Sports
Friday, Feb. 28, 1986
University Daily Kansan
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3 seniors to play final game at Allen Field House
By Matt Tidwell
By Matt Tidwell Sports writer
Kansas out to avenge lone conference loss in regular season finale
n Kansas beats Iowa State tomorrow and No. 1 Duke loses against North Carolina, the Jayhawks could find themselves firmly planted in the top spot in the polls next week.
Iowa State
Men's Basketball
18-8 (Big 8; 9-4)
3:05 p.m. tomorrow
(20AM) (channels 9 and 27)
at Lawrence
But Kansas coach Larry Brown said that with approaching tournament pressure already on the Jayhawks, being No.1 really could put the heat on Kansas.
"There's a lot of pressure being number one," Brown said. "But everybody's in sudden death right now. I think it would be a positive thing for our program and it would be positive for our conference."
and with good reason.
What Brown and the Jayhawks really are concerned with now however, is tomorrow's battle with the Cyclones at Allen Field House
Iowa State is the only conference team to have beaten Kansas. Iowa State defeated the Jayhawks 77-74 on Jan. 28 at Ames. The last thing the Jayhawks want is to be upset by the Cyclones and their head coach Johnny Orr, who owns a conference-best 6-6 record against Kansas.
The Jayhawks also want their three seniors — Calvin Thompson, Greg Drilling and Ron Kellogg — to be winners in their last game at the field house.
Thompson said the Cyclones had given him fits during his four years.
The Cyclones are 18-8 overall and 9-4 in the Big Eight. Kansas is 27-3 and 12-1.
Brown said the Cyclones, who clinched second place in the Big Eight, matched up better than
most opponents against Kansas.
"They've got great quickness in spots that are difficult for us to handle," Brown said. "Their offense allows them to use that quickness and exploit our weaknesses."
Dreiling said two Cyclones, guard Jeff Hornacek and center Sam Hill, had been consistent trouble makers for Kansas.
"With the way Hill's played against us, I'm sure he enjoys playing us," Dreiling said. "I think Hornacek is one of the most under-rated players in the league. He's a very smart player, and I think he's the key to their program."
Brown said he never thought when he inherited the three seniors from former head coach Ted Owens that they would play such a
large role in Kansas' success.
"I think people now realize what contribution they've made to our program," Brown said. "I think a lot of people will be sorry to see them go, including me, and I never thought I'd say that with some of the problems I had with them early on.
"I've seen so much improvement on their part, and their attitude had been so good. I think the most important thing is that they're building a strong foundation for the future."
Iowa State
Probable Starters
Greg Dreiling
F 11 Ron Virgil (6-4)
F 44 Jeff Grayer (6-5)
C 34 Sam Hill (6-9)
G 3 Gary Thompkins (6-3)
G 14 Jeff Hornabek (6-3)
Kansas
F 25 Danny Manning (6-11)
F 44 Ron Kellogg (6-5)
C 30 Greg Drelling (7-1)
G 35 Calvin Thompson (6-6)
G 23 Cedric Hunger (6-0)
Ron Kellogg
Calvin Thompson
Coleman ineligible
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An NCAA committee ruled yesterday that Norris Coleman, Kansas State's high-scoring 24-year-old freshman, had not met the minimum high school requirements needed to play basketball. The school immediately declared him ineligible.
Norris Coleman
In a news release, Kansas State's sports information office said the decision stated that Coleman was "not a '2.00' qualifier when he graduated in 1979 from Paxon High School" in Jacksonville, Fla.
Kansas State officials said the decision was made by the five-person Administrative Committee. Coleman, who has averaged more than 20 points and eight rebounds a game, will not play in any of the Wildcats' remaining games.
"Therefore, Kansas State has declared Coleman ineligible for practice or further participation in the current 1985-86 season," the school said. "According to the Council, Coleman's eight-semester grade point average, which was provided to Kansas State by Paxon High School, was not consistent with the general procedures which were used by Paxon in
1979 to determine a student's eligibility to receive financial aid and to participate under NCAA rules at a Division I institution.
"Since Coleman's graduation, the rules for determining grade point averages of Paxon High School graduates allow for an eight-semester grade point to be used," the school said.
An investigator told The Associated Press earlier that the issue focused on whether Coleman could use ninth-grade work in figuring his high school grade point average. Without the ninth-grade work, his GPA fell below a 2.00, which was the NCAA requirement at the time.
Questions over Coleman's high school grade point average first were raised by KOMU-TV, a Columbia, Mo., television station.
His eligibility also has been questioned by the Kansas City Times, which said that the 5-foot-8 Coleman was in the Army for almost six years and that he played organized basketball in the service for parts of four calendar years. K-State Athletic Director Larry Travis has denied those allegations.
Coleman enrolled at K-State last fall after serving for almost six years in the Army. Coleman and the school said at the time that he was 22 years old and had spent four years in the Army. K-State since has confirmed Coleman's age as 24.
Bradley goes to 29-1; Kentucky wins by two
PEORIA, Ill. -- Hersey Hawkins scored 13 points last night as ninth-ranked Bradley tied a Missouri Valley Conference record by going undefeated in conference play, beating Indiana State 71-51.
The victory lifted Bradley to 29-1 overall and 16-0 in the MVC, tying the mark set by Larry Bird's Indiana State team of 1979 for best conference record. The decision extended the country's longest winning streak to 20 games.
From Kansan wires
The Sycamores fell to 4-11 in the conference and 10-16 overall.
Donald Powell had 12 points, while Mike Williams and Len Bertolini each had 10 points for the Braves. John Williams had 23 points for the Sycamores.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Kenny Walker scored 32 points, as fifth-ranked Kentucky held off Tennessee for a 62-60 Southeastern Conference basketball victory last night.
Kentucky 62, Tennessee 60
The victory broke a seven-year los
ing streak for Kentucky on Tennessee's homecourt and improved the Wildcats' record to 25-3 overall, 16-1 in the SEC. Tennessee fell to 12-14 and 5-12.
Georgeia Tech, 22-4 overall and 10-3 in the league, received 13 points and seven rebounds from Tom Hammonds. The Yellow Jackets shot 56 percent from the field. For N.C. State, 18-10 and 7-7, Washburn scored 20 points and Charles Shackleford added 10.
ATLANTA — Mark Price, John Salley and Duane Ferrell each scored 14 points last night to send fourth-ranked Georgia Tech to a 69-57 triumph. over 18th-ranked North Carolina State in an Atlantic Coast Conference game.
Memphis State 63. New Orleans 52
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Senior forward Baskerville Holmes scored 17 points in his final home-court game last night to lead the sevent-ranked Memphis State Tigers to a 63-52 victory over New Orleans.
Georgia Tech 69. N.C. State 57
KU looks to improve standings
By Jim Suhr Sports writer
The Kansas men's and women's track teams hope to improve upon their sixth and fourth place conference finishes of last season when they compete in the Big
Track
Eight Indoor championships today and tomorrow in Lincoln, Neb.
The meet will also be the final opportunity for the Jayhawks to qualify for the NCAA Indoor Championship meet on March 14-15 in Oklahoma City.
Bob Timmons, KU men's head coach, and Carla Coffey, KU women's head coach, said yesterday that they hoped to defy a Big Eight coaches' poll released earlier in the week predicting their teams would place sixth and seventh. Both Timmons and Coffey said their teams had realistic goals of placing within the top four.
"We are aware we are not a conference contender." Timmons said of a team he predicted could finish as high as third. "We just want to place as high as we can."
Timmons said Kansas had competed against every Big Eight team, except Oklahoma, at some point during this season and had won those meets, but his team had been at full-strength while the others he faced may not have been.
Timmons and Coffey said the fight for the meet championship would be between host Nebraska and Iowa State, the defending champion. Kansas has won 17 conference titles since 1958 but hasn't won since 1983.
Timmons, currently in his 22nd season as Kansas' head coach, said the Jayhawks couldn't be more ready.
Kansas' final team outcome might depend heavily on Kansas' strengths in the field events,
Other Jayhawks expected to place include long jumpers Sharrieff Hazm and Ray Mitchell, triple jumpers David Bond and Johnny Brackins, hurdlers Courtney Hawkins and Craig Branstrom and middle-distance runner John Creighton.
On the women's side, Coffey said she selected only 16 athletes who she felt would place for Kansas. Coffey said the Jayhawks were anxious to compete in a meet they had looked forward to for a long time.
specifically in the pole vault.
Kansas' strength, like the men's team, also is in the field events. Best bets for the Jayhawks include shot putter Denise Buchanan, who has thrown nearly five feet more than her nearest competitor; Kansas distance runner Shaula Hatcher; and pentathletes Ann O'Connor, Rosie Wadman, Jaci Tyma, Cindy Panowicz, Colen Ricbert and Andrea Schwartz.
Pattin to field experienced team
Bv Jim Suhr
Sports writer
"We have everything to gain this
Pattin said Kansas' depth, combined with his team's positive preseason attitude and physical conditioning in Anschutz Sports Pavilion, had made him optimistic.
Pattin said Kansas' depth, with at least two people at every position, would come from the mixture of 19 newcomers and an experienced nucleus of five returning starters and 12 lettermen. Kansas had a 19-30-1 overall record last season and finished seventh in the Big Eight at 5-17.
Weather permitting, Kansas head baseball coach Marty Pattin will field what he called the deepest Jayhawk team he has had in a 1 p.m. season-opening doubleheader today against Missouri Southern at Quigley Field.
season", Pattin said. "There is room for a lot of improvement, and I really think we have a chance to surprise some people."
Pattin said the Jayhawks had to prove themselves early in the season against non-conference opponents such as Missouri Southern — a team that finished last season with a 33-25 record, an NAIA District 16 championship and second place in the NAIA regional playoffs.
"We're out to show we're dedicated to winning," he said.
Key to Kansas' success this season is the Jayhawks' ability to play solid defense, pitch effectively and play aggressive offense while looking to make things happen.
starters include Gary Lang, a second team All-Big Eight selection at short-stop last season. Lang batted .301 and had a .935 fielding percentage.
Kansas also returns all of its starting outfielders, including Mike Ingram in left, Hugh Stanfield in center and John Hart in right. Stanfield was second on the team last season in both batting average .(383) and fielding percentage .(966).
The Jayhawks, who Pattin said could finish in the top four of the conference, will be led offensively by five returning starters. Those
Starting pitchers for Kansas today, Pattin said, would be Steve Purdy, a Northeastern Oklahoma Junior College transfer, and Kansas veteran Paul Henry.
After today's game, the Jayhawks will play at home against Baker at 1 p.m. Sunday and against William Jewell in a doubleheader at 1 p.m. Monday before traveling to Texas for its annual spring trip.
Explosion rocks Brewer's locker room
United Press International
CHANDLER, Ariz. — Milwaukee Brewers Manager George Bamberger was sitting at his locker room desk with General Manager Harry Dalton, plotting the first full-scale workout of spring training, when he was blown out of his chair by a gas explosion yesterday.
Bamberger and Dalton rushed to the aid of two of their coaches who were engulfed in flames and a plumber who had been working on a space heater in the adjacent coaches' locker room.
The blast, which literally raised
the roof of the Brewers' new training facility, occupied by the team for only four days, sent coaches Tony Muser, Herb Starburt and Larry Haney to hospitals, along with the plumber, Jeff Sutton, 21, Mesa, Ariz.
The only players injured were pitcher Bill Wegman, and catcher Bill Schroeder, 27, who received minor burns as they walked up a ramp connecting the coaches' and players' locker rooms, which are about 30 feet apart.
"This bolt of fire came through the room. it knocked me clear out of my chair, about 10 feet, and it knocked
He said Muser's shirt was burned off his back.
Bamberger said he also grabbed Haney and, "When I rubbed down his arms, I probably rubbed his skin off."
Larry Haney 20 feet. His arms were on fire and the workman's hair and clothes were on fire. Harry Dalton beat on him trying to get the fire out and I got him out of there."
"Then I began thinking we were very, very lucky," he said. "We came out of this smelling like a rose because nobody got killed. We got real luck."
Jayhawks add twist for finale
Sports writer
By Dawn O'Malley
Sports writer
The Kansas women's basketball team has a few tricks up its sleeves to surprise the Iowa State Cyclones in tomorrow's game at Allen Field House. Kansas head coach Marian Washington said yesterday.
Iowa State
Women's Basketball
19.7, Big 8- 8.5)
12:15 o.m. tomorrow
(0F1E) j. Lawrence
Although Washington would not elaborate on her game strategy, she said her team had shown more patience on offense and initiative on defense in recent games.
"We have good momentum going," Washington said. "Now we need a good team effort to win."
The Jayhawks go into tomorrow's game with a two-game winning streak. They improved their Big Eight record to 8-5 and 17-9 overall, after beating Oklahoma, 77-72, Wednesday at Norman to sweep the season series with the Sooners. The victory clined the Sooners' chances to clinch the conference title outright.
However, the Jayhawks are tied for second in the conference with the Cyclones and the Missouri Tigers. The Cyclones are 8-5, 19-7.
however, if the team loses, it would end in fifth place and play the loser of tomorrow's Colorado-Missouri game on the road.
A Kansas victory would assure the Jayhawks of a third-place conference finish and a home game March 5 in the first round of the Big Eight Tournament against Kansas State.
In the last game between the Jayhawks and the Cyclones at Ames, the Cyclones won 68-60 in overtime.
The is the last regular season home game for Kansas senior forward Vickie Adkins.
Probable Starters
lowa State
F 22 Monica Missel (5-11)
F 11 Sandy Haltner (5-9)
C 45 Stephanie Smith (6-1)
G 12 Jane Lobenstein (5-7)
G 24 Etta Burns (5-7)
Kansas
F 33 Lisa Dougherty (5-8)
F 25 Vickie Adkins (6-1)
C 40 Kelly Jennings (6-5)
G 24 Evelte Ott (5-7)
G 30 Toni Webb (5-8)
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