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Thursday, October 10, 1996
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Outlook improves for Cyclones
Preseason rankings include Iowa State despite suspensions
The Associated Press
AMES, Iowa — Iowa State basketball coach Tim Floyd wanted to make a point when he suspended starting center Kelvin Cato. Cato says he has.
"When a man gives you a
The 6-foot-11 senior has been suspended for three games for missing classes and weightlifting sessions last spring. He says it will never happen again.
When a man gives you suspension, you don't war any more," Cato said on Tuesday. "That's one step away from being put off the team, and that's something a basketball player never wants."
Cato's suspension was the first in a series of off-season incidents that indicated to Floyd that some of his players were coasting after their surprising success last winter.
He suspended guard Dedric Willoughby and forward Shawn Bankhead, both starters, for one game for missing summer school classes.
Later, Floyd canceled the team's trip to Europe because he felt some of the players didn't deserve to go.
Then, it was learned that forward Kenny Pratt, the No. 2 scorer and rebounder last season, was academically ineligible for the first semester. And last week, Pratt was charged with disorderly conduct for allegedly shoving a police officer atabar.
Maybe that's why Floyd's mood turned sour at the Cyclones' media day. The longer he talked, the angreer he got.
"I think you sense that I'm a little disturbed about some things that have happened," Floyd said. "Yes, that's a fair assessment."
After being picked to finish last in the Big Eight Conference a year ago, Iowa State surprised everyone by winning a school-record 24 games, winning the Big Eight tournament and reaching the second round of NCAA play. All of the key players from that team returned.
"I do think success is hard for
with, for whatever reason,
Floyd said. "I think we
had a little bit of a case
of that in the spring."
Floyd said he hoped
that the players were
ady to tackle this new sea
son head on, with the understanding that the y weren't going to sneak up on anybody.
Cato admitted that he was sliding when Floyd came down on him. After sitting out the first six games last season, Cato averaged 9.6 points and 7.7 rebounds and blocked a school-record 71 shots.
"I think success had something to do with it," he said. "I think I felt we didn't have to work as hard, even though everybody else in the nation was working just as hard as we were."
But now, Cato said he understood that.
"I talked to friends at other schools and they all told me how hard they work and I told them how hard we work. They do the same things we do. It's just that
coach Floyd really intensifies certain things."
Willoughby, who averaged 20.5 points last season and was named the Big Eight's newcomer of the year, said he, too, understood why he was suspended. But he said the problems weren't a sign the players' egos got out of hand.
"Yeah, guys were missing classes, weightfitting. That's his rules," Willoughby said. "But it's not ego stuff. I think every college student misses a class every now and then, but that's his rules and we are supposed to abide by them. We deserved those suspensions."
Floyd said he hadn't decided whether the players would sit during exhibition games or only regular-season games. Pratt for sure will miss the first six games. He averaged 15.3 points and 6.5 rebounds last season and excelled in clutch situations.
His play was one reason Iowa State exceeded expectations last season. Those expectations are much higher this season, with the Cyclones generally picked for second in the Big 12 behind Kansas.
"I thought a year ago we had a chance to have the most fun as any season I've been a part of. And it worked out that way," Floyd said. "A year later, we look at it and there are expectations."
"I think it's great our program has gotten to the point that people do expect something. I hope we're up to the task."
Iowa State won last year despite shooting 43 percent from the field and out-rebounding only one opponent in 13 Big Eight contests. The Cyclones survived because of good defense, Floyd said.
Brendan Shanahan will go to Whalers for Keith Primeau
Hartford, Detroit finalize five-player trade in hockey
The Associated Press
HARTFORD, Conn. — The Hartford Whalers traded former captain Brendan Shanahan and defenseman Brian Glynn to the Detroit Red Wings yesterday for center Keith Primeau, defenseman Paul Coffey and a first-round draft pick in 1997.
The trade, which had been rumored for almost a week, was forged about three hours before the Detroit Red Wings' home opener last night. Detroit had its private plane plane standing by to get Shanahan to Detroit in time for the game.
"Hockey-wise I think everybody knows he's hard-nosed," Detroit coach and general manager Scotty Bowman said. "I don't know how many people there are like him in the league. He's a winger, a power winger that can score."
The keys in the deal were Primeau and Shanahan, two players in the prime of their NHL careers, both of whom were unhappy with their clubs.
The trade appeared dead after Coffey, one of the mainstays for three of the Edmonton Oilers' four Stanley Cup championships in the 1980s, announced last week he would not go to Hartford.
"It came to the point where enough was enough," said Jim Rutherford, Hartford general manager. "If we did not move forward with the trade, there wasn't going to be one."
"All I know is I'm out of here. I'd rather not say anything more."
Paul Coffey
Detroit Red Wings defenseman
Coffey was expected to be traded to a third team, not immediately announced. The Red Wings said they would send Glynn to the minor leagues.
"All I know is I'm out of here," Coffey said as he brushed past reporters at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit yesterday. "I'd rather not sav anything more."
"It's not easy." Bowman said. "I think everybody knows that. Paul's been traded before, and it's unfortunate. Most of the times he's been traded it's not a result of his play on the ice or what he can bring a team. It's mainly his contract."
Bowman said Coffey refused to speak to him.
The 27-year-old Shanahan, who has two years and $7.9 million remaining on a three-year contract, was pegged by the Whalers as a scoring star who was going to help salvage the franchise. He led the
team last season with 44 goals but requested a trade last month cliting a desire to play for a more stable franchise.
The Whalers, who missed the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season, have two years remaining on a contract with the city and have indicated the franchise would probably leave Connecticut.
Primeau had requested a trade for more than a month. He did not report to training camp and was suspended.
Rutherford said that he expected both Coffey and Primeau to join Hartford in time for Saturday's game in Florida.
Rutherford, however, wouldn't rule out entertaining trade offers for Coffey.
"These players are both professionals, and we expect them to report as soon as possible." Rutherford said, adding that Hartford was a better team primarily because the Shanahan issue was resolved.
Coffey, 35, is the NHL's career scoring leader among defenseman with 1.410 points.
Primeau, 24, had 27 goals and 25 assists last season.
Primeau will be expected to help fill the void left by Shanahan.
"He's a big center iceman," Rutherford said. "He can quarterback the power play. He's a big strong guv, and he can intimidate."
Glynn, 28, played two seasons in Hartford after being acquired on waivers from Vancouver in January 1995.
He scored two goals and 10 assists in 98 games last season for the Whalers.
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