4C
Thursday, March 14, 1996
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Red Lyon Tayern
A touch of Irish in downtown Lawrence
944 Mass. 832-8228
NATURALWAY
1548 E. 23rd St. (Hwy 10) · 841-2109
When the world is your court your feet deserve some serious sole.
Reserves heat the court, not the bench.
VASQUE* classic Single-piece leather construction, Gore-Tex* waterproofing and aggressive lug soles for secure traction on any terrain.
Newbrier
Sundowner
Starters appreciate their supporting cast's scoring contributions
By Jenni Carlson
Kansan sportswriter
The bench's importance on the Kansas men's basketball team is pretty obvious.
This season it has accounted for almost 30 percent of the team's scoring, 42.3 percent of three-point goals and 37.7 percent of minutes played.
Don't think that it's not noticed by the starters.
"They're not only players that come off the bench and contribute minutes, but they contribute with productivity." Kansas guard Jacque Vaughn said. "I think the teams that are going to go the farthest in the tournament are the teams that are going to have depth."
In the Jayhawks' warmup to the NCAA tournament at the Big Eight Conference tournament, the bench showed it was playing some of its best basketball of the season.
The perimeter bench players had
"...we really have a one-two punch. It really becomes fun to play then."
an impact in all of the Jayhawks' games.
"If there's one player out of all the freshmen I laugh and kid around with, it's him," Vaughn said. "I think I do it because he has confidence in his game. I like the way he steps up."
Guard Ryan Robertson, who was named to the Big Eight All-Tournament team, scored a career-high 13 points in Kansas' second-round game against Kansas State.
Raef LaFronti Kansas sophomore forwar
Guard Billy Thomas stepped up as well in the conference tournament, scoring 11 points against Colorado
Roy Williams in the NCAA Tournament
1989-90
1990-91
1991-92
Lost in second round to UCLA
Lost championship game to Duke
Lost in second round to
1992-93
1993-94
1994-95
Texas - El Paso
Lost in semifinals to North Carolina
Lost in third round to Purdue
Lost in fourth round to Virginia
Overall record: 15-6
in the opening round.
ROY WILLIAMS
Thomas, who is recovered from a virus that held him out of several practices, was three-of-seven from behind the three-point line.
"We need Billy to shoot the ball in the hole," Kansas coach Roy Williams said. "The whole other team has to know where he is, because he can score so many points so quickly."
in the Jayhawks' last two tournament games, forward Sean Pearson got hot from behind the three-point arch. He hit all three of his three-point attempts.
By knocking down a three-pointer against K-State, forward T.J. Pugh recorded his first long-range basket
Having an outside threat will be vital in the NCAA tournament, Kansas forward Raef LaFrentz said.
"It really loosens things up on the interior, and teams have to honor our outside shot as well as our inside game," he said. "Then, we kind of have a one-two punch. It really becomes fun to play then."
The interior players off the bench also made their presence felt.
"When the bench is playing well, that just adds to our depth and makes us a better team overall," Kansas center Scot Pollard said. "We need to have the best team fielded, and I think we're getting closer to that."
Marlboro
All Marlboro Cartons $12.39
Camel & Winston $12.39
American Spirit $2.30/pk
*Prices not including tax
624 N. 2nd
925 Iowa
2104 W. 25th
FRAMEWOODS GALLERY
Jay Dreamin signed and numbered by Jon Onion
819 Massachusetts
842-4900
Daily Lunch Buffet
Monday-Saturday 11:30-2:30 $4.95
Sunday 11:30-3:00 $5.95
*****
Daily Dinner Buffet Monday-Sunday 5:30-9:00 $6.95
IMPERIAL 采豊園 GARDEN
2907 W 6th (across from Dillon's )
841-1688
Don't Miss Out On The Madness!
Support the Hawks and come down to the Kansas Sports Club and check out our Basket Ball and Big 8 apparel.
Don't miss out on this moment in history. 837 Massachusetts 842-2992
Catch all the Tournament Hoops action at Johnny's on our Big Screen TV.
401 N. 2nd Lawrence 842-0377
PRICE MADNESS!
- Pentium® 100 MHz
* 15" SVGA, NI, .28 dpi Color Monitor
* MS Windows 95®
* Mid-Tower Case
* 16MB RAM
* 1.2 GB Hard Disk Drive
* G-Speed CD-ROM Drive
* 16-Bit Card & Speakers
* 1 MB Dram Video Card
* 28.8 Fax/Data Modem
FREE CD Titles-Compton's Encyclopedia & Sim City
- Pentium® 75 MHz
- 14" SVGA, N4, .28 dpi Color Monitor
- MS Windows 95®
- Mid-Tower Case
- 8MB RAM
- 1.2 GB Hard Disk Drive
- 4-Speed CD-ROM Drive
- 16-Bit Card & Speakers
- 1 MB Dram Video Card
- FREE CD Titles-Compton'
- Encyclopedia & Sim City
MICROTECH COMPUTERS
842-2667
2540 IOWA (TOWER PLAZA)
人
1