Wednesday, March 19. 1986
Sports
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UPI honors Duke coach
United Press International
Mike Krzyzewski, whose blueprint for rebuilding a fallen Duke basketball program has culminated with a No. 1 ranking in 1986, yesterday was named Coach of the Year by United Press International.
Krzewzkiw, 39, a disciple of Indiana coach Bobby Knight, was a surprise choice six years ago when he was hired at Duke. He has guided the Blue Devils to a 42-2 record entering Friday's National Collegiate Athletic Association East Region semifinal against DePaul.
In a nationwide balloting of 125 sports writers and broadcasters, Krzypewski received 39 votes followed by Dick Vorsace of Bradley with 24 votes and Lou Carnecosa of St. John's with 22
The Blue Devils, a preseason choice to finish third in the Atlantic Coast Conference, posted a 12-2 league record and stormed to the ACC championship under Krzeyzowski.
Duke is the first ACC team to record more than 32 victories in one season and has a chance to eclipse the NCAA record of 36 wins set in 1948 by Kentucky.
Krzyeski earned a reputation as a gritty, intelligent player when he ran the offense for Knight's Army teams for three years, ending in 1969. After five years of military service, he served as an assistant to Knight at Indiana before being named head coach at Army in 1976. He led the Cadets to a five-year record of 73-59 and a National Invitation berth in 1977-78.
He was an assistant to Knight for the gold medal-winning U.S. team in the 1979 Pan American Games.
Coming off a 9-17 campaign at Army in 1979-80, his appointment as Duke's coach raised more than a few eyebrows. But three straight years of 20-plus wins at Duke have answered any questions about Krzyszewski's qualifications.
Krzyewski has a 119-67 record in his six seasons at Duke, with NCAA Tournament appearances in the last three years. But when he took the reins in Durham, the Blue Devils' basketball program was in marked decline.
Back-to-back years of weak recruiting by Bill Foster left the Duke talent base dangerously low. And with the graduation of Gene Banks and Kenny Dennard after Krzesywnski's rookie year (17-13 and an NIT quarterfinal), the Duke cupboard was bare.
The Blue Devils struggled at 10-17 and 11-17 the next two years.
Jayhawks hope rest will rejuvenate Dreiling
Bv Matt Tidwall
Greg Dreiling admits he hasn't been himself so far in the NCAA Tournament, even though he said he realized how important his contribution was to the Kansas Javahaws.
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Unfortunately, the cause of lackluster performances like the one on Saturday against Temple is not easy to cure. Dreiling had two points and four rebounds in 19 minutes of that game.
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After 38 games over four months, fatigue has finally caught up with the Jayhawk center's 7-foot-1, 250 pound body.
"I've had kind of a drop-off since the road trip to Oklahoma." Dreiling said yesterday, referring to the Feb. 24 game. "After the K-State game in the Big Eight Tournament, it seemed like my legs weren't as strong."
Kansas senior forward Ron Kellogg probably will miss practice for the rest of this week because of a strained left foot that has bothered him in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament, Kansas head coach Larry Brown said yesterday.
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Sore foot keeps Kellogg out of practice
Dreiling traced the start of the
"Ronnie won't practice all week," Brown said. "I don't know exactly what the situation is, but he's real sore right now."
Brown said Kellogg would work on an exercise bike and shoot baskets during the week in the hope that the injury would heal before the Jayhawks played Michigan State. Kansas will face Michigan State in
their first game of the Midwest Regional Finals in Kansas City, Mo., on Friday at 9:10 n.m.
The loss of Kellogg could be a big blow to Kansas.
The 6-foot-5 All-Big Eight forward from Omaha averaged 16.4 points a game for the Jayhawks this season.
Kansas trainer David Lucey said the affected area was a small bone inside Kellogg's foot.
Kellogg already has missed one starting assignment because of the injury. He played only eight minutes in Kansas' first-round game against North Carolina & T State University in Dayton, Ohio. He was replaced by Archie Marshall who scored 10 points and grabbed 10 rebounds.
fatigue directly to the second game of the Big. Eight Tournament, a 72-70 win over Oklahoma on March 8 in the tournament semi-finals. Dreiling had nine points and four rebounds in the game. He came into the tournament averaging nearly 12 points and seven rebounds a game.
As the post-season has continued, Dreiling has tried to tinker with his game in order to get over the constant tired feeling.
"Sometimes when you're not feeling strong physically you start thinking about it a lot and doing things differently, when all you really need is
some rest." he said.
Dreiling said that this week has allowed him to get some much-needed rest and that he feels stronger already.
"I think the time off is just what I needed," he said. "I feel fine now. I'm a lot stronger and I had a good
day in practice yesterday."
But a tired, ineffective big man has caused fellow team members to be very interested in getting Dreiling charged-up again.
"Greg is a big asset to our team." forward Archie Marshall said. "Without him, we're just not the same team we've developed into. It's very important that his legs and everything else get stronger."
Kansas head coach Larry Brown said that he had noticed Dreiling's ineffectiveness and that it was caused by fatigue.
"He hasn't had any life in his body since the Oklahoma game," Brown said. "I told everybody in Dayton that he reminded me of that commercial where the guy says he got through college wearing lead shoes.
"He's getting better. He's had some time to rest and get on the weights a little bit. He had a good day yesterday."
Dionne is making strides toward full recovery
By Dawn O'Malley Sports writer
TULSA, Okla. — There are only 10 days left until Karen Dionne is released from Hillcrest Medical Center. Since a car accident Nov. 30, hospital rooms have become a second home for her.
Dionne, an All-American swimmer, has been staying in room 214 at the University.
But it no longer resembles a hospital room. The wall in front of Dionne's bed is covered with cards, including one of two letters from Larry Brown, Kansas men's head basketball coach.
There also are reminders of her swimming days on the wall — one picture of her diving off a starting block and another of her on her way to victory.
She is a confessed stuffed teddy bear lover. So of course, brown bears and white bears line the window sill next to the pink rabbit and the two flower boxes.
However, she doesn't get much time with her cards and teddy bears anymore. Now, most of her time is spent in rehabilitation on her road to recovery.
Dionne's days are filled with therapy sessions. They begin at 10:30 a.m. and continue until 4 p.m. She eats breakfast, lunch and eat lunch and to watch soap operas.
Barbara Holt was the first therapist to see Dionne when she was semicomatose.
In her morning session, she works on speech, occupational therapy and physical therapy. In the afternoon, she home running, writing and swimming.
"I first saw her in a semicomatose state with limited responses," Holt said. "She is more independent now."
In her physical therapy session last Friday, Dionne slowly lifted up one foot at a time and dropped it down in an attempt to run. She said she started running last week.
As she ran six lengths of the hospital corridor, she held on to her wheelchair for balance and her physical therapist, Jan Gruver, held on to her to make Dionne didn't fall.
However, in the afternoon, Dionne takes a dink in the noon.
She wore a navy swim suit with red and white stripes as she lowered her body in the pool for recreational therapy; Cindy Walton, recreational therapist and nurse, waited for her in the water.
She has developed a friendship with Walton. Laughter rung out in the swimming pool area as everyone watched Dionne stretch her muscles.
Dionne put on her blue tinted goggles
dianae that he swain suit, and
hike in the mountains.
"We always have fun," Dionne said. "She keeps us laughing."
"I do the work so I'll get better," Dionne said. "I hope to walk out of here
"I miss the team mostly. I miss being there. We used to joke around a lot."
Now she says she will wear the seat belt.
Kansas swimmer Karen Dionne practices her writing as part of her rehabilitation. Dionne was in a car accident in November.
Walks, errors plague baseball team
Pattin said Monday that before the Texas road trip he had hoped his team had worked out some of its weaknesses on defense. When the road trip was finished, however, Pat-
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By Jim Subr
Kansas head coach Marty Pattin will send pitchers Steve Purdy, 0-3 this season, and Paul Henry, 3-2, to the mound today against the Griffons, 5-7. It will be the first meeting this season between the two teams.
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The defensive problems were never more evident than in a doubleheader March 7 against Schreiner College at San Antonio, Texas. In those two games, the Mountaineers scored 14 runs on nine
tin found that errors by fielders and walks given up by pitchers had cost the team several victories during the trip.
"It gave us the opportunity to see what we had to work on," Pattin said. "They (the errors and walks) had a snowballing effect. We won some tough games, but we lost some because we let them slip away from us."
Jayhawk errors and beat Kansas 14-4 and 8-7.
The Jayhawks, who committed only seven errors in their first five games, had 41 during the 14-game road trip.
Kansas took a 7-3 lead into the bottom of the seventh inning of the second game, but three Jayhawk pitchers gave up three walks and two hits with two Kansas errors as the Mountaineers exploded for five runs in the inning.
Kansas also committed 17 errors in three games against Baylor. The Bears won all three games.
Kansas pitchers gave up 59 walks in the 14 games, Pattin said. But he praised the performances of Henry and John Heeney.
Henry, a sophomore, won three games and lost one, struck out 16 batters in his last two games and threw a 5-0 shutout against Central Michigan.
The Jayhawks may be without the services today of starting shortstop Gary Lang, who was struck in the face by a ball during drills before the final game of the Pan American Citrus Tournament in Edinburg, Texas. The status of Lang, who had batted .345 with 12 RBIs and a home run in 18 games, was to be determined just before the game today.
Heeney, a senior, won his first two games of the road trip before losing a heartbreaker to Pan American. Heeney gave up one hit, a home run, and the game 2-1.
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Riggins says Redskins don't want him back
WASHINGTON — John Riggins, the running back whose bruising style helped the Washington Redskins to their only Super Bowl triumph, said yesterday that the club does not want him back next season.
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To prove he still belongs on the team, Riggins challenged any potential replacement to a running duel during a minicamp May 12-17 at the club's Hernond, Va., training camp. At 36, Riggins was the National Football League's oldest ball-carrier last season.
"With that in mind, I would like to issue a challenge to anybody who thinks he wants to be the starting running back for the Redskins this
"I met with Joe Gibbs this morning, and we discussed my future with the team," Riggins said. "I told Joe from the onset of my desire to play for the Redskins again this year. He responded that he did not want me to play for the team any more because I had supposedly, 'lost a step,' in his words. I did not agree with that opinion.
Riggins, in a statement issued through his lawyer, said Redskins coach Joe Gibbs told him after a meeting yesterday that the club would not offer him a contract for the coming season because he was slowing down.
Riggins, the Redskins all-time leading ground-gainer, has amassed 11,352 yards in 14 seasons in the NFL, the last nine with the Redskins. He is second in the league in touchdowns scored (116, behind Jim Brown's 126) and rushing touchdowns (104, behind Brown's 106).
year to a 60-yard dash at the minicamp. I think the outcome of the competition will prove that I haven't lost a step.
"Should my challenge go unanswered, I want everybody to know that I wish the Redskins well and I have no hard feelings."
Neither Gibbs nor Redskins officials would comment on Riggins' skills.
Riggins was not available for comment and attorney Joseph Woytash said he did not know whether Riggins wanted to play for another club next year.
He was named the MVP in Washington's 27-17 victory over the Miami Dolphins in Super Bowl XVII, gaining 166 yards and scoring the memorable go-ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter.
After an injury plauged 1894 and a subpar beginning to 1885, Gibbs replaced Riggins as the Washington starter with George Rogers, who gained 1,083 yards on 231 carries, compared to Riggins' 677 yards on 176 carries.
Valvano fears playing Iowa State at Kemper
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RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina State Coach Jim Valvano says the next playing site in the NCAA Tournament could put the Wolfpack at a disadvantage.
"We are very proud and happy to be part of the NCAA's final 18, though I'm not excited about playing in Kansas City." Valvano said yesterday.
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"I like Kansas City. It's a nice place, but it was the site of the Big Eight championship," he said. "Playing Iowa State there just makes it that more difficult. It's also
just like a home court for Kansas."
North Carolina State, 20-12, plays Iowa State, 22-10, in one Midwest Regional semifinal at 6:30 p.m. Friday. The other semifinal pits top-seeded and second-ranked Kansas against No. 12 Michigan State.
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Valvano said he feared playing the Big Eight teams on their home turf, though Iowa State presents enough of a problem by itself. The Cyclones proved their worth by defeating Miami of Ohio 81-79 in overtime and then bouncing fifth-ranked Michigan from the field with a 72-69 defeat.