Monday. Feb. 24. 1986 Sports University Daily Kansan 9 Jayhawks beat Kansas State, clinch Big 8 title Bv Matt Tidwell Sports writer The guy who gets paid to climb up in the rafters of Allen Field House and hang Big Eight championship banners is finally going to get some business — after an eight-year dry spell. The Kansas Jayhawks used Saturday's televised game against archrival Kansas State to win their first conference championship under Larry Brown, their first title since 1973 and their 38th overall league championship. The Jayhawks, 26-3 overall and 11-1 in the Big Eight, beat the Wildcats 84-89 in front of a sold-out field house crowd of 15,400. And, despite some tense moments in the first half and dazzling performances by the Wildcats' Joe Wright and Norris Coleman, this win was vintage Kansas: The second half charge — After being pulled to sleep by a tough Kansas State half-court offense in the first half, the Jayhawks stormed back as they've done so many times before by shooting 75 percent from the field in the second half. Kansas shot 62.1 percent for the game. - The unselfish offense — The Jayhawks again placed four players in double figures. Ron Kellogg scored 16 of his game-high 30 points in the second half, but Brown bragged most about Kellogg's team-leading and career-high nine assists. Kellogg's 30 points were the most by a Jayhawk in a single game this season. Fans were calling for the scissors and a ladder, but the team quietly stopped. The fast break — The Jayhawks used tough pressure defense to force turnovers and subsequent fast break baskets in the second half — including championship-sealing slam dunks by Calvin Thompson and Danny Manning. The win was a sweet one for the Jayhawks, but the team didn't cut down the nets after the game. And although everyone was happy in the locker room, Kansas players were treating this win like another day at the office. "That's not us," Thompson said. "Some fans came up and asked me if we would cut down the nets but that's just not us. We won it and I don't think we needed to cut down the nets to show that. Besides, we have other goals to meet." Thompson said he was happy that the fans got to see the championship-clincher at home. It's great that we did it in front of Men's Basketball our fans," Thompson said. "This is a reward for them. They sit out in the cold and wait to see us play and it's kind of a pay-off for them." Brown said that winning the conference title was an accomplishment that the team shouldn't take lightly, but that cutting down the nets in front of Hartman and the Wildcats wouldn't be appropriate. Kansas guard Cedric Hunter said the win represented just another milestone in what the Jayhawks hope would be a longer list of accomplishments. "Everyone thought it would come down to the game at Oklahoma," Hunter said. "I'm happy we won it here. We set goals at the beginning of the season. The first was to win the NIT tournament in New York. After that, we just wanted to play well every game and win the Big Eight and we did that." Kansas State coach Jack Hartman, who has seen other Kansas championship teams, voiced the frustrations all the Big Eight coaches have experienced against the Jayhawks. Kansas 84 Kansas State 69 Kansas State | | M | FG | FT | 4A | R | A | TP | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Mitchell | 35 | 6-11 | 3-4 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 19 | | Coleman | 34 | 8-15 | 5-5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21 | | Meyer | 31 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 61 | | Smith | 39 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | | Wright | 41 | 0-9 | 9-11 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 27 | | Green | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Simmons | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | Edite | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | Muff | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | | Totals | | 25-50 | 19-22 | 27-15 | 15 | 6 | 16 | Percentages: FG, 500 FT, 894. Blocked Shots: (1) (Michelle I), Turnovers: (16) (Michelle Coleman, Meyer, Smith, Wright) Streams: 4 (Michelle Coleman, Meyer, Smith, Simmons) 1 (Technicals: None) Kansas | | M | FG | FT | R | A | F | T | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Manning | 35 | 7-12 | 1-2 | R | 3 | 4 | 19 | | Kellogg | 37 | 13-17 | 4-4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 30 | | Drilling | 33 | 4-9 | 2-3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 10 | | Hunter | 34 | 4-8 | 2-3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 10 | | Bauerson | 36 | 8-11 | 2-2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 18 | | Marshall | 31 | 9-12 | 2-0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | | Turgeon | 10 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | | Piper | 5 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | | Hull | 1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | | Totals | 1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 23 | 28 | 20 | 84 | *M* FG FT R A F T Manning 35 7-12 1-2 R 3 4 19 Kellogg 37 13-17 4-4 5 9 4 30 Drilling 33 4-9 2-3 5 9 2 10 Hunter 34 4-8 2-3 5 9 2 10 Bauerson 36 8-11 2-2 3 5 2 18 Marshall 31 9-12 2-0 2 5 2 10 Turgeon 10 0-0 2-2 1 1 3 2 Piper 5 0-1 1-2 1 1 3 2 Hull 1 0-0 1-2 1 1 3 2 Totals 1 0-0 1-2 23 28 20 84 Percentages: FG; 621, FT, 857. *Blacked Shots*: 3 (Drailing 2), Turnovers: 9 (Kellogg 4). Steals: 6 (Manning 4); Technicals: None. Halt: Kansas State 34-43. Officials: Spitter, Waterman. HART: Kahlah State 34-33. Officials: Spinner, Mayfield, Wulkow. Mayfield, Wulkow A: 15,400. N.C. State beats N.C. The Associated Press No. 20 North Carolina State and unranked Purdue sprang upsets in college basketball yesterday, while No. 9 Syracuse escaped with a 64-63 victory over No. 13 Georgetown. Led by sophomore Chris Washburn's 26 points, N.C. State gave top-ranked North Carolina its second straight loss, 76-65, in an Atlantic Coast Conference game at Raleigh. Host Purdue tripped No. 15 Indiana 88-68 in Big Ten play as the Hoosiers lost sole possession of first place in the Big Ten. North Carolina, which lost to Maryland on Thursday, played without starting guard Steve Hale. who is recovering from a collapsed lung, and 6-foot-11 Warren Martin, the Tar Heels' top shot blocker who had a sprained foot. N. C. State raised its record to 18-9, 7-6, while North Carolina, 25-3, 9-3, dropped into a second place ACC tie with Georgia Tech behind Duke, which North Carolina visits Sunday. At Syracuse, Dwayne Washington's 24 points, including a free throw for the game-winner, paced the Orangemen, which solidified its hold on first place in the Big East with a 13-1 mark. Syracuse is 22-3 overall. Michael Jackson missed with a 25-footer at the buzzer for Georgetown, which fell to 20-6. 9-5. Chris Magerl/KANSAN Kansas guard Calvin Thomson and forward Chris Piber iumped for an offen- sive rebound in the first half of Saturday's game. Jayhawks, fans bid adieu to Hartman By Matt Tidwell Sports writer For 16 years, Kansas State coach Jack Hartman had has to take verbal abuse from Kansas fans. Saturday, in his last appearance at Allen Field House, Hartman was hit by a car. The sold-out crowd of 15,400 gave Hartman a game-standing gown tion and seemed to forget, for a moment, that he was the coach of the rival Kansas State Wildcats. Hartman will retire at the end of the season. The Jayhawk fans who sit behind the Kansas bench presented Hartman with a farewell banner. The banner, signed by some of the fans behind the bench, said "We'll miss you Jack." But make no mistake, Hartman said it was the warm reception from the Kansas fans that made him most proud. you're on the road and the home people do that for you," Hartman said after the game. "It was very special. I've always been treated with a lot of respect at Kansas." "Those things are very humbling and I appreciate it very much when The presentation of the gifts from Kansas coach Larry Brown and his players was planned. The standing ovation was not. Suspense is gone, but OU game is big By Frank Hansel Associate sports editor The ESPN executives had to be salivating when they booked tonight's game between the third-ranked Kansas Jayhawks and the ninth-ranked Oklahoma Sooners. Oklahoma Men's Basketball 23-5. (Big 8- 8-4) 8.30 tonight (106 ft and ESPN) Rarely do their cameras make it west of the Mississippi, and yet ESPN was going to televised to the entire nation what was supposed to be the decoding game in the Big Eight race — but something went wrong. The Sooners, 23-5 overall and 8-4 in the Big Eight, fell victim to three So, while tonight's game won't have all the luster that it was originally intended to have, it isn't entirely tarnished either. upsets in two weeks, Missouri, Iowa State and Nebraska defeated the Sooners, and Kansas, 26-3 and 11-1, survived upset bids by Colorado and Kansas State to wrap up its first conference championship in eight years, 48 hours before the cameras were to be turned on in Norman. "This is a chance for us to spotlight our conference and it's an opportunity to show people that we have quality teams," Kansas head coach Larry Brown said Saturday. Outside of showingc the Big Eight, both teams have something at stake. Oklahoma is in a second-place tie with Iowa State. With the conference trophy already Lawrence-bound, the Jayhawks only have the pressure of their national ranking to preserve. "There is pressure on us to fight for our national ranking." Brown said. "There has been very little talk about the Big Eight championship because of our ranking and the post season tournament." The Sooners helped to silence the talk about who the Big Eight champion would be. On Feb. 8, Oklahoma was tied with Kansas for the conference lead. Then, in a period of 11 days, the Sooners lost three conference games while Kansas continued to win. Kansas guard Cedric Hunter said a win over Oklahoma would give the Jayhawks more momentum and confidence heading into the post-season conference tournament. tournament. The Sooners, who started out with a 17-0, have gone 6-5 in their last 11 games. Kansas handed Oklahoma its first loss of the year, a 98-92 defeat Jan. 21 at Allen Field House. Oklahoma could also use a victory to better its chances in the NCAA Kansas Probable Starters F 25 Danny Manning (6-11) F 44 Ron Kellogg (6-5) C 30 Greg Drilling (7-1) G 35 Calvin Thompson (6-6) G 22 Cedric Hunter (6-0) Oklahoma F 30 Daryl Kennedy (6-5) F 25 Anthony Bowie (6-6) C 55 David Johnson (6-7) G 11 Linwood Davis (5-11) G 32 Tim McCallister (6-1) Kansas forward Jackie Martin is kept away from the Wildcats' Sue Leiding by a referee after the two got into a dispute in Saturday's game. The incident occurred with 2-46 left in the second half after Leiding was called for a foul. Kansas beat Kansas State 81-70. Chria Manarl/KANSAN 'Hawks battle past K-State By Dawn O'Malley Sports writer Saturday's game was an unusually explosive confrontation between women's basketball rivals Kansas and Kansas State. Despite an exchange of words and elbows, Kansas held on to win 81-70 in Allen Field House. Wildcat guard Susan Green led all scorers with 20 points. Kansas forward Vickie Adkins led the Jayhawks with 19. Guard Lisa Dougherty and forward Jackie Martin each added 14 points for Kansas. Martin also had 10 rebounds and two assists. The incident began when Leiding was called for fouling Martin. Martin responded by elbowing Leiding. Leiding threw the ball at Martin and both teams rushed from their benches onto the court. Martin and K-State's center Sue Leiding had a brief alteration on the court with 2:46 left in the game and Kansas leading 71-53. Martin was called for a technical. "Players are going to react," Mossman said. "I cannot fault either kid. It was a reaction on Sue's part. Tempers are going to flare." Martin was called for a technical "The referee wasn't blowing his whistle when he got to get away from me." Martin said. "It wasn't anything I planned." Leiding said Matildie Mossman, K-State's head coach, told her to go for the ball, and when she did she drew a foul. Both Mossman and Kansas head coach Marian Washington said they Women's Basketball thought the officials allowed the game to become too physical. "It was more physical than I expected," Washington said. "I felt that a lot of things were permitted and not called which does bring about frustration." Leiding's outburst against Martin wasn't her only one of the game. With 31 seconds remaining in the game, she drew a technical for throwing the ball at Jayhawk forward Sandy Shaw. "I wanted her to pick the ball up because the time was running," Leiding said. "My aggression took over." The Wildcats were down to six players at the end of the game because forward Amanda Holley fouled out with 2:26 left. At halftime the Jayhawks led 38-32. Kansas improved its Big Eight record to 7-5, 16-9 overall. K-State now is 5-7, 14-11. The Wildcats started Saturday's game with only seven players. Last month three players, Cassandra Jones, Cheryl Jackson and Sheila Hubert, left the team for personal reasons. Carlisa Thomas also sat out Saturday's game because of academic problems. "It hurts to be without your leading rebunder and second leading scorer," Mossman said. "But you still have to stay out of foul trouble and control the tempo of the game." Kansas will play the Oklahoma Sooners Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at Norman. Kansas 81, Kansas State 70 Ramsar state Durham 4-1-0 Helley 5-9-3-1 Leidong 6-3-7-1 Green 5-10-20, Helley 5-9-3-1 Leidong 6-3-7-1 Kuubel 10-20, Fitzpatrick 3-2-2, Blaekirac 1-2- 5, Kuubel 0-0-0, Totale 25-29-70. Kansas (1) 6, 14; 15; 18; Dougherty 4-6 8-14; Jennings 5-12-11; 0-5 9-13 13; Webb 0-2; Mason 6-24 14, Broughtier 0-1; 2-11; Shaest 2-3/7; Killian 0-0; Tolos 19-31 27-18; Hattimeke Kansas 38-32 Total: foulsups State 23; Kansas 24 Fouled out-Huffman 24 (Leiding) 14; Kansas 38 (Minton 10); Assens-Kansas 11 (Green; Fitzpatrick 4); Kansas 22 (Dougherty 5); Technikins-Marin, Lieding, Kaisers Lake Bench. IV loses to K-State The Kansas junior varsity lost to Kansas State 77-76 Saturday in Allen Field House. The Wildcats used Walter Wright's 25 points to post a 40-37 lead at halftime. Kansas came close in the second half and outscored K-State 39-37 before losing by one in regulation. Kansas had four players in double figures led by Scooter Burry with 24. Wing 11-15 Width 8,5 Inch; Basket 2 D-2 D-4; J Width 9-10 Wing 11-15 Width 8,5 Inch; Basket 2 D-2 D-4; J Width 9-10 Wing 11-15 Width 8,5 Inch; Basket 2 D-2 D-4; J Width 9-10 Wing 11-15 Width 8,5 Inch; Basket 2 D-2 D-4; J Width 9-10 Kansas State (77) Games 0 0-0 0, Stallings 0 0-0, Bank 1 0-2 Witz 0 1-2, Hormer 0 4-2 Hymmer 1 6-8, Hartlik 5 1-3, Jeff Johnson 0 4-0, Stacey 0 9-0, Ben 10 4-4, Patner 4 3-1 11, Tales 32, 12, 17, 26 Halfime Kansas State 40-37. Total louss—Kansas State 19, Kansas State 17. Fouled out—Kansas, Peimer. Rebounds—Kansas State 32, Kansas 28. Assists—Kansas State 19, Kansas State 22. Techniches—none