University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, April 13, 1988
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Calloway's transfer to Kansas follows tough year at Indiana
By Elaine Sung
Kansan sportswriter
Ricky Calloway knows the feeling of a championship ring and the attention that goes with it.
He played for three years with the Indiana Hoosiers, last year's NCAA basketball champions.
But starting next season, Canaway will be a part of the 1988 national champions. The junior forward announced Friday that he was leaving Indiana and would transfer to Kansas.
Under NCAA rules, Calloway will have to sit out next year and would then be eligible to play the following season.
The decision came just hours after Kansas coach Larry Brown announced that he had turned down the head coaching position at UCLA and would remain with the Jay-trawks.
Earlier reports indicated that Calway was trying to decide between Kansas, Maryland and Xavier, located in Cincinnati, where his family lives, but Kansas was his first. He had been reported as saying the would come to Kansas only if he was assured that Brown was staying.
Calloway's father, Richard Calloway, disputed the report, saying his son would have transferred to Kansas whether Brown was staying or not. "A lot of things were said, but I don't think any statement like that was made, and if it was, it was
misunderstood." he said. "The important thing is that now he is going to be a Jayhawk. They're both going to be at Kansas. The fact is that he (Brown) is a winner. Ricky has been part of a winning tradition before, and that is the way he wants to continue."
Calloway was chosen Big Ten Conference Freshman of the Year in his first year at Indiana and was the third-leading scorer on the 1987 championship team. But this season, he fell victim to Indiana coach Bobby Knight's wrath and had been used infrequently as a result. He finished this season averaging 11.8 points and 4.3 rebounds a game.
"My son has never been one to concern himself with the amount of playing time," his father said. "We felt that something was going awry, but he was willing to try to participate and be a part of the team. I did not think it would go along going to happen. I didn't know his career would end this way at IU."
The younger Calloway found out quickly enough that he could no longer be a part of the team the way he wanted.
Knight, in an interview prior to the opening round of the NCAA tournament, said that the 6-foot-6 forward was in his or the Hoosiers' future plans.
"It was a shock for him to be told in such a roundabout way," his father said. "I had never heard that said before, and he had never heard it
either."
That was when Callaway first mentioned leaving Indiana. Little-known Richmond upset the Hoosiers 82-79 on March 18 in the opening round in Hartford, Conn. He sat on the bench the entire game.
"A lot of people think I'm leaving just because Coach benched me and I was mad because I wasn't playing as much as I thought I should be playing," he said. "But that was not the main factor. That was part of it, but I wasn't happy there."
"I would give up basketball before I would stay somewhere where I was not happy. I told Coach I wasn't happy. That was basically one of the main reasons why I decided to leave."
Calloway first met and played under Brown at the 1985 U.S. Olympic Festival in New Orleans.
"He communicates with the players really well," he said. "He's a likeable guy. He's a winner and a good coach."
His father said that he did not have much say in his son's decision to transfer to Kansas and that his son had never seen the school, although Brown had contacted him and a visit was being planned for the near future.
"Ricky could be going to Nome, Alaska, and I don't care, as long as he's happy playing," his father said. "The final decision was with him."
The Associated Press supplied some information for this story.
The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — Jim Harrick
was introduced as UCLA's new head coach basketball yesterday and said he didn't care about not being the Bruins' first choice for the job.
"Did you know that John Wooden was the fourth choice at UCLA? I'm serious," Harrick said at a packed campus news conference, referring to the win over the Bruins to 10 NCAA championships in 12 years before retiring in 1975.
"If it was good enough for him, it's good enough for me. I knew that when I was in Kansas City (for the NCAA Final Four April 24)."
Since Hazzard's firing, several big-name coaches were interviewed
Harrick, a former UCLA assistant who was the head coach at Pepperdine the past nine seasons, was hired by UCLA. Hazzard, who had the job for four years,
Harrick, 49, said he signed a four-year contract.
"I knew where I stood at an times," Harrick said. "I had a clear understanding of the whole picture. A university has the privilege and right to hire whoever they choose. They have the choice. You know my standing with (Athletic Director Peter) Dalis, and I appreciate that.
"I've worked every day of the last 28 years to prepare myself for this opportunity. I know the magnitude of what we have accomplished. We have some great,
young guys in the program. We're looking forward to a tremendous experience.
"I don't think I would have left my position at Peperdine for any other position."
The Bruins were 77-48 under Hazzard but only 16-14 this past season, well below expectations a year after the Pacific 10 Conference championship.
Under Harrick, Peppardine was 17-13 this season and 167-97 overall. The Waves appeared in the NCAA Tournament four times and the National Invitation Tournament twice in Harrick's nine years.
Harrick is the sixth coach at UCLA since Wooden retired. Gene Bartow, Gary Cunningham and Brown lasted two years each; Larry Farmer held the job three years and Hazzard four. None won an NCAA championship.
Harrick was an assistant under Cunningham from 1977-79.
Sluggish Jayhawk offense gives Southwest Missouri 5-4 victory
Kansan sportswriter
By Tom Stinson
The Jayhawks, 16-18, lost to the Southwest Missouri State Bears 5-4
Kansas' offense was just not in attendance last night for the Southwest Missouri State baseball game in Hogland-Maupin Stadium.
Southwest Missouri State Bearss 5-4.
Despite five southwest Missouri State errors and eight Kansas hits, the Jayhawks could not get enough runs across the plate. They left nine runners on base.
"We cannot hit right now," said Kansas coach Dave Bingham. "We have the slowest bats I've ever seen. The kids are fighting it right now."
"((Southwest Missouri State) is an OK club, but not overwhelming. I thought we should have beaten them, but they were still winning and their bitching did a good job."
Senior Mike McLeod started the game for Kansas, pitching a no-hitter through the first three innings.
Jeff Kaiser opened the fourth inning with a home run for Southwest
Missouri State. The Bears scored four runs on five hits off of McLeod in that inning.
"We lost our pitching and catching concept in the middle of the inning and (they) turned it into a four-run inning." Bingham said.
The Bears added the winning run in the sixth inning on a Kaiser single after two walks. Kaiser went three for four in the contest.
Kansas tried to rally in the final three innings with back-to-back triples by juniors Troy Mentzer and Jeff Feldman. Mentzer innings but could not gain the lead
McLeod, 2-1, collected the loss for Kansas. Freshman Darien Harris, sophomore Steve Renko and junior Willie Pilched pitched in relief for the Jayhawks.
The loss was Kansas' fourth one-run defeat of the season.
Steve Patton, 1-0, was the game's winner.
"It doesn't do us any good to lose respectfully." Bingham said. "It's
still bad baseball.
Mentel led the Jayhawks, going two for four with one RBI. Senior Rocky Helm went one for four with an RBI, but he also got on base three other times because of a walk and two southwest Missouri State errors.
Kansas will try to break a fivegame losing streak at 7 p.m. Thursday against 15th-ranked Wichita State for sorority spirit night in Hogland-Maupin Stadium.
The Jayhawks beat the Shockers 10-1 in Lawrence on April 7 and lost 8-0 in Wichita on April 5.
"I'd like to see us have the guts to come out and win it. But it's been a tough season. Keeping them confident is the key."
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Kansas distance runner Craig Watcke is in sixth place on the all-time KU outdoor list in the 1500 meter run with a time of 3:46.66. He hopes to someday compete in the Olympics
Kansas distance runner Watcke happy he stayed with Jayhawks
By Keith Stroker
Kansan sportswriter
At 6-feet-2, 158 pounds, KU Junior Craig Watchek believed he did not have the frame to play with. So he turned to his big love, track
Watke took a roundabout route to come to Kansas. The Jayhawks did not recruit him initially, but Indiana and Ohio State did. The University of Kansas was highly regarded in track, so in November of 1894, Watke wrote to men's track coach Bob Timmons, requesting an opportunity to try out for the team.
come here."
That December, Timmons and a KU track assistant coach visited Watcke's home and described what Kansas had to offer. In February, Watcke visited Kansas and knew he wanted to attend.
"The weather was cold. About 65 degrees below zero was the wind chill". Watchek said. "It detracted from my visit somewhat, but it was Coach Timmons who impressed me enough to want to
Watkee was third in the nation in the two-mile run his senior year in high school. When he arrived at team practice, he was team team was young and inexperienced.
Watke did not run well at first, and he became frustrated.
"Between Christmas of '85 and spring break of '86, I seriously considered transferring to another school," Watcke said. "I went home over the holidays and talked it over with my parents. I wasn't happy with the situation in Lawrence."
Timmons phoned Watchek, trying to get him to return to KU. After a long discussion, Watchek said, he needed the all-important decision to stay.
"I would have been very unassap pointed if I'd have left," Watche said. "I can't imagine where I'd be without Coach Timmons."
Watkee has steadily improved since that time. This season may be his best yet.
At the UCLA Quadrangular Saturday, Watche ran a 3:46.66 in the 1,500-meter run, ranking him sixth on the all-time KU outdoor list. He beat his old record by 29 seconds. Former Kansas All-American Jim Ryun holds the record at 3:33.34 which he set in 1967 in Los Angeles
Watcke set a KU indoor record
in the 3,000-meter race at 8:09:21 at the Big Eight Conference Indoor Championships in Lincoln, Neb. At that meet, he also ran a 4:08:57 in the mile, breaking his previous best mark of 4:09 set at the 1987 Big Eight indoor meet.
"Coach Timmons has really helped me to strengthen my running ability," Watcke said. "I've been improving with each meet, and my ultimate goal is to make the Olympic team. It is always on the back of my mind, and I think about it everyday."
Timmons thinks that Watcke has been a strong leader for the distance runners this season.
"Craig is the captain of the cross country team and is a real inspiration," Timmons said. "I have great feelings about him. He has made tremendous improvement here and is running very well. He is very versatile athlete and one who is a real asset for our squad."
Watke plans to graduate in May of 1989 with a degree in political science. He said he always wanted to attend law school but if he doesn't, he will pursue a graduate degree in exercise science.
"I would really like to coach track on the collegiate level some day," Watcke said. "It would be great to coach here, but it really wouldn't matter to me."
HELP WITH RELAYS: About 500 KU students are needed to assist in officiating the 63rd annual Kansas Relays, April 20-23 at Memorial Stadium. Students are most needed April 20-22 from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m., and students can work any part of that time. Student officials will assist in timing, judging and finishes. Also,
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GOLFERS FINISH THIRD: The Kansas women's golf team finished third
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