Monday, Feb. 17, 1986
Sports
University Daily Kansan
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Craig Sands/KANSAN
Kansas guard Calvin Thompson put up a shot against Nebraska's Keith Neubert in Saturday's game at Allen Field House. Thompson scored 15 points and had 10 rebounds in the game.
In Larry Brown's book on basketball, the words "unselfish" and "team play" show up repeatedly.
KU continues unselfish play
By Frank Hansel
Associate sports editor
Balanced attack dominates in 79-61 win over Nebraska
Kansas added another chapter to his book Saturday by defeating the Nebraska Cornhuskers 79-61 at Allen Field House.
The Jayhawks translated the Kansas head coach's theories into their 24th win of the season against only three losses. And as in the previous 23 wins, the key for the Jayhawks was unselfish team play.
Kansas recorded 22 assists against the Cornhuskers, whose record fell to 15-8 overall and 5-5 in the conference. Forward Danny Manning led Kansas with six assists. Forward Ron Kellogg and guard Cedric Hunter had four assists apiece.
The win improved the Jayhawks conference record to 9-1 and protected their one-and-a-half game lead over Oklahoma, 8-3, in the Big Eight Conference race.
"I've never had high-scorers on my teams," Brown said after the game. "I'm not good for high scorers. I tell my recruits that we emphasize team play, and they are never going to lead the nation in scoring."
While Kansas has dominated the conference standings, the Jayhawks have not dominated the conference scoring charts. Of the top 10 scorers in the Big Eight, a Jayhawk doesn't appear until the ninth and tenths. Manning is ninth, averaging 16.6 points a game, and Kellogg is next with a 16.0 average.
Ahead of Manning and Kellog are two Sooners, two Wildcats, two Tigers, a Cyclone and a Cornhusker.
Another of Brown's tendencies is to get the ball in the hands of the hot shooter.
"My main concern is that we win," Brown said. "I think we are a very unselfish team, and the players know that if they are open they will get the ball."
Against Nebraska, the open man with the hot hand was Hunter. Hunter led the Javhawks with 17 points.
Men's Basketball
Guard Calvin Thompson said Hunter was shaking the reputation of being a non-scoring guard.
Hunter did. He hit six of eight shots from the floor and five of seven free throws.
"Their coach (Nebraska head coach Moe Iba) was telling them to lay off Ced and help out underneath." Thompson said. "I told him he's going to have to make them pay for it."
Nebraska guard Brian Carr said the Cornhuskers were sagging off of Hunter in the first half.
Hunter is making 74.7 percent of his floor shots during conference play, and for the third consecutive game he scored in double figures.
Kellogg said Hunter always had been a scorer. Hunter led all Nebraska high school players in scoring during his junior and senior seasons at Omaha South.
"We've been asking him to step in and take those shots," Kansas assistant coach Ed Manning said. "When he does, it opens up opportunities for the other players."
"Ced's been more assertive lately, and it makes us a better team because it opens up shots for the other players." Kellogg said.
The next team to try to stop the Jayhawks balanced attack will be the
Colorado Buffaloes Wednesday night in Boulder. Tinoff is 9:05 p.m.
in Boulder. Tipoff is 9:05 p.m.
Jayhawk notes — Kansas won the
31st consecutive game at Allen Field
House, and the Jayhawks are only
two victories away from the Kansas
record of 33 consecutive home victories. . The Jayhawks shot 66 percent from the field Saturday.
Kansas 79
Nebraska 61
Nebraska
| | M | FG | FT | R | A | F | TP |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Day | 38 | 11-19 | 0-2 | R | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| Matzke | 21 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Logan | 29 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Marshall | 32 | 4-11 | 3-4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| Carr | 37 | 6-12 | 5-6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 17 |
| Brown | 5 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Ballous | 23 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Sealer | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nuebert | 10 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Martz | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Martz | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | | 28-59 | 9-14 | 25 | 12 | 25 | 61 |
Percentages: FG. 441, FT. 643. Blocked Shots: 0. Turnovers: 11 (Day, Ballou 3). Steals: 2 (Marshall, Ballou). Technicals: None.
Kansas
| | M | FG | FT | F | R | A | TP | B |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Manning | 33 | 4-10 | 0-1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 8 |
| Kellogg | 24 | 7-9 | 1-2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 12 |
| Drilling | 23 | 5-6 | 2-5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 |
| Hunter | 36 | 6-8 | 5-7 | 2-4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 15 |
| Thompson | 36 | 6-10 | 3-7 | 1-2 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| Marshall | 16 | 5-7 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 10 |
| Turgeon | 16 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 1 |
| Piper | 10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Hull | 2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Johnson | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 35 | 12 | 6 | 79 |
Preferential treatment not a problem at KU
Half: Kansas 35-27. Officals: Leimbach.
Turlington, Spitzer.
Percentages: FG, 680; FT, 542. Blocked Shots: 2 (Dreiling, Piper 1). Turnovers: 14 (Thompson, Turgoron 3), Steals: 4 (Marshall 2); Technicals: None.
Bv Matt Tidwell
Sports writer
Two University of Georgia officials were found guilty last week of violating the free speech rights of a professor who spoke out against preferential treatment of athletes.
The Georgia case has created concern about whether preferential treatment is widespread on other college campuses.
At Kansas, some professors and athletic department officials said preferential treatment was not a problem.
Katzman was involved in a dispute with Larry Brown, Kansas head basketball coach, over guard Cedric Hunter's academic eligibility in January 1984.
"I think athletes are special students," Katzman said. "But what
David Katzman, professor of history and director of KU Honors Program, said Friday that there was some pressure to compromise academic standards to give special catering to athletes.
we have to do is respond to their needs and still be fair and uphold our academic standards.
"I think on some campuses it is a problem. I think what happened in Georgia was that academic standards were not upheld.
"I think a lot of students were outraged by that." Katzman said. "Why weren't handcapped or other special students allowed to go first? The University essentially told them 'you take second place' and I think that was unfair, but I'm not sure that it lowered our academic standards."
"I don't think it's a problem at KU, but there are some pressures to compromise. The purpose of a university is not to promote revenue sports. I don't believe athletes should be given special treatment over handicapped or non-traditional students."
Katzman said that when Kansas athletes were allowed to enroll before other students last semester, fairness might have been compromised.
Richard Lee, the Kansas assistant
athletic director for academic support, said the controversy that arose after the enrollment issue had decreased.
Lee said problems like the ones at Georgia didn't occur at Kansas because the athletic department was separate from the academic arm of the University.
"I think it has died-down," Lee said. "I think most people understand that the demands of the athletes were such that they needed to enroll at that time.
"I really don't know all the particulars of that case." Lee said. "What I can say, however, is that at KU, the athletic department has nothing to do with the grades a student receives in a given course."
Lee said the athletic tutoring program was an example of fair treat ment to all students.
"We're only talking about 200 students at the most so it didn't close out any classes to other students. It was just a matter of scheduling."
"Athletes are tutored in the same way as any other student at the University," he said. "All the tutors come from the Supportive Educational Services and within that tutorial program, 85 percent of the students are non-athletes."
John Massad, Lawrence graduate student and a tutor for 10 years, said that in his experience with athletes the tutorial system was fair.
"SES, for example, provides tutorial services for both scholarship athletes and work-study financial aid students," Massaad said. "That's why I think it's fair."
Massad said that across the board — not just in the tutorial system — fairness was maintained.
"From my work with athletes, I know that at this University they don't get special treatment. In fact, if anything, they need more help.
"In classes, they don't get any special treatment at all. You can tell by their attitude that they don't expect favors."
Sports Briefs
Tennis teams win
The Kansas men's and women's tennis teams each won two matches on the road this weekend.
The Kansas men faced two big Ten Conference teams in Chicago. On Friday, they defeated Northwestern 8-1. Saturday, despite losing four of six singles matches, the men rebounded with a sweep of the three doubles matches to beat Wisconsin 5-4.
The women traveled to Springfield, Mo., for their two matches. The Jayhawks defeated Southwestern Missouri State 7-1 Friday and came back to beat Arkansas 5-4 the next day.
The wins extended the women's record to 4-0.
Weekly line-up Sporting events for Feb. 17-23
Junior varsity basketball vs.
Washburn, at Washburn. Men's tennis,
ITCA indoor championships at
Louisville, Ky., Feb. 20-23. Men's golf,
Pan American University Invitational,
a) Monterrey, Mexico, Feb. 20-22.
FRIDAY
Men's basketball vs. Colorado, 9:05
p.m., at Boulder. Women's basketball
vs. Colorado, 5:35 p.m. at Boulder.
THURSDAY
Women's tennis vs. Wichita State, at
Wichita. Men's and women's swimming,
Philip's 68 Meet of Champions, at
Bartlesville, Okla., Feb. 21-23.
SATURDAY
WEDNESDAY
Men's basketball vs. Kansas State,
3:05 p.m., at Allen Field House, Junior
varsity basketball vs. Kansas State, 5
p.m., at Allen Field House, Women's
basketball vs. Kansas State, 12:15
p.m., at Allen Field House, Women's
tennis vs. Minnesota, at Wichita
women's tennis vs. New Mexico, at Wichita.
Kansas uses height to beat NU
Wiltredo Lee/KANSAN
Rebounds are key in 83-76 victory over Cornhuskers
By Dawn O'Malley
Sports writer
Kansas, enjoying a height advantage, beat the Cornhuskers 83-76 and improved its Big Eight record to 6-4. The victory moved Kansas into a four-way tie for second place with Iowa State, Colorado and Missouri. Oklahoma leads the conference with a 7-3 record.
It might have been called a game between the Jolly Green Giant and the Little Sprout during Saturday's Kansas-Nebraska women's basketball game at Allen Field House.
The Cornhusker's tallest player is 6-foot-1 center Lisa Soulliere. Jayhawk center Kelly Jennings is 6-5.
Women's Basketball
"Nebraska may not be physically tall," said Kansas forward Lisa Dougherty "but they play tall."
Kansas outrebounded Nebraska 51-49.
"The game was a little rough for a team so small," said Kelly Hill, Nebraska's head coach.
Cornhusker guard Maurice Iv led all scorers with 27 points.
Kansas guard Evette Ott scored 18.
Jennings and guard Toni Webb added
17 points each.
Marian Washington, Kansas head coach, said the Jayhawks showed a lot of character by coming back from an 87-72 loss to Missouri last week.
Lisa Dougherty looked to pass the ball around the Cornhuskers players Saturday in Allen Field House. The Jayhawks beat the Cornhuskers 83-76 and improved their record in the Big Eight Conference to 6-4.
Saturday's game was close in the first half, but Kansas broke the game open when Mesho Strohter and Jackie Martin converted steals into fast-break layups to put Kansas ahead 38-31.
Kansas travels to Boulder to play the Colorado Buffaloes at 6:35 p.m. Wednesday. Colorado won the last meeting 56-49.
out with less than two minutes remaining in the game..
Although she scored only seven
points in the game, Kansas forward Vickie Adkins became the tenth-leading scorer in Big Eight history with 1.675 points.
Because of foul trouble, Adkins played only 21 minutes. She fooled
From Kansan wires
Duke wins twice; No. 6 UNLV upset
Yesterday, Dawkins blocked David Rivers' jump shot with one second left and Duke held on to beat No. 14 Notre Dame 75-74 at Durham, N.C.
Duke's Johnny Dawkins twice delivered in a clutch and in both times the second-ranked Blue Devils escaped with narrow victories.
Dawkins, who scored 24 in the victory over N.C. State, added 18 points against the Irish to cap an outstanding weekend.
Fewer than 24 hours earlier, on Saturday night, Dawkins hit two free throws with two seconds to play as Duke edged 17th-ranked North Carolina State 72-70.
After Duke's Billy King missed the front end of a one-and-one opportunity with 13 seconds left, Notre Dame called a timeout with six seconds remaining to set up the final play.
Notre Dame head coach Digger Phelps said he thought Duke played well considering they had played a tough game the night before.
"They are very, very talented," Phelps said. "I'm sure they'll e a lot of confidence when it counts in March.
In the other Top 20 game yesterday, No.16 Indiana beat Ohio State 84-75.
Other Top Ten results from Saturday: No. 4 Memphis State 92, Southern Mississippi 85; No. 5 Georgia Tech 62, Virginia 55; UC Irvine 99, No. 6 Nevada-Las Vegas 92; No. 7 St. John's 74, Connecticut 54; Villanova 90, No. 9 Georgetown 88 in two overtimes; and No. 10 Michigan 82, Iowa 66.
the Sooners improved to 23-3 and 8-3 in the Big Eight. Colorado fell back to the bottom of the conference at 8-15 and 0-10.
In other games Saturday,
Villanova topped No. 11
Georgetown 90-88 in double overtime,
No. 12 Bradley edged
Southern Illinois 61-60. No. 13
Syracuse nipped Providence 76-75,
Brigham Young beat No. 14 Texas-
El Paso 72-69, Auburn beat No. 17
Alabama 71-69, co-No. 19
Louisville beat DePaul 72-53 and
co-No. 19 Pepperdine beat Loyola of California 79-64.
in Big Eight action Saturday,
No. 8 Oklahoma whipped Colorado
117-73, Oklahoma State beat
Missouri 86-65 and Iowa State beat
Kansas State 84-74.
The Tigers fell to 18-12 and 5-6.
Oklahoma State improved its record to 13-10 and 4-6.
The Cyclones won their 15th consecutive game at the Hilton Coliseum and improved to 16-7 and 7-3. Kansas State fell to 15-10 and 3-7.
Women's swim team beats Arkansas 74-41
By Dawn O'Malley
Sports writer
Before the final dual swim meet of the season, the Kansas men's and women's swim teams made a video tape to send to their teammate Karen Dionne just to say hello.
Dionne missed the season because of serious injuries suffered from a car accident over Thanksgiving break.
The film crew, composed of Mark Giles and Steve Outlaw, captured the swim meet and interviews with the team to send to Dionne.
"We came up with the idea like a big TV production," Giles said. "It took about a half hour to come up with the introductions."
Giles and Outlaw introduced the swim team by their nicknames and hometown; for example, Dan "the man" Mendenhall; Chris "wrong" Wright; Patti "the Okie" Crane.
"Karen will love it," Becky Heil said. "She loves the swim team and she likes to have fun."
Dionne can watch the dual swim meet between the Jayhawks and the Razorbacks on the tape also.
The Kansas women's team dominated the Razorbacks to win 74-41.
"The (Arkansas) women's team is not large in numbers," said Kent Kirchner, Arkansas head swim coach.
Swimming
"We have pretty good quality and some depth, but not a lot."
In the meet, the 400-yard medley relay team of Jackie Pease, Erin Easton, Taryn Gaulien and Anne Bloomfield won with a time of four minutes 6.9 seconds.
Then, the 400 freestyle relay team of Renee Bunger, Susan Spry, Erin Easton and Liz Duncan won the race at 3:35.61, seven seconds ahead of Arkansas.
"The relays were not a deciding factor this time," Kansas tri-captain Cathy Coulter said, "because Kansas was so far ahead anyway."
Arkansas diver Diane Dudeck won both the one- and three-meter diving board competition. Kansas divers Lori Spurney and Muffy Lybarger came in second and third both times,
Arkansas men beat the Kansas men's team 71-44.
Kansas swept the 200 backstroke. Glenn Tramnel won at 1:54.63, and Karl Zueger finished in second with a time of 1:56.36.
in the 200 individual medley, Kansas tri-captains Chris McCool and Karl Stumpf came in first and second. McCool had a time of 1:57.23 to win. Stumpf finished at 1:59.78.