University Daily Kansan / Tuesday, March 3, 1987
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KU wins Big 8 Tournament championship 85-51
By DAVID BOYCE
Staff writer
SALINA — Everything that could go right did for the women's basketball team last night during the Big Eight Championship game at the Bicentennial Center in Salina.
Kansas defeated Kansas State 85 at in front of the largest crowd ever to play.
The victory gives Kansas its first bid ever to the NCAA tournament. The Jayhawks now have won eight games giving them a 19-12 record.
Kansas displayed playoff shooting, and tough defense early in the game.
Kansas opened the game scoring the first 14 points and never allowed the Wildcats to get any closer than 12 points for the remainder of the game.
In the last eight games, Kansas had taken double digit digits early in the game only to let its opponents back in, but not in this one.
After the Wildcats scored their first two points, Kansas scored the next four, increasing its lead to 18-2.
From then on, the closest K-State could pull to Kansas was 13 points early in the second half.
"I saw the players talking to each other saying that they could not let K-State back in this game," Coach Marian Washington said.
Kansas had shot only 38 percent from the field in the first two tournament games. Last night, they shot 58 percent in the first half and 54 percent for the entire game.
The Jayhawks, though, had little to worry about. The game was Kansas' first.
Meanwhile, the Wildcats shot only 28 percent from the field.
Washington said she had told her
Women's Basketball
team before the game to play a tough, pressing defense and to key on K-State's point guard Susan Green
Senior guard Evelette Ott drew the assignment to cover Green.
"All I wanted to do was to play
domme to the best of my ability. 'Ott said
This is a hard working team.I have had teams with more talent, but none more special than this one.'
Marian Washington Kansas basketball coach
Ott did that, helping to force early turnovers by Green, who had trouble getting the ball across the half-court performance pleased Washington
But K-State coach Matilda Mossman saw things differently.
"The first five minutes were kamikaze basketball," she said. "What happened to Green should never have taken place. Green has a bruise on her leg as big as your head."
Mossman said she thought the game was played in two parts.
She said that in the first five minutes, the officials had very little control of the game, and because of that, her team was unable to score.
In the second part, the last 35 minutes, she said Kansas simply outplayed the Wildcats.
"Kansas played a very good game and they will be a good representative from our conference in the NCAA," she said.
"They are probably the hottest team in women's basketball."
Washington, who was pleased with the victory, said she thought the game was called fair.
"K-State has some very physical players, and both teams played hard," she said. "It was good-called game."
Despite the large lead throughout much of the game, Washington said she was not comfortable until three minutes remained in the game.
With 3 minutes left, Kansas led 78-46.
Jackie Martin scored a game-high 23 points to lead the Jayhawks.
"When Jackie plays well, so does the team." Washington said.
Martin and Ott were named to the Big Eight Tournament team.
Washington said the win was sweet because her team was picked to finish eighth in conference.
"This is a hard working team," she said. "I have had teams with more talent, but none more special than this one."
Thomas 3 a 4 1 4 Biermann 2 a 4 4 2 4 Leaming 1 3 5 1 5
Thomas 3 a 4 1 4 Biermann 2 a 4 4 2 4 Leaming 1 3 5 1 5
Mateen 10.2 1 0.8 Ameen 10.2 1 0.8 Ameen 10.2 1 0.8 Ameen
10.2 1 0.8 Ameen 10.2 1 0.8 Ameen 10.2 1 0.8 Ameen
Waters 2.0-0.4, Sea 2.3-3.7, Manh 2.7-3.3, Brady 2.5-3.0,
Merkel 2.8-3.6, Goerlitz 2.9-3.1, Lippold 2.8-3.0,
0.4-2.2, Ooster 0.1-2.1, Droon 0.2-0.2, Totals
Kansas St. (51)
Hafftine Kansas 41:22 total Toats - Kansas St. 18
Kansas 19.踢 out - none Bounds - Kansas St. 34 (Thomas 15), Kansas 46 (Martin 13), Assists 5
Kansas 17, Kansas 18, Waters 18, Techniques - None
Members of the KU women's basketball team and Coach Marian Washington rejoice after winning the Big 8 basketball championship. The Jayhawks crushed Kansas State 85-51 last night in Sanibel's Bicentennial Center.
Conditioning now priority for 'Hawks
Rv DIANE FILIPOWSKI
Staff writer
The Kansas football team's objectives for spring training are pretty cut-and-dried. Coach Bob Valesente said yesterday he wanted the Jaya-hawks to be a better team in its 20 days of training in more ways than one.
Valesente said this was a critical year in spring training for the Jayhawks who he said were not a good match last year after its loss to Iowa State.
Valesente said the team's pre-season weightlifting and running had
"We gave up and didn't play hard last year because we were not in condition," Valesente said. "We went all the way down and won instead of thinking we could win."
allowed athletes to be in adequate shape to begin skill drills immediately in addition to continued conditioning.
Spring training will end April 11
with the annual spring game at 1:30
p.m. at the N.C. State Championship
ground.
"We had a lot of selfish individuals last season playing for themselves instead of playing for the team," he added. "We come together as a team this year."
Valesente said it was promising that he would have a veteran offensive line that was eligible and uninjured, unlike last year, because he wanted to concentrate on a running game.
"We need a better defense." Valesene said, "so that we can have a stronger 'I' formation that will let us
Gary Huff, an assistant coach with the Houston Oysters last year, will be the head coach.
control the ball on the ground "
Valesente said that having 15 returning starters in spring training was an advantage. But he also said that after having seven losses in a row with these players last season, there was room for change.
"We are looking for players who are winners," Valesente said, "players who are in shape and can play a
The Jayhawks sent Jim Cochran, recruiting coordinator, and George Warhp, assistant offensive line coach, to Southern Methodist University in Dallas to possibly sign one or two of the players from its program that was abolished for the 1987 season last week by the NCAA.
hard 60 minutes."
Valesente said that being two deep in each position after spring training was another goal he wanted to accomplish in this next month.
The Jayhawks will have extra help from players who redshirted last season, including Bryan Howard, a 270-pound guard who sat out for academic reasons, and Bob Pieper, a 280-pound tackle who was injured. Both are the top contenders at their positions.
Jim Davis, a regular at offensive tackle last season until he underwent knee surgery after the Oklahoma State game, will suit up with the Jayhawks in the fall, but not for spring practices.
Schafer wins Big 8 honor
United Press International
Providence slides past Villanova
Schafer scored 29 points on Tuesday, including a game-winning basket at the buzzer that beat Oklahoma 86-43. He also grabbed a career-high 17 rebounds while playing all 40 minutes in the game. He improved his career scoring mark to 30 points in a loss at Missouri.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Iowa State forward Tom Schafer, who reset his own career best scoring effort twice last week, was voted the Big Eight Conference player of the week, the league announced yesterday.
For the week, the Cyclones' forward hit 24 of 41 shots from the field and 9 of 11 free throws for 59 points along with 25 rebounds.
Schafer won the award in a split vote with Nebraska guard Brian Carr and Missouri forward Derrick Chievous. He is the first Iowa State player to be named Big Eight player of the week this season.
Other nominees for conference player of the week were Mitch Richmond of Kansas State; Harvey Grant of Oklahoma; Danny Manning of Kansas; and Matt Bullard of Colorado.
From Kansan wires
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Billy Donovan scored 28 points, hitting 10 consecutive free throws in the final three minutes, and David Kipfer contributed 20 points last night, leading Providence to a 97-80 Big East Conference victory over Villanova.
The Friars improved their record to 20-7 overall and 10-6 in the Big Ten. Ulanao, led by Doug West's 19 points, Planskay's 17, fell to 15-14 and 10-6.
The Friars took a 12-3 lead within the opening three minutes, with Ernie Lewis hitting a pair of threepointers, and never again trailed. The Wildcats shot 61 percent from the floor in the first half but trailed 44-34 at intermission. Villanova committed 12 turnovers and failed to grab an offensive rebound in the first half.
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A 10-1 Friars surge, which included three-point plays by Kipfer and Donovan, provided a 70-51 lead with seven minutes remaining. The Wildcats suffered through a six-minute stretch without a field goal.
Villanova twice cut its deficit to 10 points in the second half, the last time to 88-78 with a minute left.
Notre Dame 76.
Brooklyn College 57
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Donald
Royal scored 20 points last night and
led No. 20 Notre Dame to a 76-57 victory over Brooklyn College.
Mark Stevenson added 12 points for the Irish, while guard Spiros Kilpatrick added 14 for the Kingsmen. The victory lifted Notre Dame to 20-7, the fourth straight year the Irish have posted a 20-victory season. Brooklyn dropped to 10-17.
Notre Dame built an 18-8 lead behind a pair of 6-0 runs. The Irish stretched the lead 22-10 with 6-46 remaining in the half. Notre Dame guard David Rivers hit a foul-line jumper with 10 seconds remaining and gave the Irish a 38-29 lead at halftime.
Two more sign with KC Royals
The Irish rolled off seven straight points and opened the second half, building a 45-29 lead with 18:04 left to play.
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Rookies Kevin Seitzer and Luis Delos Santos yesterday signed contracts for 1887 with the Kansas City Royals.
Delos Santos hit .303 last season at Memphis, the Royals Class AA farm club, and is projected to open the season at Omaha, the Royals AAA minor league affiliate. It was the first time Santos, a 20-year-old third baseman, had been invited to the big
The Associated Press
Seitzer hit .323 in 28 games after he was promoted to the Royals last September and will compete for the
starting left-field job. He spent four seasons in the minor league.
Outfieldder Danny Tartabull and left-handed pitcher Danny Jackson are the only Royals in camp who have not yet agreed to terms.
league camp.
The Royals workout yesterday was shortened by rain.
KU drops out of poll; UNLV stays at No.1
The Associated Press
Nevada-Las Vegas, the only major college basketball team with 30 violets, remained No.1 yesterday in the Associated Press poll, which saw three teams fall from last week's Top Twenty.
Kansas, Florida and Providence fell from the ranks, and they were replaced by UCLA, Missouri and Notre Dame. Missouri and Notre Dame joined the Top Twenty for the first time this season.
Kansas dropped from the poll after试卷 to Colorado, 66-55 and Nebraska, 64-53.
Missouri, the Big Eight regular-season champion, enters postseason play with a six-game winning streak, including victories last week over Kansas State and Iowa State. The Tigers 21-9, split four games this season with Kansas and Oklahoma, two other teams from the Big Eight.
The Ruminin 'Rebels, 30-1 and regular-season champions of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association, received 50 first-place votes and 1,244 points from the nationwide panel of sportswriters and broadcasters. This is the team's first week, and I thru all that, Nevada Las Vegas has had the top ranking.
North Carolina, 27-2, held the No. 2 spot with 13 firstplace votes and 1,210 points. The Tar Heels finished as the Atlantic Coast Conference's season champions and, like Nevada Las Vegas, were undefeated in league play.
Purdue, 23-3, jumped from sixth to third with 1118 points. The Boilermakers took over first place in the NCAA finals and over Illinois, Indiana and Ohio State.
Indiana, 23-4, which also lost to Illinois last week, dropped one spot to fourth with 946 points.
Iowa, 25-4, jumped from seventh to sixth with 935 points, while Georgetown, 23-4, moved from eighth to seventh with 914 points. The Hoyas finished in a three-way tie with the Washington regular-season title in the Big East and will receive the top seed in the "tournament on a tie-breaker system."
Temple, the Atlantic 10 regular season champion, fell from fifth to eighth. The Owls, 29-3, lost their final conference game to West Virginia and received 848 points.
Alabama, 23-4, the regular-season champion in the Southeastern Conference, jumped one spot to ninth with 799 points, and Syracuse, 24-5, rounded out the Top Ten with 654 points.
Pittsburgh, 23-6, led the Second Ten with 582 points. Illinois, Clemson, Duke, Texas Christian, New Orleans, Oklahoma, UCLA, Missouri and Notre Dame filled up the Second Ten.
Last week's Second Ten was Syracuse, Oklahoma, Clemson, Illinois, Texas Christian, Kansas, Duke, Florida. New Orleans and Providence.
UCLA, 21-6, was ranked for two weeks earlier in the season, reaching 11th at one point. The Bruins, the Pac 10 regular-season champions, have won six titles, including victories last week over the California State and Louisville.
Notre Dame, 19-7, has won six consecutive games, including victories last week over DePaul and Marquette.
The Top Twenty
By the Associated Press
1. Nev -Las Vegas 30-1
2. North Carolina 27-2
3. Purdue 23-3
4. Indiana 23-4
5. DePaul 25-2
6. Iowa 25-4
7. Georgetown 23-4
8. Temple 29-3
9. Alabama 23-4
10. Syracuse 24-5
11. Pittsburgh 23-6
12. Illinois 21-7
13. Clemson 25-4
14. Duke 22-7
15. TCU 23-5
16. New Orleans 25-3
17. Oklahoma 21-8
18. UCLA 21-6
19. Missouri 21-9
20. Notre Dame 19-7
Much work ahead for KU football team as spring drills begin
Next year's season opener against Auburn looms in the distance for the Kansas football team, which began spring drills yesterday. The Tigers, 16-7 winners over USC in the 1866 Citrus Bowl, are the greatest competition for the Jayhawks, probably the least of their worries.
Kansas begins practice with their work cut out for them. The Jayhawks have won only two big Eight Conference games in the last two years, and neither of those came last year. They were shut out by the Cincinnati, managed only 806 yards rushing during all of last year's 3-8 season.
Enough about the nightmare that was the 1986 season. The team is at another critical point in what
Winter training was stricter and more strenuous this year than last, according to some players and coaches. A new work ethic will have to carry over to spring football because it may be the only way for the team to improve enough to be competitive in the conference next season.
is hopefully a rebuilding process.
On paper, the Jayhawks' recruiting class does not appear to be filled with impact players that can step in and play immediately.
Running backs Tim Jenkins of Crystal Lake High School in Florida; Frank Hattchett of El Dorado; and Maurice Hooks of Omaha South High School in Nebraska are good but will have to surprise some people before they will see considerable playing time next season.
And the 10 freshman redshirts
waiting in the wings are not
enough to turn the program
into a playground, since so few
play skill positions.
Coach Bob Valentele made a risky move by redshirting much of his first recruiting class, but few appeared on the spring depth chart. Only one, center Chip Budde, is listed on the spring training depth chart on offense, where the Jahyhaves need help
The remainder of the offense and defense look much the same as last season with about five or six exceptions. Three other redshirts return from injury or academic difficulties.
desperately.
KU's Big Eight opponents, meanwhile, continue to reload and improve. Oklahoma and Nebraska, of course, signed more than their share of high school All-Americans. Those two football factories can remain powerhouses almost on reputation alone.
Coach Stan Parrish went the junior college route, signing 18 junior college transfers early and only 14 high school students, six from Kansas. KU signed 23 prep transfers in state and only three transfers
Colorado also grabbed some blue chippers and Missouri Coach Woody Widenhfer and his new wishbone offense picked up some impressive players, four from the Kansas City area. Kansas State
Valeseste wants to build a program, and he's started that by recruiting players that he thinks will stay in the program for four or five years, concentrating his recruiting efforts on high school students and players who can perform in the classroom.
While Valesente's second recruiting class is not filled with high school wonder boys, he does return experience for next season's squad. The Jahywaks return 40 lettermen, seven starters on
offense and eight on defense
Warren Shields may be switched from linebacker to fullback and might add some offensive punch, but having a player switch positions is sometimes a desperation move. The Jahyahs don't have very many choices. The offense needs help now. The redshirt class, with its tight-fitting jacket, class probably won't offer immediate help, and that leaves hard work and a renewed commitment to playing as a team.
So dispense with the catchy slogans because they won't generate confidence and a winning attitude. Let's not begin the Drive more than Six in '18, let's work toward Not Losing All seven in '18.