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Friday, April 20, 1979
University Daily Kansan
Recruiting is link to basketball
In the middle of the Kansas Relays and spring football, at the start of major league baseball, during the beginning of horseracing and during the NBA playoffs and the fight for the Stanley Cup, one thing gives the great sports stabilizer—college basketball.
That thread is recruiting. After the Salt Lake City games, and even before, most of the nation's coaches who weren't at the game were in town to get there next year. They weren't diagramming new plays or building new gyms, they were recruiting for all they needed.
In hopes of bolstering sagging programs and cementing successful programs, coaches made airlines or private jet connections to students. They pleaded, cailed, complimented and convinced high school and junior college basketball players to sign with their teams.
NEVER BEFORE, except perhaps for the military draft, has so much interest been shown in 18-year-olds and in some even younger.
More than 250 schools wrote KU's big catch, Ricky Ross, Kentucky's top recruit, Sam Bowie, received more than 400 letters. After the letters come the personal visits
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SUDDENLY, THE information I had learned about the battle for Bowie, which included such items as luring Wil Chamberlain back to Lawrence to convince Bowie to play against him. I was given and giving a helicopter tour of campus, complete with a touch down in front of cheerleaders and a pep band, was one of the highlights in the in the Hess was angry to play basketball.
And that's important. Ross should help KU's program, at least from the aspect of student recruitment.
Kansan, as Sutton is, had Ross thinking to north Carolina. So in one night his last night he was a teammate.
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Just when I was figuring Eddie Sutton had lured Ross to fill Stilemon's镍牌 at a Arkansas, Ross played in an all-star game with Antoine Cairn, a 6-9 Wichita State catch, and announced WSU was back on his list for the national championship. Gregory Kelseer and Earvin Johnson, could win a national championship. But then, North Carolina's coach Dean Smith, an old
to the athletes home. Coaches can do this three times. After that, a prospect can visit up to six schools interested in him at the schools' expense.
And a better program means better basketball. Collegiate basketball, especially around here, has a tremendous following. It can get bigger.
After all this, a prospect makes up his mind. On or after the annual letter of intend day, prospects become recruits, although they've still technically resumed their training and attend regular practice or they enroll. The tricky part is getting that signature.
FOR MORE THAN a month I've been in a game of information volleyball with readers, sources, athletes, other sports writers and a few coaches about who is signing here, and when. Ross particularly generated the most interest after KU failed to nab either Bowie or Ralph Samson. Samson may be a different case because he was drafted into the pros. But it's time consuming trying to second an 18-year-old.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (UPI)—If the Kansas City Kings are to even their best-of-seven NBA playoff series with the Phoenix Suns to 1-tighton, a lot depends on Sam Lacey.
And Lacey, who is the Kings' captain and a veteran of one other playoff stint, knows it.
"You hear talk about other centers." Kings' coach Cotton Fitzsimmons said. "But they're not in the playoffs. Sam's one of them. He's got it. You've not mentioned that's all. He does his job."
AND EVEN though the Suns came from behind to win the opening game of the series, 102-99, Tuesday night in Phoenix, Laconey held Suns 'center Alvin Adams to 10 points, six rebounding while scoring 10 points, grabbing 12 rebounds and blocking five shots.
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"He's involved with everything," Lacey said. "Everything they usually run off the offense comes to him, and he's looking for cutters. So if you can take him out—if he wants the at 15 and you can make him to at 30--it's got to make a difference."
been in the league nine seasons, knows if the Kings want to stay around longer this time, a lot will depend on his performance against Adams.
"I felt we contained him," Lacey said.
"The way he plays, they have a lot of screens set for him. So you have to get a lot of help on him."
I would try to make things really tough for him. I would really like to deny him the power.
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KU in five-game weekend series
The Kansas baseball team opens an important conference series this afternoon with a double-header against the University of Missouri in Columbia. The teams will play another two conference games with a non-conference contest on Sunday.
KU needs to win the conference games this weekend. The 'Hawks are last in the eastern division of the Big Eight with a 5-3 record. Missouri and Iowa State are tied for second at 6-2, and Nebraska leads with a 7-1 record. The two top teams in the division at the end of the season advance to the Big Eight tournament in Oklahoma City.
Terry Sutcliffe and Dan St. Clair are
expected to start on the mound for the Jayhawks today, and Kevin Kerschen and Clay Christiansen probably will start tomorrow.
MATT GUNDELFINGER who has been sidelined for the past week with a sprained ankle, should see some action against the Tigers. He pinch-hit once Wednesday when the Gaels City Royals in an exhibition game but softer afterwards that he had reinjured the ankle.
Missouri is 30-8 on the season, with a 23-
game home winning streak. KU is 23-6-1.
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Refurbished stadium set after lengthy preparation
By BARB KOENIG
And time—lots of it—is what Norm Stuart and his crew put in to prepare Memorial Stadium for this year's $9th annual Kansas Relays.
Sports Writer
After all, it takes a lot of time to paint 160 hurdles—two weeks to be exact.
Stuart, KUAC maintenance foreman,
and his six-member crew began Relays
for the first time in the basketball
season. In addition to preparation,
Field House for basketball games,
Stuart's crew painted hurdles, built an
aircraft stands and repaired other
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"We always try to get started during Christmas break." Stuart said. "We have to. If we don't, we don't get enough done."
ALL THINGS considered, getting ready for this year's Relays was not much different from any other year, but the lack of cooperation from Mother Nature.
"If we wouldn't have had the bad weather, we could have had more done sooner," he said. "But 'I've got a great师.' That that's why we've thready means."
Trying to ready Memorial Stadium itself for one of the most coveted Relays is no easy task. Stuart said.
Because the Relays are the first event held in Memorial Stadium since football season, clearing away the cobwebs and leaves is necessary. Workers used big blowers to clean up piles of leaves and trash that were nestled in the stands from the field.
Concession stands and bathrooms also had to be cleaned. The water had to be turned on and a special training area had to be built in the east dressing room. A snow fence to mark off the judges area and reserved seating had to be installed.
CREW MEMBERS also spent a great deal of time painting the track and installing aluminum curbing along the side of the first lane to keep runners on the track.
Last minute details included mowing the fields, removing the near goal post, dumping trash and cleaning the field and tomorrow's events are rained out.
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Stuart said the remodeled press box also would be easier to keep clean this year.
STUART SAID these wood stands, made especially for the Relays, previously were nailed to the stadium bench seats. The benches were replaced with aluminum benches during the renovation, workers had to make special braces to secure the benches to the floor.
Although the majority of the work for the Relays has been done, Stuart and his crew still have much to do.
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THIS YEAR, remodeled dressing rooms made it feasible for a training area, formerly a big outside tent, to be moved inside the east dressing room. Crew members partitioned the dressing room so that half of the area could be used by women and the other half could be used by women athletes. The men will use the west dressing room.
One thing the renovation did not improve was the securing of stands for the judges and announcers.
In past years, the final days of the Relays has continually been rained out, forcing the high jump, long jump and the pole vault to be moved to the field house.
Stuart said he and his crew spent all day and part of the night down at the stadium to be on hand for any emergency and to clean up after each day's events.
Although the $1.8 million stadium renovation did not make Relays preparations any easier, Stuart said, the stadium is a lot nicer to keep in.
The renovation, which began last spring, forced the Relays to be held outside of Memorial Stadium for the first time in the history of the competition. Events were at the University of Oklahoma, Shawnee Mission East High School, Haslam College, Indianapolis College and Emperor State University. The marathon was in Lawrence.
But all good things come to an end. And even though the end of the Reliys will mean a massive clean up job, it also signal some relief for Stuart and his family.
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KU BAND MEMBERS 1978-79 Annual Spring Formal Banquet Sunday, April 29, 6:30 p.m. Union Ballroom
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