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University Daily Kansan, January 27,1983
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Heart attack claims life of Bear Bryant
By United Press International
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama's Paul "Bear" Bryant, who won more football games than bryant of other college coach in history, died of a massive heart attack yesterday. 28 days after winning the game he knew would be his
At 69, he was a legend in his own time. Bryant was born Sept. 11, 1913.
Bryant, who announced his retirement Dec. 15 and then coached his Crimson Tide for the last time in a Liberty Bowl victory over Illinois Dec. 29, entered a hospital Tuesday night, suffering from chest pains.
"I think what he had last night was a warning. He had his heart attack today," said Bryant's physician, William O'Neill who led an hour-long effort to revive him.
He said the cause of death was a massive coronary occlusion.
BRYANT, whose craggy face, hounds-tooth hat and graffit, gravelly voice became part of the lore of the game long before he left it, won 323 games in his 38 career. He was considered retirement, he was shocked.
"Quit coaching?" he rasped. "I'd crank in a week."
Bryant, one of 11 children raised on a small farm near Fordyce, Aki, played in the first football game he ever saw, and his brother was born on his pair only of high-fit black shoes.
The first official word of Bryant's death came in the Alabama Senate, where Lt. Gov. Bill Baxley broke the news to a hushed chamber.
The death of the most famous living college football coach cast a pail over the nation's athletic community. At least 45 of his players became head coaches in the college or professional ranks.
"The man was made to coach," said former Arkansas coach Frank Broyles. "He loved young people, loved working with them and helping them become fine young men and leaders. They just knew the men like Bear Bryant anymore."
BRYANT once described himself in a typically tense fashion.
"I ain't nothing but a winner," he said.
Bryant started his career at Maryland, then went to Kentucky and Texas A&M before returning to his alma mater in Tuscaloosa, where he spent the last 25 years without a losing season.
During his 25 seasons at Alabama, Bryant became a coaching legend. Under Bryant, the Crimson Tide won four national championships (1961-64-73-79), finished second on four other occurrences, and was one of the perfect regular seasons (1961-64-66-71-73-74-79), and went to a record 24 straight bowls.
Mizzou tops KU
By GINO STRIPPOLI
Sports Writer
Steve Sipanovich and Jon Sundvold were called the "best guard-center combination in the country" by the Arizona State head coach.
Sports Writer
Last night, they showed the Kansas Jayhawks why, as they led the 19th-ranked Utah Jayhawks to the Jayhawks before a crowd of 13,143 at Allen Field Houses.
"In the first half, we played well enough defensively to be in the game," head coach Ted Owens said. "We played really well early, but we started to do the same things that have hurt us in the past."
The Jayhawks came out and played the highly touted Tigers even, and led Mizzou 20-16 with 10:36 left in the opening half. But following a Stipano-vich basket, which narrowed the gap to 20-18, and a television timeout, Missouri, 15 over 3-4 in the Big Ten, forced them to straight points to take the lead for good. 20-20.
"I THINK we got too overxious in the first half," said Carl Henry, who scored 16 points and pulled down a team-high six rebounds.
The Jayhawks fought back though and narrowed the gap to 30-28. But the Jayhawks couldn't hold on, and after Stipanovich hit two free throws with :43 in the half, the 'Hawks went for one shot. Owens said that the Jayhawks shot too early and Sundvold, who was ineffective in the first half but ended the game with 22 points, hit a shot at the buzzer to put Missouri ahead, 34-28.
"We reverted back to what has killed us," Owens said, "and they just took advantage of it. We lost our poise and our patience on offense."
The Tigers were led in the opening half by Stipanovich's 16 points on six of nine shooting from the field and four of four from the line. Ron Jones, Missouri's defensive specialist, scored eight for the Tigers, who were 12 of 19 from the field and 10 of 10 from the line in the first half.
Henry scored eight first-half points and freshman Calvin Thompson, one of three freshmen starting for the Jayhawks, bit six.
THE TIGERS outscored the Jayhawks, 12.5, to open the second half and
Sunward, however, then took over and scored eight of the next nine Missouri points to push the lead to 62-53 with 6:29 left in the contest. After Greg Caventer hit one of two free throws, the team made their final run at the Tigers.
the Jayhawks fought an uphill battle the rest of the way. The young Jayhawks did'er to be tough, as the next 21 points to narrow the gap to 53-47.
Henry hit two free throws and after Cavender hit one of two free throws again, Henry hit a jumper and Thompson hit two free throws to narrow the gap to five. 64-59. Cavender hit a hyup in return and Thompson fell on foul calls on Jeff Guiot that sent Senvulov to the line put the game out of reach.
Both of the calls were questionable and became more of a factor when Sundvoid hit all four of the free throws.
"After the first foul, Jon came over to me and said 'you got screwed on that one.'" Guiot said. "On the other one, the ball just hit his head."
"The calls hurt, but you can't expect the reefs to be perfect."
AFTER SUNDVOLD hit both ends of a one-and-one for the second straight time, the Tigers ran off six straight points for the final margin.
"Stipanovich and Sundvold are both outstanding players," Owens said. "Sundvold didn't have a first half, but he did in play, play well sometime during the game."
The Tigers, who shot 57.8 from the floor, were led by Stipanovich's 25 points and Sundwold's 22. Cavener had a game-high eight rebounds for the Tigers, who were 24 of 28 from the line compared to 13 of 16 for Kansas.
"Stipanovich just played well the entire game."
Besides Henry's 16, the Jayhawks were led by Kerry Boagni with 17 points, in the second half when he went six of eight from the field; Jeff Dishman had 10 points; and Thompson added 10. Henry and Kelly Knight, still suffering from a shoulder injury, each had a team-high six rebounds.
"KANSAS IS 15 a fine basketball team," Missouri head coach Norm Stewart said. "They're going to get harder and tougher as the season goes on."
Kerry Boagni, No. 15, looks for an open teammate while being trapped by Missouri's Mark Dreser, No. 24, and Greg Cavener, No. 35. Boagni's 17 points were not enough as the Jayhawks fell to Missouri, 76/83.
Kansas State comes back, defeats KU women 80-74
Sports Writer
By DAVE MCQUEEN Sports Weiter
exciting contest with 11 ties and seven lead changes before K-State defeated the Jayhawks 80-74 before a crowd of 2,600 in Ahearn Field House.
MANHATTAN — Skepetics who think that women's basketball is still years behind the men's game would have been surprised at the game between Kansas and Kansas State here last night.
They would have seen a game full of the elements women's basketball supposedly lacks: accurate outside shooting, brutal play underneath the hoop, and two big centers swiping rebounds.
Although the Jayhawks were heavy underdogs, coming into game 4-11, they stayed close until the Wildcats made tight points in the second half.
"I think we played a very fine ball game," KU coach Marian Washington said. "I think the inside play really hurt the team." He said and a couple of breakdowns on defense.
KU TOO the early lead, and the Wildcats, who shot poorly throughout
one first half, scored only one point in one seven-minute period. KU led 19-13.
KState had another chance to tie it when Cassandra Jones hit a 15-foot jumper late in the first half to make it 29-27, but threw the ball away on its next possession. KU had a 31-29 halftime lead.
The Wildcats came out smoking in the second half, tying the score at 33 with a layup by Barbara Gilmore. They tied the game seven times before he led for good on a 12-foot jumper by Cindy Duran that made the score 51-49.
K-State scored the next eight points and never trained again.
THE INSIDE play of the team dominated the game, with Philicia Allen leading KU in scoring with 19 points. KU had five players in double OT and won 15-6. Equally effective for the Wildcats was Bonner, who led with 16.
One big gun that was missing for K-State was 5-5 guard Priscilla Gary. Considered by many to be one of the premier guards in the country, Gary, who scored only six points, She hit only two shots from the field.
"We did what we had to do against Gary," Washington said. "But we didn't make Bonner work hard enough to get the ball inside."
According to KState coach Lynn Hickey, Gary was due for a bad night.
"She did not act like she was in there," Hickey said. "When a good shooter like that misses her first three shots, things can happen."
Hickey said she was surprised at the tenacity, KU showed in the game.
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"I can't believe they were 4-11," she said. "They won't be 4-11 for the rest of the season. They are going to beat a few people."
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