WEDNESDAY,OCT.31,2001
SPORTS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN = 3B
NCAA rule amendment could help recruitment
By Ryan Malashock Kansan sportswriter
Kansas remains in the chase for two recruiting prospects, and because of a possible NCAA rule amendment, the Jayhawks might be able to offer scholarships to both players.
If the "5/8" rule is amended at the NCAA's meeting tomorrow, Kansas coach Roy Williams will have the liberty to give out two more scholarships for the 2002-2003 season instead of one.
The "5/8" rule states that no more than eight scholarships may be awarded during a two-year period, and a maximum of five may be awarded in one of those two years.
But an NCAA committee is recommending that the rule be amended to allow nine scholarships within a two-year period. The "5/8" rule would then go back into effect for the 2003-2004 year.
"The NCAA does some things that defy my imagination." Knight said. "That rule was put together by people, none of whom have ever been coaches."
Most Big 12 Conference coaches sounded off in their disapproval of the "5/8" rule at the Big 12's media day last Thursday.
"It is clearly, clearly, clearly a bad rule," Kansas State head coach Jim Wooldridge said. "If a player leaves the program and is in line to graduate, if the student is in good academic standing, you cannot penalize the athletic program. It makes no sense."
First-year Texas Tech coach Bob Knight said the NCAA needed to hear the concerns of coaches before it put legislation into effect.
Kansas gave four scholarships for this season to Aaron Miles, Keith Langford, Michael Lee and Wayne Simien and has received commitments from redshirt Jeff Hawkins, who is currently on an
academic scholarship, Jeff Graves and Moulaye Niang for the 2002-2003 year.
The Jayhawks are still eying Hassan Adams, a 6-foot-4 shooting guard from Los Angeles, and Andre Igoluda, a 6-foot-6 swingman from Springfield, Ill.
Kansas has fought through a rigorous recruiting process for Adams' services. Adams visited Kansas the weekend of Sep. 8 and has kept the Jayhawks at the top of his list since.
Igoudala visited Arkansas last weekend, completing his official visits. In addition to Arkansas and Kansas, Igoudala is also considering Arizona and Boston College.
lege. Both players have said that they would like to commit to schools during the fall and sign during the early signing period between Nov.14 and Nov.21.
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Women's golf ends frustrating fall
By John Domoney
Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas women's golf team missed one third of its rounds this season to cancelations because of the terrorist attacks and Mother Nature.
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Junior Heather Rose eyes a putt early this season. Rose and the rest of the Kansas women's golf team have set their sights on next spring after missing out on five out of 15 scheduled rounds this fall because of cancelations.
When Kansas coach Nicole Hollingsworth designed her team's fall schedule, she expected to have her team compete in 15 rounds of tournament play divided between five tournaments.
After the cancelation of the Mary Fossum Intercollegiate on Sept. 15 to 16 because of the terrorist attacks, and the weather cancellation of the first two rounds of the Marilynn Smith/Sunflower Invitational in Lawrence on Oct. 15, the Jayhawks lost five rounds of valuable play.
Although Kansas battled cancelations, the fall season still featured an array of peaks and valleys for Kansas.
Then came the dreaded layoff that Hollingsworth called a deterrent to her team's progress.
The Jayhawks didn't get much practice before they traveled to South Carolina, where they finished 14th out of 31 teams at the Baytree Intercollegiate Sept. 7 to 9.
The Jayhawks lost a meet in Manhattan with rival Kansas State that was played in lieu of the Marv Fossum tournament.
Nonetheless, the meet was a coming out party for sophomore Jennifer Bawanan, who recorded her first collegiate tournament title by winning the Sunflower Cup on a playoff hole after her round of 71.
The Jayhawks finished 14th out of 16 teams in the Big 12 Invitational Oct. 1 to 2 in Stillwater, Okla. Hollingsworth said the team's play showed improvement.
"When we beat a couple of teams in the Big 12 Invitational we had never beaten, it was good," Hollingsworth said. "We were also in contention with five or six other teams." Kansas finished ahead of Nebraska and Missouri.
As Kansas started the final two tournaments of the season, the lavihawks fell into a slump.
The team's 16th place finish out of 19 teams at the Women's Collegiate Shootout in Franklin, Ind., Oct. 8 to 9, and the 10th place finish in the 12-team field at the Marilynn Smith/Sunflower Invitational, left the Jayhawks with a improve their play this winter.
Hollingsworth said because Kansas wouldn't return to action until Feb. 18 to 19, the team would work out three times a week. Golfers also will have individual
Hollingsworth said all of her players had the potential to transform this spring into an exciting time for Kansas women's golf.
workouts with Hollingsworth for two hours a week until the weather doesn't cooperate.
"I think we've beaten more teams than we've ever beaten before," Hollingsworth said. "They've all proven they can play good going into the spring. If we have a chance of getting a regional bid, we really have to light it up this spring."
French skier suffers brain damage in crash
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INNSBRUCK, Austria French skier Regine Cavagnod has serious brain damage from her crash into a German coach during training, a doctor said yesterday.
The Associated Press
terday. The coach, Markus Anwander, also was on a respirator but was not injured as severely as the 31-year-old super-G World Cup champion.
Cavagnoud remained in critical condition yesterday, one day after her accident.
"On the basis of checks we made today it has turned out that her condition is worse than expected," said Dr. Wolfgang Koller, head of the trauma intensive care unit at Innsbruck University Clinic.
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Monday.
"We have received the confirmation that she likely suffered serious brain damage," he told The Associated Press by telephone. Asked if the damage was irreparable, the doctor said, "We cannot yet judge the full impact. This will be possible sometime tomorrow."
Koller said Cavagnoud had been under heavy sedation since Monday.
With the equipment in use, the skier's condition "can be kept stable," Koller said. Earlier in the day, he said Cavagnoud's condition was "life-threatening," as it had been since the accident.
Cavagnoud sustained serious head and brain injuries, several facial fractures and other injuries Monday. When she arrived at the clinic, emergency surgery was done on several parts of her body, Koller said.
German and French ski officials said yesterday that the accident was caused by communication problems between the teams.
Cavagnoud and the German coach were taken by helicopter from the Pitztal glacier to the hospital in Innsbruck on Monday.
The Austrian prosecutor has begun investigating yesterday whether the coach is responsible for the accident, said spokesman Rudolf Koll.
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