Sports Friday, Nov. 22, 1985 13 University Daily Kansan 'Hawks to face Pepperdine By Chris Lazzarino Sports editor The preseason buildup is over for the Kansas basketball team. The midnight scrimmage, the rout of the best team from the entire country of Czechoslovakia, preseason predictions that ranged from No. 2 in the country to No. 3 in the Big Eight Conference — it's all in the past. In the present — at 10 p.m. CST tonight — is the first round of the Big Apple NIT at McNichols Arena in Denver. The Jayhawks play Pepperdine, which is preceded by Washington against Texas-El Paso at 8 p.m. The Big Apple tournament does not count on the season limit of 28 games but will be counted on the teams' season records. The KU-Pepperdine game will be televised beginning at 10:30 p.m. CST on WIBW-TV, channel 13, in Topeka, which means the game will be joined in progress. Starting for KU most likely will be the same five regular starters from last season: Cedric Hunter, 6-foot-0 junior point guard, has had a good preseason. After the Czechoslovakia game, head coach Larry Brown said Hunter was the best player on the team at that time. Hunter started 26 games last season, averaging 6.7 points per game with 147 assists. Calvin Thompson, 6-6 senior guard, became the 20th player in Kansas history to go over 1,000 career points last season with a total of 1,024. Thompson made 51.3 percent of his shots from the field, averaged 13.7 points per game and had 96 assists. Ron Kellogg, 6-5 senior forward, who was named first team All-Big Eight, led Kansas in scoring, field goal percentage and free throw percentage. He averaged 17.6 points per game, shot 57.6 percent from the field and made 24.3 percent of his free throws. Danny Manning, 6-11 sophomore forward, named last year's Big Eight Newcomer of the Year, averaged 14.6 points and 7.2 rebounds per game. He had 108 assists and 34 blocked shots. Greg Drrelling, 7-1 senior center, was named the Most Valuable Per- former in a vote by his teammates, and was second team All-Big Eight. He averaged 13.1 points and 6.9 rebounds per game and made 57.7 percent of his shots from the floor. As Kansas does, Pepperdine returns all five starters. The Waves won the West Coast Athletic Conference last season with an 11:1 conference record, and are a favorite to do the same this season. Dwayne Polee, 6-5 senior guard, was voted the WCAC Most Valuable Player last season, averaging 15.7 points and 4.8 assists per game. The other guard will be 5-11 senior Jon Korfas, who averaged 12.2 points and 5.5 assists per game. The frontcount will consist of WCAC Freshman of the Year Levy Middlebrooks, a 6-7 center who averaged 10.3 points and 6.4 rebounds per game; 6-8 junior forward Eric White, who led the team in scoring and rebounding with 15.9 points and 9.2 rebounds per game; and 6-7 senior forward Anthony Frederick, who averaged 11.3 points and 7.2 rebounds per game and is considered an outstanding defender. Washington is considered the team to beat in the Pacific-10 Conference after tying USC for first in the conference last season. Texas-El Paso also is a favorite to repeat as champions of the Western Athletic Conference. Also returning for the Waves is 6-5 senior guard Grant Gondrezick, who was Pepperdine's leading scorer in the 1983-84 season, but was forced to sit out last season with a knee injury. The winners of tonight's games will play at 7 p.m. CST Sunday to decide the winner of the Western Regional. The semifinals of the Big Apple NIT are Nov. 29 and the finals are Dec. 1. Both games will be played in New York City. In the Southern Regional, Alabama-Birmingham defeated Texas A&M 71-68 last night in Houston. Duke played Lamar in the second game. The Mideast Regional consists of Tulsa, Dayton, Louisville and Miami (Ohio). In the Eastern Regional are St. John's, Navy, Auburn and West Virginia. Finale rates high with teams By Frank Hansel Of the Kansan sports staff Tomorrow's football game between Kansas and Missouri has all the makings of a great college football game. An intense interstate rivalry played on a November afternoon in front of a television audience. There is only one thing missing — respectable records and a bowl bid at stake for the winner. Kansas, 5-6, has run itself out of the postseason picture with four straight losses, and Missouri was never in the bowl picture. The Tigers are 1-9 with their win against Iowa State. Kansas will be looking to break a four game losing streak and a 15 quarter without a touchdown streak The game will start at 11:40 a.m. in Memorial Stadium and will be televised locally on KMBC-TV Channel 9 and KSNT Channel 27 as the Big Eight.Rayoom game of the week. Missouri Game 12 Nov 23 Lawrence The Jayhawks will unveil a new look in an effort to change its ways. Kansas will be wearing silver pants instead of the traditional white ones. Despite the unimportance of the game in determining the conference championship and bowl bids, coaches from both teams said the game was an important one. "I am a graduate of Missouri, so I know what a big game this is," Missouri head coach Woody Widenhofer said yesterday. "This also would be a big win for our seniors." Kansas head coach Mike Gotfried said the game was important for the Jayhawks because it would give them a 500 record. A win would guarantee that every team Gottfried has coached at Kansas improved. During Gottfried's first year, Kansas went 4-6-1 and last season the Javahws finished 5-6. Widenhofer, who is in his first season as head coach of the Tigers, said Missouri had lost six games this season by eight points or fewer. "We didn't play real good defense early in the year, but against Nebraska and Oklahoma State the Tigers improved on defense," Widenhofer said. During the resurgence of the Missouri defense, Widenhofer has been starting four freshmen. He said he was still looking for the best athletes to put on the field. The four freshmen and the rest of the defense will have to contain the passing attack of Kansas if Missouri is to win. Widenhofer said. Big 8 volleyball tourney begins By Heather Fritz Of the Kansan sports staff The KU volleyball team is a perfect example. Athletes are never satisfied. They win one game, and already they're looking forward to the next. The Jayhawks have rebounded from a 5-30 season last year to go 1774 this year. They ended a three-year streak of Big Eight conference losses by posting a 2-8 conference record. But they're still not satisfied. "Right now, we're happy," hitter Tammy Hill said recently. "But we took so many teams to five games and lost. If we had won those games, we definitely would be in third place." Third place in the conference was the Jayhawks' goal at the beginning of the season. They finished fifth, but a couple of wins at the conference championships this weekend would make their year. Kansas will play No. 4 seed Missouri at 6 p.m. tonight at Penn Valley Community College in Kansas City, Mo. The winner of that match will play defending Big Eight champion and No. 1 seed Nebraska at 6 p.m. tomorrow. "They come out really strong." head coach Frankie Alibiz said of the Tigers, "but if they get into trouble, they start to fold." She said Missouri's blocking and hitting were the worst in the conference except for the Jayhawks, and the key to Kansas' play would be confidence. "It's past the physical preparation and down to the mental," she said. "Right now it's just a matter of who wants to win the most." Colorado and Oklahoma State do not have volleyball teams. In other tournament play, No. 6 Iowa State will face No. 3 Kansas State tonight, and the winner will play No. 2 Oklahoma tomorrow. Kansas split matches with Missouri this season. The Jayhawk's victory over the Tigers came in a five-game match in Allen Field House. "We beat them once, and I'm sure we can beat them again," KU team member Shannon Ridgeway said. Not many conference teams have been intense against the Jayhawks this year because they are too used to Kansas being the doormat of the Big Eight. Albizt said that when the Jayhawks were pressing Oklahoma in one of the teams' matches, the Oklahoma coach said to his players during the timeouts, " 'KU is going to beat us! KU!' But that is changing. As Kansas State coach Scott Nelson said of the Jayhawks last week, "They are going to be a real pain next year." Football Predictions "It didn't take the coaches long to recognize us," Albizt said. "Now our next battle is to get the teams to recognize us."
CarothersConboyLazzarinoGrave
Missouri at KansasMissouri 23-7Kansas 20-17Kansas 10-7Kansas 28-10
Nebraska at OklahomaNebraska 35-31Oklahoma 21-17Oklahoma 28-24Nebraska 35-28
Oklahoma State at Iowa StateOklahoma State 34-14Oklahoma State 32-10Oklahoma State 35-10Oklahoma State 41-7
Kansas State at ColoradoColorado 27-6Colorado 28-6Colorado 45-10Colorado 36-14
Ohio State at MichiganMichigan 28-21Michigan 24-14Michigan 31-24Ohio State 24-21
Penn State at PittsburghPenn State 25-16Penn State 31-14Penn State 28-21Penn State 34-28
UCLA at USCUCLA 24-17UCLA 28-21UCLA 17-10USC 21-18
Harvard at YaleHarvard 221-0Harvard 21-14Harvard 42-10Yale 24-14
Louisiana St. at Notre DameLouisiana St. 21-19Notre Dame 17-14Notre Dame 21-17Notre Dame 28-17
SMU at ArkansasArkansas 29-26Arkansas 28-27Arkansas 28-20Arkansas 36-21
Season Totals59-38-3---.60866-31-3---.68070-27-3---.72260-37-3---.619
The predictors are James Carothers, associate professor of English; Bill Conby, professor of communication studies; Chris Lazzerino, Kansan sports editor; and Bryan Graves, Kansan photo editor. Paul Goodman/KANSAN Washington's team may need a lot of watching this season, with only one senior and two juniors. And according to Washington, the team will need a lot of hard work. Evette Ott is pressured by Sherri Stoecker during women's basketball practice at Allen Field House. The Jayhawks were preparing yesterday for the season opener tomorrow when they host Drake at 3:30 p.m. Jayhawks put to test in opener During practice, head women's basketball coach Marian Washington's eyes never leave the court. Even when she is talking to someone on the sidelines, she watches her players. By Heather Fritz Of the Kansan sports staff Fans will see whether the work has paid off so far when the team opens its season at 3:30 p.m. tomorrow against Drake in Allen Field House. The Jayhawks, 19-10 overall last year and 9-5 in the Big Eight conference, will take on the 24-6 Bulldogs. "We never think we cannot beat someone," she said yesterday. "We may bat ourselves because we're still young. But it's not going to just come for us. We're going to have to work for it." Washington said KU's game plan would be to run the ball and work together. "What we have is a lot of fitness," she said "If we just play our game and play for 40 minutes, we hope to fire them. We're not supersters. Our key is to work together." Kansas' probable starters are forwards Jackie Martin and Toni Webb, guards 'Evette Ott and Sherri Stoecker and center Vickie Adkins. The 6-foot-1 Adkins was called the best player in the conference by Street and Smith basketball magazine. She averaged 20.4 points and nine rebounds each game last season. Her counterpart, Drake center Wanda Ford, 6-0, averaged 24 points and 17.8 rebounds and was a finalist for the Wade Trophy last year. She finished the season second in the country in rebounding. Former Chief charged with theft United Press International HOUSTON — Police are investigating the possibility that former Kansas City Chief Warren McVea biked several restaurants out of food by claiming he was using it to help needy children, a prosecutor said yesterday. "It's really, really sad." Assistant District Attorney Vic Wisner said yesterday. "For a professional football player to fall this far, this fast, that he would have to resort to something like this. He has just fallen on real hard times." MeVea, 39, was charged with theft in connection with such a scam Wednesday and was released after posting $800 bond. Police are looking into reports that MeVea may have used the same tactics to defraud other fast-food restaurants. McVea allegedly posed as a Houston Oilers player soliciting food donations for underprivileged children. "He said he needed chicken for indigent children in connection with the work he does for the Oilers," Wisner said. "He promised there would be good publicity for Kentucky Fried "Of course, he always conveniently forgot to bring the tickets with him." Chicken, and that he would provide free Oilers tickets for the people who helped. Officials of a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant victimized by a similar scheme several months ago notified police after McVea, claiming to be Oilers wide receiver Tim Smith, sought a donation of $50-$100 worth of food. McVean was arrested when he arrived at the restaurant to pick up the chicken. McEnroe's heart calling the shots MELBOURNE, Australia — John McEnroe, known to give offials a difficult time on the court, now has organizers guessing whether he'll even show up for the $2.2 million Australian Open, which begins Monday at Kooyong Stadium. The 26-year-old New York southpaw, ranked second in the world, appears to be giving Lawn Tennis Association of Australia officials the runaround. One line of thought says that it's McEnroe's heart calling the shots. The heartstrings appear to be pulling in favor of his girlfriend, film star Tatum O'Neal. "We shall know within the next 24 hours," tournament spokesman Tony Peek said of McEnroe's arrival. "So far we haven't heard about a definite arrival." Officials are concerned and pessimistic about McEnroe's participation, following recent reports he was not enthusiastic about playing the Grand Slam event. If McEnroe does play, Peek said officials might not schedule the second seed in his opening match until next Friday, five days after the tournament begins. This would almost certainly result in a confrontation between the temperamental American and officials, since McEnroe prefers to work himself into a tournament with match play rather than practice. Even without McEnroe, the men's draw is still a high quality one with Lendl, the U.S. open champion from Czechoslovakia, seeded No. 1, defending champion Mats Wilander of Sweden, the third seed, and West German Wimbledon champion Boris Becker, seeded fourth. Wilander, who has been in Australia practicing for two weeks, will be attempting to become only the third player in the tournament's history to win three straight titles. Bomb Squad set to retire veterans By Frank Hansel Of the Kansan sports staff The Kansas Bomb Squad, which has fizzled during the last month, will have one final opportunity to explode when the Jayhawks meet Missouri at 11:40 a.m. tomorrow in Memorial Stadium. At the end of the game, the squad will retire five of its players. Quarterback Mike Norseth, receivers Richard Estell, Sandy McGee, Skip Peete and tight end Sylvester Byrd will be making their final appearance tomorrow . They are five of the 10 offensive seniors who will be playing their last game for Kansas. Runningbacks Lynn Williams, Harvey Fields and Arnold Fields and linemen Paul Swenson and John Loncar will also be playing their final game in Memorial Stadium. "As a group we realize that this will be our last game, so we want to go out on a winning note," Byrd said yesterday. "We have invested a lot of time and effort into this week." Byrd, who redshirted himself last season, has caught 17 passes for 176 yards and three touchdowns this season. He said a victory tomorrow was important because it would give next year's team something to build upon. Estell, who holds the Kansas record for career receptions and receptions in a season, said a win over the Tigers would help salvage the season for the seniors. "We set a lot of goals this year, and one of them was to go to a bowl game," Estell said. "Since that can no longer happen, Saturday is our bowl game." "I think Kansas now has the reputation of a passing team, and I will always remember that I was a part of the team that started throwing the ball at Kansas," he said. One accomplishment that Estell takes pride in is the transformation of Kansas into an effective passing team in comparison with teams of the last three years. He said that criticism often brought Kansas closer together as a team. Norseth, who has been responsible for the passing game during the last two years, said the one thing he would miss when his career was over was the closeness of the team. Norseth became the leader in total offense this season with 3,241 yards. He surpassed the record of former quarterback Frank Seurer, who had 2,789 yards of total offense in 1983. Despite Norseth's success, Kansas has not posted a winning season. 'Our record is not that good, but we lost four games that we had a chance to win." Norseth said. "Last year in our six losses, we didn't have a chance to win any of them. That's the difference between last year and this year. We're getting confidence, and that should carry over to next year." McGee, who has caught 31 passes this season, said the two things that he would remember were the unexpected win over Southern California in 1983 and his arrival in Lawrence from Los Angeles' Olden West Junior College. "When I first came here I was out of shape and Coach Gottfried and the coaching staff have never let me forget about it." McGee said. Williams said the thing that he'd remember most were his two 100-yard games against Kansas State. And despite his on and off the field problems, Williams said he was satisfied with the season. Williams, who was declared academically ineligible and then reinstated by a court order, has rushed for 341 yards and scored three touchdowns this season. "One of my goals this year was to rush for 1,000 yards, but with missing the first three games of the season, I was not in shape when I returned in the Florida State game," Williams said. 241 1