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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Basketball
Inside Sports today
Bob Stoops, Florida defensive coordinator, officially became the new Oklahoma football coach yesterday, replacing the fired John Blake. SEE PAGE 3B
Yesterday's men's game - Kansas vs. Kentucky
KANSAS 4-1 45
RANKED NO.6
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KENTUCKY 6-1 63
RANKED NO.7
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1998
Commentary
Coach Allen could leave, but should stay at KU
Terry Allen still was the Kansas football coach when I went to bed last night...
But the official announcement yesterday that Bob Stoops, Florida's defensive coordinator, will be the new Oklahoma football coach send ripples of fear through Kansas football fans who have put their trust in Allen.
Allen is considered a leading candidate for the University of Iowa coaching position because if his strong ties to Iowa and his head coaching experience.
At a team meeting yesterday, Allen talked to Kansas players about off-season behavior and conditioning but made no mention of the Iowa job.
As rumors swirled in Iowa City and Lawrence, Athletics Director Bob Frederick answered questions from anxious Kansas fans on a 980 KMBZ radio.
"If this were Illinois or any other job, this wouldn't be a conversation," Frederick said.
Matt Friedrichs
sports@kansan.com
He said Allen was considermg the job because of the tie he and his family have in Iowa. That probably is the first reason Allen is interested, but there are others as well.
Terry Allen is an Iowa native. He lived in Iowa City — home of the University of Iowa — while his dad was the swimming coach at Iowa. He played and coached at Northern Iowa, compiling a 75-26 record as the head coach of the Division I-AA program. His mother still lives in the state and has been hospitalized in Iowa City with health problems
Until Iowa officials interviewed Kirk Ferentz, Baltimore Ravens assistant coach, yesterday, Allen was the only candidate with head coaching experience. Chuck Long, Iowa quarterbacks coach, interviewed for the job Friday and Don Patterson, Iowa offensive coordinator, interviewed Saturday.
Iowa Athletics Director Bob Bowlsby hired Allen to be the head coach at Northern Iowa when Bowlsby was the AD there. He also has a lot of cash to offer — Iowa reportedly was ready to offer Stoops $500,000 a year. Allen reportedly makes about $300,000 a year at Kansas.
Of course, he's not gone yet, and Kansas fans need he to show Allen their support to add to the reasons he should stay.
- Allen has developed strong connections in his two years in Lawrence. By not rejecting any requests to speak to groups and by being openly friendly and honest with the fans he meets, he has won over just about everyone he has met.
- "Terry Allen is really an outstanding person and he has meant a lot to our University, community and the state of Kansas," Frederick said last night.
- Frederick and the Athletics Department have invested millions into Memorial Stadium and the football facilities at Kansas. Allen has received nothing but support from the department. Frederick said Allen's consideration of Iowa doesn't revolve around finances, but if necessary, the department should pay market price for Allen's services.
- The players probably are the most important reason Allen should stay. Kansas hired a coach from a non-Division I school, giving him a chance to coach at the pinnacle of college football. Allen took that opportunity and recruited players — David Winbush, Tanner Hancock — who other programs said weren't Division I talents. They've begun to prove people wrong.
- Finally, here are three reasons why Allen taking the Iowa job would be catastrophic for the Kansas football program:
- Three coaches in four years makes it difficult for players to get comfortable or learn offensive and defensive schemes. Allen's offense has only begun to click after two seasons.
- The money mentioned above will be difficult to recoup if the athletics department has to drum up season ticket and scholarship suite sales touting an new coach.
- Yesterday was the first day of the in-home recruiting period. If Allen were to take the Iowa job, it would be at least a week before Frederick could hire a new coach, hurting Kansas chances to recruit the players needed to compete.
At this date, 11 Division I football teams will have new coaches next season. They are: Auburn, Clemson, Duke, Hawaii, Iowa, Mississippi, Northeast Louisiana, Oklahoma, UNLV, South Carolina and Southwestern Louisiana.
Friedrichs is an Bremen graduate student in journalism.
Let's hope Kansas is not one of them
No. 7 Wildcats maul the Jayhawks
By Erin Thompson
Kansan sportswriter
Chicago — They were two teams and programs that mirrored each other so closely on paper yet played so differently on the court.
No. 6 Kansas cannot contain No.
7 Kentucky and fell, 63-45, to the
Wildcats last night at the United
Center in Chicago.
Kansas led 4-2 early, but that was the last lead they would have. Kentucky went on a 15-1 run, held Kansas scoreless for about five minutes and jumped to a 17-5 lead. Kansas never recovered.
Williams: Says the first half of the game was embarrassing.
"Kentucky played harder, worked harder."
Kansas coach Roy Williams said.
"The first half was about the most embarrassing half I've ever experienced. At the same time, I'm as embarrassed at my own performance as I am of the kids. I didn't have them ready to play, and they weren't anywhere close to being ready to play."
At the half, the Jayhawks found themselves trailing by 19 points. Kentucky outscored them, outbounded them and outhustled them. The 19-
point deficit was the third largest by an opponent in the Williams era.
"It's pretty evident what happened," Williams said. "You don't have to be a nuclear physicist to figure it out. They kicked our tails."
The Jayhawks scraped their way back to within nine points at 51-42 after Lester Earl made one of two free throws with 9:21 left. But then Kansas fumbled a backdoor layup and never got closer.
"Some teams would have folded with that run in the second half," Williams said. "The coach on the other bench has a lot of character and wouldn't have let that happen."
That coach was Tubby Smith who said he had nothing but respect for the Javhawks.
After pulling within nine, the Jayhawks were able only to muster one more basket in the final 11.5 minutes.
"It was a good win for us over a quality team," Smith said. "It was our best effort of the year."
The loss was especially stinging for senior guard Ryan Robertson, who reached 401 career assists last night, becoming only the fourth Jayhawk in history to have 400 assists and 100 three-pointers. Robertson said he hoped the team could turn things around by Saturday against Pepperdine.
"It wasn't anything out of the ordinary," Robertson said. "It wasn't anything we hadn't seen. We weren't ready to play. We got beat on the
KENTUCKY 63, KANSAS 45
Gregory 1-10-3-4, Bradford 2-5
0-0-4, Chenowith 6-12-0-12,
Boschsee 2-4-0-5, Roberts 3-10-2-1
10, Earl 1-3-3-5, Nooner 0-1-0-0,
Crider 0-1-0-0, Carey 0-0-0-0,
Janisse 0-0-0-0, London 0-1-0-0,
Pugh 0-4-3-5, Totals 15-51 11-16
45.
KANSAS (4-1)
KENTUCKY (6-1)
Evans 5-12 0-10, 11; Paggett 3-6 2-4,
Bradley 3-6 1-2 7, Turner 4-6 8-8,
14, Prince 4-9 0-10, Smith 2-8 2-4,
7, Hogan 0-4 0-0, Allison 1-1 0-0,
Camera 2-3 0-0, Magliore 0-1 0-0,
Totals 25-4 11-19 63.
Halftime — Kentucky 41, Kansas 22.
3-Point goals — Kansas 4-14
(Roberts 2-7, Gregory 1-2, Boschee
3-1, Bradford 0-1, Nooner 0-1),
Kyutache 4-16 (Prince 2-6, Evans 1-3,
Smith 1-3, Padgett 0-1, Hogan 0-3).
Pouled out — None, Rebounds—
Kansas 34 (Chenowith 8), Kentucky
64 (Evans 11). Assists — Kansas 11
(Boschee 5), Kentucky 14 (Evans 6).
Total fouls — Kansas 19, Kentucky
14. A — 19,124.
boards. We got beat in every aspect of the game. It was embarrassing to me. It will be a wake-up call to us. I hope we spend the next two days and get a lot better than we are and go out to California and play a lot better."
Erich Chenwitt dunks as during the Night Light with Roy Williams scrimmage. Photo by Jay Sheppard/KANSAN
Since age 4, Kansas tennis player has grown with sport
Kansan sportswriter
By Melinda Weaver
Kansas tennis player Luis Uribe hits a ball. The Mexico native has been playing tennis with his family since he was 4 and began taking lessons from his arandafather when he was 6. Contributed photo
Since he was a child, Luis Uribe, Mexico City senior, has known he wanted to play professional tennis.
His grandfather taught tennis at a local club and influenced him to begin young. Uribe could not officially begin his lessons until age 6, but he played with his relatives at age 4.
"My family supports me on everything," Uribe said. "Without them, I wouldn't be here."
Family support followed him to the University of Kansas where his experience helped him develop his talent.
As a freshman, he received the Rookie of the Year award at the NCAA tournament in Athens, Ga.
This season, he won 16 of 18 matches, the Kansas record for the most wins in a fall season.
Uribe also has been successful as a doubles player, earning All-American honors last season.
"It's a totally different strategy and a totally different style of plav, but I like them both."
Uribe said. "Until this year, I was much better at doubles." His partner,
of play, but I like them both," You said.
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TENNIS
His partner,
Ed Dus.
"He's solid," Dus said. "I hit the ball hard, but he always comes up with the big shots when needed. It allows me to make more shots happen knowing he'll back me up and play solid."
believes they play well together because they compliment each other's style.
Dus and Uribe will compete in the National Indoor in Dallas Feb. 4-7, 1999.
"He doesn't have any weaknesses," Riley said. "He's an all-court player. Some players are good at some things and not at others, but not Luis."
Uribe competed in his first national tournament at age 7, but his career flourished in
Coach Mark Riley has nothing but praise for Uribe's skills.
"From playing in tournaments like the Junior French Open and Junior Wimbledon, I learned a lot," Uribe said. "I got so much experience dealing with people, traveling and learning to deal with problems."
high school when he decided to attend a correspondence school in Monterey and play tennis on a national team, traveling the world.
While overseas, he had to take responsibility for his high school studies in order to pass the correspondence tests.
Uribe ranked in the top three players in Mexico to be eligible for the international team.
"I thought it would be very easy, but it wasn't," Uribe said.
"It was really hard to keep up."
After graduating, Uribe was no longer eligible to play for his high school team, so he took a year off from school and played tennis before deciding to move his career to the University of Kansas.
"I chose KU because I loved the campus, and they had a great tennis program," Uribe said. "Also, I met other Mexicans that were on the team that I could relate to."
throughout high school became a great asset for him when he decided to major in architecture.
The work ethic he developed
Since there are very few athletes in this program, the school provides no tutors to help him keep up with his projects.
"It's very hard to keep up with my classes," Uribe said. "Because I travel so much, sometimes I have five days less than everyone else to complete a project, so I'll be up all night working on it and have to be fresh the next day for a tournament."
Despite the stress, Uribe plans to remain in school until he completes the five-year program.
"I want to play professional tennis, but there won't be as much pressure to do well if I have a degree," Uribe said. "If I'm really bad, I have something to fall back on."
As a child, Uribe spent long hours dedicating himself to a sport rather than playing with kids his age, but he said it has been worth it.
"I missed out on a lot of my childhood, but I gained a lot from all my experiences," Uribe said. "I don't regret a minute of it."
Women's basketball suffers defeat against unranked opponent
By Sam Mellinger
Kansas sportswriter
It's either rain or shine with Arkansas State, and last night the Kansas women's basketball team could have used an umbrella.
Arkansas State (2-4) knocked off No. 19 Kansas 65-61, the second time in as many games this season that the Lady Indians have beaten a ranked team at home. Arkansas State beat then-No. 8 Virginia at the Convocation Center earlier in November. Arkansas State's four losses have been by an average of 19 points.
The game marks the end of a 14-day Kansas road trip that included games in Indiana, Hawaii, California and Arkansas. Sophomore guard Casey Pruitt, who graduated from Jonesboro High School in 1996, said before the trip to Arkansas that the team was fatigued from the travel. Kansas coach Marian Washington said that last night's loss was not due to compacency.
"I am pleased with our effort," she said. "I thought (Arkansas State) hit some big shots, some shots we thought they would not hit. They are a fine ball club."
The Lady Indians connected on eight of 17 three-pointers against Kansas, including four of six in the second half. Kansas hit five of 15 from long range.
The Jayhawks were led by junior Lynn Pride, who tied a season-high with 23 points on 10 of 16 shooting. Pride also led the team with seven rebounds. Sophomore point guard Jennifer Jackson hit nine of 13 shots on her way to a season-high 23 points.
Pruitt played five minutes in her homecoming and did not attempt a shot.
Arkansas State was led by Julie Hagood, a high school rival of Pruitt's, who scored 15 points. Tanisha Johnson also had 15 points and Keesha Evans added 13.
When the Jayhawks return to Lawrence today, it will allow senior Suzi Raymont to be-examined after injuring her left knee Nov. 21 against Minnesota. It is the same knee that Raymont had rehabilitated after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament. If she is unable to return this season, Raymont would receive a medical redshirt and still be eligible next season.
Kansas will play its season-opener at 6:05 p.m. Friday against Maryland Eastern Shore in the two-day Jayhawk Classic. The tournament's championship game will be at 2:05 p.m. Saturday and the consolation will follow.
ARKANSAS ST. 65, KANSAS 61
KANSAS (4-3)
Pride 10-16 1-2-23, J.Johnson 3-4-1-47, Sanford 2-5-0-4,
Jackson 9-13-0-19, Robbins 2-12-0-6, Pruitt 0-0-0-0,
Resv 3-0-1 0, Fletcher 1-2-0-2, Totals 27-55 2-7 61.
ARKANSAS ST. (2-4)
Evans 6-10-0-13, T. Johnson 5-8-2-5-1, Cottrell 2-4-0-4
Bradshaw 3-10-0-0, Hagood 5-13-3-4-1, Soukupova 0-1-
0-00, Smith 0-1-0-0, Rush 1-3-0-02, Chatman 1-3-0-02,
Davis 3-5-0-0, Totals 26-58 5-96.
Halftime — Arkansas St. 36, Kansas 32. Three-Point goals — Kansas 51 (Pride 2-4, Robbins 2-9, Jackson 1-2), Arkansas St. 8-17 (T Johnson 3-9, Bradshaw 2-3, Hagood 2-5, Evans 1-3, Smith 0-1, Sukupova 0-1).
Fouled out — None. Rebounds — Kansas 33 (Pride 7), Arkansas St. 32 (Cottrell 6). Assists — Kansas 11 (Pride, Jackson 3), Arkansas St. 14 (Evans 5). Total fouls — Kansas 18, Arkansas St. 12. Attendance — 1,012.
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