Tuesday, November 14, 2000
The University Daily Kansan
Section A·Page 7
Sports
Shockers still hopeful, despite rank
The Associated Press
WICHITA, Kan. — First-year Wichita State basketball coach Mark Turgeon understands why his Shockers are picked last in the Missouri Valley Conference — but he doesn't see them as a last-place team.
The Shockers were ninth last season in the 10-team league and lost their best player, Jason Perez, the 1997 MVC freshman of the year. But Turgeon expects steady progress from his 12-17 team.
"I've been pleasantly surprised at the skill level of our players," said Turgeon, who played at Kansas and
coached at Jacksonville (Ala.) State before moving to Wichita. "We know that our
national perception is not great, but right now there is a lot of hope and optimism."
The Shockers open the regular season at home against Kansas State on Tuesday, Nov. 21.
"There's a lot of competitiveness on our team," center Willie Davis said. "The players all want to turn this around."
Turgeon will count heavily on
seniors Troy Mack, O.J. Robinson and Michael Phillips, and junior Craig Steven, Terrell Benton and Davis.
"When I got here all I heard was how the post players weren't that good," Turgeon said. "That's not what I found. All five of our post players have been doing well, especially Trov."
Newcomers include C.C. McFall, who led Southeastern of Iowa to the national junior college championship last season, and Duke Tshomba, a native of Brussels, Belgium, who played at Santa Monica, Calif., Junior College.
"I think the new players are going to surprise some people," Benton said. "I'm fully confident in the players that Coach Turgeon brought in here."
While Turgeon says nothing would make him happier than to beat Kansas State Tuesday and Oklahoma State on Wednesday, Dec. 6, he knows it will take some time and patience before the Shockers win regularly.
"We have a lot of versatility which means we can go big, slow or fast," he said. "It is a comfortable feeling as a coach, but it's going to take time for us to figure all of it out."
Martinez wins second Cy Young award
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — Pedro Martinez became the first pitcher to win the American League Cy Young award unanimously in consecutive years.
Martinez, who has won three Cy Youngs in the past four seasons, received all 28 votes for 140 points in voting released yesterday by the Baseball Writers'
Association of America.
"I'm really honored and flattered to be chosen unanimously as the winner." Martinez said. "It is equally special and equally important to last year."
Oakland's Tim Hudson finished second with 54 points, getting 16 seconds and six thirds. David Wells of Toronto was third with 46 points, followed by Andy Pettitt of the Yankees (7)
and Detroit's Todd Jones (3).
This was just the fourth time a pitcher won outright back-to-back Cy Young Awards in the AL. Roger Clemens, the pitcher Martinez replaced in Boston, did it in 1968-67 with the Red Sox and 1997-98 for Toronto. Jim Palmer won in 1975-76 for Baltimore.
Detroit's Denny McLain won the Cy Young in 1969
Martinez went 18-6 with a 1.74 ERA—nearly two runs better than Clemens' second-best AL mark of 3.70. It was the lowest ERA by an AL starter since Luis Tiant's 1.60 ERA in 1968.
to the wins from last year. I haven't compared the numbers."
"This is equally as good a season, maybe better," Martinez said. "There are other things that contribute
Last year, Martinez went 23-4 with a 2.07 ERA to become only the fourth pitcher to win the AL Cy Young Award unanimously. He also joined Gaylord Perry and Randy Johnson as the only pitchers to win the honor in each league. Martinez won it in 1997 for Montreal.
Weary Chiefs knocked down by young 49ers
The Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO — As Jim Mora rebuilt the San Francisco 49ers defense during the last two seasons, the defensive coordinator begged fans for patience with his young, raw players.
For one day at least,he waited no longer.
Spearheaded by Lance Schulters' vicious hits and a pass rush led by Bryant Young, the defense played
its best game in nearly a year,
helping San Francisco beat the
Kansas City Chiefs 21-7 on Sunday.
"We've been (waiting) to see this since draft day." Mora said.
Charlie Garner rushed for 102 yards and a touchdown, and Jeff Garcia threw for 244 yards and ran for two more scores helping the 49ers (3-8) snap their five-game losing streak and knock the Chiefs (5-5) even further behind Oakland in the AFC West race.
Improbably, San Francisco's defense — the league's worst in six statistical categories — dominated Kansas City's offense, which managed just 290 yards. The Chiefs had scored 109 points in their past three games, and passed for a team-record 504 yards last week against the Raiders.
Young had two critical sacks in the fourth quarter for the 49ers, who hadn't held a team to seven points since the Atlanta Falcons,
next week's opponent, managed just one TD on Dec. 12, 1999.
The Chiefs gained just 107 yards in the first half and needed Donnell Bennett's 1-yard TD run with 6:27 left to avoid being shut out.
"When you start the game and you don't get that really good feeling, you get a little bit worried about it," Chiefs coach Gunther Cunningham said. "I just don't feel like we're clicking, and we certainly didn't today."
Miami, Florida State switch poll positions
The Associated Press
No debate this week. Miami moved ahead of Florida State into second place in the Bowl Championship Series standings.
Miami (0-1), with its 35-7 victory against Pittsburgh (5-4), moved ahead of Florida State by 48 points.
Oklahoma (9-0), with its come-from-behind 35-31 victory against Texas A&M, remained first in the standings that determine who plays in a national title game, while Florida State (10-1) fell to third after a less-than-dominating 35-6 win against Wake Forest (1-8).
For two weeks, Oklahoma,
Miami and Florida State were 1-2-3
in the AP media poll and the USA
Today'ESPN coaches polls.
More changes are coming next week after Florida (9-1), fourth in the BCS standings, plays at Florida State Saturday.
The teams that finish 1-2 in the final BCS standings, which will be released Sunday, Dec. 3, will play in a national title game in the Orange Bowl on Wednesday, Jan. 3. The standings are based on a formula that incorporates the AP poll plus the coaches' poll, eight computer rankings, schedule strength and number of losses.
The BCS was created two years ago to come up with a national title game without instituting a playoff. After the top two teams are decided, the remaining BCS games select from the remaining pool of qualified teams.
BCS STANDINGS
BCS standings through games up to Nov. 11
| rank | team | AP | U-E | Poll Avg. | Comp Avg. | Schedule Str Rank | L | Total |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 1. Oklahoma | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 13 | 0.52 | 0 | 2.52 |
| 2. Miami | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 3.14 | 5 | 0.20 | 1 | 6.34 |
| 3. Florida St. | 3 | 3 | 3.0 | 2.14 | 17 | 0.68 | 1 | 6.82 |
| 4. Florida | 4 | 4 | 4.0 | 4.14 | 12 | 0.48 | 1 | 9.62 |
| 5. Washington | 6 | 5 | 5.5 | 6.86 | 2 | 0.08 | 1 | 13.44 |
| 6. Virginia Tech | 7 | 7 | 7.0 | 7.43 | 15 | 0.60 | 1 | 16.03 |
| 7. Oregon | 5 | 6 | 5.5 | 9.43 | 27 | 1.08 | 1 | 17.01 |
| 8. Nebraska | 10 | 10 | 10.0 | 5.57 | 9 | 0.36 | 2 | 17.93 |
| 9. Oregon St. | 8 | 8 | 8.0 | 7.71 | 43 | 1.72 | 1 | 18.43 |
| 10. Kansas St. | 9 | 9 | 9.0 | 7.29 | 34 | 1.36 | 1 | 19.65 |
| 11. Notre Dame | 11 | 11 | 11.0 | 12.57 | 8 | 0.32 | 2 | 25.89 |
| 12. Mississippi St. | 13 | 13 | 13.0 | 11.00 | 21 | 0.64 | 2 | 26.84 |
| 13. Ohio St. | 12 | 12 | 12.0 | 12.86 | 29 | 1.16 | 2 | 28.02 |
| 14. Texas | 14 | 15 | 14.5 | 14.86 | 92 | 3.68 | 2 | 35.04 |
| 15. Texas A&M | 21 | 23 | 22.0 | 12.86 | 19 | 0.76 | 3 | 38.62 |
Explanation Kev
Poll Average — The average of the Associated Press media poll and USA Today ESPN coaches poll. Responses are calculated in order mentioned.
Computer Average — The average of Richard Billingley, Durk Indelik, Kenneth Massey, New York Times, David Rohlman, Josagna, Matthew/Scripps Howard and the Hester & Anderson/Seattle Times, rankings. The computer component will be determined by averaging the seven highest computer rankings. The lowest computer position will be determined.
Schedule Rank — Rank of schedule strength compared to other Division I teams divided by 25. The component is calculated by determining the cumulative loss/worst records of the team's opponent (66.6 percent) and the cumulative loss/worst records of the team's opponent's opponents (33.3 percent).
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