6B • THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SPORTS
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2002
KU bowlers rank seventh in poll
By Steve Vockrodt
svrockrodt@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
The promise of Thanksgiving turkey and vacation time this weekend will not deter the University of Kansas club bowling teams from traveling to St. Louis for the 25th Annual National Collegiate Team Match Games.
The men's team, ranked seventh in the most recent National Collegiate Bowling Coaches Association poll, looks to continue its improvement at the tournament. Several of the 52 teams expected to compete are also ranked high.
Coach Mike Fine was pleased with the ranking, KU's highest in the 50-year history of the team.
"That was a neat surprise, but ultimately it does not mean much."Fine said.
He said two teams that ranked higher in the poll, Vincennes and Lindenwood, lost to KU in one of the first two tournaments.
KU was also beat in the rank
ings by a team it travels with. Wichita State University was ranked fifth.
The men placed fifth overall at their last tournament, in Chicago, which was an improvement from last year's seventh-place finish. Jesse James, Lawrence senior, finished second in all-events with a total of 1,793 pins, just five pins short of first place. Jason Elliott, Salina senior, finished ninth.
"They are an elite college bowling program," Fine said.
The key to the bowling team's success has been the return of all but one bowler from last year and a traveling squad that is solid from top to bottom.
"We are a stronger team; we have good skills across the table," Fine said.
Elliot said he saw the team still in early, formative stages with plenty of room for improvement.
"We've bowled well but not put together a full tournament yet," Elliot said. "We have a lot of improving left."
KU will shoot for a top-five finish this weekend at a tournament in which it typically has its poorest performance. The team finished a disappointing 17th last year and 30th the year before.
"They are an elite college bowling program.
Mike Fine Coach
The tournament will gauge KU's position among the elite bowling schools for the national championship in April.
"Right now, there is a group of five or six teams that can legitimately contend for the national championship." Elliot said. "We are in the bottom of that group."
Fine said 25 to 30 family members might also make the trip and spend their Thanksgiving with the team.
"If we want to be a national caliber team, these are the kinds of tournaments we have to go to," Fine said.
- Edited by Katie Teske
about the game between such two storied programs. Nevertheless, Simien said he would be ready for the battle on a neutral court.
Basketball
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"I think this game means a little extra, especially because of coach Williams' ties with North Carolina and him having to make the decision between the two schools," he said. "We're definitely going to try to do it for him and do it for ourselves. It's up for
After numerous phone calls and tournament well-wishes between the two coaches last week, Williams knows in the end, his emotions will have to subside for the sake of basketball.
"We've got to play them, whether I like it or not," he said. "North Carolina is the one that's harder to play than anybody else because I have those feelings. If I had a choice I'd choose not to play them until it was Final Four time."
battle, and I know we'll be ready."
— Edited by Andrew Vaupel
Broncos face long losing streak
The Associated Press
DENVER — Denver has been the league's best home team under coach Mike Shanahan, winning at a clip of 78 percent since 1995. Even when the Broncos were struggling, they still won in Denver.
Somehow, that hasn't been the case this season.
Despite being one of the best teams in the AFC, Denver's home hasn't been much of an advantage. A 23-20 loss in overtime to Indianapolis Sunday night was the Broncos' third straight at home, their
longest streak since 1994.
It has left Shanahan and his players scratching their heads.
"I don't know. If you can figure it out, let me know, will you?" Shanahan said yesterday. The Broncos are 4-1 on the road but have won just three of six at home. In Shana-
han's first seven seasons, the Broncos had a losing record at home just once, when they went 3-5 in 1999. Denver has won at least six games six times in that span and went 8-0 at home for three straight years (1996-98).
"To me, that is disgusting," Broncos receiver Rod Smith said. "To lose three in a row at home — that's one place you don't lose a game. You should go 8-0 at home. I've never seen anything like it. It hurts."
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