University Daily Kansan/Wednesday, November 13, 1991
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Kansas expected to sign two in early period
Bv.Jeff Kobs
Kansan Sportswriter
High school and junior college basketball players officially may sign national letters of intent today.
Chris Davis from Oak Hill Academy in 'Mouth of Wilson, Va., and Darrin Hancock from Garden City Community College are expected to sign with Kansas in the early spring.
A letter of intent binds a player to the school he signs with and must be signed by both the blaver and a parent or guardian.
Davis, n - 6-foot 7 forward, and Hancock, o -
6-forward, already have made oral com-
munication.
"When he came back, he said he had made up his mind and that he wanted to go to 'Kansas.'"
Both players visited Kansas during "Late Night with Roy Williams" on Oct. 18.
Oak Hill Academy coach Steve Smith said Davis would sign today.
"Here really liked the type of atmosphere and tradition at Kansas," Smith said. "Although 'Late Night' wasn't 'ta real game, he got a feel of what the atmosphere is like there."
Davis previously had visited the University of Pittsburg, but after his visit to Kansas he canceled visits to St. John's and Florida State. Smith said.
Hancock announced at a Nov. 6 news conference in Garden City that he would play for the Jahwaws.
BASKETBALL
Garden City coach Jim Carey said he did not know for sure when Hancock would sign.
"He really likes Kansas," Carey said. "He likes the players, the coaches and the style of play, so I think he will sign early."
Hancock originally signed with the University of Nevada-Las Vegas out of Griffin High School in Georgia, but for academic reasons he opted for Garden City.
He chose Kansas over Kentucky and Georgia.
Recruiting analyst Bob Gibbons said that if Kansas signed Hancock and Davis it would have been a win for him.
Gibbons, on the assumption Davis and Hancec would sign, ranked Kansas' recruiting class seventh nationally in the early recruiting. Heranked Kentucky first.
"It will be another great recruiting year for Kansas," he said.
Last year's class was ranked second nationally behind Michigan.
Freshman Ben Davis, from last year's class, might have been a factor in Chris Davis (no relation) deciding to commit to Kansas.
"They played together for a couple of summers on an AAU team called Florida."
Smith said. "They got to know each other pretty well. They roomed together when the team well."
Smith said Ben Davis helped out in recruiting Chris Davis.
"When he got to Kansas there was a familiar face, he said, "Coach Williams has said that having Ben Davis there has scared off some students, but in this case it worked well on him."
Smith said Chris Davis was a tremendous jumper and would benefit Kansas' program.
"He's a top 20 player," Smith said. "He's quick, has a good transition game and can win."
"He plays bigger than he really is because of his overwhelming wing span."
Smith said Davis was aware of the tough competition at Kansas.
"He knows he might not play much early on in his career," Smith said. "But that's one reason he chose Kansas so he could work hard, he pushed and become a better player."
"He wasn't scared off by the players already there, he wants to be part of it. He wants to be in a winning program."
Kansas has five scholarships available over the next two years, with a maximum of three available this year.
Johnny Wallace, a 6-9 forward from Rochester, N.Y., visited Kansas last week but is also considering Syracuse University and Providence College.
By Jeff Kobs
Kansan Sportswriter
Team trying out black shoes
Exhibition games usually provide teams with the chance to experiment and self-evaluate before the official season begins.
Jayhawk fans attending Saturday's game against High Five America saw an added twist to this concept.
This year Kansas is experimenting with among other things, shoes. The Jayhawks went without the traditional white shoes in favor of solid black shoes.
"We're testing them out during the first two exhibition games to see if Coach Williams likes them," junior point guard Adonis Jordan said. "So far, he likes them."
"It's just something different," he said. "We'll wear the black ones at home and the white ones away.
Jordan said the change in shoes was some-thing the team wanted to do.
"If Coach doesn't like them, we'll just go with the white ones."
Senior forward Molimol Nash said the team had just wanted a different look.
"Black is a more dominant color," he said.
"It just stands out better."
"We thought the black shoes looked good with Nebraska's and Oklahoma State's uniforms last year."
Kansas will play East Melbourne, Australia, on Saturday in the final exhibition game this season. The Jayhawks will open the regular season Nov. 23 at Allen Field House against Maryland-Baltimore County.
Courtside
The two worst Kansas free-throw shooting teams during the last 25 seasons have both gone on to play in the Final Four (1970-71 and 1990-91).
Kansas led the Big Eight Conference in basketball attendance last season with an average of 15,380, the 11th best total nationally.
Senior forward Alonzo Jamison is one of 20 candidates for the John Wooden Award, which is presented to the nation's top college basketball player by the Los Angeles Athletic Club.
Julie Jacobson/KANSAI
yuwa yuvaapaj player Barb Bella gets a spike by Missouri's Melinda Wrye, left, and Shannon Brown during the Jayhawks' 15-4, 15-1, 15-0 victory.
Seniors go out in style by beating Missouri
Sportseditor
By Mike Andrews
The Kansas volleyball team rolled over Missouri 15-4, 15-1, 15-0 at Allen Field House last night.
for seniors Lisa Seigle, Mary Bella, Kris Kleischmindt, Julie Woodruff and Adrian Powell it was their last match in the field house.
The five seniors were honored before the match.
Woodruff said that the seniors were fighting back tears before the match but that when the games began they concentrated.
That concentration helped the Jayhawks dominate a young Missouri team.
"It was a bit of the first-game nerves." Kansas coach Frankie Albizt
However, Kansas started out slow in the first game, falling behind 3-1.
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said. "Missouri is really young. We need you just needed to stick with them early, and they would make mistakes."
After the slow start, the Jayhawks experience came through as they went on a 14-1 scoring run, winning the game 15-4.
"We played very tough and didn't make too many errors," Albiz said. "I saw them do a lot of things that I was coaching them to do.
Kansas continued to roll in the last two games, holding the Tigers to one point in the second game before shutting them out in the final game.
Woodruff said she remembered being on the losing end of lopsided
"I'm not trying to take the credit. They played a great match."
matches
"Freshman year, we were 5-25," she said. "We don't feel bad beating someone else that bad.
Only the top four teams in the conference quality for the tournament, and Kansas Oklahoma and Iowa State are tied. After the second night the Jayhawks 'match last night'
The three-game sweep was important for the Jayhawks' quest for a berth in the Big Eight Conference Tournament.
"It was nice to go out 15-0. That was our goal for the final game."
If the teams end the season in a tie, head-to-head competition would be used to decide the team or teams that advance to postseason play.
Kansas split its matches with Oklahoma and Iowa State this season. The Sooners and the Cyclones will play each other Friday. Iowa State won the
first meeting between the two.
If the teams remained tied after head-to-head competition, the total games won by each team would be divided by the total games played in Big Eight competition to determine advantages to the conference tournaments.
Woodruff said the Jayhawks wanted to qualify for the tournament and do well.
Kansas will finish the regular season Friday at Colorado, which is second in the conference behind Nebraska.
"I don't think we're ready to quit playing yet," she said.
Albizt said the victory against the Tigers would help the team going into the match against Colorado.
"We were very competitive against
Uc here," she said. "Maybe this will
give us confidence to out there."
Kansas qualifies for nationals Men's and women's seasons end
By Steve Hudson
Special to the Kansan
Kansas men's and women's tennis teams finished their fall seasons on high notes last weekend.
The men defeated Drake University in the championship match of the Region V Rolex Regional Playoff in Des Moines, Iowa. With the victory, the Jayhawks qualified as one of 20 teams that will compete in the National Team Indoor Championships in February in Louisville, Ky.
Kansas was seeded No. 3 in the tournai-
tment, a ranking that coach Scott Perelman said was disappointing but motivational.
The 'Hawks blanked Nebraska in their opening singles-round match.
Senior Rafael Rangel led the way in the No.1 position. Seniors Pat Han and Paul Garvin, junior Carlos Fleming and sophomore Rhain Buth played in the second through fifth positions respectively.
The next opponent was Big Eight for Colorado. Kansas pulled an 5-3 victory with Rangel, Han, Fleming and Gavin in doubles and Gavin andarin winning doubles.
In the championship match, the Jayhawks not only had to face Drake, but also a crowd of more than 2,000 unfriendly fans.
Fleming, who won his match in a tiebreaker, said the crowd demanded extra focus from all Kansas players.
*Every time he wins a point, the crowd cheers, and the momentum is on.*
Kansas won 5-4, Rangel, Garvin and Fleming were singles winners, and victories from the No.2 doubles team of Han and Buth and the No.3 team of Ian Goodman and Fleming gave Kansas the championship.
Fleming said the victory meant a lot to the team because the 'Hawks had something to prove.
"We lost three seniors last year, so a lot of teams had counted us out. They
TENNIS
The No.2 player on the Kansas squad, freshman Rebecca Jensen, captured the Rolesy Central Region championship title Saturday in Nebraska.
The women's team ended the fall season with the two best players in the region, Coach Michael Center said.
Jensen and the runner-up qualified for the National Indoor Individual Championships in February Minneapolis. Minn.
Jensen was the No.2 seed in the tournament. She swept through the 64-player draw, winning five matches without giving up a set.
seeded us third, but we came out and played well every day," he said.
In the finals, she faced the No.1 seed,
Christina Siriani of Oklahoma State.
After a long match, Jensen won 7-6, 1-
6-4.
"As a freshman, this is an incredible feat," Center said. "She played with so much heart and desire. She set an example to others that when you play as hard as she did, good things will happen."
Kansas' No.1 player, senior Eveline Hamers, automatically qualified for the national indoor tournament because of a high national ranking.
when your No.2 player wins the regional championship, this really establishes us as one of the top teams, in the region, "Center said."
Hamers and Jensen, the No. 1 seeded doubles team in the regional tournament, beat Brigham Young's队，bringing their season record to 14-1.
In the finals, Kansas lost to Oklahoma 6-13-6-7(9-11).
"I think we've wrapped up the infit in pretty strong fashion," Center said. "We have a lot of great potential and maybe the team has shown improvement."
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