8A the university daily kansan
sports
tuesday, October 21, 2003
CONFERENCE: ACC plans expansion
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create a football conference capable of competing with the best football conferences in the country. Conference games pitting Florida State against Miami and Virginia Tech also will make the ACC more attractive for lucrative television contracts.
perkins has been around collegiate athletics long enough to realize the importance of television revenue, but he said he did not see that as the determining factor of conference alignment.
"Finances play a major role along with location and common issues." Perkins said.
The Big 12 started in 1996 with its 12-school membership made up of the members of the Big Eight Conference and Texas, Texas Tech, Texas A&M and Baylor from the defunct Southwestern Conference.
At the time of its conception, many proclaimed the Big 12 would be a football powerhouse. Football is a strong suit of the conference, but it also has enjoyed considerable success in sports such as men's and women's basketball.
"I think the Big 12 Conference is a solid, rock-hard conference," Perkins said. "I think the conference is rich in tradition, and people like to be a
"I think the Big 12 Conference is a solid, rock-hard conference.I think the conference is rich in tradition,and people like to be a part of the conference."
Lew Perkins Kansas athletics director
part of the conference."
Big 12 officials declined to comment on the ACC expansion.
After more than two decades of athletic excellence, including the Miami's 2001 national football championship and Syracuse's 2003 men's national basketball championship, the Big East appeared to be on solid ground.
But Perkins saw potential problems for the conference made up of mostly northeastern schools and Notre Dame, which competes in the Big East in all sports except football.
"This is not the Big East's fault," Perkins said. "Whether it a positive or a negative, there is a lot of diversity in that conference, and it's hard to accommodate all of those people."
While ACC football looks to be enhanced by this move, the tradition of ACC basketball
could be altered because a 12-team conference will change the schedule so that some schools are likely to play each other only once a year, as is the case in the Big 12.
Perkins said the move would not cause major problems, but as a college basketball fan, it could hurt some of the ACC's traditional basketball rivalries, such as with North Carolina Maryland and Duke.
The expansion of the ACC also could cause a domino effect on schools changing conferences. Rice, Southern Methodist and Tulsa of the Western Athletics Conference are already moving to Conference USA.
The addition of the three schools to Conference USA is in response to the expected departure of Conference USA schools Louisville, Cincinnati, Marquette and DePaul to the Big East.
Perkins is not sure when the conference shuffling will end and said the ACC's expansion will take years to evaluate.
"I was asked at UConn if we would go to the ACC," Perkins said. "I said 'no' because it doesn't belong in the ACC. Time will tell if Boston College and the other schools would have been better off staying in the Big East."
— Edited by Cate Batchelder
Denied
Sophomore linebacker Darren Rus laid a hit on Baylor kick returner Wille Andrews during first half play. The Jayhawks are gearing up for in-state rival Kansas State University in Manhattan.
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BASKETBALL: Potential walk-ons play for coaches
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"My dream is to play in Allen Fieldhouse," said Ringel, Fort Worth, Texas, freshman.
Ringel can take with him the memory of dunking on the same rim as fellow Texan, Keith Langford. Ringel took the opportunity during a layup drill.
His workouts have consisted of milk and Pete Maravich videos, he said with a laugh.
Nixon, Sugar Land, Texas, freshman, went about preparing a bit differently.
If any of the hoop dreamers do get the chance to suit up in the
Crimson and Blue, Jankovich said walk-onts become practice players, however, there was no ceiling on what they could achieve.
"We just want the best players that our at our University, there's no ceiling on anyone just because they don't have a scholarship," he said. "It's difficult to be a walk-on and earn a starting role though because there are some awfully talented guys that have been recruited here."
Brett Olson is the only walk on the Kansas roster now. The Chanute senior was offered a spot on the team after last year's tryout. Olson, a forward, saw
limited action throughout the season. He appeared in 21 of 38 games and was four of four from the free-throw line.
After yesterday's tryout, the coaches said they would give callbacks to those they would like to take a closer look at.
The coaching staff said there was not a set number of players they would allow to walk on. They are just looking to add depth to the team.
"We just are plain and simple looking for anyone that can help the team," Jankovich said.
— Edited by Nikki Overfelt
Oklahoma remains top-seeded
The Associated Press
Oklahoma is in a familiar place — first in the initial Bowl Championship Series standings. The Sooners' task this year is to stay there.
Oklahoma was No.1 in the first BCS standings for the third straight year, matching the spot it has held in the two major polls all season.
"It's a positive indicator that we've played awfully well for seven games." Sooners coach Bob Stoops said Monday. "We've earned that position and have played well through this part of
the season. Now, it's our job to continue it, finish it and keep it."
Miami and Virginia Tech, the other two undefeated teams from major conferences, are second and third.
The BCS standings are used to determine which teams play in a national title game. The teams that finish 1-2 in the final BCS standings on Dec. 7 will play for the title at the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans on Jan.4.
The formula uses the AP media and coaches' polls, seven computer rankings, strength of schedule, losses and a bonus-
point system for quality wins.
The Sooners (7-0) have a 1.0 for poll average, 1.33 for computer-rank average, 0.44 for strength of schedule and zero for losses for a 2.77 total. Oklahoma is ranked first in four of computers with Miami the top team in the other three.
The Hurricanes (7-0) have 4.10 points and Virginia Tech (6-0) has 10.23.
"We can't get caught up in anything other than winning our games," Miami coach Larry Coker said. "If we do that, everything will work out as it should."
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