SPORTS
University Daily Kansan / Tuesday, November 19, 1991
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Lady'Hawks grab spot in tourney
Kansas volleyball players celebrate after defeating Missouri.
By Jeff Kobs
KansanSportswriter
But it wasn't close or easy
With a little help from Big Eight Conference foe Iowa State, the Kansas volleyball team locked away sole possession of third place Friday.
Iowa State, with a chance to tie for third, lost Friday in four games at home to an Oklahoma team they had previously beaten.
"They were in the driver's seat going down the road, but they took a right turn where they should have gone to the car. Big Eight service bureau assistant."
That loss put Kansas in third place despite an even record with Oklahoma at 6-6. Even an Iowa State victory against Missouri on Saturday, which would put the Cyclones at 6-6, would not move Kansas from third.
In fact, the Cyclones must sweep Missouri in three games to earn the fourth and final spot in the conference tournament. Only the top four teams advance to the postseason conference tournament Nov. 29-30 in Omaha. Neb.
Iowa State can still control their
hands. Hodge said. "OU is just
waiting it out."
What's the key to unlock this potential logjam?
It's the Big Eight tiebreaker system.
If two or more teams have matching records, those team are compared by head-to-head matches. The team with the worst record is eliminated.
Kansas, Oklahoma and Iowa State all have split games with each other. So assuming Iowa State defeats Missouri in phase two of the system would kick in.
In this phase, each team's conference-game victories are divided by the total conference games played. The lowest percentage is eliminated.
Kansas has won 24 games out of 48
played. Okhaloma has won 23 out of 47.
or 48.9 percent. Iowa State has won 18 out of 39,46 percent.
But because Iowa State has one conference game remaining, Oklahoma is not yet in. If Iowa State defeats Missouri in three games, its percentage will increase to 50 percent, eliminating Oklahoma.
However, if Missouri wins just one game, Oklahoma will take fourth because Iowa State's percentage would, at best, improve to 48.8 per
cent. That would be lower than Oklahoma's 48.9 percent.
If Oklahoma advances, Kansas will get third because they will have a higher percentage. If the Cyclones advance, they would be even with Kansas at 50 percent, whereby phase three would come in.
In this phase, total points won in the conference are divided by total conference games played. Kansas has 597 points in 48 games for a 12.4 average.
| | Big Eight record | Season record |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Nebraska | 12-0 | 22-3 |
| Colorado | 9-2 | 22-8 |
| **Kansas** | **6-6** | **23-7** |
| Oklahoma | 6-6 | 15-15 |
| Iowa State | 5-6 | 14-11 |
| Kansas State | 1-10 | 10-18 |
| Missouri | 1-10 | 10-21 |
Big Eight Volleyball standings
The Kansas Jayhawks climbed third place in the conference and will play in the postseason Big Eight tournament November 29-30.
Source: Big Eight Service Bureau
VOLLEYBALL
Iowa State has a 10.7 average in 458 points won in39 games.
Melissa Unterberg / KANSAN
The Cyclones would need to score more than 20 points a game to reach 17 points. 'Bashawks' average. With a 17-point game played, that would be impossible.
Nebraska, 12-0, and Colorado, 9-2,
he clinched the first and second
spots.
Coach Frankie Albitz said that could be a big factor.
Last season Kansas qualified for the postseason tournament by finishing fourth in the conference. The Jay-team lost to Nebraska in the first round.
"Nebraska has won for so many years that it makes it even harder to beat them," she said. "With Colorado we have a little better chance."
Kansas' third-place finish will match them up with Colorado in the tournament as opposed to Nebraska, which is ranked ninth in the NCAA poll.
The Buffs defeated Kansas on Friday in the last regular-season match, but Kansas played with a hampered team.
"We played Colorado tough, but half the team was under the weather," said senior Jill Woodruff.
Albitz said seniors Kris Kleismcht and Adrian Dowell, junior Jule Larkin and sophomores Erin Miller and Barb Bella all had fit-like symptoms.
She said practice had been called off yesterday because of illnesses.
"It'll be fun to play Colorado again when we're well," Albitz said.
Kansas could have a possible NCAA or National Invitational Volleyball Championship tournament bid riding on the Big Eight tournament.
"We're sort of a dark horse," Albiz said. "We might have a better shot at the NIVC, which is a lot like the NIT of basketball."
"It makes our season just a little longer," she said. "Just the fact that we're in the gym playing helpers."
Albizt said any postseason tournaments have positive effects on the volleyball team.
Albitz said it also helped recruiting.
Honza said it is not needed recruiting.
"People get to know you one of the
streets where she said. 'You can
tell players we find them in the
conference and played in the postseason
tournament. It also helps with
scheduling.'
Kansas tailback rewrites record book
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Tony Sands breaks records
Most yards earned
Tony Sands
Laverne Smith
Gale Saves
John Riggens
100-yardgames
Mostrushing attempts
Tony Sands John Riggins
Mostrushing touchdowns
Tony Sands
Laverne Smith
Totaltouchdowns
Totaltouchdao
Tony Sands
Charlie Hoag
Mellissa Unterberg/KANSAN
Kansan staff report
In Saturday's 30-24 loss to Colorado, Sands ran for 104 yards on 25 carries. The effort was Sand's seventh 100-yard game of the season and put him past the 100-yard mark for the season.
Through victory and defeat, one of the constants of the Kansas football team in the last four years has been tailback Tony Sands.
Sands rushed for 1,109 yards in 1989. No other Jayhawk has ever reached the 1,000-yard mark in two different seasons.
Sands has rewritten the Jayhawk record book this fall. Three weeks ago against Oklahoma, he broke the school rushing record, moving past Laverne Smith. Smith's record was 3,074 yards. Sands now has 3,390 career yards.
Saturday, Sands broke the only Kansas career rushing record he did not already own. His second-quarter touchdown was the 24th of his career. The score broke Charlie Hoag's record for total touchdowns.
Auburn gets probation for two years
Sands needs 136 yards to break Smith's single season record of 1,181 yards rushing.
At 5-5, the Jayhawks need a win against Missouri Saturday to salvage the team's first winning season since 1981.
The sanctions, announced jointly by the school and the NCAA, also include restrictions on recruiting and scholarships and the re-assignment of assistant coach Ralph Radford, who was the focus of the 2-year investigation that began only a few months after head coach Tommy Joe Easles was hired.
"First of all, I want to win." Sands said. "Second,
I like to go out with a bang."
Kansas tailback Tony Sands carries the ball into a heavy Colorado defense. Sands' 104 yards of rushing Saturday put him over the 1,000-yard mark for the season. The Jayhawks need one more
The Associated Press
AUBURN, Ala. — The Auburn men's basketball team was placed on two years' probation yesterday for recruiting violations and will not be eligible for any postseason tournaments this season.
The Auburn men's tennis team also was given two years' probation for violations of the "extra benefits" rule committed by former coach Hugh Thomson and his staff.
Eagles said he was embarrassed by the situation and vowed to make the best of it.
"I didn't come to Auburn to jeopardize this school's program, my staff or myself," he said at a news conference. "We made errors in judgment and errors of compassion. Nonetheless, I admit we were wrong."
But the NCAA Committee on Infractions did not find a lack of institutional control over the athletic program, which could have resulted in more severe penalties. NCAA officials also praised Auburn for cooperating with the investigation.
Now the focus turns to the Auburn football team, which is reeling from allegations by a former coach that he received illegal benefits.
Chuck Smurt, an NCAA director of enforcement, said Auburn would not be eligible for the "death penalty" since the alleged violations in the football program occurred before the death penalty and tennis investigation. But, he said, the football team could face more severe sanctions because of this case.
The infractions committee found a number of recruiting violations in the basketball program: providing gifts and benefits, offering to assist in obtaining a car loan, exceeding the number of allowed visits, falsifying the time when a national grant was signed and providing improper transportation.
"We had a very惠祥 hectic schedule and limited experience in this kind of situation," Eagles environment for this to happen."
SPORTSBRIEFS
Auburn hasn't had a winning season since 1988 and was 26-34 in Eagles' first two seasons. Now he fares the difficult task of coping with the effects of probation and suspension. Southeastern Conference, which has three of the top six teams in the AP poll.
Jayhawks' Stubblefield claims defensive honors
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Defensive honors for the Big Eight Conference player of the week, on a unanimous vote of sports writers and broadcasters, went to Kansas tinkle Dana Stubblefield yesterday. Stubblefield had 10 tackles, including two sacks, in Saturday's 30-24 loss to Colorado.
Gaddis, who surpassed 200 yards for the second straight time, won in a split vote over Lamon Warren of Colorado. Warren, a freshman tailback, ran for 94 yards and a touchdown, threw a 48-yard touchdown pass and caught two passes himself in the victory against Kansas.
Mike Gaddis, who carried 35 times for 203 yards in Oklahoma's 21-6 victory against Oklahoma State, was an All-Pro selection in the Bie Eight Conference vetted day
DETROIT — Offensive lineman Mike Uley remained paralyzed in stable condition yesterday after 21/2 hours of surgery for a neck injury sustained during the fourth quarter of Detroit's victory against the Los Angeles Rams.
Injured Lions lineman stable but still paralyzed
The 6-foot-6, 290-pound guard fractured his sixth cervical vertebra and suffered an extensive soft tissue injury Sunday in the 21:10 victory. He could not know whether the paralysis was permanent for at least 48 hours although they said Utley has had some movement but was quite weak.
APtop25
The following are the top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football pool with first-place votes in parentheses, second-place votes in points received and last-week's ranking.
| | Rec. | pts. | pvs. |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 1. Miami (46) | 9-0-0 | 1,485 | 2 |
| 2. Washington St. (14) | 10-10 | 1,446 | 3 |
| 3. Florida St. | 10-1-0 | 1,347 | 1 |
| 4. Michigan | 9-1-0 | 1,313 | 4 |
| 5. Florida | 9-1-0 | 1,317 | 5 |
| 6. Colorado | 9-1-0 | 1,178 | 11 |
| 7. Penn St. | 9-1-0 | 1,111 | 16 |
| 8. Alabama | 9-1-0 | 1,047 | 7 |
| 9. Iowa | 9-1-0 | 1,036 | 9 |
| 10. Tennessee | 7-2-0 | 929 | 10 |
| 11. Nebraska | 8-1-1 | 899 | 11 |
| 12. Texas A&M | 8-1-1 | 896 | 13 |
| 13. East Carolina | 9-1-1 | 731 | 14 |
| 14. Clemson | 7-1-1 | 719 | 15 |
| 15. Colorado | 7-2-1 | 622 | 16 |
| 16. Syracuse | 8-2-0 | 616 | 17 |
| 17. Note Dame | 8-3-0 | 523 | 12 |
| 18. Ohio St. | 8-3-0 | 490 | 19 |
| 19. Oklahoma | 8-2-0 | 476 | 18 |
| 20. Virginia | 7-3-1 | 704 | 22 |
| 21. Stanford | 7-3-0 | 304 | 18 |
| 22. N. Carolina St. | 8-2-0 | 169 | 24 |
| 23. Tulsa | 8-2-0 | 121 | — |
| 24. Georgia | 7-3-0 | 90 | — |
| 24. UCLA | 7-3-0 | 87 | — |
Others receiving votes: Brigham Young 89/3%; Baylor 59; San Diego St. 60; UConn 72; Tachi 18, Bowling Green 16, Air Force St. 12, Mississippi St. 12, Illinois St. 8, Illinois st.
NFL admits mistakes by officials on Sunday
The Associated Press
Even the NFL admitted yesterday it wasn't the best weekend for its game officials.
Commissioner Paul Tagliabue let Dallas coach Jimmy Johnson off without a fine for his post-game tirade against the officials and also acknowledged an error by referee Bob McElwee in the Denver-Kansas City game.
"There were several highlights during the twelfth weekend," said Joe Browne, the NFL's vice-president for communications. "Unfortunately this one Sunday, the officiating was not one of them."
Instead, he was only warned that if he repeats his performance it would cost him $7,500 — the same amount other coaches have been fined for publicly criticizing officiating.
Johnson, who called the Cowboys' 22-9 loss to the New York Giants "the worst-officiated game I ever been involved with," assumed he would be fined following remarks after the game.
"It's because of his good record in the time he's been in the league," Browne said.
Buffalo's Mav Levy, Cincinnati's Sam Wyche and Atlanta's Jerry Glanville have been fine-tuned for criticizing officials this season.
Taglibian's acknowledgement of McEwlee's error was one of the reasons that the NFL has publicly admitted a mistake, although it often happens.
The incident occurred with 35 seconds left in the game and the Chiefs trailed 24-30 with no time-outs left. Mark Vlasic completed a shot. The Chiefs scored on the last possession.
In those circumstances, the rules require that 10 seconds be taken off the clock before the game is resumed.
In this case, the 10 seconds were taken off by the clock operator, but McElwee didn't know it and, after informing both coaches of the rule, made the Chiefs hold the snap for another nine seconds. Vlasic ran out before he could get on another play, but time ran out before he could get on another play.
"The officiating crew should have allowed the extra 10 seconds," Tagliabue said in a statement.
NBA suits Randall despite smaller role
Kansan Sportswriter
By David Mitchell
Kansas Sportswriter
When the Chicago Bulls beat Philadelphia in their first home game this season, the loudest cheers in the game's final moments were not for all-stars Michael Jordan or Scotty Pippen.
They were for the rookie.
As the game wound down, every Bull had found a way into the box score except Chicago's No. 1 draft pick, former Kansas forward Mark Randall.
Dave Randall, Engelwood, Colo., junior, said his brother was beginning to be recognized by the Chicago fans.
"They were chanting, 'We want the Sandman!' It was fun to see. They're very funny."
After leading Kansas to the NCAA Final Four last season, Mark Randall is averaging about five minutes a game for the first-place Bulls.
Randall said he was not disappointed in playing a smaller role and was using his
"It's a different level of basketball," he said. "You don't get as much feedback as you do on the college level. It's a learning process, and I'm learning a lot."
ward.
Randall also has faced the transition of playing a different position. At 6-foot-9, Randall earned All-Big Eight Conference honors playing power forward and center for Kansas. In the bigger and more physical NBA, he has moved to small-for
"At KU, I was playing in the four and five spot an posting up a lot," he said. "Now I'm facing the basket a lot more. I get to guard Jordan and Pippen in practice everyday. It take my beat."
ings, but that makes you better."
When Kansas fans watch the Bulls play, they should not look for the familiar number 42. Randall switched to number 31 in early 2015, and all alumnus already had Randall's old number.
Randall said putting on the Bulls unified for the first time was a strange experience.
After a weekend trip to Chicago, Dave Randall said he still was not used to seeing his brother in a Bulls Jersey.
"It was a different experience," he said. "I used to see him in a Kansas uniform. It's just incredible to to watch him on out the court with Michael Jordan and the world champions. I'm very happy for him."
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Mark Randall said. "It's going real good. The team's playing well, and I couldn't ask to be in a better situation."