UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, April 3, 1996
3B
Women's basketball team looks back on special year
Young Jayhawk team says it can improve on outstanding season, get farther in NCAAs
By Evan Blackwell Kansan sportswriter
The dust finally has settled from the Kansas women's basketball team's season-ending loss to Tennessee in the Sweet 16. Now the Jayhawks are looking ahead with high hopes.
Kansas junior guard Angie Halbleib even thinks the Jayhawks would fare better in a rematch with the national champs right now.
"I think if you give us another shot at them it would be different," Halbleib said. "They're a team you have to kind of feel out, and then re-think your strategy.
"I know we can play with Tennessee."
Kansas has plenty of room to be optimistic after a 22-10 season. The Jayhawks won the Big Eight Conference championship and earned the first women's basketball berth in the Sweet 16 in school history.
Senior guard Charisse Sampson, who played her final college game against Tennessee, said this season would be one she wouldn't soon forget.
"We accomplished so many of our goals," Sampson said. "I'm very thankful I was able to play with this team."
Jayhawk coach Marian Washington said her team had much to be proud of.
"I'm very proud of this ballclub," Washington said. "We're the new kid on the block, and hopefully we won't be new anymore."
These 'new kids' on the national scene will return four starters next season, including Halbleib and this season's Big Eight Player of the Year, junior guard Tamecka Dixon.
One problem the Jayhawks might have will be replacing Sampson, whose leadership will be missed.
However, Sampson said Kansas shouldn't have problems replacing her.
"They'll have so many people back who can play next year, I think they can go even farther," Sampson said.
Halbleib not only agrees with Samson's analysis, but she also fully expects it to come true.
"I'm already excited for next year," Halbleib said. "It'll be my last year, and I expect us to go even farther than the Sweet 16."
That positive frame of mind is exactly what Washington wants to hear from her players.
"Right now, I've got to keep this young team aware of what they've accomplished this season," Washington said.
The young Jayhawks will be even younger next season, as Kansas already has signed three freshmen. The brightest is expected to be forward Lynn Pride of Arlington, Texas.
The 6-1 forward was a Second-Team All-American selection by Street and Smith's magazine and was one of the most highly recruited players in the country.
The Jayhawks also have signed guard Casey Pruitt from Jonesboro, Ark., and guard Heather
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Kansas senior Charisse Sampson gets a hug from junior Shelly Canada after she fouled out of the Jayhawks' game with Tennessee on March 23. Kansas finished the year with a 23-10 record.
Fletcher from Wichita.
"We've got some great recruits coming in," Halbleib said. "We have the capability to be a lot better."
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