Sports
Wednesday, Feb. 26, 1986
University Daily Kansan
11
Jacki Kelly/KANSAN
Guard Evelette Ott, who leads the Jayhawks with 108 assists, will try to help Kansas defeat Oklahoma for the second time this season. The Jayhawks and Sooners play at 7:30 tonight at Norman.
'Hawks out to end OU streak
But the Jayhawks may have a difficult time beating the Sooners. The Sooners have a 27-game home-court winning streak at the Lloyd Noble Center.
"They are the only team in the Big Eight not to have lost at home," Marian Washington, Kansas head coach said yesterday. "They definitely have a home court advantage. But I want to beat a fine ball
ball twice.
A victory would mark the second time this season the Jayhawks would beat the Sooners.
Kansas defeated the Sooners earlier in the season at Allen Field House, 85-67. In that game, Kansas forward Vickie Adkins led all scorers with 35 points.
The Kansas women's basketball team is looking to steal another game from the No. 15 Oklahoma Sooners when they play them in Sooner territory tonight at Norman.
"I'd like to score that again," Adkins said. "But as long as the points spread out it doesn't matter. It will be nice to break (the streak). They better look out because we're coming."
Oklahoma
"I like to win, I don't care who it is."
Women's Basketball
21.4 (Big 8-9:3)
7:30 toonf
JHK-IM-6
Okla, Okla
Maura McHugh, Oklahoma head coach, said Kansas caught the Sooners in a slump.
"Kansas caught us in the thick of our slump," McHugh said. "That was the worst. Outright, we know we are a better team than we showed them last time."
By Dawn O'Malley Sports writer
"We've got to play physical to hold our own ground," Adkins said.
Like Washington and Adkins, guard Evelyeott Ott said she wanted to break Oklahoma's home court winning streak.
And if the Sooners get physical, so will the Jawhays, Adkins said.
McHugh said she expected a physical game like the last one.
"In the five years I've been here we've never turned anyone down," he said.
Konzem also said KU would have 1,700 tickets available for the National Collegiate Athletic Association Final Four Tournament in Dallas on March 29 and 31 — if the team makes it that far.
He said the number of tickets set aside for students was based on the low number of tournament tickets sold to students in previous years.
Probable Starters
Kansas
The number of tickets that would
"We need the win to fire our team up," Ott said. "We've not been playing up to our abilities. This will pull us back up."
In order to win again, Kansas will have to put forth 110 percent in effort, Ott said.
F 33 Lisa Dougherty (5-8)
F 25 Vickie Adkins (6-1)
C 40 Kelly Jenkins (6-5)
G 24 Eveltte Ott (5-7)
G 30 Toni Webb (5-8)
Oklahoma
F 14 Jacquetta Hurley (6-1)
F 13 LaTrena Phillips (6-0)
C 52 Lisa Allison (6-3)
G 13 Vickie Green (5-9)
G 20 Viki Green (5-6)
Court approves Texas' standards
Few tickets available for post-season play
By Matt Tidwell
The University of Kansas was allotted 250 tickets, Konzem said. Besides the tickets to be sold to students, tickets also will be sold to players' parents, members of the athletic department, faculty and administration and the band.
Sports writer
Notre Dame trailed 21-19 with eight minutes to play in the first half but ran up 10 straight points and took a 29-21 lead with 5:49 remaining.
Staff writer
Konzem said an undetermined number of tickets would be available at 8:30 a.m. on March 11 at the ticket office. The price of the tickets will be $45 at Minneapolis and $38 at Dayton.
be available to students has not yet been determined, he said, but a certain amount would be made available. The $46-dollar tickets would go on sale at 8:30 a.m. on March 21.
Ever since the NCAA passed its Proposition 48 requiring high school athletes to meet minimum academic standards, college recruiters have had to quiz recruits on their academic performance.
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court took Proposition 48 a step further. The Court said the state of Texas "no pass-no play" regulation that forces high school students to receive a passing grade in all courses or be sidelined for six weeks was constitutional.
Trailing 37-30 at halftime, DePaul pulled within 48-15 with 11-45 to play, but the Blue Demons had three starters foul out. Notre Dame was then able to build the lead to as many as 13 points.
David Rivers added 14 points for the Fighting Irish, 20-5. Kevin Holmes and Dallas Comegys scored 15 points each to lead DePaul, 15-11. Tony Jackson, who fouled out with 5:24 left in the game added 13 for the Blue Demons, 11 in the first half.
Tickets also will be sold to any other NCAA tournament games KU plays in, Konzem said.
By Frank Ybarra
"Also, we look for athletes who are good students. With our limited scholarship budget, we can't afford to have a guy who can't make grades."
KU students will have a chance to buy a limited number of tickets to the Big Eight Post-Season Tournament at Kemper Arena on March 7-9, according to Richard Konzem, director of the University of Kansas Williams Fund.
Kansas assistant athletic director for rules interpretations, Gary Hunter, said there were differences between Proposition 48 and the Texas requirements and that recruiters
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Donald Royaled scored 26 points last night, including 16-of-16 free throw attempts, and led No. 12 Notre Dame to a 70-59 triumph over DePaul.
According to Betsy Stephenson, who works in the championship department of the NCAA in Kansas City, Kan., no team is guaranteed a certain region, regardless of its record.
She said there was no way of telling where KU would play in the post-season. But previous years have indicated that the team with the best record in its region usually stays in that area.
Konzem said about 20 tickets would be available to students at 8:30 a.m. on March 4 at the ticket office in Allen Field House. Tickets for the three-day tournament will be $52. Only one ticket will be available to each student with a KU LD.
"I have mixed emotions about it," Kuefer said. "It's very good from the standpoint of stressing the importance of academics, but I think many young people stay in high school because of their sport and wouldn't have that incentive if they were forced to quit.
About 1,000 tickets also will be made available to KU if the Jayhawks play in the Midwest Regional Finals at Kemper on March 21-23, he said. A number of those would be for sale to students at 8:30 a.m. on March 18 at the ticket office. The cost of those tickets will be $32.
"Under Proposition 48, you could get a non-passing grade and still make the minimum GPA," Hunter said.
The ruling cleared the way for other states' school systems to adopt the policy.
would look much more closely at the high school transcripts of recruits.
But the "no pass-no play" rule could cause high school athletes to take short cuts with their education in order to continue playing. Kansas recruits said yesterday.
Also, Jayhawk football recruiting coordinator Jim Cochran and assistant track coach, and instructor Steve Kueffer said they wouldn't be interested in athletes who had come in conflict with the policy.
surge and a 24-12 lead in less than five minutes.
If KU plays in the Midwest Regional, the first- and second-round games would be in either Dayton, Ohio, or Minneapolis, Minn, on March 14-16.
Oklahoma State could come no closer than seven points after trailing
Cochran said that the idea of increasing academic standards was good.
"I don't think there's anything the matter with upgrading the standards," Cochran said. "The part that worries me is if a kid elected not to take a class because he thought he wouldn't do well enough in it to keep playing. Aren't we then encouraging kids who are average high school students to shy away from college preparatory classes?"
Cyclones clinch second with victory over OSU
Iowa State improved its record to 9-4 in the conference and 18-8 overall while the Cowboys dropped to 5-8 and 14-12.
Notre Dame 70, DePaul 59
Virgil's jump shot one minute later and a pair of free throws by Grayer started the Cyclones on a 14-point
Cochran said the nation-wide requirements of Proposition 48 affected Kansas recruits more than the Texas rule, since the Jayhawks don't recruit much in Texas.
AMES, Iowa — Sophomore Jeff Grayer poured in 25 points as Iowa State cruised to a 76-61 Big Eight Conference basketball victory over Oklahoma State last night.
The Cyclones took advantage of three early turnovers to jump to an 8-10 lead as Sam Hill hit his first three shots and Jef Hornacek made the fourth. But the Cowboys scored 10 straight to grab their only lead, 12-10, on a shot by Faggins with five minutes played.
The victory, which clinched a second-place league finish for the Cyclones, was ISU's 17th straight win during two seasons at home, giving Iowa State its first unbeaten home schedule in school history.
From Kansan wires
Ron Virgil, one of three seniors playing his final home game for head coach Johnny Orr, added 12 points while reserve Tom Schafer added 10.
Terry Faggins led Oklahoma State with 22 points, and Alan Bannister added 12.
By Jim Suhr Sports writer
Perelman hopes his bubble won't burst
KU tennis coach Scott Perelman dreams of an inflatable bubble that would cover the four tennis courts next to Allen Field House.
It's a dream that he estimated would cost about $250,000 and would be an immeasurable boost to a KU tennis program that he said yesterday had top-20 potential.
His dream, however, will not become a reality unless he receives an initial donation that would get his project off the ground — a donation ranging from $100,000 to $150,000.
Perelman pleaded for the bubble to the Athletic Department for several
reasons. The bubble, he said, would give the Jayhawks a permanent place for unlimited practice, allow them to host more home matches and aid in recruiting.
"It would be the best thing to happen to the tennis program in years," he said of the bubble, which also would be used for recreational classes.
Gary Hunter, assistant athletic director, said that although Kansas had information from several companies that could install the vinyl, nylon and polyester blend bubble, the Athletic Department would take no action until substantial amounts of money were raised for the project.
"It is certainly an alternative to the problem," Hunter said. "It's something we would love to have, but it is so expensive."
The Jayhawks now practice at the privately owned Alvamar Tennis and Swim Club, which Perelman said had caused problems by restricting the team to practice during only three time periods. Those periods are from 5:45 to 7:45 a.m., 2 to 4 p.m. and 10 to 12 p.m. With a bubble, however, he said his teams would have both unlimited time to practice and more time to rest and to do schoolwork.
"Our bubble is our future," Perelman said. "Alvamar has been good to us, but it is a private club
with its own interests. Successful programs in the Midwest have control over their facilities, and we don't have that control."
Perelman said Alvamar, as a private tennis club, also was unable to reserve the courts for Kansas to use for weekend matches, which has forced the Jayhawks to travel to every meet this season. The bubble, he said, would make Kansas less dependent on Alvamar and allow the team to practice outside while being protected from harsh winter elements.
Perelman said Kansas' recruiting also would benefit from the bubble
Mark Mohler/KANSAN
Keeping warm
Joe Benvitos, Lubbock, Texas senior and Kansas short-relief pitcher, tries to stay warm in the inside of the infield taurpainil Monday while the season opener Friday against Missouri at Quigley Field.