparent Dupree was expected to receive a signing bonus of $1.1 million, the paper reported.
One major hurdle that remains
Dupree can sign is what
compensation the Breakers will offer the Generals for territorial rights to Dupree. The Generals reportedly want "a top-name player" and other active players from New Orleans, which has said it would be unwilling to give up anything but future first-round and other draft picks.
According to Generals spokesman Kevin McConnell, team president Jay Seltzer discussed compensation yesterday and today with the Breakers' front office. McConnell denied rumors that the Generals were asking for Breakers tight end Dan Ross.
"Jay said the only time Ross' name has come up is when reporters have brought it up." McConnell said.
Canizaro said, "We want to sign Marcus Dupree without offending the league or football people around the country. It's my hope we'll be able to sign him this week and bring him out to Oakland and have him dressed out."
The breakers play Oakland Sunday. One thing about Dupree is now certain; he has lost his amateur status. He began as a volunteer in installations with a professional team, he becomes a professional in the eyes of the NCAA.
Dupree's collegiate status, however, is in question. He dropped out of Southern Mississippi on Jan. 18. two months after leaving Oklahoma in a dispute with coach Barry Switzer
North Carolina retains top spot in poll
By United Press International
NEW YORK — North Carolina drew support from 40 members of the UPI Board of Coaches Tuesday in opening a 93-point lead over Houston in this week's major college basketball ratings.
The Tar Heels, 24,1, making the most of last week's win over Clemson, collected 628 points from the board. All Americans Michael Jordan and
Sam Perkins combined for 43 points in North Carolina's only game of the week, an 82-71 triumph over the Tigers.
Houston, collecting two first-place votes to help the Cougars gain 535 points for the team, nudged Arkansas 64-61 Sunday, raising its regular season record to 24-3 and moving them up a notch to replace Geometown as the No. 2 team in the nation. In winning their ninth straight game, the Cougars virtually clinched its second straight Southwest Conference title.
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