Friday, October 29,1999
The University Daily Kansan
Section B · Page 3
Coaches expecting Big 12 Conference to improve this year
By Matt Tait
sports@kansan.com
Kansas sportwriter
DALLAS — The Big 12 Conference may come to be known as the better 12 this season.
That was the consensus among the coaches and players who attended yesterday's Big 12 men's media day.
"I think the conference is
"I think going to be much better this year."
Ok l a h o m a State coach Eddie Sutton said. "The top half will be better, but where the most improvement will come is in the bottom half."
Missouri, come from well respected and highly recognized programs.
Snyder, a former assistant coach at Duke under Mike Kryzewski, joked that although he didn't even know all of the cities in the Big 12, he was *i-*
"I think the (Big 12) conference is going to be much better this year."
According to the Big 12 preseason coaches poll, the bottom six teams are Nebraska, Colorado, Texas Tech, Kansas State, Texas A & M and Baylor.
Sutton and other coaches said the teams would improve because of new coaches, and the number of older, more mature players in the Big 12.
Oklahoma State basketball coach
The new coaches, Dave Bliss at Baylor and Quinn Snyder at
awe of the conference's coaches.
"It's one of those things where I kind of pinch myself when I look at all of the great coaches in the league,"
Snvder said.
Bliss' track record also is impressive. He comes to Baylor after 10 years at New Mexico. Bliss also coached with Bobby Knight at Indiana and Army.
"The addition of Dave Bliss will add a lot to our conference," Sutton said. "He is an outstanding coach and an excellent person."
- Edited by John Audlehelm
Soccer team shoots for winning record
Wins at tournament would complete goal
By Chris Wristen
sports@kansas.com
Kansas sportswriter
The Kansas soccer team will wrap up its season this weekend with two games in the Ole Miss Classic tournament in Oxford, Miss.
The Jayhawks will battle Mississippi at 7 tonight, and take on San Diego State at 3 p.m.
Saturday. The games will close what has been the most successful soccer season in Kansas history, and the Jayhawks, 8-1, would like to put an exclamation point on it by capturing two more wins.
"We just want to finish strong," coach Mark Francis said. "We've had a good season, the best in the history of the program, and we'd like to finish it with a couple of wins."
Winning both games won't come easy. Mississippi won the Southeast Conference western division title and will carry an 11-7 record into tonight's game. The Lady Rebels have lost their last four games though, and Kansas has won both previous meetings between the two schools, the last one was a 4-2 Jayhawk victory in 1997.
Diego State, and the Aztecs should prove to be a formidable opponent as well. The Aztecs are 12-5, have won their last three games and have spent several weeks in the Top 25.
Kansas isn't taking either team lightly.
"They're both very good teams," Francis said. "They'll be tough, so we'll have to play very well to win."
The team set two goals at the start of the season — qualifying for the Big 12 Conference tournament and finishing with a
winning record. The Jayhawks missed out on the tournament, but they still have a chance at a winning record.
Kansas has never played San
"It's extremely important," said Betsy Pollard, senior goalkeeper and team
captain. "With two wins this weekend, we can come home with a winning record, which KU hasn't done in the history of soccer."
A winning record is within reach, and the ball is on Kansas' half of the field. The Jayhawks have a plan.
"Our main prerogative is to go there and play our hardest, play our game and keep the ball moving." Pollard said. "If we go down there and play the way we know how, I think we can definitely come home with two wins under our belt."
—Edited by Julia Nicholson
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