Tuesday, Feb. 25, 1986
Sports
University Daily Kansan
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Manning comes alive in second half
By Doug Ferguson Speciat to the Kansan
NORMAN, Okla — Sophomore forward Danny Manning was just another guy on the bench in the first half of Kansas' 87-30 Big Eight conference victory over Oklahoma last night.
Danny Manning
"I was sitting on the bench a lot in the first half thinking about it," Manning said after the game. "I was just
listening to the coach talking to me and knew what I had to do."
What Manning did was put the crunch on a pesky Oklahoma team. When he was finished, so were the Sooners.
Manning pumped in a game-high 25 points, but 20 of them came in the second half when the Sooners were trying to make a run of Kansas.
When OU guard Anthony Bowie canned a jumper to tie the game, 53-53 with 12:45 remaining, Manning went to work. He scored Kansas' next eight points. And soon the Jayhawks found themselves leading, 61-57.
"I knew I had to get into the paint
more," he said. "They played me. But no one was in front, so I could get the ball and turn and shoot on them."
Manning silenced the crowd for good when center Greg Dreiling threw an alley-oop and Manning tipped it in while being shoved out of bounds.
"He tried to push me out," Manning said. "I think it was a little bucky."
The Jayhawks victory snapped OU's 48-game winning streak at Lovel Noble Center.
"It's a great feeling to beat them on their home court," Manning said. "The last team to win here was a KU
team, so that makes it even better."
team so that makes less betrayal. Although Kansas moved up to No 2, behind the Duke Blue Devils, a team Kansas lost to in the finals of the Big Apple NIT, Manning said the Jawhayes couldn't be satisfied.
"We can't let down," he said.
"Coach Brown has been there, so we just listen to him. We love it."
Jayhawk notes — Kansas' 1983 conference championship was the 29th time the Jayhawks have won the title outright and the 40th time they have won or shared the championship. . .
There have been seven Big Eight champions since Kansas last won the title.
KU player vaulter, Scott Huffman, is one of only two Jayhawks from the men's team to team so far for the National Collegiate Athletic Association Indoor Championships on March 13-15 in Oklahoma City. Huffman set both Kansas indoor and outdoor fresh records last season.
Dreaming of vaultsaids KU's Huffman
By Jim Suhr
Sports writer
Pick any day of the week, and at some point during that day you'll find Kansas' pole vaulter Scott Huffman in a different world.
Huffman, one of the country's top three vaulters this season, uses a guru-like routine as part of his pre-meet preparation. It's a routine that has made him a winner in one of tracks most unique and dangerous events.
"I project myself standing there and doing it," he said. "When you finally get to the meet, it's like you're already there."
He visualizes what the meet's crowd might be like. He sees himself holding his 15-foot 9-inch pole vertically in the box and gazing reflectively at a bar placed 17 or 18 feet off the ground. He imagines himself standing at the end of the runway, readying himself and breaking into a headlong sprint. He plants his pole and catapults skyward, clears the bar and lands safely on the soft pits.
Such mental conditioning has helped Huffman's career take off. Last season, his first at the collegiate level, Huffman set Jayhawk freshman records in placing second at both the 1985 Indoor and Outdoor Big Eight Championships, clearing $17\cdot 7_{\frac{1}{2}}$ and $18\cdot 5_{\frac{1}{2}}$. His outdoor mark last season set a national freshman record.
This season, Huffman's goals are set higher.
In his first meet of the season, Huffman cleared the 17-12%, the height required to qualify for the NCAA national meet. Since that first meet, he has jumped higher than the qualifying mark in every meet and has placed in two meets where world indoor records were set.
weekend when he and the rest of the Jayhawks travel to Lincoln, Neb. for the 1986 Indoor Big Eight Championships.
Huffman will be tested this
ruffman said he wanted to be the best in the event that has snapped 15 of his poles and was responsible for a concussion when he struck the track after vaulting beyond the pits.
"Being the best college jumper is not a claim I can hold right now," he said. "I wish it were, but there are two or three vaulters jumping better than I am. I feel I could beat them on a good day.
Huffman and fellow pole vaulter and roommate Chris Boban are the only two Jayhawks who have qualified for the national meet.
Huffman said the special relationship that he shared with Bohanan on and off the track was a contributing factor to his success this season.
Rick Attick, Kansas' jump coach,
said competition usually made
Huffman rise to the occasion. He
said Huffman had all the physical
qualities that successful pole
vaulters should have: a spinner's
speed, a weight man's strength
and a gymnast's flexibility and
agility.
"He really pushes me," Huffman said. "If I'm having a bad day and get frustrated, Chris will just jack up the bar and jump it. That pushs me up."
"His progress is so quick that his confidence may not have fully caught up with him," Attig said. "It will have to grow with him as he grows with the event."
However, Attig said Huffman's mental toughness would have to be sharpened.
Hometown: Quinter, Kan.
Duke gets top spot; KU climbs to No.2
Family: parents, Galen and Karen Huffman
Age: 21
United Press International
NEW YORK — Duke, taking advantage of back-to-back losses by previously top-ranked North Carolina, yesterday reached the No. 1 spot in the weekly United Press International Board of Coaches college basketball ratings for the first time in 20 years.
HUFFMAN PROFIL
Background: Redshirt during his freshman season in 1984. Set Jayhawk freshman indoor and outdoor records with second place finishes at both the 1985 Indoor and Outdoor Big Eight Championships. State high school pole vault champion during his senior year at Quinter. Named all-league in track in 1983 and played football.
Class and Major: Junior in journalism.
Kansas, 27-3, took over the No. 2 spot after clinching the Big Eight Conference's regular season title. The Jayhawks moved up one place from a week ago after toppling Big Eight rivals Colorado and Kansas State.
Duke, 27.2, received 41 place votes cast by the 42-member UPI coaches board and made it to No. 1 for the first time since February of 1966.
The Blue Devils' climb to No. 1 in the ratings ended North Carolina's 12-week reign as the kingpin of college basketball. The Tar Heels, 25-3, dropped into a tie for third with Georgia Tech, 21-4, this week after losing to Atlantic Coast Conference rivals Maryland and North Carolina State in successive games, Georgia Tech received the only first place vote not awarded to Duke.
Scott Huffman
22-3, jumped four places to No. 6 after scoring back-to-back victories over Big East rivals Pittsburgh and Georgetown.
Kentucky, 24-3, advanced two spots to No. 5 after a pair of victories over Florida and Georgia, and Syracuse,
Memphis State, 23-3, lost its only game of the week to Florida State at the buzzer. This cost the Tigers a drop of four places in the ratings, to No. 8, but Bradley, boasting the best record in the country at 28-1 and the longest winning streak at 19 games, continued its climb by jumping three places to No. 9.
Nevada-Las Vegas, 27-3, also climbed four places to No. 7 after collecting three victories.
St. John's, 25-4, tumbled four places to No. 10 after being defeated by unranked DePaul on national television Sunday.
The victory ended a 48-game homecourt winning streak by the Sooners, who previously had lost at home in 1983 to Kansas. The Jayhawks improved to 27-3 overall, 12-1 in the Big Eight. Oklahoma, which has lost three straight, dropped to 23-6 and 8-5.
NORMAN, Okla. — Kansas forward Danny Manning scored 20 of his game-high 25 points in the second half last night to carry the second-ranked Jayhawks to an 87-80 Big Eight Conference basketball victory over No. 13 Oklahoma.
After Oklahoma came from a seven-point halftime deficit to tie the score at 53 with 12:46 to play, Manning caught fire.
'Hawks end streak of OU wins at home
Oklahoma's inability to shoot from the field and the foul line helped give Kansas a 39-32 halftime lead. The Sooners missed seven shots in a row at one stage as Kansas went from a 15-14 deficit to a 20-14 lead with nine minutes remaining.
From Kansan wires
Darryl Kennedy, who finished with 22 points, scored nine of them during a 13-8 Oklahoma run that brought the Sooners within three, 77-74, with 1:50 remaining. But the Sooners got no closer as Kansas made eight of nine free throws in the final 1:29.
The 6-foot-11 sophomore kept the Sooners at bay by scoring 10 of the Jayhawks' next 12 points to make the score 65-61 with 7:47 remaining.
Kansas opened its widest lead. 69-61, when center Greg Dreiling slammed the shot at the 63-1 mark.
L. Duke (27.2)
K. Kansas (27.2)
N. North Carolina (21.4)
t. tie Georgia Tech (23.4)
K. Kentucky (24.3)
S. Syracuse (22.3)
N. Nevada Las Vegas (23.3)
M. Memphis State (23.3)
B. Bradley (26.1)
I. St. John's (23.4)
M. Michigan (23.4)
N. Notre Dame (18.5)
O. Oklahoma (23.6)
L. Louisville (21.7)
G. Georgetown (20.6)
I. Indiana (18.6)
T. Michigan State (18.6)
N. North Carolina State (18.9)
A. Alabama (19.4)
P. Virginia
For the half, Oklahoma shot just 38 percent from the floor and made only two of six free throws. At the same time, Kansas was shooting 48 percent and sinking nine of 11 foul shots.
Men's Basketball
For the game, Kansas made 23 of 27 free throws while Oklahoma made eight of 17.
| | M | FG | FT | T | R | A | TP |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Mannings | 31 | 8-11 | 9-10 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 |
| Kellogg | 38 | 6-12 | 6-7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 |
| Drelling | 35 | 8-8 | 4-5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 |
| Treile | 35 | 8-8 | 4-5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 |
| Thompson | 36 | 6-14 | 0-0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| Marshall | 12 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| Turgeon | 9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Troyle | 9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pinto | 32-81 | 32-27 | 32-27 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 87 |
Percentages: FG, 525, FT, 852. Blocked Shots: (2 Drilling, Thompson), Turnovers: 12 (Hunter 2), Steals: 4 (Hunter 2); Technicals: None.
Kansas 87
Oklahoma 80
Kansas
| | M | FG | FT | R | A | F | TP |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Watson | 4 | 8-16 | 6-17 | F | 3 | A | 52 |
| Johnson | 5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Bowie | 3 | 8-15 | 8-15 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 16 |
| Bowie | 4 | 4-11 | 0-2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 18 |
| McCallister | 40 | 8-21 | 2-4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 |
| Roberts | 29 | 9-21 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 20 |
| Davis | 13 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 36-78 | 8-17 | 8-17 | 30 | 14 | 3 | 8 |
Oklahoma
Louisville wins by 11
Percentages: FG, 462, FT 471, Blocked Shots: 2 (Bowie 2) Turnovers: 7 (Bowie, Johnson, Kennedy 2) Steals: 8 (Bowie 3). Technicals: None.
Half: Kansas 39-32. Officials: Wukow,
Eichner, Linebach.
From Kansan wires
Mitt Wagner scored 12 points and Billy Thompson 11, as Louisville improved to 22-7 on the season. Rickey Brown scored a game-high 15 points for the Jaguars, no 16-15.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Herbert Crook scored 13 points and 14th-ranked Louisville shot 73 percent from the field in the second half to post its seventh straight victory last night, a 66-55 triumph over South Alabama.
Club organized to increase ticket sales
Memphis State 86, South Carolina 73.
COLUMBIA, S.C. — William Bedford scored 17 points to lead five Memphis State players in double figures, as the fourth-ranked Tigers beat South Carolina 86-73 in Metro Conference basketball play.
By Frank Ybarra Staff writer
Ray Evans played halfback for the KU football team in the early 1940s when leather helmets and natural turf were in style.
During those years, he said, the KU football team had little fan support. Often, only 4,000 or 5,000 fans showed up to watch the Jayhawks in the 35,000 seat Memorial Stadium.
Evans left Kansas in 1943 to fight in World War II and returned to play football in 1946. The team had greatly improved in that time, he said, and along with success came large fan support. Fans often filled the stadium to watch the team and its All-American halfback Ray Evans.
These days Evans is busy trying to recapture the spirit of the late '40s. He is the head of the Kansas City area Hawk's Club, a group of KU supporters who are trying to increase the number of public season ticket sales to KU football games.
The club, which will meet for the first time March 4, will ask its
members to sell at least 10 season tickets to other KU supporters in the area, Evans said. About 100 people have expressed interest in the club.
According to Kent Weiser, director of marketing for the athletic department, members will be awarded prizes based on the number of season tickets they sell. He said the club was similar to the Royal Lancers, a group of fans who promote ticket sales for the Kansas City Royals.
"Enthusiasm breeds enthusiasm," he said. "We just need people to get it started."
One reason that the club was started, Weiser said, was because of the low number of season ticket sales at Kansas.
According to statistics recently compiled by, Susan Wachter, assistant athletic director, Kansas ranks second to last in the number of football season ticket sales in the Big Eight Conference.
Kansas sold 19,896 season tickets last year. Only Kansas State, with 11,944 season tickets, sold fewer.
In public season ticket sales — the
Other Universities, according to the Athletic Department, reported these figures;
Nebraska — 70,392 season tickets, 47,364 sold to the public
area the club will concentrate on — Kansas also ranked second to the last. Kansas sold 10,711 season tickets compared to 5,120 at K-State.
Oklahoma — 58,800 season tickets, 42,834 to the public
*Iowa State — 34,432 season*
tickets, 21,390 sold to the public
Oklahoma State — 32,986 season
Missouri — 28,392 season tickets,
17.203 sold to the public
Colorado — 20,495 season tickets,
13,961 sold to the public
Kansas ranked third to the last in student season ticket sales and second to the last in faculty season ticket sales.
Evans said he became interested in season ticket sales when Monte Johnson, athletic director, showed him the statistics for sales.
"It's embarrassing, it's a disgrace,
Weiser said the club also would offer discount season ticket rates to people who did't mind sitting near the goal lines. The regular season ticket price will be $87 for this fall's games, but the discount prices will be $69.
and it's not right." he said.
There are over 35,000 KU alumni in the Kansas City area, Evans said, and only 3,000 have season tickets. He said the club hoped to increase that number to about 5,000.
Head football coach Bob Vales ante said he was pleased with the effort of Evans and other supporters but there was one sure way to increase fan support.
Weiser said the Kansas City club was only one of three in this area which would be started soon.
"The best way to continually improve attendance," he said, "is to continually put a good team out on the field."
A club in Lawrence and Topeka will be started within a month, he said.
Breakdown of Big 8 season ticket sales
Seating capacity of stadiums in the Big 8 Conference
Memorial Stadium (Kansas) 51,500 KSU Stadium (K-State) 42,000 Faurot Field (Missouri) 62,000 Polisom Field (Colorado) 91,941 Memorial Stadium (Nebraska) 73,650 Memorial Stadium (Oklahoma) 78,004 Lewis Stadium (Oklahoma State) 80,440 Cyclone Stadium (Iowa State) 50,000
Source: Department of Intercollegiate Athletics
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