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Ready for the challenge
Rov Williams takes over
By Craig Anderson Kansan sports editor
It wasn't difficult for new Kansas basketball coach Roy Williams to accept the Jayhawks' top position after Larry Brown left for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association.
"we always said that when the right job comes along, it will be staring me in the face," said Williams, who had been an assistant coach at North Carolina for the past 10 years. "Kansas seems to be looking for it." It was a gut feeling more than anything else."
Kansas Athletic Director Bob Frederick hired Williams on July 8 after weeks of speculation on him and his approach. Bee. Duke's Mike Kryzewski, Ohio State's Gary Williams and Southwest Missouri's David Hicks, among the names tossed around as possible Brown replacements.
After all the discussion,
Frederick finally hired Williams
as the sevent Jayhawk coach in
the program 91 years ago.
He was contracted a four-year
contract with a base salary of $78,000 a year.
Williams will face the task of
coaching a defending national championship team that appears to be in a rebuilding year. Besides losing NCAA player-of-the-year Danny Manning, Williams will also have to work for Chris Pipe and forward Chris Keith Harris.
Harris, who would have been a junior, was kicked off the team in March. No reasons were given for the dismissal. Harris elected not to return under Williams' terms to discuss Harris's status.
Recent history has shown that defending national championship teams have had troubles in the 1984 NCA tournaments. Louisville won the championship in 1986, then failed to make the NCAA tournament in 1987. North Carolina won the title in 1984 after winning the title in 1983. Indiana, the NCAA champion, stumbled into the tournament with a 19-2 record and was beaten by Louisville.
"We've got to put last year behind us," the 38-year-old Williams said. "Last year was a cherished moment that not many of us experienced, but not going to help us a bit this year.
"If Missouri wants to spot us 15 points before the game starts just because we're national champions, I'd certainly take it. Other than that it won't help us. In the past, (defending national champion) we have too satisfied with themselves and become fat and happy."
Since taking the Kansas job in early July, Williams has concentrated mainly on recruiting for final recruit contact period began the week that Williams was hired and ended on Aug. 1. As a result, Williams spent the entire season at high school basketball camps from Princeton.
N. J., to Los Angeles and everywhere in-between
Under NCAA rules, all collegiate coaches are prohibited from attending university recruits. Williams was able to talk to prospect athletes on the telephone, though. The phone calls were his first official acts as a player.
"There was a lot of positive reactions," she said, that was many of the kids拦箭 their choices in May and June. Basically, that meant they were going to be
Along with everything else, Frederick announced July 11 that the U.S. Justice Department for 14 alleged recruiting violations, at least eight of which the Justice Department has accused of
Williams took the Kansas job, knowing about the pending NCAA investigation. The allegedViolation between June 1865 and April 1887
"The NCAA thing is bothering us a great deal, especially because of the other concedes that they recruited," he said. "I have a great deal of confidence in how the old staff conducted itself on and off the court. There's no doubts in my mind that we'll be going."
The recruiting and allegations
Shrinking roster plaguing Mason
Please see WILLIAMS, p. 12
Coach hopes final player has left team
By Craig Anderson
Kansan sports editor
For a football team that didn't have much depth to begin with, Kansas roster has continued to dominate the playoffs for eight months as Joyah coach.
Twenty-two players have left the team since December, when Mason Leonard and Jared Sneed leave the Kansas roster with 62 scholarship players, 33 below the line.
"We have a numbers problem here at KU," Masun said. "I hope we've seen the last guy walk out. But football isn't for everyone."
Mason said the biggest loss would be senior guard Jay Allen, who didn't want to risk further injury to an ankle he hurt last season.
Team doctors cleared Allen to play, but he decided to give up football. Allen had started 22 consecutive games on the offensive line in
Safety Clint Normore, an honorable all-mi Big-Eight selection, didn't show up to the beginning of two-a-day practices.
Mason said he didn't know why Normore had quit. Normore started nine games and had 62 tackles last season.
Sophomore Wolf Blaser, who entered fall practices listed as No 1 on the depth chart at defensive quartet to concentrate on his studies.
Blaser is an engineering major. He was one of the most highly recruited members of Kansas' freshman class two seasons ago.
Sophomore linebacker Kyle Schenker, who was listed on the second team on the depth chart, quit the day before veterans were to report for two-a-day. Sophomore linebacker Tony Barker, who was reprimand last season, said Schenker was tired of playing football.
Redshirt freshman cornerback Tim Jenks, who sat out last season rehabilitating an injured shoulder, quit. Jenks is attempting to get a medical waiver that will keep him on scholarship.
Sophomore cornerback Michael Page was given a medical redshift because of an ankle injury and will sit out this season. Page started three games last season and recorded five tackles.
Academic ineligibility has side-lined four members of the 1983
Kansas preparing response to NCAA
Please see ROSTER, p. 4, col. 3.
Associate sports editor
By Tom Stinson
The celebration and relief follow the July 8 hireing of new basket ball coach Roy Williams came to a standstill the morning of July 11.
Kansas Athletic Director But Frederick announced that the Kansas program was being investigated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association and recruiting violations, at least eight of which the University self-reported.
Kansas has until Sept. 2 to respond to the NCAA and could appear before the Intrusions Committee by the end of September.
Frederick said the Athletic Department was close to completing the response and that he thought the NCAA would be willing with the NCAA was going well.
"Most people ask for an extension of the original date, but we feel it's in our interest to expedite the matter as quick as possible," he said.
Williams is not involved directly in the response but he said he thought the University would handle the situation professionally.
"I didn't have anything to do with it when it happened and I just hope it all works out," Williams said. "have the greatest amount of confidence in this administration and in the entire department in dealing with this."
The alleged violations named in a NCAA letter of inquiry received by the Fresno State men's basketball airline ticket for a recruiting, a recruit's family money to pay a college fee.
Frederick said in a July 11 statement that the alleged violations
appeared to be small items, but he later added that the NCAA did not issue a letter of inquiry for minor allegations.
"When I say that they were minor problems, it has a different connotation." said Frederick, who learned of the NCAA interest about two weeks ago and called her a "high school athletic director in May 1987." The NCAA Enforcement Committee assigns different meanings. As I understand it, if you had nothing but minor violations allegation, it would not be a complaint committee or forputations.
The alleged violations occurred between June 1866 and April 1987, during which time Gary Hunter, former associate athletic director, worked with the NCAA general counsel, worked with the NCAA in reporting the violations.
"From the time the initial information was provided, we have worked with them as we learned about information." Thomas said.
None of the alleged violations involve the identity of any players in a match, nor do the allegations in the teamship team, nor can the allegations jeopardize that championship. Fred
The only alleged violation involving a player concerns the two-game suspension of Milt Newton in November 1987. Newton had bought a plane during a department vacation, violating NCAA rules even though he laid for it himself.
Frederick said the issue had been resolved from Newton's perspective with the suspension.
Frederick and Hunter declined to mention any recruits or University staff members who had worked, but Frederick said some of the staff members involved still worked.
World tour gives KU tennis coach look at future stars
By Ken Winford
Kansan sportswriter
This summer Kansas women's tennis coach Eric Hayes received a close look at some of the best young players that tennis has to offer.
Hayes served as coach of a contingent of junior American players during a five-week tour of Europe. The U.S. squad, which included men and women 16 to 18-year-olds, competed in tournaments held in the Netherlands, Germany, France, Great Britain and london.
Hayes, who was an assistant coach at Clemson before coming to Kansas, said the opportunity to play in international competition would prove beneficial to young players.
Hayes coached the U.S. team on the same tour, the previous year.
"One of the most important things about getting our kids to play in other countries is
that it exposes them to different types of surfaces," Hayes said. "Playing in the United States, they just don't get the chance to see the clay and grass surfaces.
The tournaments were played under the sanction of the International Tennis Association. Bjorn Borg, Ivan Lendl and Boris Gudas were in ITA events before turning professional.
"It also lets our kids see what competition all around the world is like. There are so many talented players over there. It's like a professional training ground."
"The biggest difference is in discipline." Hayes said. "The kids in Europe set their goals as to what they want to do as a tennis player and dedicate themselves to it. They are very disciplined as a whole. We have some kids like that in the United States, but
Hayes said there were noticeable differences between the up-and-coming players of the team and those from last year.
not as many."
"The Swedish team is known for its great coaching." Hayes said. "But they are also very private. They practice on courts surrounded by a grave of trees so you couldn't be as going on. So I actually climbed up in a tree so I could get a look at the practice."
While in Europe, Hayes got a chance to pick up some different coaching techniques, although watching other squads' sessions wasn't always easy.
Because Hayes met many foreign players during the tour, he was able to tell them what they were playing and what went wrong.
Benefits already can be seen in this year's recruiting class. Eveline Hanens, a freshman from the Netherlands and Elba Pinoa, an Italian with Rico, signed on to play at Kansas this year.
"I don't usually recruit kids from other countries," Haves said. "But there are
players all over the world who don't want to play professionally right now. They still want to play tennis, but they want to get an education, too. I want to offer them that."
During the tour, the tournaments were strictly for individual competition, and no team form existed. The highest finish for each team was determined by the semifinals of a West German tournament.
With players competing almost daily, Hayes didn't have much time for sightseeing.
"we've brought in some new faces and feel like things are going real well right now!"
Even though the physical and mental strains of the tour took their toll on Hayes, he said he was ready and eager to start the new season at Kansas.
"We had someone play most of the time, and as coach I always wanted to be there," Hayes said. "The last day in Paris I was able to watch," he continued, but I was so tired I finalized my give up."
"We're setting some lofty goals. We're looking to be in contention for the Big Eight."
Hayes said. "I believe this will be the strongest team KU has ever seen. Our schedule is one of the toughest in the motion, so we to break through we have to play the best.
Because he wants to achieve those high goals, Hayes decided to give up coaching the junior team in the future to devote his full time to training. He said he the said tour was one he would remember.
"Tennis is a worldwide sport," Hayes said. "It is something that can cross barriers. On the tour, they've had it well." He paused as Kuwait. If they would have been paired against each other, officials on both sides wouldn't have let them play. But the team would get together, and they ended up friends.