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The Green Bay Packers will try to break their five-game skid in the Metrodome at 8 p.m. tonight. The game will be televised on Channel 9.
College Basketball
No. 18 Oklahoma defeated the University of Hawaii-Hilo 86-70 for seventh place in the Big Island Invitational Tournament yesterday in Hilo, Hawaii.
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December 1, 1997
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Big 12 Football
Oklahoma State's Bob Simmons was named Big 12 coach of the year. Nebraska's Grant Wistrom and Texas' Ricky Williams won the defensive and offensive player honors.
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Jacksonville 29, Baltimore 27
Philadelphia 44, Cincinnati 21
New England 42, Indianapolis 17
New Orleans 16, Carolina 13
Buffalo 20, New York Jets 10
St. Louis 23, Washington 20
Kansas City 44, San Francisco 9
Atlanta 24, Seattle 17
Miami 34, Oakland 16
Pittsburgh 26, Arizona 20, OT
Tampa Bay 20, New York Giants 8
Denver 38, San Diego 28
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Kansas forward Paul Pierce outmaneuvers a Santa Clara opponent. The Jayhawks defeated Santa Clara on Nov. 14. Pierce is one of the players Kansas will be counting on when it faces Arizona in Chicago Tuesday. Photo by Geoff Krieger/KANSAN
Big 12 Conference
No. 2 Nebraska 27, Colorado 24
No. 15 Texas A&M 27, Texas 16
The Associated Press Top 25
The Associated Press Top 25
No. 3 Tennessee 17, Vanderbilt 10
Michigan St. 39, No. 4 Penn St. 14
Arizona 28, No. 12 Arizona St. 16
No. 14 Georgia 27, Georgia Tech 24
No. 16 Syracuse 35, Miami 13
No. 17 LSU 31, Arkansas 21
Mississippi 15, No. 22 Mississippi St. 14
AP TOP 25
The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Saturday, total points based on 25 points for a first place vote through one point for a 25th place vote and previous ranking:
rank team rec pts pvs
1. Michigan (69) 11-0 1,749 1
2. **Nebraska(1)** 11-0 1,680 2
3. Tennessee 10-1 1,574 3
4. Florida St. 10-1 1,531 5
5. UCLA 9-2 1,385 6
6. Florida 9-2 1,356 7
7. N. Carolina 10-1 1,304 8
8. Washington St. 10-1 1,275 10
9. Ohio St. 10-2 1,238 9
10. Kansas St. 10-1 1,198 11
11. Auburn 10-1 1,001 13
12. Penn St. 9-2 990 4
13. Georgia 9-2 939 14
14. Texas A&M 9-2 816 15
15. Syracuse 9-3 726 16
16.LSU 8-3 656 17
17. Arizona St. 8-3 568 12
18.Purdue 8-3 551 18
19. Missouri 7-4 448 19
20. Colorado St. 9-2 395 20
21. Washington 7-4 286 21
22. Southern Miss. 8-3 271 23
23.Air Force 10-2 192 24
24.Oklahoma St. 8-3 180 25
25.Michigan St. 7-4 104 —
Other receiving votes: Iowa 55, New Mexico 52, Mississippi 45, Virginia 42, Wisconsin 38, Maryland 28, Louisiana 19, Arkansas 14, Missouri 14, Michigan 10, Arizona 10, Virginia 10, Virginia 2, Virginia 2, Miami 1, Ohio 1, Oregon 1
USA TODAY/ESPN
The Top 25 teams in the USA Today/ESPN college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through yesterday, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:
1. Michigan (58) 11-0 1,546 1
2. Nebraska(4) 11-0 1,483 2
3. Tennessee 10-1 1,359 3
4. Florida St. 10-1 1,356 5
5. N. Carolina 10-1 1,242 6
6. UCLA 9-2 1,181 7
7. Washington St. 10-1 1,156 10
8. Florida 9-2 1,128 8
9. Kansas St. 10-1 1,091 9
10. Ohio St. 10-2 1,054 11
11. Auburn 9-2 872 13
12. Penn St. 9-2 843 4
13. Georgia 9-2 821 14
14. Texas A&M 9-2 746 15
15. Syracuse 9-3 656 16
16. LSU 8-3 574 17
17. Purdue 8-3 464 18
18. Colorado St. 9-2 438 19
19. Arizona St. 8-3 414 12
20. Missouri 7-4 310 20
21. Air Force 10-2 280 23
22. Washington 7-4 233 22
23. Southern Miss. 8-3 196 24
24. Oklahoma St. 8-3 189 25
25. New Mexico 9-2 12
Others receiving votes: Michigan State 81, Iowa 49,
Wisconsin 84, Clemson 36, Virginia 35, Louisville 72,
Note Dame 23, Virginia Tech 20, West Virginia 20,
Mississippi State 18, Mississippi 17, Marshall 10, Tulane
9, Arizona 4, Georgia Tech 4, Pittsburgh 3, Wyoming 3,
Taledo 1.
NIT champs hungry for Arizona
Jayhawks win preseason bout; Wildcats loom
By Tommy Gallagher
tgallogher@kansan.com
Associate sports editor
The Kansas men's basketball team won the Chase Preseason NIT last week in New York City, but some problems linger as the team prepares for No.1 Arizona Tuesday night.
The Jayhawks struggled in their dramatic 90-88 overtime win against Arizona State on Wednesday night in the semifinals.
Kansas committed a season-high 27 turnovers, including 17 in the first half. And on defense, Arizona State shot 50 percent from the floor, recording the highest point total against the Jayhawks this season.
Forward Paul Pierce scored 28 points and nine rebounds, and forward Raef LaFrentz had 18 points and nine rebounds.
Guard Billy Thomas had 19 points, including the game-winning shot in overtime. His shot, launched from near the NBA three-point line, bounced off the front of the rim to the top of the backboard and into the basket.
Coach Roy Williams said the Jayhawks needed to guard better against turnovers.
"Those turnovers were not against a press," Williams said after the game. "Those were against a simple zone defense. There's no excuse for what happened on offense tonight."
FLORIDA STATE (4-1)
The Jayhawks improved on defense in their 73-58 win against Florida State in the championship game, but the offense again had some problems.
Kansas trailed 28-20 at halftime, which matched the worst output in one half in
Greer 4-16 2-2 11, Jackson 7-12 1-5 15,
Louis 3-10 0-6, Baker 4-8 2-2 12, Thompson
son 2-13 0-1 5, Shabazz 2-6 1-3 15, Hale 2-4
0-0 4, Mulligan 0-0 0-0 0, Chlebek 0-0 0-0.
Totals 24 69 6-13 58.
No.2 KANSAS (6-0)
Pierce 7-15 4-6 23, Pugh 2-1 3-2 15, LaFrentz 5-14 1-7 10, Robertson 3-10 0-1 8, Thomas 2-8 0-0 6, Chenowith 0-2 0-0 0, Gregory 3-8 1-2 8, Braftford 1-1 2-4 4, Janisse 0-0 0-0 0, McGrath 1-0 0-0 2, Nooner 0-0 0-0 0, Martin 0-0 0-0 0, Totals 24-62 15-2 53.
Halftime: Florida St. 28, Kansas 20.
3-Point goals: Florida St. 4-21 (Baker 2-5,
Thompson 1-5, Greer 1-9, Hale 0-12), Kansas
10-15 (Pierce 5-6, Robertson 2-3, Thomas 2-
5, Gregory 1-1). Fouled out: Jackson, Pugh.
Rebounds: Florida St. 44 (Thompson 9),
Kansas 51 (Pierce 17). Assists: Florida St. 17
(Thompson 6), Kansas 11 (LaFrentz, Robert-
son 3). Total fouls: Florida St., 21, Kansas
17. A: 12, 24.5
the Williams era. The Jayhawks scored 20 points in one half in three other games, all of which were against Oklahoma State.
Pierce said the Jayhawks were not executing at a top level.
"You were looking at a team that we don't want to be playing like," Pierce said. "It's surprising that we came out so tentative."
The Jayhawks shot 38.7 percent from the floor, but they held the Seminoles to 34.8 percent. Both percentage were season lows for Kansas.
Thomas said the team could not afford to start slow and come from behind against Arizona.
"The last two games, we've been slow starting in the first half," Thomas said. "We've got to come up with a way to make sure we come out with the same attention at the beginning that we have in the second half."
Pierce won the NIT's Most Valuable Player award, averaging 20.2 points, 11 rebounds and 2.2 assists in the tournament. He had 23 points and a career-high 17 rebounds in the title game.
Pierce and LaFrentz made the all-tournament team, along with Jeremy Veal of Arizona State. Richard Hamilton of Connecticut and Randall Jackson of Florida State.
Now 6-0, the Jayhawks will play the Arizona Wildcats Tuesday in the DirectTV Great Eight at the United Center in Chicago. The Wildcats are No. 1 but are expected to drop in the polls today after a 95-87 loss to No. 3 Duke in the Maui Invitational Wednesday night.
Some information was contributed by The Associated Press.
Kansas guard Lynn Pride grab a rebound against Athletes in Action Nov. 18 in Allen Field House. Pride has scored in double figures in all of the Jayhawks' games this season and has more than 200 rebounds in her career.
Photo by Steve Puppe/KANSAN
Kansas women finish third
Kansan staff report
The Kansas women's basketball team won third place in the Prairie Lights/Hawkeye Classic yesterday with a 79-66 defeat of the University of California State Northridge in Iowa City, Iowa.
Forward Nikki White joined two other freshmen in the Kansas starting lineup for the first time this season, replacing Nakia Sanford. Forward Jaclyn Johnson and point guard Jennifer Jackson had started all of Kansas' previous regular season games.
The Jayhawks led the entire game and had a 23- point advantage with 19:01 remaining in the game. Cal State Northridge went on two runs during the second half and pulled within 10 points.
But Kansas' season-high output of 79 points gave them the win and a 3-1 record for the season. The Jayhawks lost their first game of the season to Washington 75-64 on Saturday in the first round of the Classic.
"I think it took a lot of heart to come back after yesterday's disappointing loss," Coach Marian Washington said after the game. "We did a better job in the first half, but our fatigue really showed, and we let up and let them back into it in the second half."
Four Jayhawks recorded double figures in points, led by Jackson with 18 and guard Shandy Robbins with 15. Forward Lynn Pride and guard Suzi Raymant scored 14 and 12 points respectively.
Robbins came off the bench and made two of three three-point attempts. She accounted for 15 of Kansas' 33 points off the bench.
"We got some quality minutes from the bench today but not yesterday vs. Washington," Washington said.
BOX SCORE
Kansas (3-1)
Rayment 5-10 2-2 12, Jackson 6-11 5-16 18, Scott 0-4 0 0
Robbins 4-7 5-18 5, White 1-4 2-3 4, Pride 6-12 1-5
14, Johnson 3-7 2-2 8, Sanford 3-4 2-5 8, Fletcher 0-0 0 0
Totals 28 59 19 31 79
Cal State Northridge (1-3)
Curry 5-12 0-1 12, Hamilton 1-1 0-0 2, Lof 3-8, 3-4.9
Nelson 3-0 2-2 2, Jones 3-5 3-4 10, Vaillancourt 0-4 2-5.2,
Mills 7-2 6-8 10, Fowler 0-2 0-0 0, Gown 0-3 0-0.9,
Bell 3-10 5-6 11, Saleem 0-0 0-0, Milic 3-3 2-2.8.
Totals 20-58 23-11 66.
Halftime: Kansas 42, Cal State Northridge 22, 3-point goals: Kansas 42 (Raymant 0-1, Jackson 1-1, Robbins 2-3, Pride 1-1), Cal State Northridge 3-15 (Curry 2-6, Lof 0-1, Jones 1-2, Vaillancourt 0-3, Gowin 0-3); Rebounds: Kansas 46 (Robbins 8, Pride 7, Johnson, Sanford 6) Cal State Northridge (Curry 8). Total fouls: Kansas 22, Cal State Northridge 27. A: 3,573
Johnson led Kansas with 17 points against the Huskies. Pride and Jackson were also in double figures for the Jayhawks with 14 and 11 points.
Kansas' other game during the break was also on the road against Penn State Wednesday. The Jayhawks defeated the Nittany Lions 61-53 with a careerhigh 19 points from Pride. Kansas newcomers scored 31 points, including 14 from Johnson and 10 from Jackson.
Pre-Holidays happy for intramural players
By Sara Anderson
sports@kansan.com
Special to the Kansan
By Sara Anderson
Kansas' basketball season may be in full swing, but the intramural basketball program is just starting to heat up.
The Pre-Holiday Basketball Tournament begins today and runs until Dec. 9. The single-elimination tournament has 72 teams divided into men's,
women's and co-rec divisions.
"We have the tournament every year and are looking forward to it," said Jason Krone, intramural director. "It gives us a chance to get everyone excited about basketball and gives our officials a chance for some experience too."
Krone said that the number of teams participating in the tournament had stayed constant with about 70 to 75 entering each year.
"We always have a good number of teams," he said. "I think that sometimes people miss the sign-ups for this tournament, and it reminds them about the regular season."
"I like the tournament because it gives you a taste of playing
Erin Mullins, Springfield, Mo. junior, said the tournament gave students a chance to play before the regular season began.
Regular-season basketball has a $25 entry fee, and teams can sign up beginning Jan. 18. The three-
Mullins said she planned to participate in the Pre-Holiday tournament and the regular season.
before you go on break," she said. "With KU playing now, it makes you anxious to start. The tournament is a chance to play competitive, fun basketball before the regular season."
week season begins Jan. 26. It will end with a single-elimination tournament.
Krone said the number of teams that sign up to participate was usually much higher than in the Pre-Holiday tournament. He estimated about 260 teams would sign up to play.
"KU is a big basketball school, and it shows even within this program," he said.
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