THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4. 2004 INSIDE SPORTS THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN 9A BASKETBALL Women'steamgainsguard; Hayesfills Graves'void Following a roster reduction that diminished the women's basketball team to only nine players, a timely addition will bring the Jayhawks back to a team of 10, less than a week before the exhibition season opener. Heather Haves, a junior guard from Derby, joined the team Tuesday and will help fill the void left by the departure of guard Larisha Graves, who left for personal reasons. Rec'in ball "Heather has a great work ethic and will add needed depth to our team," coach Bonnie Henrickson said. "She is a quality person, both on and off the court, and we're happy we were able to offer her a scholarship." Hayes was a redshirt walk-on during the 2003-2004 season and practiced with the Jayhawks but did not play in any games. She left the team after the season, but rejoined the roster after being offered a scholarship by Henrickson. Following one season with the Golden Eagles, Hayes played at Seward County Community College in Liberal during the 2002 fall semester, before transferring to Butler County Community College in the spring. The addition of Hayes brings a sixth guard to a Kansas roster that will rely heavily on perimeter play. "It has been a dream of mine to play for Kansas since I was little," Hayes said. "I'm excited about the opportunity. During her senior year at Derby High School in 2001, Hayes averaged 14 points and five assists and was selected as an honorable mention to the All-State team. During the 2001-2002 season at Oral Roberts, Hayes played in 21 games and off the court was named an Oral Roberts scholar athlete. Kansas opens the season Tuesday with an exhibition game against Fort Hays State. Paul Brand FOOTBALL Injured football players prepare for Colorado game There is good news concerning the rash of injuries that have afflicted the Jayhawks in recent weeks. Sophomore running back John Randle and junior cornerback Theo Baines are both practicing. Randle appears to be doing better than Baines, whose improvement coach Mark Mangino described as "slower." The team medical staff remains optimistic that both will play this weekend. Also, Mangino said junior quarterback Jason Swanson was working hard both on the practice field and after practice. Despite media requests, Mangino refused to make Swanson available to the media this week. "If there's any indication from what he does on the practice field, I think he'll be a factor in the game on Saturday," Mangino said. Kickoff for Saturday's game vs. Colorado is 12:30 p.m. Also, the Big 12 Conference and ABC Sports announced that the network would exercise its six-day option on games for Nov. 13. That means ABC will decide six days in advance whether to broadcast the day's Kansas-Texas game or the Texas A&M-Texas Tech. Whichever game ABC does not air will be on Fox Sports Net at 11 a.m. Jonathan Kealing Brian Lewis/KANSAN B. J. Endicott, Olahe sophomore, looks up the court for an open teammate. Endicott regularly attends pick-up games at the Student Fitness Recreation Center. Penalty decided for Mizzou THE ASSOCIATED PRESS INDIANAPOLIS — Missouri's basketball team avoided the NCAA's harshest penalty yesterday — a ban from postseason play. But it did receive one of the rarest punishments: A one-year ban from off-campus recruiting. After finding Missouri broke NCAA recruiting rules, the infractions committee placed the Tigers on probation for three years, took away one scholarship next year and two in 2006-07 and limited all basketball coaches to recruiting on campus until November 2005. The penalty prevents all basketball coaches from visiting high schools, making home visits, attending summer "We felt the off-campus ban would be a significant statement on the violations and removes the criticism of punishing current student-athletes," committee chairman Thomas Yeager said in a conference call. camps and even give speeches at high-school awards banquets. Yeager said the ban had not been imposed since 1990 when Illinois' basketball team was punished. "We have reviewed our report in detail and accepted the findings," Deaton said. Missouri chancellor Brady Deaton said the school would not appeal. Instead, Yeager said, coaches covered up some of the violations by submitting incorrect expense reports for 38 meals totaling $5,241.15. "We found, with the meals, that there should have been knowledge but that attempts were made to hide that," Yeager said. The investigation found Missouri violated NCAA recruiting rules from 1999-2003, and Yeager's committee rejected the school's explanation that most infractions were inadvertent. 2003 to two misdemeanors after a dispute with his ex-girlfriend. She said he choked her in a headlock and refused to let her leave his Columbia apartment for more than an hour. The case came to light after former point guard Ricky Clemons, a junior college transfer, pleaded guilty in April Clemons was removed from the team in July 2003 after a judge determined he violated conditions for serving his sentence in a halfway house and ordered him to jail. On jailhouse recordings, Clemons said he received money from coaches at Missouri. The committee could not confirm that charge. But it did determine that basketball coaches helped facilitate payment of his bail and that he improperly received shoes and athletic apparel. Two assistant coaches, Tony Harvey and Lane Odom, resigned during the investigation. The committee also reported Missouri provided improper transportation to recruits and had improper contact with prospects and their families. BASKETBALL MANHATTAN — The Kansas State basketball program will retire three stars' jerseys from the '40s and '50s. K-State to retire three star players'iersevs in February The jerseys of Bob Boozer, Ernie Barrett and Jack Parr will be hung from the rafters of Bramlage Coliseum on Feb. 5. The criteria for jersey retirement include statistical achievement, conference and national records and sportsmanship. The Associated Press TALK TO US Boozer led the Wildcats to the Final Four as a junior, Barrett led the Wildcats to their only NCAA Championship game in 1951 and Parr still holds the two top single-season rebounding averages in school history. Tell us your news. Contact Danielle Hillix or Joe Bant at 864-4858 or sports@kansan.com VOLLEYBALL: Team needs to win home games in order to reach the NCAA tourney CONTINUED FROM PAGE 12A Three players scored kills for the Tigers. The game winner was a shot to the center of the lajawhaws' court by outside hitter Jessica Vander Kooi, who led all players with 18 kills during the night. "We had a little spurt in each game," Bechard said. "They were very steady and aggressive." Kansas had its best offensive performance in the final game, when the team hit .250, indicating successful attacks on one quarter of its attempts. But Missouri answered, hitting .351 in the final set. "She's getting great looks at the ball." Brown said. Michael's had her least productive offensive performance of the season with only three kills. Correa led the Jayhawks with 17 kills. "They were trying to take that way." Bechard said. "She had a big match against them last time, and you react to that. We saw blockers jumping at Ashley so we moved our pass." With a 13-9 record, the team knows its upcoming stretch of two home games will be critical for NCAA tournament consideration. The tournament committee could select as many as eight teams from a loaded Big 12 Conference. "It's do or die," Bechard said. "If we're entertaining any thoughts at all to extend our season past the regular season, the next two are really critical." His team will host Oklahoma at 7 p.m. Saturday in Horejsi Family Athletics Center. The Kansas will face Baylor, who won narrowly in a match earlier this season, 7 p.m. Wednesday in Horejsi. Edited by Neil Mulka Nix Shaving! 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