Section B · Page 6
The University Daily Kansan
Monday, October 20,1997
Late Night officially starts hoop season
By Tommy Gallagher
tgallagher@kansan.com
Associate sports editor
The Kansas men's basketball team tipped off official team practice for this season at 12:01 a.m. Saturday with its intrasquad scrimmage at Allen Field House.
At "Late Night With Roy Williams," the Kansas Red team defeated the Kansas Blue 54-43 in a game plagued by turnovers and missed shots.
Kansas men's basketball coach Roy Williams said his players had not been sharp during the scrimmage.
"Some of the dunks during pregame were impressive, but the scrimmage wasn't the prettiest basketball," Williams said. "But then I'm not very concerned about that. I just wanted the fans and the kids to have fun."
The Red team was led by junior guard Ryan Robertson, who had nine points, nine assists and five rebounds. He recorded just one turnover.
Top scorers for the Red squad were junior forward Paul Pierce (12), junior forward T.J. Pugh (11) and freshman guard Kenny Gregory (10).
The Blue team was led by senior forward Reaf LaFrentz, who had 15 points and 11 rebounds. Other top performers for the Blue squad included senior guard Billy Thomas, who had 12 points, and sophomore forward Lester Earl, who had nine points.
Before the scrimmage began, the team had an
informal slam-dunk exhibition during warm-ups.
Fan favorites included Earl, Gregory and senior guard C.B. McGrath.
"Every once in a while, when I'm feeling good, I can get it down," McGrath said. "I definitely felt like getting started with practices this season. Last season ended, then we had summer stuff and then preseason, so you kind of got tired of that and start to look forward to the next season."
As for Gregory, he has struggled with back spasms for the past year. He left the scrimmage with about five minutes left to ice his back in the locker room during the final minutes.
"I came to find out during the summer recruiting period his back had been hurting
him," Williams said. "We made the decision to recruit him anyway, but I could have easily seen us not recruit him because I didn't think he was very athletic. Then I saw him in January, and this guy was flying around."
Four high school recruits attended "Late Night" as part of their official visits to Kansas — forwards JaRon Rush (Kansas City, Mo.) and Quentin Richardson (Chicago), center Joel Pryzbella (Monticello, Minn.) and guard Jeff Boschee (Valley City, N.D.). Boschee made an oral commitment to sign with Kansas on Nov. 12.
Students carried white banners with the recruits' name and number in blue with red trim around the field house before "Late Night" festivities began.
Paul Pierce is blocked by Nick Bradford during the scrimmage early Saturday morning at Allen Field House. Photo by Geo Griffen/KANSAT
The magic begins
Ryan Robertson, Jelani Janisse, Paul Pierce and T.J. Pugh get into the groove during a skit at "Late Night with Roy Williams" Friday night in Allen Field House. Photo by Geoff Krieger/KANSAN
T. J. Pugh drives for a layup during the scrimimage between the Kansas Red team and the Kansas Blue队 at "Late Night with Ray Williams" early Saturday morning at Allen Field House. Photo by Geoff Krieger/KANSAN
Look to the left. . .
The Roy Shuffle
Look to the right. . .
Next hop forward...
Then jump on back.
Before going to the locker room, the players dance in a circle to the music played over the speakers in Allen Field House. A group a cheerleaders grab a surprise guest. Roy Williams, Kansas men's basketball coach, enters the dance circle to show the Jayhawks and 16,300 loyal fans how to do the steps for the Roy Shuffle. Friday's "Late Night with Roy Williams" was his 10th as coach in Lawrence. Photos by Eric B. Howell/KANSAN
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