University Daily Kansan / Friday, November 16, 1990
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KU needs more size coach says of recruits
Bv Derek Simmons
Kansan sportswriter
Men's Basketball
"It's a good class for us, but we still need more size." Williams said yesterday. "The four players we've got are ranked in most people's top 100, but I'd rather wait until they get here and see what they can do."
The four players who signed with Kansas yesterday, the first day of the early signing period, are Greg Osterman, Sean Pearson and Calvin Rayford.
Oerstetag, a 7-foot-1 center from Duncanville, Texas, averaged 16.9 points and 15 rebounds a game during his junior season.
He has a better chance than the other signees to make an impact early next season, Williams said.
"If you look at our team, we have some people come back on the perimeter," he said. "It would be easier for a big man to step right in, but everything will be open. We'll have to wait for next year and see."
"Everybody says he's a couple of years down the road as far as maturity, but as long as he comes around in the next five years, I'll be happy."
Gurley, a 6-5 gear over Overland Park, averaged 21.3 points, 7.6 rebounds and 5.2 assists a game while leading Shawnee Mission South High School to the state championship last year.
"Greg Gurley is a good shooter, and he could be an excellent shooter." Williams said. "He can help us rebound as well as shoot and
'Hawks face AAU champs in tonight's basketball game
Bv Derek Simmons
Kansan sportswriter
Kansas basketball coach Roy Williams isn't too concerned about the possibility of losing to the AAU national champions from Flint, Mich., in tonight's exhibition game.
"They could come in and beat us, and it wouldn't have any bearing on our season," he said. "I watched Duke play Marquette and Arkansas play Vanderbilt on TV last night, and then I watched Arizona State last year. I didn't look at tapes of Flint AU."
Kansas will play the Flint, Mich., AIAU team at 7 tonight at all-In-One House. The Jayhawks out on the repair season Nov. 23 at Arizona State
Forward Mark Randall may not start tonight because of an eye injury he received Monday.
Williams said the exhibition was more for evaluating his team than beating the opponent.
"He went up for a rebound and Patrick Richley followed him in," Williams said. "Patrick's ebow was wide enough to break Patrick's ebow as tough as we thought."
"We've got to be more concerned about us than about them," he said. "I hope tonight the players will run my offense in the face and give up the easy lay-ups through the back door like we did last week. We didn't run well, execute, or show enough discipline last year."
"I hope we'll see better tonight."
pass."
Pearson, a 6-5, 198-pound guard/
forward from LaGrange Park, III,
averaged 23 points and 12 rebounds a
game while hitting 57 percent of his
shots from the floor during his junior
season.
"Lots of people would rather have somebody who is really athletic than somebody who is a great shooter." Williams said. "He's lost 33 pounds since the Nike summer camp, and I am not a fan of that. He can be able to step in and play for us."
Rayford, a 5.8 point guard from Milwaukee, Wis. averaged 15 points, 10 assists and five rebounds a game during his junior year.
"Calvin is very quick with the ball," Williams said. "He pushes the ball up the floor as quickly as anybody, and he's good defensively."
Kansas has two more of six scholarships available to award for next year, and Williams said he would offer all of them if the opportunities arose.
"I'd give up all six of them it
found people who could help us," he
said. "By signing these kids in the
fall, we're a step ahead of where we
have been. In the past we've had to
catch up in the spring."
"Somebody told me once that recruiting is like shaving. Take one day off, and it's noticeable."
Coach makes lineup changes following recent frustrations
Kansan sportswriter
By Chris Oster
After a disappointing road less to Missouri on Wednesday, Kansas volleyball coach Frankie Albizt decided to make major changes in the Jayhawks' starting lineup heading into a night against Colorado in Boulder.
Volleyball
Albiz said she had been frustrated lately by Kansas 'inconsistent play. That frustration increased with the Jayhawks' loss to Missouri, who had been winless in the Big Eight Conference since 1988.
"We've been shooting ourselves in the foot," she said. "We need to start playing up to our potential, win or lose. Then our confidence will have a chance to increase. The way we're lying is an emotional roller coaster."
The Jayhawks' new lineup features considerable youth. New starters Cyndee Kanabel and Shelby Larb both are freshmen. They join sophomore Daffey Delfoff and Jule Larkin, junior Mary Bella and senior Adrian Dowell.
Powell, who along with DeHoff has been a starter in most of Kansas' matches, has pushed her Big Eight Conference leading dig total to 378 for the year. That total already put her eight on the all-time conference list.
While Kansas has been inconsistent at times this season, the Jayhawks have won most of their important matches, including these needed to reach the Big Eight postseason tournament. A victory against Kansas State on Nov. 7 ensured such a berth.
"The thing that keeps sticking in my mind about last night and the whole season in general is that I can't get that upset with them because they have had to," Abitz said. "If I had to choose between a team that won the big ones and lost some it should have won, and a team that lost all the important ones, I would choose what I have, which is the fewest of two."
Tomorrow's match against Colorado does not mean anything as far as Kansas' standing in the conference is concerned, an important for the Jayhawks to play well.
the momentum into the tournament," she said. "We've got to forget about Missouri and focus on Colo. This will help us to our level of play to be successful."
Albiz said the Buffaloes, who are second in the conference with a 72 record, were a team Kansas should have success against.
"They play a system very similar to ours," she said. "We ought to be better against them than anyone else in the conference."
"If we can win this,we could carry
Colorado is led by sophomore hitter Tiffany杰达stadt, who is fourth in the conference in kills with 310, for an average of 3.33 per game.
On Sunday, Kansas closes its regular season with a match against Division II opponent Regis in Denver. Albizt said that although it was a smaller school, Regis had a strong volleyball program.
In the first meeting against Colorado, the Jayhawks had large leads in the second and third games but ended up losing in three games.
"They're tough," she said. "They're always in the top four in the Division II schools. They beat us last season, but we still cut out for us, even against them."
Game 11 1 p.m., Nov. 17, at Memorial Stadium
Coverage: The game at Memorial Stadium will be broadcast on KLZR 105.9 FM, KJHK 90.7 FM and KLWN 1320 AM.
ATS: Missouri leads the series 46-43-3, but Kansas hold a 19-14-3 edge in Lawrence. It is the longest series west of the Mississippi River, and the second longest nationally at 98 games. Last year, Kansas squeaked out a 46-44 victory in Columbia. Last week, Kansas lost to Nebraska 41-9 and Missouri was downed by Iowa State 27-25.
Old rivals will clash again as Kansas seeks 4th place
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By Rob Wheat
Kansan sportswriter
The rivalry between Kansas and Missouri is the oldest series in the nation west of the Mississippi, and its date as far back as the Civil War.
Football
Kansas first fought against Missouri on Aug. 21, 1963, when William Quantrill led a band of confederate cavalry in a battle that sacked Lawrence, burning the town.
A football rivalry developed in 1891. Until the early 1906s, the Jayhawks usually played the Tigers on Thanksgiving day, a day when many of the top national rivalries were played.
For years after, the Kansas game with Mizushi has been the regular season finale for both teams. This will be the situation tomorrow when he Jayhawks face the Tigers in a game that will decide if Kansas inishes in fourth place in the Big Sight Conference.
The last time Kansas finished fourth in the conference was six years ago under Coach Mike Gottfried.
For the past two years, it has been the visiting team that has won when the two teams met. In 1988, the Tigers came to Lawrence and beat the Jayhawks 55-17, and last year they beat the Tigers 46-44 in Columbia.
Kent Keiper broke a school single-game passing record after he threw for 444 yards. But Keiper suffered a season-ending shoulder injury in Oklahoma two weeks ago and must tomorrow's game from the sidelines.
Freshman quarterback Phil Johnson made his first career start last week against Iowa State and comeback rookie for 279 yards and three touchdowns.
Last season, Missouri quarterback
Johnson also ran for a touchdown this season and is supposed to be a more mobile quarterback than Johnson runs a 4.5-second 40-yard dash.
Kansas coach Glen Mason said he was worried about the kind of effect the freshman quarterback would have in Mizzou's offense. He said he knew what kind of athlete Johnson because Kansas tried to recruit him.
"He did a fine job against Iowa State and Oklahoma, and with Missouri's good receivers, they have really big-play potential." Mason said. "We have a young quarterback too, with Chip Hillary."
One of the Tiger quarterback's favorite receivers is Linzy Collins. As Missouri's top receiver, Collins has touches on three touchdowns this season
Mason said he also was worried about tight Tim Bruton, a Playboy pre-season All-American, who has caught 29 passes for 333 yards.
and is a strong blocker.
The biggest blocker the Tigers have is Russ "the Bus" McCullough. McCullough is a 6-foot-9, 320-pound man who transferred to Missouri from Alabama.
Missouri's greatest concern is its defense. They have a rushing defense ranked 102nd out of 106 Division I football teams.
Opponents have gained an average 440.3 yards offense a game against the Tigers, who rank last in defense in the conference.
The Missouri ticket office expects Tiger fans to invade Lawrence tomorrow and has sold 900 tickets already. Dan Arn, a Kansas City, Mo., junior who attends Missouri, said he hoped to attend the game.
Arst said that Missouri students felt a great rivalry against Kansas and that they wanted revenge for last year's defeat.
Bragging rights are on the line, Arst said, and that is important to the students because many Tiger fans attend who also attend the University of Kansas.
Arst said there still were many differences between the two schools that left him wondering about some of the Javhawk traditions.
"We were totally laughing in disbelief at that Jayhawk chant that you guys do before the game, when you guys go into some kind of trance." Arst said. "We kind of make fun of Kansas here, but it's all done in fun."
Jayhawks' poor first-half play allows Australian victory
Kansas guard Stacy Truitt drives for a basket past Australian player Allison Cook.
By Juli Watkins
Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas women's basketball team let the Australian Junior National队 slip by but managed to finish with the closest score the Australian team has seen on its American tour.
Australia led at the end of the first half 36-22, and the score reflected the Jahwynks' sloppiness and general lack of ball control. The percentage was 4.7 compounded to in Kansas, 72 percent.
The Australian team, which came to Kansas with a 5-0 record, won the game 38-55. The team, which is sponsored by British Petroleum and is based in Washington, defeated Wyoming 71-33, Colorado State 84-49, Colorado 77-66, Nebraska 85-64 and Creighton 70-55. The team is on a 12-game, 17-day tour.
Kansas coach Marian Washington said the Jayhawks improved as the game progressed. Kansas' shooting percentage was 48.3 in the second half.
"I think that the second half is closer to what we've been seeing in our practices," Washington said. "I am very pleased that we played the second half a lot better."
After the halftime break, Kansas bounced back to outscore the Australians 14-4 in the first half.
Six-foot-1 sophomore forward Misti Chen ntied the tassel at 40 with 11:18 to go in the game. Until then, the Australian team had led by six points and was trailing the lead, scoring six points in the next minute.
The Jayhawks managed to finish only three points down after a three-point shot by junior guard Jake Foster.
Washington attributed the Jayhawks' poor performance in the first half to first-game
Chennault, who was the Jayhawks' leading score with 20 points, said, "We were real nets in this game."
But she said the team's play in the second half was loose — "more like we're used to play."
The Jayhawks were outdone in the height category. Three of the Australian starters were taller than 6 feet. Sophomore center Lisa Tate, 6-3, was the only Jayhawk starter over six feet, and was up against Jenny Whittle, the 6-5 center for the Australian team.
Washington said the Australian team would not stand out in the Bie Fight.
"I think that if they played in the Big Eight, they'd out put very quick." she said.
Kansas faces the Alumni team in another exhibition game at 1 p.m. Sunday at Allen Field
Washington said the team was not where she wanted it to be at this point in the season. But she said she felt the team could be as good as last year's team.
The international style used by the Australian team is much more physical than is allowed in the conference. Washington said the Australians had an advantage because of the leniency of the officials, especially in the first half.
Regular season play starts with the Amana Classic, Nov. 21-24 in Iowa City, Iowa. Kansas' first-round opponent will be Louisiana State. The NCAA tournament is qualified for the NCAA tournament last season.
1. Notre Dame
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TOP 20, Nov. 16
1. Notre Dame
2. Colorado
3. Miami
4. Texas
5. Georgia Tech
6. Florida
7. Virginia
8. Florida State
9. Washington
10. Brigham Young
11. Houston
12. Nebraska
13. Tennessee
14. Iowa
15. Mississippi
16. Clemson
17. Michigan
18. Penn State
19. Louisville
20. Southern Miss
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