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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2006
lowa to seek revenge for NCAA snub
Jayhawks took position despite Cyclones better overall, conference record
BY DREW DAVISON
Iowa State in the upcoming weekend game wants to punish Kansas for taking its spot at the NCAA tournament last year. The game will be at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Horejsi Family Academy Center.
The Cyclones thought they should have been the tournament team in 2005 after beating the Jayhawks in both season matches, including a season-ending sweep of the Jayhawks in Ames, Iowa.
Last year, Iowa State beat Kansas in a four-game match, 3-1, in Lawrence. Then Iowa State swept Kansas in Ames to finish the season. The Cyclones also finished with a
better overall and conference record (16-15, 9-11 Big 12), compared to the jayhawks (15-15, 7-13).
Regardless of how questionable the decision was, Kansas made the tournament instead of Iowa State.
This season, Iowa State (10-4,
2-2 Big 12) is coming to Kansas
(8-6, 1-4) with a lot of confidence;
Wednesday, Iowa State got a key victory at Kansas State in a five-game match, while Kansas struggled at Texas Tech, losing 3-1.
"They're coming off a big win at K-State, so we'll have to play and give a great effort," Kansas coach Ray Bechard said.
Iowa State has depended on its defense the entire season. The
Cyclones lead the Big 12 in blocking, averaging 3.51 blocks per game. Kansas has struggled blocking as it is last in the conference, averaging just 1.96 blocks per game.
The player to watch on the Cyclones will be Erin Boeve, junior middle blocker. She leads the defense with 1.8 blocks per game. Boeve was an integral part Wednesday in helping Iowa State snap a 10-year losing streak at Kansas State with a season-high 22 kills.
With two consecutive losses on the road, at Colorado and at Texas Tech, Kansas is glad to be back home, where the team is 3-2.
"It's nice because we have fans that can come support us, and we need a
lot of support now." Jana Correa, senior outside hitter, said. "We need to move on quickly, and just practice hard to beat Iowa State."
The event is free for students with a valid KUID. The KU Athletics Department will also be handing out Adidas pens to the first 500 fans and having a $10,000 perfect serve contest. It's a short home stand for Kansas, as the team will be back on the road with matches at Missouri and Oklahoma next week.
Kansan sportswriter Drew Davison can be contacted at ddavison@kansan.com.
Edited by Shanxi Upsdell
1 Police drop charges file new ones in shooting case
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Prosecutors on Thursday dropped charges against one of two men accused of shooting five Duquesne University basketball players, but filed charges against two additional
suspects.
All charges were dropped against Brandon Baynes, 18, of Penn Hills, in the Sept. 17 shooting after an on-campus dance party.
Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala said the charges were dropped after a witness recanted her story. He would not identify the witness.
Zappala also announced
charges against two other people: Derrick Lee, of Pittsburgh, and Erica R. Sager, of Wilkinsburg.
Associated Press
Longhorns' rush defense stifles opponents
AUSTIN, Texas — When it comes to running the football, the Longhorns opponents are quickly learning a lesson.
on the schedule, Texas' 24 rushing yards per game average may dip even lower.
Don't mess with Texas.
After four games, the team has the second-best rushing defense in the nation. On an average attempt, opposing teams gain less than a yard every time they go to the ground. Four games into the season and the combined efforts of Texas' opponents barely eclipse the 100-yard mark, with 104. By comparison, the least rushing yards Texas' offense has accumulated in a game is 172, which came against Ohio State.
Daily Texan
With Sam Houston State next
Bust of Royals player stolen from museum
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Law officers and museum officials are looking for a bronze bust of former Kansas City Royals third baseman George Brett that was apparently stolen from the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame, officials said Thursday.
The bust valued at $10,000 to $15,000 stood outside the Springfield museum as part of a "legends walkway" with about 15 other busts of athletes and three full-size statues, museum operations director Marty Willadsen said.
The museum called the Greene County Sheriff's Department, which assigned a detective to investigate.
Associated Press
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Sports Calendar
Softball vs. UMKC, 2 p.m.
KU Fall Invitational, Arrocha Ballpark
Soccer at Creighton, 7 p.m, Omaha, Neb.
SATURDAY
Softball vs. Emporia State, 4 p.m., KU Fall Invitational, Arrocha Ballpark
Football at Nebraska, 6 p.m., Lincoln, Neb.
TODAY
Player to watch: Marcus Henry, Lawton, Okla, junior has tallied 175 receiving yards with an average of 13.5 yards per reception so far this season. Henry has also had three receiving
Soccer at Nebraska, W p.m., Lincoln, Neb.
Henry
Softball vs. Johnson County Community College noon, KU Fall Invitational, Arrocha Ballpark
Rowing, Head of the Oklahoma, TBA, Oklahoma City, Okla.
Volleyball vs. Iowa State.
p.m., Horesel Family Athletic
Center
- Softball vs. TBA, 2 p.m.
- KU Fall Invitational, Arocha
- Ballpark
Rowing, Head of the Oklahoma, TBA, Oklahoma City, Okla.
One-time critic becomes loyal fan
Pushed to the bench almost all of last season and the beginning of this season, last Saturday you proved to us we were wrong. You helped put several long drives together and looked very comfortable running the offense. By helping the Jayhawks win, your 3-1 start leaves fans with a lot of optimism for the remaining games.
It took a lot of courage for you to act the way you did. All of last season, you quietly went about your business and didn't criticize coach Mark Mangino or anyone on the team. Even though you may have felt you deserved to play, you did what was asked of you by the coaching staff. It must have killed you to be stuck standing on the sidelines when you knew you could play better than you had played in the brief
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On behalf of the entire student body, I would like to take a moment to apologize. Last year, you had a rough first game of the season and everyone, including myself, wrote you off. We said you were terrible and didn't deserve to ever see the field again. As you continued to struggle at the quarterback position, we wanted to try anyone but you. When you got in a game, we figured the team was going to lose.
Dear Adam Barmann,
touchdowns
BY B.J. RAINS
KANSAN COLUMNIST
B.J.RAINS\AKANSAN.COM
chances you had.
Your wait was worth it. You got your chance on Saturday, and it was obvious that your patience had paid off. You ran the offense effectively and gave the Jayhawks the opportunity to win the game.
What impressed me more was the way you handled yourself in the days after the game. Despite playing a great game and leading the Jayhawks to a victory, you still talked about Kerry Meier being the guy at quarterback. Anyone who had to suffer like you did last season could have said something like, "I think I showed why I deserve to play," or "I feel it should be my job." But you didn't, because you're a team player and a class act.
You would rather talk about Meier getting healthy so he can help lead the team than try to stir up a quarterback controversy. You have handled everything in the last few years with utmost class. Some people may still not like you for some reason or another, but you have definitely earned at least one new fan.
Good luck the rest of the season and in the rest of your career. Whether you throw another touchdown pass or even complete another pass this season is unimportant to me. You're a team player and a class act, and I will root for players like you any day of the week.
When the offense heads onto the field tomorrow night, we will be hoping to see something we couldn't have predicted we would ever have wanted to see again: you as the team's quarterback.
Sincerely, B.J. Rains
Rains is a St. Louis junior in journalism.
GOLF
Arkansas graduate hired to be new assistant coach
Women's golf coach Erin O'Neil announced Tuesday the hire of Sarah Trew as an assistant coach.
Trew, like O'Neil, attended Georgia University, but Trew transferred her junior year to Arkansas.
At Arkansas, Trew was a three-time letter winner, was named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll each year and ended her career with the eighth-lowest career stroke average in Arkansas' women's golf program history.
This will be Trew's first coaching position. She graduated from Arkansas earlier this year.
Josh Landau
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