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Tamara Ransburg, sophomore center, controlled possession during a game against Colorado last season. The team will play four exhibition games in preparation for the upcoming season.
Women's basketball to prep in Mexico
Nikki Nugent
nugent@kansan.com
Kansan Sportswriter
The University of Kansas women's basketball team will take a late summer vacation, but the trip is more business than recreation.
The Jayhawks will leave Lawrence Friday night for Monterrey, Mexico. The team will play two games Saturday and two games Sunday, including one against the Mexican National Team, before returning to Lawrence Monday night.
"If I could get a fifth game in, I would've, but that was impossible," coach Marian Washington said.
A major benefit of the trip is the team is allowed 10 practices to prepare, giving new players an opportunity to get familiar with the program.
the program. The exhibition games also help the coaches assess where the players might be when the season begins.
though we will be far from where we hope to be, we still have an opportunity to see what we have and what we might be able to do this year in terms of offense and defenses."
"We have a chance to see them in actual competition," Washington said, "and even
Washington said the trip would also help point out what the coaches need to focus on for the needs recruiting season.
Kansan file photo
When Washington learned exhibition games were within NCAA rules, she decided to take advantage of the opportunity. Exhibition trips are possible only if team members miss no classes.
Junior forward Blair Waltz drives past Colorado defender Katie Fagan during a 2003 home game. The women's basketball team will depart for an exhibition tour in Monterrey, Mexico, on Friday.
Many coaches choose to schedule exhibition games during the summer, but Washington chose the Labor Day weekend so five new players could join the team.
"By waiting until the fall I was able to have everyone go, and that's what we needed," Washington said.
She said the team was not going to worry about victories and losses while in Mexico, and everyone would see playing time.
"There's so many positives about this trip," Washington said. "I'm very pleased that we're going
to be able to do it.
—Edited by Andy Marso
Former All-American leaves Arizona
By Christopher Wuensch Arizona Daily Wildcat via W-WIRE The University of Arizona
By Christopher Wuensch
TUCSON, Ariz. — It's a mere two months before the opening tip-off, and the University of Arizona men's hoops team has suffered its first major setback of the season with the departure of one of its few returning big men.
When Arizona takes to the court on Nov. 5 to square off in
the annual Pepsi Red-Blue game, the Wildcats will be without the services of 6-foot-6 freshman forward Chris Dunn.
ward Chris Dunn
The former two-time high school All-American has enrolled at Cochise Community College, leaving him ineligible to return to Arizona until he completes his two-year degree. Regarded as the most athletic of all Wildcat recruits, Dunn's exodus leaves the Wildcats lacking depth, with only
"Our goals are intact. That's to win a Pac-10 championship and national championship."
Josh Pastner
Arizona assistant coach
eight scholarship players returning for the 2003-04 season.
Recent departures of forwards Luke Walton, Rick Anderson and
Dennis Latinmore leave the Wildcat lineup thin in the low post. The only returning forward from last year's Elite Eight squad is sophomore small forward Andre Iguodala.
Even with just eight scholarship players available, the team will not be fazed, said Josh Pastner, Arizona assistant coach.
ner, Arizona assistant,
"Our goals are intact," Pastner said. "That's to win a Pac-10 championship and a national championship."
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