Monday, August 24,1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section B·Page 3
Chenowith hungry for season to begin after European tour
By Brandon Krisztal
Kansan sportswriter
After a whirlwind tour through Europe consisting of basketball, four-star hotels and extensive searches for normal food, sophomore center Eric Lawrence is glad to be back in Lawrence.
Chenowith represented Kansas on the Big 12 All-Star basketball team that toured Europe from Aug. 5 to Aug. 15. The All-Stars
played three games in England, a game in Belgium and two games in Germany, finishing with a 4-2 record.
Center Eric Chenowith blocks a shot by Nebraska's Larry Florence in a game last season. This summer, Chenowith played on a Big 12 All-Star team that toured Europe. Photo by Kansan staff/KANSAN
Chenowith said he enjoyed visiting Europe. "It was a good
It was a good experience
CHENOWITH IN EUROPE
Games: 6
Field goals: 20 of 45
Free-throw tries: seven of 12
Rebounds: 24
Three-point shots made: one of five
Points: 50
Average points: 8 a game
because it was my first time over seas," he said.
In the six games, Chenwith averaged eight points and four rebounds while shooting 44 percent from the floor and 58 percent from the free-throw line.
"First of all, I really enjoyed having Eric on the team," Dickey said. "He's an outstanding young man, and in my opinion has a great chance to be a great player. He's so big and creates so many problem."
Other big men on the team included Nebraska senior Venson Hamilton, who was the team's leading rebounder, Baylor junior Jamie Kendrick and Texas sophomore Chris Mihm. Chenowith said the European centers were not the toughest adversaries.
Texas Tech coach James Dickey coached the Big 12 All-Stars and praised Chenowith.
the referees," Chenwith said.
"The refs were so bad that you had to be patient and couldn't let the refs get on your nerves."
Chenowith led the All-Stars with 17 points in a victory against the Stevenage (England) Rebels. He scored 15 in the team's second game, against the Manchester (England) Giants. His scoring decreased during the last four games.
"I played well at the beginning because I was accustomed to the system we ran there," Chenowith said. "We kind of ran an imitation of our offense that we run here at Kansas, so I knew how to score in that offense. Then, once everybody else picked up at the end, they started scoring as much as I was."
"As far as playing the competition, the best thing I got out of it was learning to be patient with
defensively and has a nice touch facing the basket. He was a pleasure to be around."
visited. The team's hotel in Belgium was on the beach, and the hotel in Germany was on the Rhine River.
After playing six games, the team visited Paris for two days.
Although Chenowith enjoyed his trip, he was not sure that he would go back to Europe on the same type of tour.
"It was a good one-time experience," Chenwith said. "If I was chosen to play on a USA Basketball select team, I'd definitely go."
Chenowith said he had fun spending time with players from other Big 12 schools.
"The tour was good because my teammates were guys I'll be playing against, so I could pick up on some of their strengths and weaknesses." Chenwith said.
The tour of Europe ended a summer of hard work by Chenowith. He and the rest of the Jayhawks worked out in Lawrence in June.
"I think where I've improved the most is my strength," Chenowith said. "I'm at 265 right now. At the end of last season I was about 240. All my lifts have gotten better. I'm a quick stepper now. It's easier for me to run. I can hold ground in the best."
Although Raef LaFrentz and Paul Pierce have gone to the NBA, Chenowith said he did not feel
extra pressure as he looked toward his second season at Kansas.
"From the outside, it may look like there's pressure, but the only pressure I have is that which I put on myself," Chenowith said. "I'm looking to do as many good things as I can."
Early in the season, Kansas will play Kentucky, the defending national champion, in the Great Eight tournament in Chicago.
The game Chenowith said he was looking forward to the most was in the John Wooden Classic against Pepperdine. It will be played at The Pond in Anaheim, Calif., near Chenowith's home.
"That game will probably be the
pinnacle of my career, so far," Chenwith said. "To go home, that'll be awesome for me. I can see the Pond from my house, literally. I walked through the thing when they were building it, and it's just a really special building to me. My friends and family will be there, but the most important thing to me is that we win."
"A lot of teams are counting us out," Chenowith said. "A lot of teams are wondering who's going to win the Big 12. We're still Kansas, and we've worked as hard if not harder than any other team in the conference or maybe even the country in the off-season."
Chenwhen is enthusiastic about the upcoming year and thinks the Jayhawks could sneak up on some people.
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