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Inside: Division II North Dakota will have a tough time matching up against Kansas but is still excited to play.
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Jayhawks try to end with a win
Allen knows what role his team is playing heading into its final game with nothing else to look forward to. Meanwhile, its opponent, Iowa State, has the satisfaction of knowing its season is not complete.
"It's been a glass-slipper year for them," Allen said. "I guess we've had the pumpkin."
When Kansas (4-6, 2-5 Big 12 Conference) plays Iowa State at 1 p.m. tomorrow in Ames, Iowa, it will mark the third year in a row that Kansas is playing for nothing in its finale.
The Jayhawks have not been to a bowl game since 1905, and the last time Kansas played its final game with a reason to win was 1997, when the Jayhawks needed a victory at Texas to become bowl-eligible.
Iowa State (73, 4-3 Big 12) likely will go to a bowl game for the first time since 1978, regardless of the outcome of this game. Kansas has said all the right things about this game: It wants to show pride, to have a better record and a better chance at recruiting this off-season.
"It's always easier to recruit when you're winning." Allen said.
That has made this year all the more difficult because Iowa State has been winning and Kansas has not. Allen thinks the two teams are very similar. For one, Allen and Cyclones coach Dan McCarney are close friends, having grown up together in Iowa
City, Iowa. The two teams run similar offensive plays and have nearly identical defensive philosophies.
"It hurts because we think that could be us," said senior quarterback Dylen Smith. "It could be the other way around."
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The Cyclones may have the glass slipper, but they've also had the benefit of a bigger shoe to work with — a little more room for error. Surely the Jayhawks shattered their hopes of a fairy-tale season by losing the opener at Southern Methodist. What was supposed to be a sure victory left Kansas 0-1 and struggling to break even the rest of the season. Assuming Kansas won in Dallas and every other game had the same outcome, the Jayhawks would be playing for a possible bowl berth tomorrow.
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Boschee to revisit past as 'Hawks battle Sioux
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By Michael Rigg
sports@kansas.com
Kansas sportswriter
And the familiar faces won't just be in the stands, either. Jeff
"There are some pretty big Kansas followers in Valley City because of Jeff," said Jeff Colvenson, Valley City, N.D., resident. "But there will be some tree rooting against them, tomorrow, too, since they are playing North Dakota."
So tonight, when Mike Boschee's alma mater and Jeff Boschee's Jayhawks battle at Allen Fieldhouse, it's not only a big deal in eastern Kansas, but eastern North Dakota, as well.
Indeed, the entire state is wrapped up in Boschee mania. Both Valley City and the University of North Dakota chartered buses to Kansas to check out their native son take on their native team. Next season, when Kansas travels to North Dakota to take on the Fighting Sioux, the University will move from its usual basketball arena to the football team's domed stadium to handle all the ticket requests.
Kansas will play North Dakota at 7 p.m. at Allen Fieldhouse.
Tonight, Jeff Boschee's past will return to visit him in Lawrence.
North Dakota was where Mike Boschee and his younger brother Jeff grew up around basketball together. That's where both would become stars for the local high school, albeit 12 years apart. And that's where both would move onto college basketball, Mike Boschee to Division II North Dakota where he graduated in 1990, and Jeff Boschee to national powerhouse Kansas.
Yes, it will be more warm fuzzies than cold shoulders tonight, when the memories will flow for Jeff Boschee.
"I don't really think it was that big a thing to turn down the University of North Dakota to come to Kansas," Jeff Boschee said. "It's a pretty logical choice."
"Jeff was a big Sioux fan," Glass said. "I remember him running in the bleachers with my son at our games. Unfortunately for us, he got too good and couldn't come to
"We knew he had the offer to go to a major college." Glas said. "Then he went to Nike Camp the summer before his senior year of high school, and it was all over for us. But we're extremely excited for Jeff."
North Dakota coach Rich Glas said the feeling was mutual. Although Glas gladly would have had Jeff Boschee on his team, he knew Boschee could do better.
Bosche played with Sioux guard Tom Jacobson on a summer league team, and he played against some of the other North Dakota players while in high school.
"I don't think I'll get emotional," Jeff Boschee said. "But it'll be fun to play against all of the guys I played against when I was in high school and see how much they improved."
Jeff Boschee could have been teammates with those same players, but both he and North Dakota coach Rich Glas thought Jeff Boschee's move to Kansas was a logical choice. Considering the Fighting Sioux are a Division II school, and Jeff Boschee was a McDonald's All-American coming out of high school, the marriage didn't make much sense to either side.
Jeff Boschie shares the memories. "Me and my brother were really close, and we got to every home game and every away game that we possibly could," Boschie said.
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Jeff Boschee shares the memories.
"I don't really think they're too worried about North Dakota, really," Jeff Boschee said.
With his knowledge of North Dakota, Jeff Boschee would be a natural scout of the Sioux. But he said his teammates weren't exactly banging down his door to gain an edge.
Kansas basketball notes
Apparently, the Jayhawks' Big 12 Conference opponents don't have a very high opinion of coach Roy Williams. In Sports Illustrated's college basketball preview, which hit newstands yesterday, one player from each team in the conference was asked which coach he would least like to play for. The winner, with 25 percent of the vote, was Williams.
"He's overrated," one unidentified player told the magazine. "He had a team one year that had six first- and second-round picks, and he hasn't won a championship yet."
The winner of the opposing coach players would most like to play for was Missouri's Quin Snyder. Kansas also lost out on the "toughest place to play" category. That honor went to Oklahoma State's Gallagher-Iba Arena.
Edited by J. R. Mendoza
Junior guard Jeff Boschee shoots over a St. Johns defender. Boschee will play in front of many residents of his home town tonight as Kansas faces North Dakota. Photo by Craig Bennett/KANSAN
Injuries plague centers on women's team
By Zac Hunter
sports@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
Kansan sportswriter
The starting lineup of the Kansas women's basketball team will most likely change from week to week, and the position that is most hotly contested is center.
Juniors Kristin Geoffroy and Nikki White are batting each day in practice for playing time. Junior Dalchon Brown also is in the mix for time, but a back injury has kept her on the sidelines for the first part of the season. Brown played only five minutes in the first exhibition game against the Basketball Travelers.
She also said some days her ankle felt
"It won't keep me out of games," White said.
"She didn't have a chance to show everything she has," coach Marian Washington said.
White started against the Travelers, but she played only 13 minutes because of an ankle problem. In those 13 minutes, White grabbed three rebounds and
Now, fixing that problem has led to another. White adjusted the way she runs and jumps to accommodate her knee, and that has led to problems with her ankle. However, she said the difficulties with her ankle would not be as bad as the those she had with her knee.
The ankle soreness is a result of White's knee problems. Off-season surgery for cartilage under the kneecap caused her to miss the entire 1998-99 season. White has had seven surgeries, but she said the last major operation fixed the knee.
scored only one point, but Washington said she was happy.
"We've got to see how she's responding," Washington said. "She ran well and she got off her feet."
better than others.
"My knee is doing a lot better than last year," she said.
Despite Geoffroy's 16 points being a far cry from the 2.7 she averaged last season, she and the rest of the frontcourt know it can get better.
Although White got the start, it was Geoffroy that stole the show off the bench. She finished with 16 points in 23 minutes.
"If Kristin Geoffroy keeps playing the way she is playing, it will be fun," Washington said.
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"As soon as a couple of us get more consistent, we are going to be dominating the paint." Geoffroy said.
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White said that Geoffroff pushed her in practice every day and that the best way to maximize the talent at center was for both players to get minutes.
"We both have different strengths, and Coach is going to combine them." White added.
Rainfall
Location | Height | Year | PPG | RPG
F | Brooke James | 6:0 | senior | 8.0 | 6.0
F | Jackyn Johnson | 6:1 | junior | 21.0 | 10.0
C | Nikki White | 6:3 | junior | 1.0 | 3.0
G | KC-Hiligampk | 5:10 | junior | 7.0 | 1.0
G | Jennifer Jackson | 5:11 | senior | 2.0 | 1.0
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Grambling State
Poe. Name      Ht. Year     PPG RPG
F. Chovanique Kibble 6-10 soph. 2.9
F. Shrieke Evans 5-10 soph. 15.0 2.0
C. Kimberly Raney 6-2 soph. 2.0 2.0
G. Veronika Marks 5-4 soph. 11.0 1.4
G. Natalie Thomas 5-9 junior 14.0 3.0
Amanda Kaschube
sports@kansan.com
Dating policy, crushing bones will make XFL raging success
Maybe it's the sudden drop in the temperatures or maybe it's a lack of lovin' in my life, but I wanna fight.
There was Jake "The Snake" Roberts, Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka, the Rockers. They were around when wrestling was real. No wimpy characters such as The Rock, who has to stage his every move. I wanna jump in the ring and not know what's going to happen. I wanna see someone get their head torn off, and preferably not mine.
I don't want just to slap someone either. I want to be the main event on Smackdown on Thursday nights. I can hold my own in the wrestling ring — I used to catch World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling events when I was younger.
there's no such thing as a fair catch and there's no kicking an extra-point.
So that's why I'm excited about the XFL, the new football league created by WWF mastermind Vince McMahon and NBC. It's more hard-core than the NFL — there's no such thing as a fair catch game — in kicking an extra-point
Lawrence Taylor, dig out your cleats.
The XFL could eat the NFL for lunch.
Granted, some of its players might have served jail time, and yes, Dick Butkus is the director of football competition. We all have our flaws.
But with better announcers, a fun dating policy and inventive names reminiscent of BASEketball, I put my reputation behind the success of the new league. But I also sat through an entire Spice Girls concert, so I may be a little off-base.
The voices
ABC has Dennis Miller. FOX has Jimmy Kimmel and Jay Mohr. But NBC will soon bring "The Body" back to primetime. Announced yesterday, Jesse Ventura will venture out of the governor's mansion and into the football broadcast booth. If you think Miller makes no sense, wait until you hear Ventura wax poetically about the origin of the touchdown.
It could be worse — remember the tag-team duo of Isiah Thomas and Doug Collins in the NBA finals? Scary.
Ventura's loud-mouth mentality will bring flair to the XFL, as if the league needs to attract any more attention. But politicians in Minnesota aren't so thrilled. They think it will detract from his time spent delegating. But if I had a choice between bloodshed or a transportation board meeting, I'd take the gridiron any day.
Sure, I watch NFL games for the spiral passes and tight white pants just like any other girl. But every girl likes a good soap opera, and the XFL knows it.
Unlike other owners who frown upon players dating the cheerleaders, McMahon will encourage his players and cheerleaders to form a happy union. all for higher ratings.
"We're going to have three or four of them surround our announcers," McMahon said. "Then, when the quarterback fumbles or the wideout drops a pass—and we know who he's dating—I want our reporters right back in her face on the sidelines demanding to know whether the two of them did the wild thing last night."
If that's not genius, I don't know what is.
The teams
The Chicago Enforcers, Las Vegas Outlaws, the Orlando Rage — names that ooze bone-crushing fun. Take your kids, buy them their own Memphis Maniax stuffed animal. It's more fun than watching paint dry.
Sure, the Minnesota Vikings sound scary. And the Cleveland Browns are just a color. But the Los Angeles Xtreme are Xciting!
Although I don't think they'll be letting any girls on the teams, I can live vicariously through the league when it starts in February.
Now. I just need some booty.
Kaschube is a Fossamoor, Ill., senior in
Journalism.
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