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》 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Program improving
Henrickson has Kansas on right track, despite record
BY ASHER FUSCO
On the surface, the numbers do not match up. Three seasons, only 14 conference victories, one postseason appearance and one lucrative contract extension.
After three losing campaigns, the Kansas Athletics Department reportedly agreed last month to extend the contract of women's basketball coach Bonnie Henrickson. She was already one of the highest-paid women's coaches in the Big 12 Conference, but Henrickson's new deal is rumored to include a
pay raise.
The casual onlooker might see failure in an overall record of 40 victories and 49 losses during the coach's tenure at Kansas, but a glance at the record books reveals Henrickson's only postseason appearance resulted in a quick second-round exit from the 2006 WNIT.
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But listening to the post-game comments of the layhawks' opponents this season screams of the progress Kansas has made under the coach.
"Kansas has a good young group," Bavior coach Kim Mulkay said after
escaping Allen Fieldhouse with a narrow seven-point victory. "They play very hard."
"They are so aggressive on defense," Nebraska guard Kiera Hardy said one week later. "We had to earn every bucket."
"They were gutsy," Kansas State coach Deb Patterson said after being upset by Kansas. "The difference was the young freshmen."
Kansas women's basketball is on the right track and its opponents can attest to that.
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Coach Bonnie Henrickson has a new contract extension after three seasons at Kansas. Henrickson has a record of 40-49 with the Jayhawks while in Lawrence.
BASEBALL
Designated hitter Casey Larson and the Jayhawks take on the Missouri State Bears at 6 tonight at Hoglund Ballpark. Kansas lost to Missouri State earlier this season 7-2. Today's game is the first of eight straight home games for the Jayhawks.
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Searching for a spark
Kansas hopes to find lost offense
BY ALISSA BAUER
The Jayhawks were penciled in for six games in six days before Rockhurst canceled Tuesday's game.
But five games in four days is no cake walk, either.
as able to work with the younger lineup tonight that he planned on using against Rockhurst. He said he hasn't been able to get those younger players in the lineup much since conference play started.
That stretch starts tonight at 6 against Missouri State (20-26, 5-13 Missouri Valley Conference).
Running out
KANSAS
(22-28, 8-15)
VS.
MISSOURI STATE
(20-26, 5-13)
6 TONIGHT
HOGLUND BALLPARK
Now unable to makeup the makeup game, Price may not be
of options and time, coach Ritch Price wanted to try jump-starting his team's offense by putting together a schedule like Major League teams use. Kansas added Tuesday's game last week to make up for cancelled contests against Bethany and St. Mary.
"That's the reality is that your backup guys don't get to play once you get in this great league," Price said.
Although the Bears defeated the
Jayhawks, 7-2, in Springfield, $ \mathbb{N} \mathbb{O} $,
this March, they have also stumbled
in the latter half of the season.
Missouri State's 13-2 victory at Evansville on Sunday snapped a 13-game losing streak.
Center fielder Ben Woodbury continues to lead the Bears' offense,
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ROWING
Flooded river affects practices
BY CATHERINE ODSON
The Kansas rowing team was forced out of its normal practice area when the Kansas River flooded last weekend.
The team practiced at Wyandotte
County Lake in Kansas City, Kan., on Tuesday. The Jayhawks will practice there again today and indoors on Thursday morning before leaving for the South-Central Regionals in Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Sunday at the regional; the rest of the equipment is stored at Memorial Stadium, which is its summer resting place, Catloth said.
The move was an inconvenience, he said, but not unlike moving from apartment to apartment.
"It's not like it's an everyday occurrence. It's the first time in 12 years it's been tnis high."
Coach Rob Catloth was part of a group that loaded the team's equipment early Monday morning from a cage near the river in Burcham Park, which is located at Second and Indiana streets. The team's trailer is loaded with the boats that will be used Saturday and
Coach Rob
ROB CATLOTH
Rowing coach
"It's not like it's an everyday occurrence," he said. "It's the first time in 12 years it's been this high."
The team won't be able to return to the river until the water level goes down, Catloth said.
Senior coxswain Samira Naji agreed that the situation was unusual.
"We've always had to watch the
KANSAN FILE PHOTO
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The Kansas rowing team had to change its practice schedule this week after wet weather flooded the Kansas River, where the team usually practices. The team practiced at Wyandotte County Lake Tuesday and will practice there again today.
》 GO ROYALS?
Dancing with our favorite Jayhawks
BY ERIC JORGENSEN
KANSAN SPORTS COLUMNIST
EJORGENSEN@KANSAN.COM
This is Sports Column:
"Dancing with the Stars"
edition.
It came down to the final two. Grabbing second place was the duo of men's basketball coach Bill Self and Karina Smirnoff. Self used his charm and footwork to win over America.
I really got into the show last season when ex-Cowboys running back Emmitt Smith defeated Mario Lopez from "Saved by the Bell," reigniting my fiery hatred of the Dallas Cowboys.
I've found that "Dancing with the Stars" is my one guilty pleasure. I remember making fun of the show when it first aired, but then my pride for some of the show's sports figures kicked it. I got hooked.
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The sports figures on this show are what make it successful. It's also what gave me the idea for Dancing with the Stars of Kansas Athletics.
Can you imagine a show where the famous figures in Kansas athletics dress in their finest and flashiest rhinestones and leather and dance competitively? Who would win this competition? I've thought about it and I know exactly how it would play out...
Eliminated in fourth place was football coach Mark Mangino. Judge Bruno Tonioli called Mangino's fox trot a "travesty," and said his partner Kym Johnson looked like she was herding sheep instead of dancing as she followed him across the floor.
Bruno said Self and Smirnoff's samba was spicy and passionate; however he ripped the group's Ramba.
Collins regained his composure during the waltz and won over judge Carrie Ann Inaba with his fancy footwork and cunning looks into the camera. However, the sight of Burke flying head-over-feet into the drum set was too much for viewers as Collins was voted off with the lowest rating in show history.
Judge Len Goodman said that Mangino used too much razzle-dazzle when doing his leg kicks and that he should have stuck to the basics. Ultimately, fans did not like Mangino's diamond encrusted cane and top hat so he was sent packing.
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Basketball player Sherron Collins got the boot after his sketchy back-to-back tango and waltz with his flashy partner, Cheryl Burke. Collins' demise came when he did an illegal lift and accidentally kicked Burke into the live band. This mishap put Collins and Burke in third place.
"No one should ever be kicked in the face when doing a high-step," Bruno yelled at Smirnoff, who caught Self in the chin with her stiletto.
With a landslide first-place victory was the team of women's basketball coach Bonnie Henrickson and Maksim Chmerkovskiy. All the judges praised Henrickson's tight movement and elegant dips.
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