sw not bake尼斯 to ho ams isn't ek beote bat na in ii. II.zes bees beole Tuesday, January 23, 1979 University Daily Kansan 5 an ers ceed buld and after and on. edit Photo bv CHRIS TODD 'Wood' Lynette Woodard, $4 siphomore All-American, has had to handle being KU's top player and also the letters and gifts sent to her by fans who often are total strangers. Hot 'Hawks meet Wichita The women's basketball team, riding an eight game winning streak, could have trouble getting excited about its first conference against Wichita State University at Wichita. KU, 16-4, has not played the Shockers this season but the two teams have seen each other in action in the Shocker Classic, played earlier this month in Wichita. In that tournament, KU trounced West Texas State, 119-98, en route to winning the championship. The team won best Wichita State in a game for seven points in the eight-tteam tournament. The Jayhawks are coming off their Big Eight tournament title victory Saturday in Lincoln. "I don't want to say it'll be hard to get up." KU head coach Marian Washington said Monday. "But there no question it's difficult when you find yourself overwhelming a team to find a challenge to overcome." Woodard has to handle basketball, stardom Washington said she hoped to be able to play several players in tonight's game. KU's wide margins of victory in recent weeks are encouraging her bench and get every player on the court. By NANCY DRESSLER Statistics alone would indicate that Lynette Woodard did not have a good night in a basketball game against Missouri. It would have been a Big Eight tournament in Lincoln, Neb. Sports Editor Woodard, sophomore all-American, only scored 17 points, her weakest offensive showing yet this season and far below her 33-point-oer-game scoring average. But KU won the game for the tournament championship and to Woodward, that was all good. everytime we play, whether I score 17 or not, matter. "Woodard said yesterday before publication," he said. "I want to play my each game. You can play the score and say, 'Wow, she's a winner.'" Sports "But that was my best and I'm proud of it." WOODARD'S BEST this season has been enough to make her the team leader in every defensive and offensive category: assists, steals, blocked shots, scoring and she. She also has or shared the best individual performances by a KU player in each category. In Lincoln, she was again awesome, scoring 86 points and grabbing 32 rebounds to snare honors for most valuable player. She has earned that designation in two of the tournaments KU has played in this season. But stardom has not shown itself in the soft-spoken 6-1 Wichita native, even when unknown admirers bombard her with mail and requests. Woodard recalled one fan in particular, who wrote her last lesson after KU played at the Bowl. "Someone said he was in love," she said, "I didn't even know who it was." Another exuberant fan sent flowers to Woodard's mother as a Mother Da gift from her father. More recently, KU took second in the Queens Holiday Tournament in New York and a fan from Maryland apparently saw Woodard play. "I got a letter asking for a schedule and a picture," Woodard said. "He must have called the school because he had my address." The request is like many others. It comes from a total stranger. But Woodward said she didn't mind the mail, despite its volume at times. It wasn't her favorite part. KU should pay Moore full salary "I never talked to them. I don't even know them," Woodard said of the fans. "Yea, you know." Bud Moore is right when he says a contract is a contract. Moore, fired in November from his job as KU's head football coach, wants to settle the financial loose ends that linger from the firing and tie him to the University. KU wins Moore about $77,000 in salary for the two years that remained on his five-year salary. Moore thinks he deserves every cent. He does. But KU administrators, namely Bob Marcum, director of men's athletics, and Chancellor Ardy Diekhs, have not been willing to live up to their end of the contract. They have made two offers to Moore, both reportedly for less than the contracted amount, an offer he termed "considerably less" than what was called for by the contract. AS OF VESTERDAY, the former coach was still considering a second settlement Nancy Dressler --offer, made last week by Marcum and Dykes. But unless it is for the full amount as depicted in the contract, Moore should rejoin. A contract is a contract, a fact KU's administration has chosen to ignore. If money is their concern, administrators should be worrying about what Moore could do if the full amount is not offered—take the matter to the courts. Lawsuits are never easy or cheap and a suit between Moore and the University of Michigan is likely. has mentioned taking legal action but has veto to hire a lawyer. KU should be grateful, especially if legal efforts by other outcast Big Eight coaches to win the title are successful. TWO OF MOORE'S fellow coaches in the conference also were fired this season with two years remaining on their contracts and both have successfully waged legal battles for salaries owed them by their respective schools. Jim Stanley, former head coach at Oklahoma State University, lost his job in November amidst growing controversy about OSU's football program. When the university decided not to pay Stanley the full amount remaining on his contract, he arrested him and threatened to sue him. The university rented and agreed to pay him in full rather than fight it out in the courts. When CU administrators showed signs of an unwillingness to pay up, Mallory threatened to take legal action. Colorado then agreed to fulfill its financial obligations. KU should heed the actions of its fellow Big Eight schools. Those administrators apparently realized court action or even the threat of it would not be good for either their schools. The other Big Eight coach to lose his job this past year was Colorado's Bill Mallory. Moore has said he would prefer to avoid embarrassing the University by taking a different approach. "I would like very much to avoid any public controversy at all," Moore said. But the possibility of controversy doesn't seem to worry administrators, who have ignored the lead of their Colorado and Oklahoma State peers. Their actions could bring KU more legal hassles than it has bargained for and if Moore does go to court and wins, the outcome won't be unexpected. Big Eight basketball standings Iowa State's Andrew Parker, the Big Eight player of the week, jumped on top of conference scorers this week, averaging 24.9 points in four games. Only 12th last week, Parker hit 27 points against Colorado and 32 against Oklahoma State to rocket him to the leading scorer's slot. Big Eight Standings KU's Darrell Valentine hung on to first place in steals, averaging three per game. For all games, Valentine has 49,13 points, John McCullough from Oklahoma. High jumping Curtis Berry from Missouri kept his rebounding lead, increasing his average to 13.5. Conference W L All Games Oklahoma 3 1 11 6 Iowa State 3 1 11 7 Michigan 3 1 11 9 Kansas State 2 2 9 7 Nebraska 2 2 9 7 Colorado 1 3 11 5 Kansas 1 3 11 5 Oklahoma 1 3 11 Iowa State at Kansas; Kansas State at Oklahoma State; Missouri at Colorado; Oklahoma at Nebraska. Notre Dame still first, KU gone The Top Twenty teams in the Associated Press college basketball field, with first-place finishes. The top 19 twenty teams in the Associated Press college basketball league had first place players in parentheses for season records. 1. Notre Dame (9) 19-11 2. Virginia State (7) 14-12 3. Michigan State (2) 16-13 4. Indiana State (1) 15-13 5. Louisville (8) 15-3 6. UCLA (7) 18-9 7. Duke (7) 18-9 8. Illinois (6) 16-2 9. Louisiana State (6) 15-4 10. Ohio State (6) 16-4 11. Georgetown, D.C. (6) 14-2 12. Syracuse (6) 14-2 13. Marquette (6) 13-2 14. Texas A&M (6) 13-2 15. Arkansas (6) 13-1 16. Temple (6) 13-1 17. Tennessee (6) 14-3 18. Alabama (6) 11-4 19. Vanderbilt (8) 12-9 20. Linden St. (1) 14-1 The Top Twenty teams in the United Press International basketball roll with first place, notes in correspondence. 1. Notre Dame (35) 2. North Carolina (4) 3. Indiana State (2) 4. Missouri State 5. Louisville 6. Duke 7. UCLA 8. Illinois 9. Ohio State (1) 10. Louisiana State 11. Marquette 12. George Washington, D.C. 13. Syracuse 14. Texas A&M 15. Temple 16. Texas 17. Vanderbilt 18. Arkansas 19. N. Carolina State 20. 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