University Daily Kansan / Friday, March 25, 1988
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Sports
Kansas and Vanderbilt will face off in Silverdome
By Elaine Sung
Kansan sports writer
One year ago, the Kansas Jayhawks made it to the regional semifinals of the NCAA basketball tournament before they lost to Georgetown 70-57.
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Tonight, Kansas goes into the Midwest Regional semifinals with a 23-11 record and faces Vanderbilt of the Southeastern Conference at 6:40 in the Pontiac. Mich., Silverdove.
The No. 7 seed Commodores, 20-10,
upset No. 2 seed Pittsburgh 80-74 in
overtime Sunday to reach the
regional semifinals.
North Kansas and Vanderbilt flew to Pontiac Wednesday night in order to have more time to practice in the domed arena.
We're very much like Kansas. We have a fine center in Will, but we don't live or die by him. It's really more of a team than a bunch of individuals.'
Kansas isn't too familiar with the Commodores. The two teams have met twice, once in 1972 and again in 1973, and Kansas lost both times.
C. M. Newton
Vanderbilt basketball coach
Vanderbilt coach C.M. Newton has
kept an eye on the Jayhawks throughout the season, especially on guard Kevin Pritchard.
Kansas and the Commodores both vied for Pritchard's attentions when they tried to recruit him his senior year at Tulsa (Okk). Edison high school, with a fierce battle, but Newton is hoping the Commodores can win the one tonight.
"We're just working on ourselves, trying to be at the top of our game," he said. "We watched Kansas in Lincoln, and we're really impressed. They were better than I thought they were. If we both play well, it should
be a heck of a game."
Newton had not expected his team to make it this far in the tournament, especially after going on a down swing in the latter part of the regular season.
"It's a surprise, but we knew we could play with these teams," he said. "But it's not like we had it before." We observations in Pont-Aix or anything."
Newton compared the lineups of the two teams, especially the roles of Vanderbilt seven-foot center Will Perdue and Kansas' Danny Manning.
have a fine center in Will, but we don't live or die by him," Newton said. "It's really more of a team than a bunch of individuals."
"We're very much like Kansas. W
Because of Perdue's size, Kansas coach Larry Brown has decided to use the 6-10 Manning against Perdue instead of 6-8 forward Chipper Piper.
The only concern is that Manning could get into foul trouble, something that Brown said concerned him.
"We can't afford it, and that's a concern, but it might be a really tough matchup for Pipe," Brown said.
Kansas has been working on the zone to stop Perdue and will depend on outside shooters Pritchard, Milt Newton and Jeff Gueldner to step in if Manning is closed in by the zone.
NCAA Midwest Regionals
Kansas
Jayhawks
COACH: Larry Brown
Record: 23-11
Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt Commodores
COACH: C.M. Newton
Record: 20-10
PROBABLE STARTERS
| | PPG | | PPG |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| F-24 Chris Piper | 6'8" | 4.8 | F-34 Frank Kornet | 6'8" | 6.5 |
| F-21 Milton Newton | 6'4" | 11.2 | F-52 Eric Reid | 6'9" | 6.6 |
| C-25 Danny Manning | 6'10" | 24.4 | F-32 Will Perdle | 70'0" | 18.4 |
| G-33 Jeff Gueldern | 6'5" | 4.2 | G-4 Barry Booker | 6'3" | 10.5 |
| G-14 Kevin Pritchard | 6'3" | 10.8 | G-12 Barry Goheen | 6'3" | 12.7 |
COVERAGE: Game time 6:40 tonight, at the Silverdome in Poti-
tiac, Mich. The contest will be televised on CBS, WIBW-TV
channel 13 and KCTV-TV channel 5. The game will be broadcast
on the Jawhay Sports Network, KLZR 106 FM.
KANSAN/Knight-Ridder Graphic
OU's Grant and King power Sooners to the regional final
The Associated Press
Harvey Grant scored 34 points and Stacey King 24 as four-ranked Oklahoma won a fast-paced shootout over Louisville with a 108-98 victory in the NCAA Southeast Regional last night.
The Sooners, topping the 100-point mark for the 20th time this season, surged to an early 11-point lead in the second half, saw Louisville close to 76-74 midway through the half and then pulled away again.
It was the seventh victory in a row and the 19th in 20 games for the Sooners, 33-3, who will face Villanova in the regional title game tomorrow for a berth in next week's Final Four in Kansas City, Mo.
Grant hit his first six shots of the second half, including, the team's first four baskets, helping build a 64-53 lead with 17:22 to play.
Villanova 80. Kentucky 74
Doug West and Mark Plansky keyed a late first-half run, giving Plansky the lead and points. Plansky scored seven and West four in a 14-3 burst in the last 4:30 of
Villanova, the lone Big East representative remaining from the six that started the tournament turned aside favored Kentucky with a nearly flawless performance. The Wildcats were flawless at the free throw line, hitting all 17 foul shots.
the half, creating a 43-32 lead. Villanova, 24-12, built its lead to 19-36 early in the second half and withstood a pair of surges that twice helped Kentucky, 27-6, get within four points.
"We have referred to coming back to the same arena, and there's a feeling of confidence in that," he said. "But I don't think that's a relevant issue anymore. This team has established its own identity."
Rex Chapman had 30 points, including five three-point baskets, for Kentucky, the SEC champion. West led Villanova with 20 points.
Duke 73. Rhode Island 72
The ACC champion Blue Devils ended Rhode Island's upset run as Kevin Strickland scored 11 of his 12-10 second-half points during a 22-10 spurt. The Blue Devils, who held an 13-point lead in the first half, had fallen behind 51-46 before their run.
Rhode Island, 28-7, surprised Missouri and Syracuse in the subregional. But the Rams couldn't stop Danny Ferry, who had 17 points and 12 rebounds for Duke, which is seeking its sixth trip to the Final Four.
"At the start of the second half, we were playing like we were waiting for something to happen instead of making something happen," Duke coach Mike Krzeryowski said. "But we played winning basketball the last 10
minutes. We made a lot of good decisions."
Carlton Owens, who made a three-pointer with 7 seconds to go, getting Rhode Island within the final margin, scored 19 points. The Blue Devils held Tom Garrick, who had averaged 30 points in five postseason games with two in this tournament and three in the Atlantic 10 journey, to 14.
"This team isn't Danny Ferry and four clowns." Rams coach Tom Penders said of Duke. "They proved that tonight."
Temple 69, Richmond 47
Temple, the champions of the Atlantic 10, now has posted progressively bigger wins in the tournament. The Owls beat Leigh by 14 points in the opening round, knocked off Georgetown 74-53 in the next round and routed唐重 by 22.
Both teams pitted their half-court offenses against similar matchup zones for the first 20 minutes, with the defenses having the upper hand most of the time.
The Owls trailed only once in the game, and that 4-2 deficit quickly was wiped out when they ran off seven straight, with Mike Vreesywk hitting a three-pointer between baskets by Ramon Rivas and Mark Macon.
Sports Briefs
FORMER TRACK STARS RETURN:
For the second year in a row, former Kansas track stars will return to Memorial Stadium for an alumni meet, beginning at 12:30 p.m. tomorrow.
Kansas assistant coach Steve Kuefer said there was a good turnout last year despite the poor weather conditions.
"We had to move last year's meet to Anschutz (Sports Pavilion) because of the weather. This year, we expect good weather conditions," he said.
Kueffer said that anyone could attend the meet, which will run most
Alumni who will attend include jumpers Jay Reardon and Mark Hanson, high-jumper Paul Titus, decathletes Owen Buckley and Steve Rainbolt, spinner Rodney Bullock and pole-vaulter Tad Scales. Several track alumni also will be coming to watch the action.
"It is a very low-key meet, for the most part," Kueffer said. "Some of the alumi get into heated battles, but it is all in fun."
KU RUBGY THIS WEEKEND: The KU Rugby Club will play two games this weekend. The Jayhawks, 3-1, will play the Topeka Rugby Club at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow in Topeka and against Oklahoma Sunday at 1:30 p.m. at Shenk Complex, 23rd and Iowa streets.
After the meet, there will be a alumni-only pizza reception to honor
KU TENNIS WILL TRAVEL: The Kansas women's tennis team will travel to Champaign, Ill., this weekend. The Jayhawks play northern Illinois tonight, Illinois tomorrow and Marquette on Sunday. The women's record is 12-3. Kansas opens Big Eight competition against Kansas State on April 15.
EX-JAYHAWK COACH HIRED: Former Kansas secondary coach Lou West has been hired by the University of Cincinnati. West will serve in a similar position at Cincinnati, West, 34, a defensive back before his 1977 graduation from Cincinnati, replaces Tony DeBiase as secondary coach. He has also coached at Minnesota, Middle Tennessee and Arizona Western Junior College.
Stadium. Kansas will play Emporia State at 1 p.m. tomorrow at Hoglund-Maupin Stadium. The Jayhawks will travel to Omaha Sunday to play Creighton.
Kansas outfieldier Mike Byrn (right) celebrates after hitting the first of his two home runs against Missouri Western. The Javahawk beat Western 23-2 last night at Hoglund-Maupin
Happy 'Hawk
Athletic officials bar Zola Budd from U.S. competitions
LONDON — Zola Budd's controversial running career was plunged into further confusion yesterday when the South African-born naturalized Briton was at the center of a dispute over her eligibility to compete in the United States.
The Associated Press
A week after withdrawing from Saturday's World Cross-Country Championships at Auckland, New Zealand, amid allegations that she broke international rules by competing in her homeland last year, Budd.
21. effectively was barred from competing in the United States.
British track officials were furious. "This is totally out of order," said British Amateur Athletic Board secretary William Hobson, a directive sent to The Athletics Congress, the governing body for track and field in the United States.
"It smacks of a suspension. As far as we are concerned, Zola is perfectly entitled to take part. We are extremely angry."
TAC said Wednesday that it had
been told by the International Amateur Athletic Federation, the world governing organization, not to let Budd compete in the United States pending a hearing April 15 on her worldwide status and eligibility.
It said a letter from IAAF General Secretary John Holt stated that the BAAB "could not guarantee Zola Budd's eligibility following her activities in South Africa in 1987."
"Without this permit," Holt said, "any participation by the athlete is against IAAF rules, and we ask you
to notify meeting organizers of this fact."
The directive means that Budd, who became a British citizen in 1984 and ran in the Los Angeles Olympics, would be unable to compete Sunday in a 10-kilometer road race in New York. It was the only race she had entered during a U.S. trip.
The directive a runner purported to be Budd at a meet in Brakpan, Transvaal, was South African Agnes Berger, 17.
The Associated Press
U.S. Olympian helps Rangers defeat Oilers
NEW YORK — U.S. Olympian Brian Leech scored his first NHL goal and assisted on another in a five-gate first period, leading the New York Rangers to a 6-1 victory over the Edmonton Oilers last night.
The victory solidified the Rangers' hold on the fourth and final playoff spot in the Patrick Division, where they lead Pittsburgh over five points. The Rangers have five games left, and the Penguins have six.
The game was marred by an injury to referee Dave Newell, who was hurt when he fell awkwardly to the ice while jumping to avoid a clearing pass by Edmonton goal-tender Grant Fuhr early in the first period. Newall had to be carried off on a stretcher.
The game was held up about 10 minutes before Newell was taken to Lenox Hill Hospital "conscious but feeling weak," a Rangers spokesman said.
Linesman Ray Scapinello took over as referee with Mark Vines working as the lone linesman for the rest of the period until Pat Dapuzoo, who lives in the area, arrived at the start of the second period.
The loss snapped the Oliers' five-game unbeaten streak and their six-game winning streak against the Rangers.
The Rangers put the game away in the first 20 minutes and matched their highest single-period output of the season.
Don Maloney deflected Lucien DeBlois' shot past Fuhr at 1.90 and Leech made it 2-0 at 3:02 when he fired a 50-footer from the deep slot that beat Fuhr high on the glove side.
Leetch, captain of the U.S. Olympic team, had six assists in 11 previous games since joining the Rangers.
Tomas Sandstrom scored from the slot at 5:06 to give the Rangers a 3-0 lead just before Newell was injured.