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Sports Illustrated ranks Kansas No.1 in its preview that hits stands today.
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WEEK 16
1. Boston
2. Texas A&M
3. Florida State
4. Michigan State
5. Oregon State
6. Oklahoma State
7. Kentucky
8. Maryland
9. North Carolina
10. South Carolina
11. Florida
12. Utah
13. Arkansas
14. Minnesota
15. Missouri
16. Wisconsin
17. Oklahoma
18. Tennessee
19. Georgia
20. Kentucky
21. North Carolina
22. Mississippi
23. Louisiana
24. Tennessee
25. Florida
26. Missouri
27. Wisconsin
28. Oklahoma
29. Tennessee
30. Georgia
31. Kentucky
32. North Carolina
33. Mississippi
34. Louisiana
35. Tennessee
36. Florida
37. Missouri
38. Wisconsin
39. Oklahoma
40. Tennessee
41. Georgia
42. Kentucky
43. North Carolina
44. Mississippi
45. Louisiana
46. Tennessee
47. Florida
48. Missouri
49. Wisconsin
50. Oklahoma
51. Tennessee
52. Florida
53. Missouri
54. Wisconsin
55. Oklahoma
56. Tennessee
57. Florida
58. Missouri
59. Wisconsin
60. Oklahoma
61. Tennessee
62. Florida
63. Missouri
64. Wisconsin
65. Oklahoma
66. Tennessee
67. Florida
68. Missouri
69. Wisconsin
70. Oklahoma
71. Tennessee
72. Florida
73. Missouri
74. Wisconsin
75. Oklahoma
76. Tennessee
77. Florida
78. Missouri
79. Wisconsin
80. Oklahoma
81. Tennessee
82. Florida
83. Missouri
84. Wisconsin
85. Oklahoma
86. Tennessee
87. Florida
88. Missouri
89. Wisconsin
90. Oklahoma
91. Tennessee
92. Florida
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94. Wisconsin
95. Oklahoma
96. Tennessee
97. Florida
98. Missouri
99. Wisconsin
100. Oklahoma
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TENNIS
Edina Horvath, Budapest, Hungary, sophomore, signed on to play tennis at the University of Kansas without ever playing for coach Amy Hall-Holt or visiting the Lawrence campus. Horvath, whose friend told her about the tennis opening at the University, said she couldn't pass the opportunity to play in America.
Team attracts players from abroad
BY B.J. RAINS
Tennis coach Amy Hall-Holt has never been to Russia or Hungary.
Normally, that wouldn't be a big deal, but all but two of her tennis players hail from the distant countries. It's almost mind-boggling that Hall-Holt signed the girls to tennis scholarships without meeting them or seeing them play in person.
"We get a lot of different e-mails and stuff from different coaches that are trying to promote their players from other countries," Hall-Holt said. "They send us videos and they have a video Web site that we can
go to and they send us information on their international rankings and
where they have been playing in tournaments and stuff"
Hall-Holt admitted that she has had to focus her recruiting overseas because sub-par tennis facilities at
and we're starting to get more looks from some of the top American
"It's been hard for us to recruit the top Americans because of our facilities."
Kansas have made it difficult to attract top American players.
AMY HALL-HOLT Tennis coach
"We're coming along with that,
e top American kids", Hall-Holt said, hinting that her only available scholarship for next year would be given to an American; "But it's been hard for us to recruit the top Americans because of our
facilities."
The Jayhawks top player, junior
Lia Avevde, hails from Odninsk,
Russia. She contacted a Moscow-based recruiting company to help her find an American school.
"I said I was looking for a school, and they helped me. I ended up getting about 20 offers," Adevea said.
Former Kansas assistant coach Frank Polito led the recruiting efforts for Avdeeva. She was impressed with the amount of interest he showed through phone calls and e-mails.
Avdeeva read about Kansas, but it was a special phone call with fellow Russian Sasha Kaun that sealed the deal.
"It was good that we could talk
in Russian," Avdeeva said. "He told me that he liked it and that it was a really good school and was good in sports and everything."
So Avdeeva was off to Kansas without ever visiting the campus. Edina Horvath, Budapest, Hungary, sophomore, had a similar situation. A friend told her a KU coach was looking for a player and recommended that she check it out. Horvath said she provided the coaches with her results and rankings and they sent her information about the University.
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MEN'S BASKETBALL
Coaches meet again Kansas, Oral Roberts connections add interest
BY SHAWN SHROYER
With the connections between Kansas and Oral Roberts, few introductions will be necessary tonight.
Before he took Tulsa, Illinois and Kansas to Elite Eights in the NCAA tournament, Self got his start as coach at Oral Roberts in Tulsa, Okla., from 1993-97. In 1995, Self hired Scott Sutton as an administrative assistant. Sutton is still on Oral Roberts' bench, now as coach.
The ties are striking, starting with Kansas coach Bill Self.
If Sutton's name sounds familiar, it might be because he's the son of the former Oklahoma State coach, Eddie Sutton, and brother of the current coach, Sean Sutton. Self was an assistant coach at Oklahoma State under Eddie when current Oral Roberts assistant coach Corey Williams played there.
It doesn't end there. Oral Roberts freshman forward Sylvester Spicer went to South Oak Cliff High School in Dallas, with Kansas freshman forward Darrell Arthur. Finally, Self said Oral Roberts senior forward Caleb Green told his coach he wanted to play in Allen Fieldhouse once before he graduated.
Selected as the Mid-Contiuntent Conference Preseason Player of the Year and having been the MCC Player of the Year the last two seasons, Green will be a target in tonight's game.
"If they pick the top 50 players in the country, he's not 40 to 50," Self said. "He's one of the legitimate best players in the country."
Green played well in Oral Roberts' season opener against Loyola-Marymount. He posted a double-double with 12 points and 12 rebounds although the Golden
Kansas turned 21 Northern Arizona turnovers into 28 points and had 13 fast break points to the Lumberjacks' six. After the game, Self said he thought the team could still run even more this season, and it may start tonight.
Eagles lost 68-65.
During its loss to Loyola-Marymount, Oral Roberts used a tight rotation of just eight players. This could be a problem for the Golden Eagles, going up against a group of Jayhawks who had a lot of success running the court in their season opener.
Sophomore guard Mario Chalmer's wasn't in the starting lineup last game because of a sprained toe, but managed to play 16 minutes. Self expected him to be close to 100 percent by tonight and
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KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Freshman forward Darrell Arthur went to high school with Oral Roberts freshman forward Sylvester Spicer, who he will face in tonight's game at Allen Fieldhouse.
1947:KU clobbers K-State Unfriendly rivalry tainted victory
BY DREW DAVISON
Nov. 1, 1947 Kansas 55, Kansas State 0
Editor's note: This week, The University Daily Kansan looks back at four classic games between the Jayhawks and the Wildcats.
Kansan headline— "Kansas Rolls over Wildcats, 55-0"
Kansas coach Mark Mangino wasn't born in 1947 when the Kansas vs. Kansas State rivalry was at an all-time high.
"I think it's a good, healthy rivalry," Mangino said at his weekly press conference yesterday. "It's nothing out of hand."
The rivalry was definitely out of hand when the Jayhawks smashed the Wildcats 56 years ago, 55-0. It is the largest victory margin in the 104-year history of the match-up. Kansas State must have gotten sick of the pounding they were taking from Kansas, and the game turned ugly.
K-State's Rollin Prather was ejected for mistaking Jayhawk Ray Evans' head for a football. Prather, a 6-foot-5-inch, 220-pound lineman, kicked Evans' head when he was on the ground.
Evans survived the kick, and he is in the Memorial Stadium Ring of Honor and his jersey is hanging in the rafters of Allen Fieldhouse. He was an All-American in both football and basketball.
After the dirty play against Evans, K-State repeated itself. Vic Jones threw a football into the referee's stomach, getting a 15-yard unsportsmanlike penalty.
The Wildcats had yet to unleash enough frustration at that point. Kansas State's Sam Muscolino hit Kansas' Ken Sperry three times in the face. Luckily, the referee saw the last punch Muscolino landed on Sperry.
As former Kansan writer Cooper Rollow wrote, "The KU supremacy was evident from the start, and when the hapless Wildcats realized the futility of the situation, they apparently tossed school spirit overboard and inserted Texas rules in its place."
It was a highly penalized game with a total of 20 penalties between the teams for 235 yards. When the teams were actually playing football, Kansas dominated Kansas State. The Jayhawks had 241 rushing yards compared to the Wildcats 11. Evans led the Kansas rush attack behind guard Don Fambrough, who would later become the Jayhawks' coach.
Kansas also beat Kansas State in a two-mile race that took place during half-time. Bark Karnes won
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