what we heard
"From an academic standpoint, unless the NCAA really changes its posture about academics, I think it would be difficult." Ohio State coach Jim Tressel on the likelihood that Maurice Clarett will return to the Buckeyes because he dropped out of spring classes.
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friday,april 23,2004
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Ticketholders to learn details of new points system soon
Kansas men's basketball season-ticket holders can expect to gain an idea of how they will be affected by the new points system in about a month.
Eye of the Jayhawk
That's when the Athletics Department will send out letters to ticket holders addressing how many points they have and what kind of seating those points would have gotten them last year.
The Department created the points system earlier this year.
Adam Gasper, Overland Park junior, punched the speed bag yesterday in the Student Fitness Recreation Center. Gasper started boxing because his father was a boxer and now uses the speed bag two or three times a week to stay in shape. "It's cool that they put one of these in when they built this place. It's not exactly something that you can have in your apartment." Gasper said.
It awards points to ticket holders according to a variety of criteria including alumni status, University service and donations. The more points ticket holders have, the better seats they can get. The plan does not affect student seating or faculty and staff seating.
"We are doing all the research we can to make sure we are up to date on how much money people have donated, how many season tickets they have in other sports, all their information for points," Marchiony said.
Jim Marchiony, associate athletics director for external affairs, said the Athletics Department would finish gathering the necessary information that would be provided in the letters during the next four weeks.
—Joe Bant
Senior turns down Pacific opts to be Kansas walk-on
Kansas high school basketball center Matt Kleinmann announced he would attend the University of Kansas next year as a walk-on.
Kleinmann turned down a scholarship offer from Pacific for an opportunity to play at Kansas.
The 6-10,230-pound Blue Valley West senior averaged 14 points and nine rebounds per game last season and was first team All-East Kansas League.
Joe Bant
WOMEN'S GOLF
Team sends four golfers to Big 12 Championships
The team will play at the par 72 Pebble Creek Country Club.
The women's golf team will head to College Station, Texas this weekend for the Big 12 Championships.
Kansas' most recent finish was seventh place at the Susie Maxwell Berning Classic on April 12 and 13.
Kansas players senior Jennifer Bawanan, sophomore Tiffany Woods, freshman Amanda Costner and freshman Jill Womble will travel for the team.
Last year Kansas finished 1th at the Big 12 Championships.
Kansan staff report
MINOR LEAGUE BASKETBALL
Minor league team penalizes Graves for ditching practice
SALINA — After just two games, former Kansas center Jeff Graves was fined Wednesday for missing practice with the Kansas Cagerz, a minor
league basketball team.
The rookie's whereabouts were unknown until Wednesday night, player personnel director Jeff Wells said.
Team rules state that players are fined for their first missed practice. A second unexcused absence is grounds for dismissal, Wells said.
"He has one little check mark and hopefully it won't happen again," Wells said.
The Cagerz put the 6-foot-9 forward on the injured reserve list Wednesday, Wells said.
Because of a possible injury and the missed practice, Graves traveled but did not suit up for the Cagerz game last night against the Storm in Enid, Okla.
Graves was reportedly bothered by a knee injury while playing with Kansas.
He told Cagerz officials it wasn't a factor before he was the team's first pick in this month's United States Basketball League draft.
The Associated Press
MBL
Amid Cleveland 5-4 victory, Vizquel gets 2,000 career hits
CLEVELAND — Omar Vizquel reached into his locker and pulled out two bottles of expensive red wine, gifts from Indians teammate John McDonald.
A few moments earlier, Vizquel led a champagne toast in Cleveland's clubhouse in honor of his 2,000th career hit.
The wines were a fine vintage. So was the single.
Vizquel's milestone hit helped set up Cleveland's three-run rally in the eighth inning yesterday, giving the
Indians a 5-4 victory against the Kansas City Royals.
"What made it so special was that we came from behind," said Vizquel, who started his career with Seattle. "That's something we've struggled with all year."
Vizquel then proudly showed off his Napa Valley wines from McDonald.
"Good wine," Vizquel said, "and a good win."
The Associated Press
NFL
Justice rejects Clarett's bid for draft entry; appeal denied
WASHINGTON — Maurice Clarett's bid to enter this weekend's NFL draft was turned down by the Supreme Court yesterday, delaying his attempt to bypass the league's eligibility rule.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg rejected his first request, saying she saw no reason to overturn a lower court's stay preventing the former Ohio State running back from being taken in the draft.
She cited the NFL's willingness to "promptly" hold a supplemental draft if the 20-year-old Clarett, out of high school two years, prevails in his lawsuit challenging the NFL's requirement that players wait three years after high school before turning pro.
Clarett filed a second emergency appeal with Justice John Paul Stevens, who quickly rejected it. The athlete's lawyer said he did not plan a third.
A Clarett victory would have also helped wide receiver Mike Williams of Southern California, who entered the draft after the original decision allowing in Clarett. Williams was expected to be a first-round pick.
"That's not the route we're going," said attorney Alan Milstein, who refused to elaborate.
Neither justice ruled on the merits of Clarett's claim that the NFL's rule was arbitrary and anticompetitive, robbing young players of an opportunity to enter the multimillion-dollar marketplace.
The Associated Press
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Hape accuser says coach affected decision to charge
DENVER — A woman who accused a University of Colorado football player of raping her in 2001 said yesterday she did not pursue charges because she was intimidated by coach Gary Barnett.
in an affidavit sent to a Board of Regents panel investigating the recruiting scandal at the Boulder. Colo. school, the woman said Barnett told her a few days after the alleged attack that if the player's story differed from hers, he would support the athlete.
"He told me that he was the players' coach, not his father, and he would not punish him," the woman said.
Her statement contradicts Barnett's remarks to the panel last week. During several hours of questioning, the coach said he told the woman he wanted to be fair to both parties and that he would support her if she pursued charges.
Barnett, who is on paid leave in part for comments he made in the case, also said the woman told him she did not want the player punished or kicked off the team.
The woman said that wasn't true. And she said Barnett told her "if I did press charges my life would change." The Arrested Press
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With Omar Wilkes leaving, maybe they'll give his cheerleading scholarship to me.
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Track and Field at Drake Reserves, Des Moines, Iowa
Women's Golf at Big 12 Championships, College Station, Texas
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Track and Field at Drake Relays, Des Moines, Iowa
Rowing vs. Minnesota and SMU, St. Paul, Minn.
Tennis at Texas A&M, 1:30 p.m., College Station,
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Softball at Oklahoma, 2 p., Mormon, Okla.
Soccer at Drake, 3 p., SuperTarget Field
Baseball at Bayton, 4 p., Waco, Texas
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Women's Golf at Big 12 Championships, College Station, Texas
Tennessee at Louisville, Austin, Texas
Tennis at Texas, noon, Austin, Texas
Softball at Oklahoma, 1 p.m., Norman, Okla.
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