14 Monday, March 7, 1988 / University Daily Kansan KU season. full of twists and turns, draws to close editor's note: This is the first of a tour-series reviewing the different aspects of the 1987-88 Kansas men's basketball season. By Elaine Sung Kansan sports writer Back in October, spirits were high as 16,000 Kansas men's basketball fans jammed into Allen Field House to welcome in the 1987-88 season with another session of "Late Night with Larry Brown." Kansas had received high pre-season rankings from most of the nation's leading basketball publication. No. 7 spot by the Associated Press. The Jayhawks looked good on paper. They had no reason to expect anything else but an excellent season. Although losing Mark Turgeon and Cedric Hunter had made the guard position a weak spot, Kansas had 10 players returning. There was senior forward Chris Piper, the stabilizer of the team. Kevin Pritchard, who had started 30 out of 36 games last season, was likely to start off at shooting guard, where he had averaged nearly 10 points a game. And of course, there was Danny Manning, who was being touted as this year's likely national player-of-the-year. Brown had recruited some big in- ternational teams and take some pressure off Mignogna. He had gone to the junior college ranks to find Marvin Branch, a 6-10 center out of Barton County Community College. Branch originally had signed with Pittsburgh, but was released from his letter-of-intent there and chose to play for Kansas instead. There were also two juco recruits at the guard position, junior Otis Livingston and Lincoln Minor, the latter described as "mutty as a fruitcake." *Best of all, there was senior forward Archie Marshall, returning from a knee injury suffered in 1986 playing against Duke in the Final Four. He had been redshirted last season in order to rehabilitate the knee. The team, especially Manning, was estatic at having him back. "I had thought that by this time, would be a team that people would mention as a possibility for the national championship," Brown said. "That was the way we approached the season." Suddenly, Kansas' dreams of being a nationally-ranked team deflated like a punctured balloon. The season had notes of trouble from the very beginning. It started off with the first day of practice in October, when Joe Young, a 6-7 forward from Dodge City Community College, was declared academically ineligible. As a transfer, Young did not have the 48 hours necessary to compete, a requirement the University had failed to check. Young stayed for the fall semester, but transferred in bitterness to Washburn University in Topeka where he will complete his remaining two years of eligibility. In November, the team went to Hawaii again for the Maui Classic. And again, the Jayhawks came out struggling with a 1-2 record. Piper was having a hard time as well. He received arthroscopic surgery which corrected a knee injury, but still had to cope with a nagging groin injury which could only be corrected with surgery. He was adamant at playing the rest of his senior season and chose to delay the necessary surgery. Meanwhile, Brown was having problems with the point-guard position. He had been starting Minor for the first seven games. In December, playing against Appalachian State, Livingston was banned from the second half of the game after talking back to Browd. Oddly enough, two games later, he started his first game for Kansas against North Carolina State, and stayed as a starter for eight out of the next 10 games. The emotional pit of the season came Dec. 20 against St. John's. Never mind that the Jayhawks lost the game. Far more important was losing Marshall again to a knee injury, this time for good. Brown broke down on the bench for the first time in his career. It was a spiritual hole that would not be filled until the last game of the season, when Marshall appeared for a scant seven seconds against Oklahoma State. The actual nightmare with the roster changes did not start until after the new year had started. It began with a loss to Iowa State in Ames. It was the first game without Marvin Branch, who was declared academically ineligible that morning. Brown, Piper and Manning had never won in Ames, and this would be the seniors' last chance at it. It was not to be. The game had showed an inkling of the doubt and readjusting the team would go through before it could turn around and look up again in confidence. The Jayhawks took a breather with a break in the conference season with a 95-69 victory against Division II Hampton. The real problems showed against Notre Dame. In another road loss, Kansas gave up a first half lead, and returned to Lawrence wondering just what could pull them out. Nebraska did not do anything to help, a last-second shot by freshman forward Beau Reid defeated the Jayhawks 70-68. Brown considered it the most disappointing game by far. "It was not so much losing the game, but it was the way we lost it." The Jayhawks hit another low when Kansas State defeated the Jayhawks, breaking the 55-game home court winning streak in Allen Field House. At that point of the season, the Wildcats were on a roll and the Jayhawks were floundering, trying to find the stability that was missing. Kansas knew the Streak had to end sometime. Losing to the hated intrastate rival was humiliation in itself. But having them break the Streak was even worse. A quiet sadness pervaded the Kansas locker room after the game. Some of the assistants openly had tears in their eyes, and the players dressed with an air of resigned acceptance that it was over. Manning, who had never liked dealing with the press after games, had nothing to say after the loss. He merely walked out of the locker room. Pritchard was in the corner publicly blaming himself. The Streak had been getting louder. The losing streak continued into the next game, when Oklahoma descended upon the field house. The high-scoring, fast-talking, poll-climbing Sooners had hoped for the chance to break the Streak, but K-State had already done that. Kansas lost to seventh-ranked Oklahoma 65-73, but an eight-point margin. Far worse than the defeat, however, was the injury to Mike Masucci early in the second half. The 6-10 freshman forward suffered a concussion after Manning elbowed him in the forehead. He stayed overnight in the hospital, but still suffered headaches and sat out of practice for two days after doctors found a tiny crack in his forehead. Brown went into the Colorado game missing not only Masucci, but Harris as well. Harris had missed two practices as well due to personal problems and would not play against the Buffaloes. But that was before Branch was taught to form problems and miscellany Musselgi jacu The 6-10 senior was redshirted this year when Brown decided he had enough tall men to warrant storing Alvarado and Mark Randall away. It was a near-panic situation. Only nine players would be able to suit up against Colorado; only three of them were taller than 6-5. Alvarado had practiced with the team all season, but had not been in a game situation since last year. Once he took off the warm-up suit and checked in at the scorers' table, there could be no turning back. Fortunately for him and the team, Kansas' victory over Colorado marked the beginning of the turnaround. The Jayhawks won four straight conference games, taking revenge on earlier losses to Iowa State and Nebraska. Joe Wilkins III/KANSAN By far the most satisfying in the winning streak was beating K-State for the last time in Ahearn Field House 64-63. Pritchard landed a three-pointer to take the lead in the last minute, and sophomore guard Jeff Gueldern, starting only his fourth collegiate game, grabbed the loose ball in the final seconds to secure the victory. It is Gueldner who is providing one of the surprises of the season. Brown has moved Pritchard to point guard, and Gueldner to the off-guard spot. He has started eight out of the last nine games, and out of those eight, Kansas has won seven of them. Even though the Jayhawks lost 74-70 to Duke in overtime, and then 95-87 to Oklahoma in Norman, they have won their final three games, pulling off a 20-10 overall season and finishing 9-5 in the Big Eight for the No. 3 seed going into the tournament. Although the season was not what Kansas coach Larry Brown and the Jayhawks had expected, Brown was pleased with the team's effort in its final stretch. Where they were 'on the bubble' just a month ago - doubtful for getting into the NCAA tournament - Kansas has renewed faith in itself and in the future. other," Randall said. "I don't think it was that we played badly, we just, weren't doing the little things to win the games. We were only losing some of the games by a couple of points. Now I think we're doing the little things that it takes to win." "All it was I think was the team needed time to get used to each Hadl returns to Kansas football staff as receivers coach Bv Tom Stinson Kansan sports writer Hadl was head coach for the Los Angeles Express of the defunct United States Football League from 1984-1985. Former Kansas All-American John Hadd will return to his alma mater to coach football, although not in the position he applied for in December. Mason was named to succeed Bob Valesente, who was fired in December. Despite alumni support, Hadi was passed over by the search committee after applying for the position. "There are no hard feelings." Hadl said. "In this business, sometimes you get the job and some times you don't. So heck no, there's no Head coach Glen Mason announced Friday that Hadl would coach wide receivers next season. Hadl coached quarterbacks and wide receivers for the Los Angeles Rams in 1982 and for the Denver Broncos in 1983. hard feelings. "It feels great to be back. This is my hometown and I wanted to get back here. I'm looking forward to getting back into coaching." He left the University after being linked to recruiting violations that ultimately led to NCAA sanctions against the Kansas program, including a two-year probation. This will be the second assistant coaching job for Hadl at Kansas. He was a member of Don Fambrough's staff from 1978-1981. happened years ago." When the NCAI put Kansas on probation, it included a condition that an assistant coach, that it did not name, would have no contact with the program for three years. NCAI enforcement director David Berst confirmed that Hadi was the coach involved. “(The violations) were never brought up by Glen.” Hadi said. “Only the press has brought it up. It’s behind me. A lot of things were involved at the time. It’s something that "When I made my decision known, most people laughed." Mason said. "They said, 'where did you come up with this one?' They want to know why I would hire someone more popular than I am. But I don't worry. I think John can be very instrumental in getting us where to go." The Associated Press supplied some information for this story. Shaw scores a career-high 33 points after injury By David Boyce Associate sports editor It was at then that the senior forward crumpled to the floor in pain. SALINA — With 14:55 left in the first half, it didn't appear that Sandy Shaw would score a career-high 33 points and lead the Jayhawks to an 87-84 victory. Shaw went to the sidelines having scored no points and was examined by Kansas athletic trainer Brenda Hess. She was then wrapped around her head. "She didn't hesitate to cut my hair." Shaw said. weave seconds later, with her hair a little shorter and a blood stain on the back of her neck. promptly hit a three-point shot that tied the score at 11. She finished the game going seven-for-eight from the three-point range. "I was a little dizzy," Shaw said, "but my shot felt really good." Nebraska coach Angela Beck credited Shaw for being a battler and playing the game of her life. "I have never seen her any better." Beck said. Offensively, Shaw agreed with that observation. But before the game, Shaw said she was nervous because she was coming off two games in which she didn't perform well offensive. "Once I got into the flow, though, I felt good," she said. Kansas coach Marian Washington said that Shaw had been in a slump the last two games and her offense definitely was needed. "The coaches said she would be on to tour and I am glad she was." Beck said she wasn't concerned that the bandage around Shaw's head might have been a motivator for Kansas. "We did not notice it." Beck said. "But I'm sure it gave Kansas an emotional lift. She got some good shots and it fired her team up." After the game, Shaw was all smiles despite news that she would have to have stitches soon after she left the Bicentennial Center in Salina. "It still stings a little," she said. The injury occurred when Shaw "I remember the Nebraska player playing tough defense when Deborah (Richardson) elbowed me in the head." Shaw said. "She already broke a teammate's nose in practice. I guess she has really strong elbows." received a pass and a teammate elbowed her in the head. She said she re-entered the game because she realized the team needed her to score. For the remainder of the first half she hit four three-pointers and finished the half with 19 points. Her last three-pointer in that half came when Nebraska held its biggest lead, 39-31, and appeared to be on the verge of breaking the game open. Jayhawks forced 20 turnovers while the Jay- hawks had 15. Continued from p. 12 Kansas had a 10-point halftime lead with the score 30-20. But the Jayhawks started the second half with three straight baskets. Piper's layup at 16:12 gave Kansas an 18-point advantage for a 42-24 score. Manning had two slam dunks within three minutes, both with assists by forward Milt Newton, who finished with 13 points and four rebounds. The second slam at 4:47 extended the Jayhawks' lead to 21, the biggest lead of the game. theUGWs, Oklahoma State's freshman scoring wonder, had a total of 21 points and nine rebounds. Kansas closed out the conference season 9-5 and 20-10 overall. The next step is the Big Eight tournament, which starts this Friday at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Mo. The third-seeded Jayhawks have less than a week to prepare for the first round, when they will meet Oklahoma State for the third time this season. The Cowboys finished 14-15 overall and 4-10 in the Big Eight to tie for sixth place with Nebraska. Because Oklahoma State defeated the Cornhuskers in both regular season games, Oklahoma State will receive the sixth seed. "That was a nice game. I just wish Archie made his three-pointer," Brown said. "It was a hard game to play and a hard game to coach. There was a lot of emotion involved. Swimmers Continued from p. 12 The Kansas men won two events in the championships, Trammel in the 200 backstroke and the medley relay. couple events." Big Eight Swimming Results at Lincoln, Neb. (All race distances in yards) Thursday 50; freestyle: 1, Hansen II, 18.09.9 Friday 46; freestyle: 2, Hansen II, 18.09.9 20.7.5, 4. Andrew Bills, KU, 20.7.7, W Saturday 46; freestyle: 3, Hansen II, 18.09.9 Team: 1. Nebraska 585 2. Kansas 524. 3. Iowa Steve, 390. Michigan, 170. penh, M.C. Kelley relay; 1, Kansas (Trammel, M.C. McMoon, M.C. Bindings), 3:18; mtl, M.C. McMoon, M.C. Bindings), 500 freestyle; 1, NJ. Nut, J.B. 4:28; Kruger, M.C. McMoon, M.C. Bindings), 6 200 individual mannequin, 1. lena UM, 150.38 kd, 2. lena BH, 150.38 kd, 3. Jeff Souch, KU, 181.41 k, 6. Told Neu- nber, 3. Jeff Souch, KU, 181.41 k, 6. Told Neu- nber Friday - 400 individual midway; 1, Ivvin, NU 3:57.22, 2, Kruger, NU 3:57.77, 3, Berry, NU 3:59.36, 4, Kalley, KU 4:01.57, 5, Matt Hell, KU 4:04.44 20 free essays! 1. Newmark NJ, NU 138-833 2. Jain NJ, NU 138-833 3. Cook NJ, NU 141-118 Cook NJ, 140-89, 5. Billington NJ, 141-118 100 butterfly; 1, Uishch, UISCH, 49.07.2, StuA, 3.98.3, Renl, NU50.24, MendelshuA, MendelshuA 100 base跑步 1, Hammett, ISU, 48.9. 2, Trommel, KU, 48.9.1. 3, Venue, ISU, 48.9.4. 4, Stout, KU 100 breast stroke to 1, Frampton, UK; 55,75 mm² 2. Record M.COU, KU; 56,82 mm², Neugut, UK; 3. Record M.COU, KU; 56,82 mm², Neugut, UK; Three-meter diver: M-1ayang, NU, 591 J 9:26. Dick 3.8. Butterfly, BIS, 508, 6.5. Andy花. KU, 481 J 9:26. Saturday ... 1650 freese laps. Knuger NJ, Nashville ... 1438 freese laps. Knuger NJ, Bell, NJ 15:37:34, Berry, KU 15:44:93, Bell, NJ 15:37:34, Berry, KU 15:44:93, 000 freebie relied: 1, Nebrausk, 6.3/14, meet record 2, Iowa State, 8.3/11, Kansas, 6.9/75 7. 8 mm簿片, KU, 45.92, 200 mm簿片, KU, 45.92, 300 mm簿片, KU, 150.56, 250 mm簿片, KU, 152.15, 3 Nüß, KU, 152.15, Nüß, KU, 12.4, Hell, KU 200 breast stroke: 1, Frampton, NJ; 202.877 Neugent, KJ; 204.8, 3, Irvine, NJ; 205.244 Neugent, KJ; 204.8, 3, Irvine, NJ; 205.764 400 treestyle swing: 1, Iowa State; 295.57 Nebrakua, 259.71; 3, Kanawa; 300.343 200 butterfly; 1, Suan U, 14, 18-8, 2 Hanley, MU 14, 8-18, A詹曼, NU, 15, 11-4, Dementiu, MU 14, 8-18, A詹曼, NU, 15, 11-4, Dementiu, MU 400 10629885 Basketball, UMass Amherst Smith, KU, 5-4-1 800 10629885 Basketball, UMass Amherst Smith, KU, 5-4-1 800 10629885 Basketball, UMass Amherst Smith, KU, 5-4-1 800 10629885 Basketball, UMass Amherst Smith, KU, 5-4-1 Bergman, KU, 600-800 Bergman, KU, 600-800 202. Individual maltay: 1, Kary Sellay, KU, 2016.AA; 3, Erin Emman, KU, JU; 4, Nevenhillvilt Nevenhillvilt Outstanding male performer — Eric Haneau, ISU Couch of the Year — Gary Kemp, KIU. Diving Coach — Michael J. McGinn. record 2, Kannas, 14-18, 19, 3, Iowa B (14-60) record 3, Kannas, 17-15, 18, 4, Minnesota B (15-70) record 3, 79-30, 59: see record 2, Missouri, F(74, 4, 4) record 4, Missouri, F(74, 4, 4) Thursday, 50 free firestakes: 1, Matherny, NU, 23.6.8, spray, KPU, 23.7.8, Susan Bloomfield, KAU, 23.8. * Team: 1, Kansas 715.8, 2, Nebraska 844, 3, Iowa State 322.9, 4, Missouri 236.0 Three-meter diving: 1. Cleannan, NU48. 62 points. 2. Dunn, NCU35. 6, Kelley Kusichter, KCU39. 3. Kuhn, UC39. 6, Kelley Kusichter, KCU39. Friday - 200 free厢 relay: 1, Kansas (Spy, Easton, Brown, Bloomfield). 1-94. 2. Nebraska. 3. Oklahoma. 100 butterfly; 1, Brown, KU; 56.03, 2, Barker, KU; 3, Eaton, UM; 67.22, 4, Baskell, CKU; 5, Hooker, UM 460 individual member 1, Smitty, KU, 42.44.68. 3, Kevin Fukuyama KU, 43.79.11. Jennifer Haymonets, Jenny Fukuyama KU, 43.79.11. Jennifer Haymonets, Hurley, UJ; 10:59.6, *E.*, Easton, UJ; 10:53.7, *Heather Heddy*, KU; 10:51.8, *Michael Heddy*, KU; 10:49.6, *Ukraine*, KU; 10:48.9, *Bloom*, KU; 10:48.9, *Bloom*, KU; 10:48.9, *Bloom*, KU; 10:48.9, *Bloom*, KU; 10:48.9, *Bloom*, KU; Saturday, 1,680 freestyle: 1, Smith, KU 10:34:45, marbles: 2, Jennifer KAU, KU 10:34:45, dancers: 2, Jennifer KAU, KU 1710.4b-3, 3.jobberck KO, KU-712, 200 backstroke 1, B Bergmann, MG-707.31.4, B Bergmann, MG-707.31.4, NU-209.21.4, 4. Hines KO, U127.3, Reyroldus, KI-212.6, 100 freestyle, 1. Snyi KO, KI-74.2, Bloomfield 300 breech stroke long. 580 300 breast stroke short. 1,025 H. Hurley N: 22:58 S. 3 (the Eternian, KU, and Adam) S: 26:58 S. 200 freezies! 1, Strym, KU, 183/192, 2, Sawal, KU 185/121, 3, Brum, UU, 1-82/74, 5, OHL, KU 186/113, 4, Brum, UU, 1-82/74 Fisher, KU, 21-07.3, S. Reynolds, KU, 21-02.3 Bloomfield, KU, 21-07.3, S. Reynolds, KU, 21-02.3 Bloomfield, KU, 21-07.3, S. Reynolds, KU, 21-02.3 M. Salerno, KU, 52-03, M. Salerno, KU, 52-03 300 butterfly; 1. Brown K.U. 2.0/3.2, Castillo 3.6; 2.8; 3.7; Eaton M.U. 9.1/4.1, Casul, K.U. 8.1; 8.4; 8.5; 8.6; 8.7; 8.8; 8.9; 8.10; 8.11; 8.12; 8.13; 8.14; 8.15; 8.16; 8.17; 8.18; 8.19; 8.20; 8.21; 8.22; 8.23; 8.24; 8.25; 8.26; 8.27; 8.28; 8.29; 8.30; 8.31; 8.32; 8.33; 8.34; 8.35; 8.36; 8.37; 8.38; 8.39; 8.40; 8.41; 8.42; 8.43; 8.44; 8.45; 8.46; 8.47; 8.48; 8.49; 8.50; 8.51; 8.52; 8.53; 8.54; 8.55; 8.56; 8.57; 8.58; 8.59; 8.60; 8.61; 8.62; 8.63; 8.64; 8.65; 8.66; 8.67; 8.68; 8.69; 8.70; 8.71; 8.72; 8.73; 8.74; 8.75; 8.76; 8.77; 8.78; 8.79; 8.80; 8.81; 8.82; 8.83; 8.84; 8.85; 8.86; 8.87; 8.88; 8.89; 8.90; 8.91; 8.92; 8.93; 8.94; 8.95; 8.96; 8.97; 8.98; 8.99; 8.10; 8.11; 8.12; 8.13; 8.14; 8.15; 8.16; 8.17; 8.18; 8.19; 8.20; 8.21; 8.22; 8.23; 8.24; 8.25; 8.26; 8.27; 8.28; 8.29; 8.30; 8.31; 8.32; 8.33; 8.34; 8.35; 8.36; 8.37; 8.38; 8.39; 8.40; 8.41; 8.42; 8.43; 8.44; 8.45; 8.46; 8.47; 8.48; 8.49; 8.50; 8.51; 8.52; 8.53; 8.54; 8.55; 8.56; 8.57; 8.58; 8.59; 8.60; 8.61; 8.62; 8.63; 8.64; 8.65; 8.66; 8.67; 8.68; 8.69; 8.70; 8.71; 8.72; 8.73; 8.74; 8.75; 8.76; 8.77; 8.78; 8.79; 8.80; 8.81; 8.82; 8.83; 8.84; 8.8 moved to dorm room 1; Kauzarchik, K40.1, meet resident 2; A. Ansan, K46.75, 3. Sburry, K48. 1. M. Ansan, K46.75, 3. Sburry, K48. 1. M. Ansan, K46.75, 3. Sburry, K48. 400 fretless relay: 1, Nebraska, 3.274.4, 2. Canada, 3.129.3, 8.5, United State, 3.492.4 Outstanding female performer -- Barbara Ann Smith, KU. Coach of the Year — Ramsey Van Horn, ISU. Diving Coach of the Year — Barry Suaterka, KU. Tennis team to play LSU By a Kansan reporter Not only will the Kansas men's tennis team be making the transition from indoors to outdoors today, but the Jayhawks will face their toughest test to date when they take on second-ranked Louisiana State in Baton Rouge. Louisiana State is led by junior Felix Barrientos from Manila, Philippines, who is ranked 15th nationally in singles play. Five of Louisiana State's singles players are ranked in the top 100 of the country, and the doubles team of Barrientos and senior Jeff Brown is ranked fourth. "This is a great opportunity for us to play them on their home courts," said coach Scot Pereleman. 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