Sports
tuesday, March 4,1986
University Daily Kansan
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Jayhawks to open Big 8 tournament against rival KSU
By Dawn O'Malley
Sports writer
Kansas' two previous wins over Kansas State this season will have no influence on the outcome of tonight's game, Marian Washington, Kansas
Kansas State
Women's Basketball
15-12, (Bg 8-6-8)
7:30 tonight
at Lawrence
head women's basketball coach said
dearestfav
She said the Jayhawks would be playing with a clean slate against the Wildcats at 7:30 tonight in the first round of the Big Eight Tournament at Allen Field House.
"K-State is not going to lie down and die for us," Washington said. "It is not going to happen."
The Jayhawks ended their regular season with a three-game winning streak. They finished 18-9 overall and 9-5 in the Big Eight conference, tied with the Colorado Buffaloes in second place. However, the Buffaloes are seeded second because of their two wins over the Jayhawks this season. "Every coach works to get the team to peak at the right time," Washington said. "Things are starting to gel. They understand what I'm wanting."
The last game between the intrate rivals, Feb. 22 at Allen Field House, have gotten a bit too intense. With about two minutes left in the game, an alteration erupted between Jayawk forward Jackie Martin and Wildcat center Sue Leiding. Washington said the Jayhawks
"They need to play with their heads, or I will make them sit down," Washington said.
Martin was sent to the bench in the altercation. She said she didn't like it when her temper got the best of her because she thought she only hurt the team.
But, she said she wouldn't be intimidated
could not afford to get caught up in physical battle again.
"I am not going to let her push me around," Martin said. "She'll be the one."
In the last game between the Jayhawks and the Wildcats, K-State played without its lead rebounder and second high scorer, Carlisa Thomas. She was withheld from the game pending National Collegiate Athletic Association ruling on her eligibility which was rendered upon completion of the game. She was reinstated and declared eligible.
The winner of tonight's game will travel to Kemper Arena for the quarterfinals to play the winner of the Colorado-Nebraska game.
Probable Starters
Kansas
F 33 Lisa Dougherty (5-8)
F 25 Vickle Adkins (6-1)
C 40 Kelly Jennings (6-5)
G 24 Evelette Ott (5-7)
G 20 Toni Webb (5-8)
Kansas State
Kansas State
F 23 Carlisla Thomas (5-9)
F 15 Amanda Holley (6-1)
C 32 Sue Leiding (6-2)
G 11 Susan Green (5-8)
G 35 Cindy Durham (6-0)
Cowboys beat Sooners
From Kansan wires
STILLWATER, Okla. — Oklahoma State head coach Paul Hansen saved his best coaching for last as the Cowboys unseated No. 13 Oklahoma 87-84 last night in Big Eight Conference basketball.
Hansen, whose contract will not be renewed, was carried off the court at the buzzer by his players at Gallacher Hall.
With, 6-16 remaining and the Sopers trailing 60-66, Hansen inserted 7-foot-4 center Alan Bannister, who had four personal fouls. The freshman responded with four quick points to cushion the Cowboy's lead and Oklahoma never recovered.
Oklahoma forward Darryl Kennedy led all scorers with 29 points, while the Cowboys were led by Terry Ferguson with 20 points.
With the victory, Oklahoma State snapped a 10-game losing streak to its state rival
The loss drops the Sooners to 24-7 and 8-6 in conference. Oklahoma has
lost its last five games on the road. Oklahoma State's record is now 15-12, 6-8 in the conference.
The Sooners looked as if its eight-point halftime deficit would disappear when it scored the first five points of the second half. But Oklahoma State forward Andrew Ivy led a Cowboy charge that kept Oklahoma State in control for much of the second half.
The Sooners made a final run with little more than 7 minutes remaining. Oklahoma exploded at the 1:08 mark, outscoring the Cowboys 10-2. But Bannister came in to spark Oklahoma State and set a sellout crowd on fire.
In the first half, both teams took turns enjoying small leads, but the Cowboys erupted on a 16-6 scoring spree led by Faggins.
Kennedy helped keep the Sooners close by pouring in 17 first-half points. His short layup off a missed shot with two seconds remaining in the half cut Oklahoma State's lead to 34-32.
Running game is emphasized in drills
Passing attack needs support
First-year Kansas head football coach Bob Valezense said yesterday that he hoped an added emphasis on the running game to supplement the Jayhawk's pass-oriented offense would give both fans and opponents a twist next season.
By Jim Suhr Sports writer
In attempting to do so, Kansas signed several running backs last month, including junior college transfers Tim Ledford, Scott Schriner and Arnold Schnell. The three juco transfers will join two returning part-time starters at running back, Mike Rogers and Mark Henderson.
Norseth, an All-Big Eight pick last season, completed 227 of 408 passes for 2,995 yards and 15 touchdowns for a Kansas team that finished with a record of 6-6.
"Our passing game has been excellent, but we need to establish a running game that would keep the defense off balance and give us the opportunity to strike with the big play," Valesente said. "We have to be able to put the defense in an either-or situation."
Also on offense, it is quite likely that four quarterbacks who were redshirted last season, including junior Mike Orth, junior college transfer Roby Santos, and freshmen John Baker and Vince Bryant, will battle to replace senior Mike Norseth.
Valesente said Kansas 'offensive line, with the loss of only one starter, guard Paul Swenson, would remain solid. However,
Kansas must replace Norseth, Swenson and five other starters, including the leading receiver Richard Estell, 70 catches for 1,109 yards and four touchdowns, and the leading rusher Lymn Williams, 373 yards in only eight games.
Football
Defensively, Valesente said the linebackers corps, with returning outside linebackers Darnell Williams and Rudi Randolph, would remain the defensive strength despite the loss of twotime All-Big Eight linebacker Willie Pless.
Valesente said Kansas would use a formation with four defensive linemen and three linebackers, a defensive set that the Jayhawks used at times last season. He said he hoped the 4-3 would help establish Kansas as a "good, swarming team defense."
Tony Vouraux/KANSAN
Other spring football notes:
"The Jayhawks early start, Valese said, was a repeat of last season, allowing his players to finish practice earlier than most other Big Eight teams to devote their time to studies.
- Kansas will practice Monday through Thursday from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., with no practices on weekends. They will take time off during spring break. Kansas spring season will end with an intrasquad scrimmage tentatively scheduled for April 5.
Kansas' co-captains for 1986 are safety Wayne Ziegler, linebacker Darnell Williams, center Paul Oswald and Orth. Both Ziegler and Oswald are recovering from knee problems, but are expected to participate in the spring drills.
kansas receiver Rod Finney reached for a pass during spring football practice. This year's spring practice will culminate with an intrasquad game April 5 at Memorial Stadium.
Linebacker Warren Shields and defensive lineman Guy Gamble, who were sidelined last season because of academic problems, have returned to the team.
have not returned to the team. Those players are defensive lineman Amonte Holloman, cornerback Kevin Harkles, center Wes Hendricks and tight end Jeff Anderson. Valesente said he was "evaluating the situation."
Four other players that Valesente suspended last month
Kansas City contract to expire
Big Eight may change tournament site
By Matt Tidwell Sports writer
Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Mo., the site of this weekend's postseason Big Eight Tournament, almost has been like a second home court for the Jayhawks.
Kansas has a 23-8 record in the arena.
Hancock said that the Big Eight's contract with Kansas City would expire after this season and that proposals from other cities would be welcome.
But on Thursday, Big Eight athletic directors will meet in Kansas City to hear proposals from other cities, including Oklahoma City, Denver and St. Louis, who want the Big Eight Tournament to move to arenas in their towns, Bill Hancock, assistant Big Eight commissioner, said yesterday.
Men's Basketball
Hancock said that after hearing the proposals, the directors could either vote to move the tournament or to postpone the vote to a further date. If a change is approved, the conference faculty representatives would have to give final approval.
"Anytime we have a championship tournament we have to give all sites a fair chance to host it," Hancock said.
This weekend's tournament will be the tenth in a row at Kemper Arena.
Kansas guard Mark Turgeon said that Kansas City had been a very comfortable place for the Jayhawks to play and that the team could suffer if the tournament were moved.
"Kansas City has been very good to us." Turgeon said. "If we had to go to St. Louis or somewhere like that it could hurt us. It always seems like there are about 80 percent Kansas fans at the tournament in Kemper, so it works to our advantage."
Jayhawk center Greg Dreiling, who is a senior and would not be affected by a switch, said that if a
change were approved, the team would have to adapt.
"We would just have to get used to playing somewhere else," Dreiling said. "Maybe they could rotate between cities as long as they continued to get good crowds."
Kansas City's nearness to Lawrence and the large population of Jayhawk alumni there have led some coaches in the conference to call for a switch in location for the important tournament.
Del Brinkman, Kansas athletic faculty representative to the Big Eight who would help give final approval to a switch, said this wasn't the first time he had heard of a possible move for the tournament.
Brinkman said the event's success and solid record in Kansas City would make it hard for other cities to
make a good case.
"I think one argument for keeping it in Kansas City is that there has been a good clientele there," Brinkman said. "I would be reluctant to move a successful event."
Jayhawk Notes — Kansas resumed practice yesterday in preparation for the tournament this weekend . The Jayhawks' first tournament game will be at 2:10 p.m. Friday in Kemper Arena . . . If Kansas State has to forfeit all its conference wins because of the inelegibility of Norris Coleman, the Jayhawks will play the Wildcats instead of Colorado.
FINAL BIG EIGHT STANDINGS
Conference All Games
W 10 L Pct. W L Pct.
Kansas 11 929 10 W L Pct.
Iowa St. 9 5 .643 18 9 .677
Oklahoma 8 6 .571 24 7 .674
Nebraska 8 6 .571 18 9 .677
Missouri 8 6 .571 18 9 .677
Oklahoma 8 6 .571 18 9 .677
Kansas State 4 10 .286 16 13 .525
Colorado 0 14 .000 16 13 .526
Tennis team meets S.W. Missouri
Sports writer
By James Larson
The KU men's tennis team will have its first outdoor competition of the season today when it plays Southwest Missouri State on the Allen Field House courts.
The match starts at 2:30 p.m.
The match starts at 2:30 p.m. Kansas head tennis coach Scott Perelman said the Southwest Arkansas Bowl Team well- coached and had extremely well-coached and had achieved a great deal in the last few years.
He also said the Jayhawks needed this win to help them bounce back from a 5-4 loss to Wichita State on Friday.
"It's important that we put Friday behind us," Perelman said, "come out and play with a lot of
Men's Tennis
Perelman has made some changes in the lineup for today's match. Mike Wolf, Kansas' top player, will not participate in the match because he is nearing the 35-match limif set by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. If Wolf plays more than 35 matches, he will not be allowed to compete in the Big Eight or the NCAA Tournaments.
Perelman said Mike Center would fill in for Wolf at the No. 1 spot. He also said Larry Pascal and Reggie Hodges would move into the lineup because they deserved the chance to play.
Jim Klousia, head tennis coach for Southwest Missouri State, said his team was looking forward to coming to Lawrence but they were not taking Kansas lightly.
The Kansas men's and women's tennis teams will not compete again until they travel to California to play a series of matches in the Los Angeles area over spring break. The men's team will play eight matches and the women's team will play six.
When the Jayhawks return from the West Coast, the men's team will have a dual meet at home against Tulsa on March 25. The women's team will play at the Northeast Louisiana Invitational March 21-23.
Kansas stays 2nd in AP poll
The Associated Press
Duke, the top seed in this week's Atlantic Coast Conference tournament, remained No. 1 in the Associated Press college basketball poll yesterday and missed being a unanimous selection by one vote.
Duke held the top spot by winning the ACC regular-season title with an 82-74 victory over then-No. 3 North Carolina, which dropped one spot in the poll.
The Blue Devils, 29-2, received 62 of the 63 first-place votes from the panel of sportswriters and broadcasters from across the country. Kansas, 28-3 and champions of the Big Eight, received the other first-place vote to hold second for the second consecutive week.
Thus, with one week of voting remaining before the National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament gets underway, the only teams to hold the No.1 ranking this season have all come from the ACC. Georgia Tech was No.1 in the presseason poll, and North Carolina began its reign with the first week of the regular season.
Kentucky, 26-3 and champions of the Southeastern Conference, jumped from fifth to third. They were followed by the North Carolina Tar Heels, 26-4, who held the No. 1 spot for 13 weeks before being dethroned by Duke in last week's balloting.
St. John's, 27-4, moved from eight to fifth. Georgia Tech, 23-5, which finished between Duke and North Carolina in the ACC standings, was sixth.
place with Indiana in the Big 10, improved from 10th to seventh after victories over Wisconsin and Northwestern last week.
Syracuse, 23-4 and co-champions of the Big East with St. John's, fell two places after losing to the Redmen
Bradley, 30-1, became the second team this season — along with St. John's — to crack the Top 10 after not been ranked in the presseason poll.
The Top 10 was rounded out by Memphis State, 25-4, which fell three spots from last week's poll after losing to No. 11 Louisville 70-69 in the game that decided the Metro Conference regular-season title.
Judge orders a hearing in Kapaun case.
After Louisville, 24-7, in the Second 10 are Notre Dame, Nevada-Las Vegas, Georgetown, Oklahoma, Indiana, Michigan State, Navy, Illinois and North Carolina State.
The Associated Press
Michigan, 25-4 and tied for first
The hearing, at 8:30 a.m. tomorrow in Shawnee County District Court, will be to determine whether the association has violated a temporary restraining order issued Feb. 18 by Judge Fred Jackson by prohibiting the Kapau basketball team from competing in the Class SA substate tournament opening Thursday in Arkansas City.
TOPEKA — An attorney for students of Kapaun-Mt. Carmel High School in Wichita and their parents asked for and received yesterday a court hearing to challenge the Kansas State High School Activities Association's interpretation of a judge's order.
Association officials informed Kapau it could not participate in the tournament under a ruling by a KSHSAA appeals board last week which modified sanctions on post-season play by Kapau teams.
Lee Woodard, a Wichita lawyer representing the students and parents who challenged the original
KSHSAA sanctions imposed Feb. 12, said he received a letter yesterday from the association saying it didn't consider the restraining order applicable because of the action of the appeals board.
The acting basketball coach at Kapau, Rob Hampton, indicated yesterday that the school had chosen voluntarily to accept the KHSAAA appeals board decision which bans the team from post-season competition this year.
Woodard said he requested a hearing before Jackson to determine legality of the KSHSAA interpretation of what the restraining order applies to.
He said he doesn't know what Kapau officials plan to do, because he doesn't represent them — only the nearly 200 students and parents who brought the lawsuit.
"When we went up to the activities association on the appeal, they modified it to only the sports involved," Hampton said in Wichita.
"We believe that is a clear violation of the order." Woodard said.
Jackson said he had not dissolved or modified a temporary restraining order he issued Feb. 18 under which Kapaua's wrestling team competed in a regional tournament Feb. 21-22. The order applied to all Kapaua teams in all sports and other extracurricular activities, prohibiting the association from carrying out its sanctions.
"That's what we're going by. I don't think we're following the injunction any more."
The attorney general's office said it thought the Kapua basketball team could compete in the substate tournament under his order as well, unless it was modified.
However, John Frieden, a Topeka attorney representing the activities association, said if Kapaum tried to compete "we would be back in court" seeking modification of Jackson's order to prevent the Kapaum basketball team from competing.
The KHSSAA executive board imposed sanctions Feb. 12 against Kapaua after determining three student-athletes had illegally had
their tuition paid to the Catholic high school by persons other than their parents or guardians. Those sanctions including banning Kapaua teams and students from all KSHSAA post-season competition.
However, the KSHSAA appeals board reheard the case last week, and modified the post-season competition prohibition so it applies only to football, boys basketball, boys track and vocal music, the activities in which the three young men involved in the case had participated.
Frieden said it was the association's position that Jackson's order applied to the original executive board sanctions, but not to the appeals board modifications.
However, Frieden acknowledged the scope of Jackson's order was a matter of legal interpretation.
Nelson Hartman, executive secretary of the KHSSAA, said the Kapaua girls basketball team had been seeded in the substate tournament and would compete, but the boys team could not under the appeals board's ruling.
United Press International
Mizzou names director
COLUMBIA, Mo. — The University of Missouri yesterday named Jack Lengyl its new athletic director.
Lengyl, who has held a similar position at Fresno State University in California since 1983, replaces Dave Hart, who resigned to become commissioner of the Southern Conference. Lengyl, who said he earned $7,500 a year at Fresno State, will be paid $80,000 annually in his new job.
"Missouri has always had a great tradition in athletics and academics and I'm looking forward to the challenges here," Lengyil said. "I'm looking forward to the opportunity of working with Chancellor (Barbara) Uehling."
boost revenues.
The Missouri program recently has been faced with declining revenues in football. Last year's football team had a 1-10 record and the home schedule for 1986 is not considered attractive enough to draw the large crowds needed to
"Missouri has always run a clean program, and I want you to know that we intend to keep that commitment," Lengli said.
"We won't have a successful athletic program by copying other people or outspending them. Our distinct edge must be in providing the opportunity of good coaches and administrators working together to find new and creative ways of meeting our goals and objectives."
Lengyl had said earlier, after being chosen as a finalist for the Missouri position, that he no longer wanted to be considered for the job.
"Two weeks ago, if you recall in my statements, I said I was going to stay at Fresno State University. " Lengyl said. "Subsequently, Chancellor Uehling called me and we agreed to meet off campus. She convinced me to come to the campus. I did and subsequently accepted the position."