12 Friday, January 18, 1980 University Daily Kansan You must have a college ID to buy a ticket Book Packs - wide selection of sturdy, versatile bags from wilderness Experience and East-Pak. - Bring this ad for a 10% discount on a bag until Feb. 15th. 7th and Arkansas (4) Blocks North of Stadium 843-3328 'Hawks out to even league record By MIKE EARLE Sports Editor inconsistency has played the Jayhawks this season. Just when it appeared they had lost, the team fell back with a 646-96 win over 148-ranked Missouri, they fizzled with disappointing road losses against Iowa State and Nebraska, dropping their record to 12 in conference play and 7-7. Although fans are beginning to grumble about KU's record, team members are a long way from pushing the panic button. KU's roller-coaster basketball team rides the Allen Field House tomorrow to nightmare in an underappreciated game against the Kansas State Wildcats. Tippoff is at 7:4 p.m. The game is sold out, but will be available on Friday. "I THINK GOOD TEAMS peak at the right time," said KU forward David Magley. "Michigan State lost five games before the Big 10 season ever startled last year and nobody expected them to win the national championship. "They panked at the right time. I still feel that we have a very good team and can go a long way." If the Jayhawks are to go a long way, a win against K-State might be the spark that ignites them. K-Station brings a 12-3 overall record and a 24 Big eight提名 into the context. The team has won 9 of its 10 games, Rolando Blackman, who scored 29 points against LaMarcina last year in a losing effort. "Kansas State has good speed and quickness. In addition they have fine outside shooting. I am very much impressed with them. This may be one of their better teams in recent years. I know it is going to take 40 aggressive and intense play to beat them." "THEY ARE PLAYING very well as a队, KU coach Ted Owens said of the Wildcats: "Skipping Rolando Blackman they are receiving good contributions from several people, including their bench. I don't mean to sound like a broken record, but rebounds will be a key for us. We must respectively on defense and control the boards. K-Sate won both games last season, winning 96-49 in Manhattan with a school record of 70 percent field goal shooting. The team had a 75 percent graduation last year, combined for 58 points. IN THEIR 2ND confrontation, K-State came from behind to win a 88-6 thriller in Lawrence. Ed Nealy's two second states capture the victory. Despite KU's sputtering start this season, junior forward John Crawford sees better times coming for the Hawks. He has put the last two road losses behind him. "IT'S HARD TO come back to Lawrence after losing, "Crawford said. "We just have to and try come back. We don't get down on ourselves that would just make things worse. I want to be around for us. There's no place else to go." Although KU appears to have the better team on paper, Crawford said superior talent won't decide the game. "The game isn't going to come down to which team has the best players," he said. "We'll just say, we'll come down to who executes the best. I sincerely think our guys want to really go out and play. I wish we could pinpoint our best players, and work hard and the victories will come." KL LEADS the series between two the Bighorns, which came off a side edge since the 1958-59 season, when the Big Eight was formed. The Wildcats have won four Division I titles and an overall margin over K-State at Allen Field House. 1/2 Price Sale Don't wait for Spring! Brighten up your home or apartment now with cacti and succulents from Pence Garden Centers. Sale ends Tuesday, January 22. - HUNDREDS TO CHOOSE FROM • PRICES FROM $1.49 - $20.00 Kivisto quits coaching; begins new career By PATTI ARNOLD Sports Writer "When I got out of KU, sports was never a part of my thinking," he said yesterday. "I never wanted to make it my living." Avo restores recently resigned his three-fold job as KU's men's and women's tennis coach and assistant director of the Williams Fund to accept a position as a purchasing representative with the Koch Company, a crude oil purchasing company based in Tom Kivisto was the tennis coach who never meant to be a coach. "I needed a different type of challenge," Kivisto said. "Business can take you a lot of places. This is many careers in one." Kivisto graduated from KU in 1974, and began coaching the women's teamism the next year. He originally planned a team that did not work out, he turned to sports. "MY WHILE FAMILY is in sports," he said. "My father and brother are coaches. I didn't want to get into sports, but it seemed natural." Kivisto was a natural basketball player, an ability that carried him to a scholarship at the University of Kentucky. He played as a player for KU's Big Ten team and played player twice and was a first-team all-Big Eight selection his senior year, the same year KU made it to the National Collegiate Athletic Association for four years. "My heart was in athletics, but my biggest love is basketball," he said. "I love tennis, but like any sport, coaching funnels that way. With tennis, I was involved with the kids." Kivisto said his decision to leave KU was mainly based on a reassessment of his values. "I had to decide what the important thing was and my marriage was the most important to me," he said. "It's tough to be a strong family man and a head coach. He have make great sacrifices in sports, both for himself and his team. I could be happy in a lifetime of sports." KIVISTO COULD POSSIBLY have had that life in professional basketball. He was drafted by the Carolina Cougars, an old American Basketball Association team. Kisista's duties at KU were him busy all day, with meetings, conferences, practice, meets and traveling around the state to meet prospective contributors to KU. "I like long hours and I like working hard, but if you're going to do a good job, you need to be interested in the promotion. I had no interest in being an athletic director at the company." Even though Kiviste knew he wanted out of athletics, he said the hardest part of his decision was the effect it would have on the players he coached. "THE CLOSENESS IAD with the teams apt me a year longer than I would have changed," she said. "The kids I recruited. Things change, and the kids knew that. The hardest thing was Kiviste never played collegiate tennis, but he coached the KU women's team to the Big Eight championship last year. The men won all seven games, Hasking was the conference singles champ. Attention Kivisto said his involvement with the players was important and a factor that swayed him from athletics. "When you get out of coaching and into administration, you're not one-on-one with the players anymore," he said. Call the Jayhawker Yearbook now to set up an appointment Student Organizations The relationship between Kivisto and his players was expressed by Chet Collier, the men's team captain. "WE ALL LOVE TOM, and we wished him all the luck in the world," he said. Guo Zhong Zai Chi for your group picture. Literally, these characters mean "eat in China." Most people probably don't realize that "China" is actually an ancient word that means "China." If you never tried Chinese food you are missing out. Chinese restaurants food values in town. Try the delicious seafood, beef, pork and poultry dishes for lunch or dinner at the Cathay restaurant. Visit Cathay and see for yourself. Call 864-3728 Kivisto said even though he was ready to leave coaching, he would miss sports. "I sure, I'll miss sports. I'll always want to be around it, but in a different way," he said. Holiday Plaza—2500 Iowa 842-4976 A replacement for Kivisto has not been named, but sources close to the team said Bill McGowen, a tentra pro from the Kansas area, is the leading candidate for the job. The Cathay Restaurant Weekdays: Lunch 1:2-30 Dinner 4:30-10 Open seven days a week (Peter Sellers and Woody Allen as 007!) 7:00 and 9:30 p.m. --presented by KU Science Fiction and Fantasy Assn. —partially funded by Student Senate CASINO ROYALE Dyche Aud.—tickets: $1.25 Fri., Jan. 18 and Sat., Jan. 19 --please contact the Student Assistance Center, 121 Strong Enter Today ... - Backgammon SUA Tournament Saturday and Sunday, January 19 and 20 - Bowling - Foosball - Billards - Chess - Table Tennis STUDENT UNION ACTIVITIES - Frisbee $1.50 entry fee Deadline: 5 p.m. TONIGHT SUA Office - Kansas Union 864-3477 Energy Efficient Study Study Skills Programs January Schedule January 28 6:30 to 8:30 Time Management and Test Taking January 30 6:30 to 8:30 Textbook Reading and Note Taking (Location: Jayhawk Room, Kansas Union) Rapid Reading The first session begins January 21. Registration is required. Additional programs will be held throughout the semester. 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