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University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, March 11, 1987 13
NCAA tickets for Atlanta not hot items
By ROB KNAPP
Staff writer
The KU athletic ticket office is wondering where all the Jayhawk fans have gone.
Students who entered the lottery for Kansas postseason basketball tickets were allowed to request tickets for any NCAA tournament site. Ninety students requested tickets for the Southeast sub-regional, to be played Friday and Sunday at the Omni in Atlanta.
But now that the Jayhawks have been assigned to play at that site and the KU athletic ticket office has enough tickets to meet all requests, no one seems to want to go to Atlanta.
As of yesterday afternoon, only four people had shown up to pay for their tickets. The original deadline to confirm ticket requests was noon yesterday.
Richard Konzem, assistant athletic director, said persons who requested tickets for the Atlanta sub-regional in the lottery must confirm their seat by coming to the ticket office in Allen Field House before 3 p.m. today.
Konzem said because the deadline for the 90 students who registered had already passed, anyone who wanted to buy a ticket to the Atlanta sub-regional could do so by paying for one at the ticket office.
Each ticket costs $54 and is good for all six games played at the site. Other teams playing in the sub-regional include Georgetown, Clemson, Kentucky and Southwest Missouri State.
The seats are on the floor level and near the free-throw line, Konzem said.
"These are the best seats we've ever had at a first-round site," Konzem said. "I was really shocked."
Those tickets not claimed by 3 p.m. today will be offered for sale to other schools competing at Atlanta.
If the Jayhawks win on Friday and Sunday, they advance to the Southeastern Regional Semifinals March 19 at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Ky. Konzem was the ticket office would be able to accommodate all 121 student ticket requests it received for Louisville.
Since the deadline for confirming ticket requests for that site is at noon on the Tuesday during spring break, Konzem suggested that students who requested tickets for the Louisville regional contact the ticket office this
'Hawks face first test in NCAA tournament
Bv DAVID BOYCE
Staff writer
Only one current member of Kansas' women's basketball team was on the team in 1983-84 when faced Northeast Louisiana, the Jayhawks first opponent in the NCAA tournament.
Kansas will play Notheast Louisiana at 7 p.m. today in the first round of the Midwest division in Monroe, La.
Kansas last played the Indians at the Miami Masonic Classic in 1983-84 and lust 86-69. Kansas is 1-1 overall against the Indians.
Evente Ott, then a freshman, was on that team but did not play because of a knee injury she suffered in the first game of the tournament.
Still, Ott remembered that Northeast Louisiana had a style of play similar to Kansas.
"They like to run a lot," she said. "When we lost to them, they were a nationally ranked team."
This year, the Indians' record fell to 14-9 after finishing with a 26-3 record the previous season.
Northeast Louisiana also enters the tournament on a win streak. After an 84-68 loss to third-ranked Texas, the teams have won four games in a row.
Kansas enters the game at 19-12, riding an eight-game win streak.
Their starting lineup is a lot like Kansas in that the tallest starter is 6-foot-1. Kansas' tallest starter is Sandy Shaw at 6-foot.
The Indians two leading scorers are guards Chrissea Hailey, who averages 15.9 a game, and Veronica Ridgell, who scores 14.4 a game.
Both teams are guard oriented.
The Jayhawks use two point guards in their starting lineup.
Both Ott and Lisa Braddy control the flow of the game.
Neither teams play with a true center. But Kansas does post up Jackie Martin, who plays the pivot position at 5-foot-11. Northeast Louisiana plays with three forwards.
Shaw said it didn't matter who Kansas played or the type of style its opponents used.
"If we play well, we are not going to get beat," she said. "We are excited, and the team is going with the flow."
Kansas is one of eight teams that will be playing its first NCAA Tournament game.
"If we're lucky, teams will underestimate us." Shaw said. "As long as we can concentrate on each game, we can go far."
Tippof: 7 p.m.
Northeast Louisiana
Radio: KJH-KFM
Probable Starters
Kansas (19-12)
**Kansas (19-12)**
F Shawna Waters (5-9), 9.6 pp
F Jackie Martin (5-11), 10.3 pp
C Sandy Kay (6-0), 8.4 pp
G Lisa Bradley (5-7), 9.7 pp
G Evette Ott (5-7), 10.0 pp
Northeast Louisiana (14-9)
F Janice Saulsbury (5-11), 14.2 pp
F Joel Tillis (5-10), 14.1 pp
C Renee Woodlin (6-11), 11.5 pp
G Chrisa Hailey (5-8), 15.9 pp
G Veronica Ridgell (5-7), 14.4 pp
KU guard Lisa Dougherty eyes the backboard in a layup drill during women's basketball practice at Allen Field House. The Jayhawks went through drills Monday before leaving last night for their first-round game
Bill Skeet/KANSAN
NCAA berth could be costly for KU
By LAURA BOSTROM
Staff writer
Monte Johnson, his blazer off,
stood in a Kemper Arena suite watching
a television screen Sunday while
Kansas and Missouri fans exchanged
boos and cheers during the Big Eight
Conference Tournament championship.
Johnson, KU athletic director, was seeing more than the television announcement of KU's NCAA tournament chairing against Houston in Atlanta.
Though prestigious, tournament positions are expensive. And Johnson must turn tournament expenses into long-term profits for the athletic department.
Johnson said he enjoyed KU basketball games more as a player
And as the revenue KU generates increases with each higher level of tournament play, the costs increase even more.
and an alumnus than as the school's athletic director. Now, he doesn't see the games as simply wins and losses but as profits and expenses for KU's athletic program.
For example, the NCAA will reimburse KU for 30 people to travel to Friday's game in Atlanta. But a team, its staff, cheerleaders, peband and administration number more than the allotted 30 tickets.
All Big Eight Conference schools benefit financially from any member's tournament play and television appearances.
between the conferences after paying team expenses. Then the conferences pay expenses and divide the money between members.
So after the finish of the NCAA tournament, the Big Eight's four tournament participants, Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Kansas State, and the four non-participants will receive the same dollar amount.
The conferences are all different. The Big Eight splits its money equally between all eight teams, while the Atlantic Coast Conference gives a tournament-participating team half of its final NCAA check.
Last year, because KU participated in the NCAA tournament, it had more expenses but received the same final amount as K-State.
$275,000, said Susan Wachter, assistant athletic director. But that money was not enough to cover the team's expenses.
"If you don't go to tournaments, you don't get expenses," Johnson said.
The office traditionally starts its plea for Williams Fund donations during tournament time, and a successful program makes Johnson's job easier.
Last year that amount was about
Now the offices are hurriedly planning for the team's departure to Atlanta.
Fans, staff, players and alumni will make the trip, but Johnson will watch the Houston game as an alumnus, a former player and, mostly, a businessman.
Stewart named coach of the year by UPI
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Norm Stewart, who took a youthful Missouri Tigers basketball team and molded it into the champions of both the conference season and the league tournament, yesterday was selected the Big Eight Coach of the Year by United Press International.
It is the fourth conference Coach-of-the-Year award for Stewart, who has helped the Tigers to a 381-205 record since becoming head coach in the 1967-68 season. No other Big Ten team has won the奖 more than twice.
Tigers to their third league postseason tournament title.
Stewart won his sixth Big Eight Conference trophy, then guided the
who had six votes. Kansas Coach Larry Brown, last year's coach of the year, received three votes and first-year coaches Leonard Hamilton of Oklahoma State and Danny Nee of Nebraska each had one vote.
Stewart received 13 of a possible 22 votes, finishing well ahead of runner-up Lon Kruger of Kansas State,
United Press International
A panel of sportswriters and sportscasters throughout the sixstate Big Eight area voted on the award.
from title contention and was picked to finish fourth in the league in a preseason poll conducted by the Big Eight Conference office. One voter at that time picked the Tigers to wind up in the Big Eight cellar.
Missouri, without a senior on his roster, was thought to be a year away
But Stewart pulled the team together for a 24-9 season. Of the Tigers' nine losses, five came at the hands of teams that qualified for the NCAA tournament.
Jayhawks making 17th NCAA tournament trip
Bv ROB KNAPP
Staff writer
Playing in the NCAA tournament will be a new experience for more than half of the Kansas men's basketball team, but the Jayhawks have a strong postseason tradition behind them.
Men's Basketball
Kansas will be making its 17th appearance in the NCAA tournament when it plays Houston Friday afternoon in the Southeast Sub-regional at the Omni in Atlanta. The Jayhawks are tied for seventh with Marquette, Villanova and Kansas State for most NCAA appearances.
Kentucky, making its 32nd appearance, has been invited to the most tournaments.
The Jayhawks have won 28 NCAA tournament games and trail only five teams in that category. UCLA heads the list with 55 victories, ahead of Kentucky, North Carolina, Louisville, Indiana and Kansas.
The Jayhawks won the Midwest Regional last season and advanced to the Final Four in Dallas. Duke beat Kansas 71-47 in the semifinal game.
This is the fourth consecutive year that the Jayhawks have gone to NCAA postseason play. They received an automatic bid as the Big Eight Tournament champions last season and received at-large bids in 1984 and 1985.
Kansas' history in the tournament includes seven Final Four appearances, tied for fifth with Louisville on March 27. The CLA leads all schools with 13 trips.
Kansas advanced to the second round of the Lincoln, Neb., sub-regional in 1884 before losing 69-59 to Wake Forest. The 'Hawks again got the second round in 1885 but lost 66-64 to Auburn in South Bend, Ind.
Kansas was blown out by Indiana in the 1940 NCAA final in its first Final Four trip, but the Jayhawks returned three times in the 1950s. They won their only NCAA National Championship in 1952, beating St. John's 80-63 in Seattle, and lost the 1953 final 69-68 to Indiana in Kansas City. Mo.
Back in Kansas City in 1957, the Jayhawks and Will Chamberlain lost 54-53 in three overtimes to North Carolina. The game remains the only overtime NCAA basketball final.
In 1971, Kansas lost 68-60 to eventual champion UCLA in a semifinal game in Houston and lost to the Bruins again in the semifinals in 1974. 78-61 at Greensboro, N.C.
Saberhagen, Royals lose to Pirates, 10-7
The Associated Press
BRADENTON, Fla. — Mike Diaz hit two home runs and drove in five runs as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Kansas City Royals 10-7 in a split squall exhibition game yesterday.
Diaz hit his first home run in the second inning, scoring Benny Distefano and gave the Pirates a 2-0 lead. Distefano hit a three-run homer in the third inning off Royals' starter Bret Saberhagen giving Pittsburgh a 6-0 lead. Diaz's
The Royals added four runs in the ninth inning on a run-scoring single by Chito Martinez, a two-run surfer. The Royals scored one run-scoring single by Bo Jackson.
Doug Drabek, who pitched the first three innings for the Pirates, was credited with the win.
three-run shot came in the fifth.
The Royals scored their first run in the fourth on a run-scorning single by Frank White. Kansas City added two more in the fifth on a two-run single by Willie Wilson.
Kansas sweeps doubleheader from Tarkio
By DAVID BOYCE
The Kansas baseball team won both ends of a doubleheader against Tarkio yesterday at Quigley Field and raised its record to 6-1.
Staff writer
Scott Taylor, making his second start in three days, pitched a one-hit shutout in the first game against Tarkio.
The Jayhawks won the first game 7-0 and the second 14-6
"I didn't know what to expect on two-days rest," Taylor said "Early on I was able to throw my fistball to, and that kept me in the game"
Head coach Marty Pattin said
Taylor pitched a good game. Pattin
Baseball
was also pleased with the improved offense.
Taylor carried a 2-0 lead into the top of the sixth before the Jayhawk offense erupted for five runs in the bottom half of the inning.
Offensively, Kansas started the second game like it ended the first by scoring eight runs in the opening inning.
Two Tarkio pitchers were unable to find the plate in the second game. The first pitcher walked the first six innings and earned runs before being taken out.
"The hitting is coming around."
Pattin said. "Steve Estes and Rocky Helm are starting to hit better."
Helm had four hits and Estes collected two hits in two games.
"It's nice to have this sort of depth." Pattin said.
Pattin also was pleased with the performance of relief pitchers Craig Stopple, who picked up his first victory, and Brett Morris, who threw the last two innings and only gave up one run.
"We are now doing some things better. It's only going to get tougher. We have a tough tournament, and we'll find out in a hurry how good we are."
Kansas will travel to Pan American University in Texas on Friday
and begin a week of play against some of the top teams in the country.
and begin a week of play against some of the top teams in the country. Kansas will play Miami of Ohio Sunday.
KANSAS 7 TARKIO 0
KANSAS TIGERS
Tarko 000 000 0-0-1 2
Kansas 010 105 0-7 9 0
000 000 0 - 1 0 2
Kansas
010 105 0 - 7 0 9
Crozer, Gray (6), Weschenl (6) and Gerwitz
Taylor and Boesenen W.-Taylor (1-0) L-Crozier
(0-1) 28s-Kansas, Stanfield, Pfister, Mathews
KANSAS 14, TARKIO 6
| ARMENIA | WOODHILL |
| :--- | :--- |
| Tarki | 004 010 | 1-6 5-3 |
| Kansas | 813 022 | 0-14 10-3 |
813 022 - 0-14 10 3
Gonzalez, Holtins (1), Noyes (3), Tobias (4)
and Gerwitz; Purpely, Stopel (3), Morris (6) and
Pattin W-W stopel (1)-L-G蓬尔 (0), 2B1-
Tarkio, Heller, Kansas, Helm 2, Bynn, HRs-
Mattson, Heller
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