THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAS
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2006
SPORTS
9A
MEN'S BASKETBALL Unanimous votes have Kansas leading Big 12 poll
The votes have been tallied and Kansas is the unanimous No. 1 choice in the Big 12 Preseason Coaches Poll.
The Jayhawks received the maximum 11 first-place votes in the poll for the 2006-07 season.
The poll results come as no surprise because Kansas returns every key player from last year's team, which tied for the Big 12 regular season championship and won the conference tournament, and added McDonald's All-Americans Sherron Collins and Darrell Arthur.
The Jayhawks are led by sophomores Brandon Rush and Julian Wright, who were named Co-Preseason All-Big 12 Players of the Year by conference coaches.
Because coaches aren't allowed to vote for their own teams, Texas A&M received the
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remaining first place vote and was picked to finish second in the conference. This is the highest preseason placement in school history for the Aggies, who return four starters and their top six scorers from last season.
In order of points, Oklahoma State, Texas, Kansas State and Texas Tech close out the top half of the preseason poll. Baylor, Missouri, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Iowa State and Colorado occupy the bottom half.
GOLF
Jayhawks finish first two rounds tied for sixth
The Kansas men's golf team stands in a tie for sixth place after two rounds at the Prestige at PGA West tournament.
As a team, the Jayhawks shot a 301 in the first round and moved up the leader-board with
a strong second-round score of 294.
The best individual play for Kansas came from senior Gary Woodland. Woodland heads into the third and final round in a tie for fourth place after posting scores of 69 and 72 in the first and second rounds.
Sophomore Zach Pederson is tied for 53rd and freshman Bobby Knowles is tied for 65th after two rounds. Senior Barrett Martens sits in a tie for 70th place.
Stanford and UCLA will continue their battle for first place in the team competition Tuesday morning. As of now, the two Pac-10 teams are tied for 1st place, followed by UC-Irvine and Minnesota.
Senior Tyler Docking rebounded from a first-round 75 to post a three-under 69 in the second round and pull into a tie for 10th overall.
VIOLATIONS (CONTINUED FROM 10A)
Asher Fusco
When a compliance staffer told Bohl the department needed more workers, Bohl allegedly responded with his now-famous remark, which is included in the infractions committee's report: "Compliance doesn't sell tickets."
Why was the women's basketball program punished more severely than men's basketball?
Rick Evrard, the University's counsel on matters relating to NCAA rules violations, said it was a matter of timing.
When Kansas submitted its report to the NCAA in June 2005, its investigation had revealed eight possible violations by the women's basketball program and Kansas had still not learned about the violations in men's basketball committed by booster Don Davis, who provided impermissible gifts to both KU junior Darnell Jackson and former player J.R. Giddens.
Also leading to the self-imposed penalty on the women's program was the fact that Marian Washington and her assistants, who are no longer with the University, declined to be interviewed about the infractions so the Athletics Department chose to place the program on probation.
"We said,' We're going to take the high road here and we're going to conclude that violations occurred," Evrard said.
Who decided what the punishment would be?
The punishment was handed down by the NCAA Committee on Infractions, an eight-person committee of college administrators and law professors. Gene March, chairman of the board, is a law professor at the University of Alabama.
How does this affect recruiting for the football team?
The committee accepted Kansas' self-imposed punishment of accepting only three junior-college players in both 2006 and 2007. The committee's additional sanctions prohibit the team from using more than 22 scholarships in both 2007 and 2008, taking away three scholarships both years from the 25 that are usually allowed.
The NCAAs penalty should not affect Kansas coach Mark Mangino's recruiting efforts drastically, because with Mangino, the team has used an average of 21.4 of the available 25 scholarships for incoming players each year.
"Even though the reduction in scholarships is a serious matter, it's not a fatal matter." Mangino said.
Kansan staff writer C.J. Moore can be contacted at cjmoore@ kansan.com.
— Edited by Nicole Kelley
Players suspended after massive fight
massive figh
Coral Gables, Fla. — Once the fighting ended, the finger-pointing
1 began, with the majority of Miami and Florida International players claiming the other side started an ugly, sideline-
On Sunday, those schools and their leagues found plenty of blame to go around.
clearing brawl.
After reviewing video of the melee that marred Saturday night's matchup, 31 players from the two teams were suspended from their next game. Additional sanctions, including longer suspensions for some players, were expected to be issued by the schools. Florida International called a news conference for later Monday, at which time further "much harsher penalties" would likely be announced, coach Don Strock said.
"This is certainly embarrassing. It's disgraceful. It's amazing, I've run out of words," he said. "There's no place for it in college football or football period. This is way over board. I apologize to all the fans of college football for this taking place."
Meanwhile, Miami president Donna Shalala said in an open letter to the university community Monday that the fight was "outrageous."
"Regardless of who started it, this was an embarrassing display of unsportsmanlike behavior," Shalala wrote. "Fortunately there were no injuries."
Fox broadcaster makes racial comments, gets fired
Associated Press
Detroit — Fox baseball broadcaster Steve Lyons has been fired for making a racially insensitive
comment directed at colleague Lou Piniella's Hispanic heritage on the air during Game 3 of the American League
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championship series
Piniella had made an analogy involving the luck of finding a wallet, then briefly used a couple of Spanish phrases during Friday's broadcast.
Lyons said that Piniella was "hablaing Espanol" – butchering the conjugation for the word "to speak" – and added, "I still can't find my wallet."
Lyons continued by saying he didn't want to sit too close to Piniella.
Associated Press
Michigan becomes fifth team to reach second spot
Michigan jumped to No. 2 in The Associated Press Top 25 on Sunday to become the fifth team this season to hold the spot.
Florida, which had been No. 2, dropped seven spots after losing 27-17 at Auburn. The
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The Wolverines hopped over No. 3 S.California to reach their highest ranking since they were No.1 in the final poll of the 1997 season.
Gators are the fourth No. 2 to lose,
joining Notre Dame, Texas and
Auburn.
athletics calendar
Associated Press
TODAY
*Women's golf, Prices*
NMSU Collegiate Invite,
all day, Las Cruces, N.M.
WEDNESDAY
Men's golf, The Prestige at PGA West, TBA, Greg Norman Course at PGA West, LaQuinta, Calif.
THURSDAY
Women's golf, Prices NMSU Collegiate Invite, all day, Las Cruces, N.M.
Women's tennis, ITA Central Regionalons, all day, Tulsa, Okla.
FRIDAY
Soccer vs. Baylor, 3 p.m., Jayhawk Soccer Complex
- Women's tennis, ITA
Central Regionals, all day,
Tulsa, Okla.
SATURDAY Football at Baylor, 2 p.m., Waco, Texas
Volleyball at Texas A&M, 6:30 p.m., College Station, Texas
- Women's tennis, ITA
  Central Regionals, all day,
  Tulsa, Okla.
SUNDAY
Soccer vs. Texas Tech,
1 p.m., Jayhawk Soccer
Complex
Women's tennis, ITA Central Regionals, all day, Tulsa, OKla.
MLB
NCLS Game Five postponed
New York, St. Louis pitchers get extra day of rest; coaches fear muddy field
BY MIKE FITZPATRICK ASSOCIATED PRESS
ST. LOUIS - So much for all the scrutiny about pitching on short rest.
Day-long rain caused Game 5 of the NL championship series between New York and St. Louis to be postponed Monday night, meaning Mets lefty Tom Glavine and Jeff Weaver of the Cardinals will start Tuesday night on full rest.
The teams are tied at two games each in the best-of-seven playoff. Game 5 was rescheduled for 8:19 p.m. EDT at Busch Stadium.
For the second time in the NLCS, the clubs will travel without a day off. They'll play Game 6 at Shea Stadium in New York on Wednesday night, as scheduled.
Glavine and Weaver both had been slated to start Monday night on three days' rest after rain pushed back the series opener by one day last week.
"It's certainly not a bad thing," said Glavine, who has tossed 13 scoreless innings in two playoff starts. "It's just something in this day and age we're not conditioned to do."
Now, another washout eliminated the need for that.
"I think both guys have been gearing themselves to go, so they are ready. I think the position players would have had to deal with the elements," he said. "It would be dangerous and a lot to ask."
St. Louis manager Tony La Russa played down the issue of regular rest, saying Weaver and Glavine both knew the task at hand all along and had been preparing for it since Game 1. La Russa thought a bigger concern Monday was the drenched field.
St. Louis ace Chris Carpenter is slated to start Game 6 against rookie John Maine. Both will be on full rest, as well.
Glavine threw seven shutout innings of four-hit ball last Thursday night, beating Weaver 2-0 on Carlos Beltran's two-run homer.
out."
"I'm turning into the rain man this series," Glavine said. "Hopefully, the results will be as good as they were the last time we got rained
After consecutive victories by St. Louis, the Mets evened the series by winning 12-5 Sunday night.
They got several big hits from Carlos Delgado and Beltran, and a respectable start by erratic lefty Oliver Perez.
Now, the second rainout of the series gives Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols a chance to rest his sore right hamstring, and St Louis' young bullpen gets a day to recover from Game 4.
Maybe that's one reason manager Willie Randolph and a few other Mets sounded a little disappointed about not playing Monday, even though it put the 40-year-old Glavine back on regular rest.
"It's good for Glav, but also it helps out their bullpen. We got in their bullpen last night, they threw a lot of pitches, so it gives their bullpen an extra day. A pretty even matchup," New York's David Wright said. "You're prepared to play, even when you wake up in the morning and it's raining, and you come to the park and you're ready to go, so it's kind of a mental letdown."
In the end, does the washout favor either team?
"I'll tell you in nine innings," Cardinals outfielder Preston Wilson said. "I'm not smart enough to know all of that. All I know is we've got an extra day off."
Glavine is 8-6 with a 3.53 ERA in 25 regular-season starts on short rest, but only 2-5 with a 6.75 ERA in seven postseason starts without full rest.
The loose and lanky Weaver, 30, has never started on three days' rest in his major league career.
Orlando Hernandez, who has missed the entire postseason thus far because of a torn muscle in his right calf, threw 72 pitches in an encouraging bullpen session Sunday and could return in time for the World Series if New York gets past the Cardinals.
Mets starter Steve Trachsel, knocked out of Game 3 in the second inning with a bruised thigh after getting hit by Wilson's hard comebacker, was feeling better, too.
The Mets did get good news about their injury-depleted pitching staff, though.
"Now I can dance," a cheerful El Duque said. "I threw every pitch. I think I'm ready for next week."
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