University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, October 24.1978
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Dribblin' drill
Enthusiasm shines among giants
Kathy Patterson, whose enthusiasm has been called "contagious," transferred to Kansas from Hutchinson Community College. At $3, the shortest player on the team, she finds "shorty" jokes inescapable but promises to be the one laughing after the season starts.
By NANCY DRESSLER
Associate Sports Editor
Kathy Patterson are used to jokes told by tall people about their shorter counterparts, especially jokes that poke fun at short basketball players.
At 5-3, she is the shortest player on KU's basketball team.
"Everybody teaches me because I'm so
on-the team they call me 'Shock'
Short."
But a lack of height has not dampened the junior guard's enthusiasm, which Coach Craig will use to win.
The label seems to fit. Patterson constantly cheers on teammates through drills and calls encouragement when the队 close a session with weight training.
"The running will always be hard," she says. "But if you've got the enthusiasm, you can do it."
PATTERSON JOINS the Jayhawks after two seasons at Hutchinson Community College, where she proved that hustle can counter height. She led the team in assists and steals and also was one of three players who scored 12 points on 14 games for the Blue Dragons.
"I try to get the fast break going," she says. "Sometimes I pass too much instead of shooting. I worry about getting a good pass off."
"I think my speed will make up for it—a lot of hustle."
She hopes to counter shortness with hustle again this season.
Waiting to come to a university was a decision Patterson is glad she made. After graduating from Maize High School, she wasn't sure where she wanted to go, but she
knew she wasn't ready for "big-time ball" yet.
"I had a friend who played football at
"1"bard University. He was an All-America
player."
"He went to Hutch first. He liked it there. It's a nice school."
HIS SUCCESS prompted Patterson to test her abilities at the junior college level. She developed skills in teamwork and leadership.
"I don't regret going there first. Now I might get to play--mavbe."
"It was good experience and I had fun. I got to play there. If I would have come up here—were the juniors and seniors they had, were the seniors and seniors they had, freshman and soothborn years," she says.
She admits that Kansas has a lot of inducements—a tough schedule that includes top 10 calibre teams, a chance to travel and a chance to play what Patterson has looked forward to for a long time," big-time ball." "Washington contacted me at Hutch and asked me if I was interested in coming up around. I said sure," she says with a smile.
"She offered me a scholarship. I could hardly turn that down."
THE JAYHAWKS already have been billed as one of the top teams in the country this season. A poll by Street and Smith Publications ranked the Jayhawks eighth, an honor prompted by last year's season, with 41 percent. Women's National Invitational Tournament
This year's team will have more quickness and height than last year's.
"I think we'll fast break a lot of teams."
KU-Soviet tickets on sale soon
Tickets for an exhibition basketball game Nov. 20 between the Soviet national team and the Kansas Jayhawks will go on sale on Tuesday, April 16 in Welsh, KU ticket manager, said yesterday.
The tickets will be available to students with a KUID for $1 and to the general public for $5. Public tickets will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis, available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Students will be able to buy the tickets at the ticket office in the east lobby of Allen
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Putting herself to work on the court is not always motivated by a desire for team excellence, even though Patterson says that he does not want his people proving to disbelievers that short people
she says, "I'd say we'll go a long way as long as our attitude is good."
really can play "the" game.
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"When people find out I'm going to play basketball for KU, the first thing they say is, 'Would you like to play basketball?'
KU was hampered by injuries to some key players, and it took the Jayhawks four games to dispose of the Shockers, 15-13, 15-7, 13-15 and 15-10.
"My goal is to show them and prove to myself that if you get desire and work at
meeting of the season between the two teams. KU last played the Shockers in Lawrence in mid-October, when the Knicks picked up their first conference victory.
Wichita State also lost to KU in the Graceland Invitational this year.
After tonight's contest, which will include a junior varsity match, KU will not play again until Friday and Saturday when the championships in Robinson B gymnasium. Championships in Robinson B gymnasium.
Colorado will be the only Big eight team, not present at the Championships, a round robin tournament in which each team will play the other six teams in best-of-three决赛. Colorado will be the best record is declared champion. In case of a tie, one 10-point game will be played.
Southwest Missouri State, Texas-Arlington, Alabama, Illinois-Chicago Circle and Parade all had very little trouble beating KU in the tournament. KU won only 38 points against Wichita State is no stranger to the Jayhawks. Tonight will mark the third
KU had won nine of its last 10 matches before traveling to the Southwest Missouri State invitational last weekend. Playing against some of the top teams in the country the Jayhawks dropped their five matches, and now KU's overall record stands at 15-11-2.
Spikers to meet Wichita
The match will be crucial to the Jayhawks, who stand 1-1 in conference play and have only one conference match remaining after tonight.
After losing five matches in a row last weekend, the KU volleyball team will try to get its act together as the Jayhawks resume training. The Wichita State in Wichita at 6:30 p.m.
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