2B THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 2006
SPORTS
TODAY
Track at Texas Relays, all day,
Austin, Texas
CRIDAV
Baseball vs. Texas Tech, 6 p.m.
Hoglund Ballpark
Player to watch: Matt Baty. The senior outfielder returned to the lineup Wednesday night against Wichita State. Baty is batting .300 in 13 games this season.
Track at Texas Baty
Relays, all day,
Austin, Texas
Men's golf at Courtyard by Marriott Intercollegiate, all day, Cary, N.C.
SATURDAY
Softball at Baylor, 4 p.m., Waco, Texas
Baseball vs. Texas Tech, 6 p.m., Hoold Ballpark
Track at Texas Relays, all day,
Austin, Texas
Women's rowing. Kansas Cup, TBA, Burcham Park, Lawrence
Men's golf at Courtyard by Marriott
Intercollegiate all day. Day, C.N.C.
**Tennis vs. Missouri, noon, Robinson Courts**
Kansan file photo
Baseball vs. Texas Tech, 1 p.m., Hoglund Ballpark
SUNDAY
Tennis vs. Baylor, 11 a.m., Robinson
Softball at Baylor, noon, Waco, Texas
- Women's golf at Susie Maxwell
  Berning Classic, all day, Norman,
  Okla.
Women's golf at Susie Maxwell Berning Classic, all day, Norman, Okla.
MONDAY
TUESDAY
Baseball vs. North Dakota State,
6 p.m., Hoglund Ballpark
NBA
Anthony receives fine for action during game
NEWYORK — Denver Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony was fined $15,000 by the NBA on Wednesday for throwing a basketball 25 rows into the stands while playing the Los Angeles Clippers.
The Associated Press
WNBA passes on Kemp
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Crystal Kemp spent last weekend in Boston at the WNBA pre-draft camp. Kemp was not among the 42 players chosen Wednesday.
BY MICHAEL PHILLIPS
mphillips@kansan.com
KANSAN SPORTWRITER
Kansas senior forward Crystal Kemp was not chosen in yesterday's WNBA draft in Boston.
During the three-round draft, 42 players were chosen by the 14 WNBA teams.
The Big 12 had four players taken during the draft, headlined by Baylor forward Sophia Young who went to San Antonio with the draft's fourth pick. Also in the Big 12 South, Texas Tech guard Erin Grant went to Seattle in the third round. Two Missouri players were drafted. Guard LaToya Bond was picked up in the second round, and center Christelle N'Garsanet was drafted in the third round.
The first pick in the draft went to Minnesota, which chose Seimone Augustus, a guard from LSU.
With Kemp not chosen, former Jayhawk Jennifer Jackson remains the last Kansas player chosen to play in the WNBA. She was picked in the third round in 2001.
In Kansas history, there have been seven players who have played in the league, most notably Lynette Woodard, Tamee Dixon and Angela Aycocka.
Kemp was among the 40 players chosen to participate in the WNBA pre-draft camp in
Boston on Monday to work out for WNBA scouts. Players from the teams in the Final Four as well as some other players who were drafted did not attend the camp.
If Kemp wishes to stay involved with basketball, her options include playing basketball overseas or moving into coaching, which is something she had previously expressed an interest in doing.
sas was her best: she finished the season with an average of 18.6 points per game and was named to the All-Big 12 first team.
Her senior campaign at Kan-
- Edited by Timon Veach
GOLF
Augusta National increases course length
BY DOUG FERGUSON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
But this Masters seems to contain more mystery than ever.
AUGUSTA, Ga. — One by one, players trudged up the hill leading to the clubhouse at Augusta National, then paused and gazed back at a course that by now they should know all too well.
Part of that is the sheer length. The tees were pushed back on six holes, stretching the course to 7,445 yards, the second-longest course in major championship history behind Whistling Straits (7,514 yards) two years ago at the PGA Championship.
The par-3 fourth hole now is 240 yards, requiring most players to hit fairway metal, and some players to hit a driver. The
par-4 11th is 505 yards, with trees to the right of the landing area and a pond to the left of the green ready to swallow up any mistake.
Masters chairman Hootie Johnson vigorously defended the changes Wednesday, especially at No. 11, pointing out that Bobby Jones intended the second shot to be played with a 3-iron or more.
"He (Jones) probably was hitting into a green that ran at 2 on the Stimpermeter," said Retief Goosen. "The condition of the greens now are different than they were in the 1900s. You hit a 3-iron on the front of that green, it rolls off into the water."
Not since 2001 has the Masters been contested over four days in relatively dry, fast conditions.
TRACK Fifteen 'Hawks to go to Texas Relays in Austin
TRACK
Teams from throughout the nation will compete against the top competitors in strength events, such as shot put, and speed events, such as the 100-meter dash.
The Kansas track and field team will compete in Austin, Texas, today in the Texas Relays - one of the biggest relays of the outdoor track season.
Kansas seniors Sheldon Battle, Erik Sloan and Aaron Thompson; junior Cody Roberts; and sophomores Egor Agafonov and Julius Jiles will compete in the men's events.
Evan Kafarakis
The meet started Wednesday and will last until Saturday.
Kansas seniors Tiffany Cherry, Charisse Bacchus and Denita Young;juniors Janiece Gatson and Abby Emsick; sophomore Crystal Manning; and freshmen Sha'Ray Butler, Zlata Tarasova and Stephanie Horton will compete in the women's events.
MLB Vice President to toss first pitch in game
WASHINGTON — Vice President Dick Cheney will throw out the ceremonial first pitch at the Washington Nationals' Major League Baseball home opener next week, the team said Wednesday.
The Nationals' first home game of the season is Tuesday against the New York Mets.
Since 1910, 12 presidents and four vice presidents have thrown a ceremonial pitch in Washington.
Last year, the capital's first with a baseball team since 1971, President Bush tossed out the first pitch at the home opener. Many fans were late to their seats because security lines at metal detectors _ installed for the president's visit
were still 20 deep when the game began.
The Associated Press
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MAD ABOUT MARCH?
PLAY APRIL MADNESS:
1ST ANNUAL KANSAN BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT
Bring your game for charity
Mens, Womens and Coeds 5 on 5 Tournament
& 3 Point Contest
April 8-9 10am-6pm @ Robinson Gym
$40 per Team and $10 for 3 Point Contest Entry helps: Boys and Girls Clubs of Lawrence
Pick forms up at Stauffer-Flint room #119