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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Minor wins Big Eight Player of the Year title
Haase snags best newcomer honor
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — When Big Country talks Big Eight, few are willing to argue.
Oklahoma State's senior center, who still was known as Bryant Reeves two years ago when he was named Big Eight player of the year as a sophomore, was asked who he liked for the award this year.
"I'd probably have to say Ryan Minor." Reeves said. "He's having
an excellent season."
Indeed he is. Minor, who hit two home runs for Oklahoma's winning team in the College World Series last June and led all Big Eight basketball players in scoring this winter, was named yesterday as The Associated Press Big Eight Player of the year for 1994-95.
Minor collected 11 votes from a panel of media observers who cover the Big Eight on a full-time basis. Reeves, who finished second in scoring and first in rebounding, got five votes.
The same media panel leaned heavily on conference champion
Jerod Hase, the shooting guard who transferred from Cal and averaged 15.5 points, collected every vote but one for newcomer honors.
Kansas for the newcomer of the year and freshman of the year awards.
Raef LaFrentz, Kansas' 6-11 prize recruit from Iowa, was a unanimous winner for freshman of the year.
LaFrentz averaged 11.8 points and almost eight rebounds a game as the Jayhawks, ranked No. 2 in the nation going into the Big Eight tournament, won their 42nd regular-season conference title.
"At the beginning of the year, there
were a lot of question marks about our team," Haase said. "Raef and I were two of the biggest. But we were able to show we could play and help our team out."
Minor, who was also a unanimous choice as first-stair All-Big Eight, averaged 23.7 points and 8.1 rebounds for coach Kelvin Sampson's first Oklahoma team. He was nearly unstoppable during a late-season five-game winning streak when the Sooners beat nationally ranked Missouri, Kansas (then No.1). Oklahoma State and Iowa State.
The more you see him, the more you appreciate Ryan Minor. Sampson said.
As a sophomore in Billy Tubbs' last year as coach, Minor averaged 16.2 points and 7.4 rebounds and was named All-Big Eight honorable mention.
In Sampson's team-oriented system this year, he flourished even more as a basketball player.
"He's the player of the year No. 1 because he's the best player," Sampson said. "And No. 2, because our guys have done a great job of sharing."
Sampson said Minor was more than just a good player.
"There's nothing he doesn't do
real well in basketball. What's he best at? I don't know. He's good at everything.
"Maybe the best thing is how he handles himself with success. He gets along with every single teammate. There's no jealousy, no envy. Our best player has no ego."
Haase sat out last year after transferring and fit right into the Kansas system.
Providing some much-needed outside shooting for a Kansas team already powerful up close, Haase was a key reason the Jayhawks go into the postseason expecting to be the No.1 seed in the Midwest Regional of the NCAA tournament.
BOXING
Fighter will visit Tyson in prison to discuss possibility of match
The Associated Press
LAS VEGAS — Riddick Bowe says he isn't looking past Herb Hide, but there's no question he is looking forward to seeing Mike Tyson. And, to fighting him.
Bowe plans to visit Tyson at the Indiana Youth Center in Plainfield, Ind., on Monday. Tyson is scheduled to be released from prison, where he is serving a sentence for rape, on March 25.
Accompanying Bowe will be Rock Newman, his manager.
"I think Mike should be made aware of what is available for him," Newman said yesterday. "The dilemma Tyson faces is that he can make $55 million or $60 million coming right out of the box and fighting Bowe. Or, he can take some fights against tomato cans and risk looking less than awesome and having the bloom come off."
Bowe, however, feels Tyson should have a tuneup or two,
since in June it will be four years since Tyson last fought.
Bowe also thought Tyson should take a couple of months and
just relax.
"Certain fights are meant to be," Newman said. "A Bowe-
Tyson fight is going to happen."
"I'm just taking it all in stride," said the 27-year-old Bowe, a former undisputed heavyweight champion. "Right now, the important fight for me is Herbie Hide."
Bowe is a big favorite to win the World Boxing Association title from the unbeaten Hide, of Britain, Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden and go on to a June fight against Jorge Luis Gonzalez, a Cuban fighting out of Las Vegas.
Another future opponent for Bowe could be Evander Holyfield, from whom Bowe won the undisputed title. Holyfield won the rematch. Then, of course, there's Tyson.
Newman said he has talked with a group of pay-per-view exhibitors who have guaranteed 2 million homes for a Bowe-Tyson fight, with $35 of each sale going to the promotion.
McClellan taken off sedation following blood clot removal
The Associated Press
LONDON — Gerald McClellan was taken off sedation yesterday and the fighter was said to be slowly but steadily improving 12 days after surgeons removed a massive blood clot from his brain following a world title bout.
"His responses are getting better as the drugs wear off and he appears slightly more aware of his surroundings," neurosurgeon John Sutcliffe said in a statement from Royal London Hospital.
The 27-year-old American collapsed at the end of his 10th round knockout by Nigel Benn in a World Boxing Council super-middleweight title bout on Feb. 25.
Sutcliffe had said earlier yesterday that it was promising that McClellan was moving both sides of his body symmetrically which indicated there shouldn't be any permanent physical damage.
Surgeons had to cut a hole in his skull to remove the blood clot. He was taken off a life support machine on Tuesday.
Baseball may get two-team expansion
Phoenix, Tampa Bay teams could begin play in 1998
The Associated Press
PALM BEACH, Fla. — Phoenix and Tampa Bay will get major league baseball teams in 1998 if owners approve the recommendation of their expansion committee.
The cities received recommendations from the committee Tuesday night, two committee members speaking on the condition they not be identified told The Associated Press. The committee is recommending the two new teams begin play in 1998.
The Tampa Bay Devil Rays would play in the ThunderDome in St. Petersburg, Fla. The Arizona Diamondbacks would play in a retractable-roof stadium that would be built at a cost estimated at $275 million.
A vote could come as early as today, and approval is expected whenever the vote takes place. Committee Chairman John Harrington planned on briefing owners today.
"I will tell the full ownership group where we are on the sites," Harrington said.
Harrington was not sure the final vote would come this week, but another committee member, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said he expected a vote today. Lawyers discussed the timing of a vote during a conference call Monday.
and 30th in the major leagues. Owners said it was probable the franchisees would not be assigned to leagues until later.
The teams would become the 29th
If one team is added to both the American and National leagues, it would create two 15-team circuits and necessitate the start of interleague play.
One group from Orlando, Fla., and two from northern Virginia also were seeking franchises. One source said the committee would not at this time recommend a team for the second wave of expansion, which is not expected until 2000 at the earliest. But several sources said that owners may designate northern Virginia for the second wave during a meeting later this year.
The five groups that made 30-minute presentations to the expansion committee said they weren't discouraged by baseball's constant labor battles.
"I don't want this to sound trite, but it can't get any worse," Colangelo said. "It can only get better. I think it's bottomed out."
Naimoli's bid to buy the San Francisco Giants and move them to St. Petersburg was rejected by the National League owners in November 1992, prompting an antitrust suit that's still pending.
"I elated," he said early yesterday after hearing the unofficial reports.
Naimiola wanted to call his team the Stingrays, but the Hawaiian Winter League team in Maui already owns the trademark to that name.
Owners said they must press ahead with a decision because of the deadline faced by Colangelo's group. Maricopa County approved $253 million of funding for the stadium, but authority to levy the tax to pay for the ballpark will expire unless a franchise is granted by April 1.
Colangelo said his belief in the Phoenix market was one of the reasons his group was willing to pay up to $140 million.
Acting Commissioner Bud Selig said previously that if a final expansion decision isn't made this week, he likely would call another owners' meeting later this month.
Baseball officials told the expansion groups that if they get teams, they may be excluded from national broadcasting money for up to three season. The Colorado Rockies and Florida Marlins, who joined the National League in 1993, did not receive national broadcasting money in their inaugural seasons.
Colangelo joked about the expansion fee. Colorado and Florida paid $95 million each.
"Assuming the price is $75 or $80 million, we'll have an all-cash deal," he said. "They laughed. They thought it was funny."
Bill Collins' northern Virginia group, which would call its team the Fury, immediately became a favorite to get a team in the second round of expansion. The other northern Virginia group, headed by Bart Fisher, would call its team the Generals.
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