SPORTS UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday, December 10, 1992
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Kansas prepares for busy schedule
Hawks to play Delta Devils in first round of tournament
By David Dorsey
Kansan sportswriter
The No. 2 Kansas basketball team is preparing for a busy and possibly difficult December schedule.
The Jayhawks, who defeated Emporia State 91-56 on Monday night, resume play this weekend at the Golden Harvest Classic at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Mo.
Friday night's first-round action features Kansas against Mississippi Valley State at 8 p.m., after UMKC plays Cal-Irvine at 6 p.m. The winners of each game will meet Saturday for the Championship at 8 p.m. The losing teams play earlier that night at 6.
Kansas coach Roy Williams said that because sophomore center Greg Ostertag was being sidelined because of an injury, the team would have to regroup.
"There's two different ways to compensate for it," Williams said. "The first way is to walk the ball up the floor and create fewer possessions. The second way is to establish a faster tempo and apply more pressure so the big men are less of a factor."
Look for the Jayhawks to take the second route.
"As long as I'm here, I want to play an tempo game," he said. "I think it's most conducive to our personnel. To walk the ball up the floor and pass
around the perimeter for 20 seconds before looking for a shot would be a big change for us."
The perimeter personnel includes senior guards Adonis Jordan and Rex Walters, both of whom have averaged double figures in scoring.
Walters, who had been in a shooting slump with a 2-for-10 performance against Georgia and a 2-for-11 three-point shooting performance against Indiana, said that he felt better about his shooting after playing Emporia State on Monday night. Walters hit four of 9 shots from three-point range.
Jordan needs just 22 points to become the 28th player in Kansas history to achieve the 1,000-point plateau.
"I talked to Coach Williams about it," Walters said. "I've really been shooting the ball well in practice. But I get into the games and all of a sudden I'm rushing my shot and I'm not getting my feet set. If you do those types of things, it doesn't matter how good of a shooter you are, it's not going to go in."
Williams, nevertheless, patiently has waited for Walter's long-range shot to fall. He said Walters would have to miss 100 in a row before he would take away the green light.
"The good thing about them," Williams said about Walters" selected
Source: Kansas Basketball media Guide shots, "was that everyone of them was open. I don't have problems with good shooters taking open shots."
The Jayhawks defense will have to contend with Mississippi Valley State's owntop-notch shooter, 6-foot-3 guard Alphonso Ford. The Delta Devils, now 2-1, are lead by Ford's
35. 7 points a game. Ford was the nation's second leading scorer last season, averaging 27.5 a game.
At least 10 pro scouts are scheduled to attend the tournament, including Jerry West, the general manager of the Los Angeles Lakers.
the Jayhawks travel to Hawaii for the Rainbow Classic. Senior center Eric Pauley, who never has been to Hawaii, said that the team did not have plans to watch the Kansas football team play in the Alba Bowl on Christmas Day. The Jayhawks will arrive late on Dec. 25. The tournament is Dec. 26-28.
After home games on Dec. 19 and 21,
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"Everybody's looking forward to going to Hawaii with the possible chance of playing (No. 6) Michigan or (No. 5) North Carolina," he said.
Injured Ostertag out for four weeks
By David Dorsey
Kansan sportswriter
The No. 2 Kansas basketball team's already shallow frontcourt suffered yet another blow yesterday.
Greg Ostertag, 7-foot-2 sophomore center, had surgery yesterday to repair a stress fracture in the lower tibia of his right leg and is expected to miss four weeks, Kansas coach Roy Williams announced yesterday.
The Jayhawks are left with only one true center, 6-foot-10 senior Eric Pauley. Sophomore Ben Davis, who also played in the low post, is transferring to Florida next semester. Davis' decision was what initially damaged a formerly deep squad.
Williams said that junior forward Patrick Richey would have increased duties in the post,
"He probably was playing on a fractured ankle," Cairns said. "It's a good thing we caught it."
Ostertag, whose ankle began bothering him around Nov. 19, said earlier this week that it felt fine and that there were no further problems. But follow up X-rays taken Tuesday morning revealed the fracture of his left knee. Mark Connell said that the injury had been a day-to-day occurrence.
Greg Ostertag
depending on the situation.
"A lot of it depends on the kinds of teams we're going to match up with," he said. "Even thou h ough Patrick is not really a post
player, he has really done some good things for us there."
Pauley's playing time is likely to increase after playing 27 minutes against Indiana on Saturday and 24 against Emporia State on Monday.
"He feels pressure right now," Williams said about Pauley. "But I don't want him to. Eric's biggest problem is that he still has doubts as to how good he really is. Last time I looked, we were the No. 2 team in the country. He starts for us, so I guess he must be pretty good."
"It doesn't matter how many minutes I play," he said. "I'm going to go out there and do the things that Coach asks, i don't see how playing five or six more minutes is going to make a big difference for me."
Pauley said he could handle his increased duties.
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Junior forward Richard Scott, left, and Steve Woodberry, right, are shown running drills in practice yesterday. Both must make up for the loss of Greg Oertstaat, who is out for four weeks with an injury
Kansas prepares for Dial Classic
Women's basketball will play undefeated UMKC in first round
By David Bartkoski
Kansan sportswriter
But Washington also knows that the Jayhawks, 1-1, must respect the 3-0 UMKC Kangaroos, an independent that was 24-7 last year.
Kansas coach Marian Washington knows that her team may not be as charged up for its game against UMKC tonight as it was Tuesday night in a 65-51 victory against No. 25 Southwest Missouri State.
"You can't stay at the same emotional level game in and game out," she said. "We won't be at the same emotional level, but we'll have to concentrate and play as hard as we can."
UMKC most recently played in the Idaho Classic. The Kangaroos won the tournament title in two close games, defeating Gonzaga 57-53 and Idaho 56-55.
Senior guards Julie Jenson and Veda McNeal lead UMKC in scoring, averaging 19.7 and 12.3 points a game, respectively.
Washington said that UMKC coach
Washington said that Grambling State was supposed to be the fourth team in the tournament before it pulled out because of financial problems.
Toungt's game is the first of three games in this year's Dial Classic. Florida Atlantic will be play against UMKC at 6 p.m. tomorrow, and Kansas will face Florida Atlantic at 2 p.m. Saturday.
"I think he's one of the top defensive coaches in the Midwest," she said.
"He does a good job of teaching fundamentals."
Brian Agler had helped the Kangaroos improve defensively.
Kansas senior guard Shannon Kite said that the tournament would be interesting because each team would have an opportunity to play each other.
"The difficulty was that they pulled out so late, we couldn't replace them," she said.
Normally all the teams do not get to play each other in a four-team tournament.
Missouri-Kansas City
Source: 1992 Kansas Basketball Media Guide
Kite said that playing three games in five days would put some wear and tear on the Jawhaws.
Kangaroos records
head coach Brian Archer 3-0
"It'll be a challenge for us," she said.
"I'll test our stamina."
Kansas sophomore forward Alana Slatter said that the Jayhawks played far better in their victory against Southwest Missouri than in their 82-76 loss to Minnesota.
Jule Jenson G Sr. 5-7 #12
Veda McNeal G Sr. 5-6 #21
Jamel Wilens C Fr. 6-3 #42
Sandra Cunningham F Fr. 9-34
the fayhawks had been No. 16 in the preseason poll but dropped out after losing to Minnesota.
Prohable Starters:
Florida Atlantic records:
Fighting Owis 1-2
**Yolanda Gregory** G St. 5-10 #4
**Yolanda Griffith** C Jr. 6-10 #4
Stefani Jones C F Jr. 6-24 #4
Feleon C F Jr. 6-24 #4
Adar Toolo C F. 1-32 #4
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"To me its just a whole lot easier to ignore the polls." Slatter said.
Slatter was part of the Kansas squad that won last year's Dial Classic with an 82-34 victory against Northern Iowa and 61-51 triumph against Kentucky.
Washington said that she hoped local fans would support UMKC and Florida Atlantic by attending Friday's match up between the two teams.
Major League meetings: Marlins' president dies, Reds' owner apologizes
The Associated Press
Schott apologized for her offensive remarks, but insisted she is not the sole source of baseball's race-related problems.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — One of baseball's wildest weeks ever came to a stunning end yesterday with an apology from Marge Schott, more wheeling and dealing, and the sudden death of Florida Marlins president Carl Barger at the winter meetings.
The free-agent frenzy continued when Boston signed Andre Dawson, Los Angeles signed Todd Worrell, the Chicago Cubs got Randy Myers, and a trade sent Mark Gardner from Montreal to Kansas City. The moves came a day after teams spent a one-day record $124.65 million in dozens of deals.
Owners were halfway through their final meeting when Barger collapsed. American League president Bobby Brown, a cardiologist, and two owners gave mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
Barger, 62, was still unconscious when paramedics took him to a hospital. He died about four hours later of an aneurysm.
Schott's apology came in a statement she read at the meeting.
"I acknowledge that in the past I have, on occasion, made insensitive remarks which I now realize hurt others." Ms. Patterson said of my mouth but not my heart speaking.
"For any such remarks which were insensitive, I am profoundly sorry and I apologize to anyone I hurt. I can only say that I did not mean them. I love baseball, and if anything I have said caused embarrassment to the game, the Reds, the wonderful fans and city of Cincinnati. I am sorry," she said.
Schott, however, said baseball's race problems went beyond her remarks.
"In fairness to me, I wish to add that while I am not without blame in this matter, I also not the cause of the problem," she said. "Minority issues have been present in baseball long before I came to the game."
Baseball is trying to cut a deal with Schott that would provide a diplomatic end to an ugly episode. National League president Bill White is trying to negotiate an arrangement with Schott, and a public apology was considered a necessary step toward any agreement.
Teams, meanwhile, continued to cut deals.
The 38-year-old Dawson, let go by the Cubs after the season ended, signed a two-year, $9.3 million contract with Boston. Baldwin hit .277 with 22 homers and 90 RBIs last season. He has 399 lifetime homers and goes to a team that hit only 84 home runs in 1992. On Tuesday, the Red Sox traded for power-hitting Ivan Calderon of Montreal.
"The character of the ballclub has changed dramatically with these guys," Boston general manager Lou Gorman said.
The Dodgers and Cubs each acquired stoppers.
The Red Sox also were close to getting free Agent Henkel to fill their
Myers signed a three-year, $11 million contract with Chicago, a day after the Cubs went into the free agent market to get setup man Dan Plesac. Myers, 30, saved 38 games for San Diego last season.
Worrell, who came back from two years of elbow trouble to pitch well for St. Louis last season, signed a three-year, $9.5 million contract with the Dodgers. Worrell, 33, was 5-3 with three saves and a 2.11 ERA for St. Louis as a setup man for NL save leader Lee Smith.
Maddux signs with Atlanta
The Associated Press
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Atlanta Braves, already boasting the best starting staff in baseball, made it even better last night by reaching agreement with free agent Greg Maddox on a five-year, $28 million contract.
The Braves got Maddux, the reigning National League Cy Young Award winner, with a proposal that was at least $6 million less than what the New York Yankees offered.
But Maddux, who toured New York with Yankees general manager Gene Michael on Monday, will get something in Atlanta that he probably would not have had in pinstripes, the chance to pitch for a penny contender.
"It goes without saying that an organization like ours, which for years has appreciated great pitching, made an extraordinary effort to sign a
pitcher of the caliber of Greg Maddux," Braves general manager John Schuerholz said. "He adds to what we think is a phenomenal staff."
Maddux, 20-11 with a 2.18 ERA last season for the Chicago Cubs, joins a Braves' staff that led the majors with a 3.14 ERA last season. With such strong pitching, Atlanta has gone to the World Series the last two years.
"Greg wanted to have an opportunity during his career to win a world championship," Maddux' agent Scott Boras said. "Money issues were second in his considerations. The offers were all more than he got."
Maddux, 26, will help form one of baseball's most formidable rotations in recent history. He will join Tom Glavine, a 20-game winner the last two years, Steve Avery, John Smoltz and Pete Smith. Glavine won the 1991 Cy Young and finished second to Maddux this year.