THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN SPORTS
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2006
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FOOTBALL FACILITY
Complex named
BY ERIC JORGENSEN
ejongensen@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
The name Anderson Family Football Complex became one more completed chapter in the new football facilities saga.
Chancellor Robert Hemenway approved the name, which will honor the primary donors of the $31 million complex.
Associate Athletics Director
Jim Marchiony said the Athletics Department wanted to recognize the primary donors, alumni Dana Anderson and Tom Kivisto.
The field in Memorial Stadium will be renamed Kivisto Field in honor of the former Kansas basketball player. Kivisto played for Kansas in the '70s.
Chancellor approves use of donor's name
Since Fall 2004, details regarding the complex have been leaked periodically. Originally, announcements were made about the actual concept of a complex, then possible locations, followed by the donors and finally the announcement of a design firm.
Earlier this month, the department held a press conference to officially announce the construction of the new facility.
However, many details have not been released yet, including, perhaps, the most important detail of all: the location.
Marchiony said those details were still in the discussion stage. The Athletics Department has been steadfast in saying that the complex would not block the view of the Campanile.
The location of a new practice field has not been released either. During the official announcement of the facility, Athletics Director Lew Perkins said that there would be a new practice field near the facility and stadium.
The company plans to break ground for the project in early 2007, and would like to be finished by the summer of 2008.
The exact location for the field is also still in the discussion stage, Marchiony said.
Plans for the facility include offices, academic areas, a weight room, locker rooms, an audio-visual room, meeting rooms, a cardio room, a hydro-therapy room, a nutrition area and a display area.
As of now, no visual concepts exist of the complex. Marchiony said the complex's designers, HNTB Architecture Inc., had not given the department a rendering of the facility.
— Edited by Jodi Ann Holopirek
DANCING NACHOS
INTRAMURALS
Blake Henshaw, Leavenworth senior; Samuel Floetke, Lawrence junior; and Aaron Loonis, Osakaoa junior, fight for the ball as teammates Jake Hills, Bonner Springs senior; Alex Benson, Salina senior; Dustin Smith, Clay Center junior; and Paul Dundee, Sabetha junior, watch in the first half of the Theta Chi 1 vs. Out of Shape intramural basketball game Wednesday night in the Student Recreation and Fitness Center. Out of Shape, in blue, won the game 42-37.
Out of Shape dominates
BY CASE KEFFER
ckeefer@kansan.com
KANSAN SPORTWRITER
Out of Shape, despite its own problems, pulled out a 42-37 victory.
All kinds of problems plagued the performance, including sloppy turnovers, careless fouls, bad free-throw shooting and poor shot selection.
Wednesday night's intramural basketball game paired Out of Shape vs. Theta Chi 1 and was anything but pretty.
It became apparent early that the team with the fewest mistakes would leave victorious. Capitalizing off of Theta Chi 1 turnovers, Kyle Gray, Salina senior, got Out of Shape off to a quick 11-0 start with five points.
The leadership and motivation of Chris Janish, Wichita senior, got Theta Chi 1's game plan back on track. Janish executed his role of coach on the court with a game total of 17 points and cut the team's deficit to 22-21 at halftime.
The beginning of the second half was the opposite
of the first, as Out of Shape took questionable shots and made lousy passes. But Janish and his teammates never took full advantage of the opportunities. Theta Chi 1's biggest lead was a mere three points with 14 minutes remaining.
That's when Out of Shape's Paul Dundee, Sabetha junior, hit two three-pointers down the stretch. Out of Shape relied on its outside shooting game all night, which team members said was nothing new.
"We don't have a post player to rely on so we are used to shooting threes," said Alex Benson, Salina senior. Benson contributed seven points.
When Out of Shape built a lead in the closing minutes, the team slowed the pace and took care of the basketball.
Theta Chi 1 finished the game in desperation with a flurry of fouls, but it was too late.
Out of Shape had already minimized its mistakes in the latter part of the second half, leading it to the victory.
- Edited by Hayley Travis
COLUMN EXCHANGE
Tigers aren't so hot, but they're hungry
Editor's note: The Kansan and the Maneater, Missouri's student newspaper, swapped columns about this weekend's Border Showdown. Kansas columnist Tim Hall wrote an approach to this Saturday's rivalry before reading this column from Missouri. To see what Tim Hall had to say, check out Kansan.com
"Paging Dr. Moody, to the free-throw line, please."
And this guy wants to be a surgeon? With those nerves, I wouldn't let him near me with a stethoscope, much less a scalpel. Thanks, but no thanks, doc, I think I'll take my chances with the acupuncturist.
Yes, it's true — our season as Tiger fans has come down to spouting barbs like these. You could say we delight in the little things.
In the month since Moody bricked those tosses (both of them, as I recall), things haven't exactly gone as planned at Mizzou. The past 30 days have left us sans Quin Snyder and teetering at .500, with a four-game run out at the Big 12 tournament as our final opportunity to reach the Promised Land. For the third straight year, the Tigers' season will come
BLAINE GRIDER
sports@kansan.com
MANEATER SPORTS COLUMNIST
down to salvaging the pride that comes with plucking your feathers.
The Tigers will visit Lawrence with a solid NIT resume, facing your Jayhawks, who have rattled off eight fluke victories since Big Monday. The lucky streak has found your boys back in the Top 25, a mere two slots ahead of a certain team from Pennsylvania. You remember the Bison, don't you? Wavne Simien certainly does.
Speaking of Wayne: Any of you catch the NBA Draft last April? Funny thing. Turns out "the best big man in the country" got drafted after a young fella named Linas Kleiza.
No joke. We're still trying to verify this, but I'm told Kleiza only went to school for two years.
SEE HUNGRY ON PAGE 7B
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