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Monday, April 4, 1988 / University Daily Kansan
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Jayhawks overpower Duke 66-59 in semifinals
By Elaine Sung
Kansan sportswriter
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas finally got the revenge it wanted against Duke on Saturday night.
They temporarily brushed away the bad memories from the 1966 Final Four and the loss earlier this season and stormed out to a 14-10 lead.
The Jayhawks did it convincingly, too, pulling away to win the first National Semifinal of the NCAA tournament 66-59 at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Mo.
"The kids felt they could win," said KU coach Larry Brown. "They honestly believed they could win, and we started the game with that mentality. We proved to Duke in the beginning that we could play with them."
The stunned Blue Devils could not recover in the first half. Duke forward Danny Ferry relived what Kansas forward Danny Manning had gone through in 1986, launching brick after brick in the beginning.
"They came out and attacked us," said Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski. "I think our kids did a great job in the second half to put us back in the game. I am not disappointed in our game. I just wish we had started out earlier. We were a little tentative."
It was both an emotionally and physically draining game. Toward the end, both teams started dragging. When it was over, the Jayhawks celebrated, but did so wearly. Just two hours later, Kansas found out it would play Big Eight champion Oklahoma in the finals tonight.
"This is the most tired we've ever been after a game," said forward Chris Piper, who finished with 10
points and six rebounds. "We've never had such an emotional game." The coaches kept telling us to go down the court at a full sprint, but that was our full sprint. It was more like a jog."
The game started off very much like the one played in Lawrence in February. Kansas landed six straight baskets, two of them three-pointers by forward Milt Newton, who finished with 20 points and seven rebounds. Duke center AlaA Abdelnaby stopped the scoring run at 15:13 with a hook shot, but the Jayhawks' lead grew to 16, the largest of the game, when guard Scooter Barry sank the back end of a one-and-one for a 18-2 score.
"When you look up at the scoreboard and you see how big the lead is, you know you're fighting an uphill battle," Ferry said. "We fought it, but we didn't win it."
The rampage continued until the score stood at 24-6. The Blue Devils started a slow comeback, led by guard Kevin Strickland, who finished the night with 10 points and six rebounds. Strickland scored six of those points late in the first half. Forward Greg Koubek's three-pointer brought Duke back within 12, and forward Robert Brickey's slam cut the lead to 10.
on the team Newton and Manning, who led the team with 25 points, 10 rebounds, six blocked shots and four steals, each contributed four points in the last five minutes and increased Kansas' lead to 15. But with .47 left in the half, Ferry tossed an over-the-shoulder pass to Brickey, who managed to lay it up for a basket.
Guard Quin Snyder drove in for the last basket of the half, and Kansas went into halftime with an 11-point lead, 38-27. Snyder was held to only nine points on Saturday night, in contrast to his 21 points in Lawrence earlier this season.
The Jayhawks did not let up in the second half, outscoring the Blue Devils the first four minutes 8-2 for another 16-point lead.
But Duke found its game and started a comeback to cut Kansas' lead to three twice, outscoring the Jayhawks 16-5.
Strickland started it with a layup at 15:29, and Snyder followed it with a jump shot and less than a minute later.
Ferry, who recovered and finished the night with 19 points and 12 rebounds, had six straight points and brought the game back within 10. Koubek's jumper with 11:58 cut it down to eight, and his three-pointer a minute later brought it down to seven after Manning's hook shot.
Kansas had turned the ball over only eight times in the first half, but the second half was a different story with 13 turnovers. Duke, which had nine in the first half, committed only seven in the second half.
With the score 55-46, Ferry hit a shot shot from the right side with less than six minutes in the game. Strickland retrieved the ball after Kansas turned it over and dunked it off a fast break. Duke forced a second consecutive turnover, and Ferry took advantage of another fast break opportunity to slam it in, cutting the Jayhawks lead to three.
See JAYHAWKS, p. 12, col. 1
Kansas 66 Duke 59
Kansas
| | M | FG | FT | R | A | T | TP |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Newton | 32 | 8-14 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 20 |
| Piper | 29 | 3-4 | 4-4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| Manning | 39 | 12-21 | 1.4 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| Pritchard | 36 | 2-4 | 1.2 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| Barry | 9 | 1-1 | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Barry | 27 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Normore | 11 | 0-0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Harris | 15 | 0-0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Medox | 1 | 0-0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Medox | 1 | 0-0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 200 | 28-52 | 12-15 | 36 | 16 | 1 | 66 |
Percentages: FG: 500, FT: 800. Three-point goals: 2-4 (Newton 2, Newton 3, Biernip, Pritchard). Turnovers: 21 (Manning 7, Barry 3, Guelner 2, Newton 2, Normore 2, Piper 2, Pritchard 2, Harre). Stals: 9 (Manning 4, Newton, Normore, Piper). Technicals: None.
Duke
| | M | FG | FT | R | A | F | TP |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Ferry | 36 | 7-22 | 4-4 | 14 | A | 4 | 19 |
| King | 26 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Brickey | 27 | 1-9 | 2-5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Snyder | 28 | 4-10 | 1-2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| Strickland | 35 | 5-13 | 0-6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| Smith | 16 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Anderson | 16 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Abdelenbaïn | 12 | 1-2 | 2-4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Koubek | 16 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Totals | 200 | 23-67 | 10-17 | 19 | 3 | 19 | 59 |
**Percentages:** FG: 343, FT: 588. Team rebounds: 4. Three-point goals: 3-14 (Quail). Fourth-point goals: 2-7 (Blocked Shots: 5) (Strikingland 2, Abdelnahem, Brickley, King). Turnovers: 16 (Snyder 5, Brickley, 3, King 3, Perry 5, Henderson 2, Kidd 3, King 3, Perry 2, Brickley, King). Technicals: None.
Half: Kansas 38-27. Officials: Turner, Burr,
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KU wins despite nightmare of 1986 loss
Kansan sportswriter
By Elaine Sung
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Jayhawks have a policy of concentrating on one game at a time. They play each match as if it were their last.
But this next game is their last. The Oklahoma Sooners will play Kansas with the national title at stake. For most of the Jayhawks, it is only the last game of a surprising season. For forward Danny Manning, it is the last of his collegiate career.
ro get there, Kansas had to battle Duke, a team that the Jayhawks had lost to three times already. There was the heart-breaking loss in the 1968 Final Four where Manning scored only four points. There was this past February, where a Kansas rally
sent the game into overtime, but the Jayhawks couldn't hold on and lost 74-70. Kansas also lost to Duke in the 1985 National Invitational Tournament in New York City.
This time, they were determined to change that. Kansas turned the tables on the Blue Devils, running a stifling defense so well that it held Duke to only 27.9 percent field-goal shooting in the second half, and the Jahayhawks won 66-59.
"I think we did turn it around a little, but we did not turn it around enough," said Duke coach Mike
Manning pushed away the nightmare of 1986 and scored 25 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. He startled Duke with four steals and six blocked shots. His tip-in with just over 2 minutes left in the game was a key part in overcoming a late surge by the Blue Devils.
Krzyzewski. "Manning had a lot to do with it. When it got close, he was the difference."
Manning had sympathy for Duke forward Danny Ferry, who shot only 32 percent from the field, although he managed a total of 19 points that included four free throws and a three-pointer.
minds and a woman I knew how he was feeling, because in 1986 I didn't shoot well, either." Manning said.
The other key player was Milt Newton, whose two three-pointers in the first 6 minutes helped get Kansas off to a 14-0 lead.
Kansas when we came out in the first half, our intensity was at full tilt. Piper said "Milt was hitting some unbelievable shots. He's playing with such confidence right now."
back in the second half with a slam
duck and a three-point play, maintain-
ing a 16-point lead with 14:06 to
play.
The Jayhawks' lead dwindled to 11 by halftime, but Newton came
practice.
"Milt came out on fire and relaxed. That was a big factor." said Kansas coach Larry Brown. "We needed someone to come out with confidence. Milt came ready to play, and he hit some big shots early on."
Newton started the season playing the role of sixth man, coming off the bench behind senior forward Archie Marshall. But Marshall injured his knee playing against St. John's in December, and Newton finally got his chance to shine.
He is one of Kansas' key rebounders and is known for his
See NIGHTMARE, p. 12, col. 1
In the battle of the Dannys, Kansas' Danny Manning blocks a shot put up by Duke's Danny Ferry. Manning blocked six shots in Saturday's game against the Blue Devils.
Oklahoma forward Harvey Grant shoots over Arizona's Craig McMillan. The Sooners beat the Wildcats 86-78 in the semifinals of the NCAA Final Four Saturday.
Joe Wilkins/KANSAN
KU fans recall the celebration after '52 NCAA championship
By Elaine Woodford
It was 1:30 a.m., and students huddled nervously around their radios, listening to the final seconds of the NCAA championship game in Seattle.
The year was 1952, and the Kansas Jayhawks, led by super senior Clyde Lovellette, swept to an 80-63 victory over St. John's.
Kansan staff writer
Although the times were different, KU students had the same enthusiasm then as students do now.
Clarkson said students today didn't have more enthusiasm than their counterparts of 36 years ago. There are just more students now.
After the game, the campus went wild. It was the first and only NCAA championship for KU to date and the last for a Big Eight Conference team.
last for a Big Eagle Concert.
About 209 carloads of students drove on the sidewalks in front of Strong Hall and Watson Library.
ricken Clarkson, a Sports Illustrated photographer, was a photographer with the Kansan in 1952. Clarkson traveled to Seattle with the team and remembers the celebration when he arrived with the team in Lawrence.
while more cars lined up along Memorial Drive. Four hundred students snaked their way down to Massachusetts Street. Lawrence police tried to control the screaming crowd, which was chanting, "No classes tomorrow!" Nobody went to classes the next day although they were not canceled.
The numbers were smaller then. In 1952, KU enrollment was 8.253 students, and a celebration road trip to Westport wasn't considered. But students did flock to their favorite nightspots: the Jayhawk Cafe, the Wagon Wheel Cafe and the Dine-A-Mite Inn. The celebration didn't stop until almost 4 a.m.
To welcome home the heroes, a rally and parade were planned for 10 p.m. Thursday, March 27.
raymond Nichols, chancellor emeritus, said the team finally arrived back in Lawrence at 3 a.m. to be welcomed at a rally by thousands of cheering students.
Nichols said, "I went down to the rally, because I thought I'd never have the chance to see something like it again."
again. When the team bus was spotted 15
minutes outside Lawrence, every whistle, siren and bell in Lawrence was sounded. The parade began down Massachussets Street, with the team riding in a fire truck driven by Lovellette. All the team members were named honorary firefighters, and Lovellette was the honorary fire chief.
"Clyde Lovellette was honorary fire chief because it was known that he wanted to be a firefighter," Nichols said.
Coach Forrest C. "Phog" Allen and Chancellor Franklin Murphy also took part in the parade, riding in convertibles, Chancellor Murphy had signed onto the team plane to Seattle as the team physician, so he could be with the Javhaws all the way.
Students were able to let the rules slide. Sororities and women's residence halls had closing hours, which meant the doors to the houses and halls were locked 10:30 p.m. on weekdays and midnight on weekends.
But for the big rally planned for the next day, the closing hours were extended to 30 minutes after the rally ended.
The Championship Game
Kansas
Jayhawks
DOACH: Larry Brown
record: 26-11
Oklahoma
Sooners COACH: Billy Tubbs Record: 35-3
PROBABLE STARTERS
| | PPG | | | PPG |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| F-24 Chris Plie | 68° | 5.1 | F-25 Harvey Grant | 68° 21.1 |
| F-21 Milton Newton | 64° | 11.5 | F-43 Dave Sleger | 65° 10.6 |
| C-25 Danny Manning | 610° | 24.6 | F-34 Stacey King | 610° 22.4 |
| G-33 Jeff Guildner | 65° | 3.9 | G-10 Mookie Blaylock | 60° 16.4 |
| G-14 Kevin Pritchard | 63° | 10.6 | G-14 Ricky Grace | 61° 14.8 |
Sports Briefs
COVERAGE: Game time 8:12 tonight, at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Mo. The contest will be televised on CBS, WIBW- TV channel 13 and KCTV-TV channel 5. The game will be broadcast on the Jayhawk Sports Network, KLZR 106 FM.
NCAA LEADERS: Danny Manning is second in scoring during the NCAA basketball tournament. Through Saturday's semifinals, Manning has accumulated 132 points, outscored only by Oklahoma's Stacey King, who has 135. Manning is fourth in rebounding with 38. He is tied with Jayhawks for Milton Newton. Kansas forward Chris Piper is tied for eighth with 34 rebounds.
Kansas had more players in the two categories than any other Final Four team. Oklahoma's Harvey Grant is fourth in the scoring category, with 100 points for the tournament. He and King are the only two Sooners to make the rebounding chart. King is second behind Duke's Danny Ferry with 45 rebounds and Grant is tied with Piper and Tom Tolbert of Arizona with 34.