University Daily Kansan / Thursday, January 15, 1987
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Another close race for Big 8 title
Associate sports editor
By NICOLE SAUZEK
According to most pre-season Big Eight Conference basketball polls, Oklahoma is due the championship they were stripped of last season when Kansas dethroned the Sooners after they had won back-to-back titles.
Both Kansas and Iowa State were picked to finish in either the second- or third-place spots. Missouri and Kansas State were expected to fall into fourth and fifth places.
that's good enough to win," said Kansas Coach Larry Brown. "I doubt it. It sounds like a Yogi Berra quote to me."
But since those first pre-season polls, the Big Eight has been a shamble, filled with upsets and close matches. The team is the favorite it is still in question.
Batting. 500 in the conference probably won't be adequate when good teams are coming from every corner of the conference. Out of nowhere, Kansas State and Missouri have established a strong hold in the race for the title along with Oklahoma, Kansas and Iowa State.
"Some people are saying that if a team plays .500 in the conference.
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Missouri, 10.6, won its first conference game in a major upset Saturday at Texas Tech.
line-up at the beginning of the year after being academically ineligible last semester.
After only two games this season,
Coleman leads the Wildcats in scoring,
23.5 per game, and rebounding,
8.5 per game.
Kansas State, 11-3, soundly beat Nebraska 114-82 to impressively start the Wildcat's season season.
Colorado, 6-8, is in last place in the Big Eight with an 0-2 record.
K-State now looks even stronger with the addition of Norris Coleman. Coleman returned to the K-State
Kansas, ranked 20th with a 9-4
overall record, leads the Big Eight
with a 2-0 record. K-State, Iowa
State, 9-5, and Missouri are all 1-0.
Nebraska, 10-4, Oklahoma State,
4-10, are 0-1 in the
conference.
But until teams move further into the season, most are apprehensive about picking a Big Eight winner.
Currently, five of the eight teams in the Big Eight are mentioned in the
Associated Press' Top Twenty Poll. Oklahoma, 16th, and Kansas, 20th, are the only two ranked in the top twenty college teams. Also receiving votes but not enough to be ranked were Iowa State, four votes, Kansas State, two, and Missouri, one. The lowest vote getter in the top twenty is the eight votes given to Navy.
The key to winning the conference could be wins on the road, something Brown will agree with.
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"You've got to win at home and then hope to steal some on the road," Brown said. "It's hard to play on the road.
"I think the team with an 11-3 record will win the Big Eight. A team with three or four losses is going to make most coaches satisfied."
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