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By Rahul Sharma
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After dropping its first match against UNLV last Friday, the University of Kansas women's tennis team (1-6 overall, 0-0 Big 12 Conference) defeated Northern Arizona by a final score of 5-2. The victory at the UNLV Spring Invitational in Las Vegas was the team's first victory of the season.
The Jayhawks swept the doubles competition, winning the No.1, No.2 and No.3 positions. Seniors Courtney and Kristen
Steinbock defeated Jean Willman and Susan McClelland, 8-6. In the number two slot, senior Emily Haylock and freshman Ashley Filberth teamed together, as they ousted Ashley Dille and Christina Klokinis, 9-8.
In the third match, freshman Brittany Brown and sophomore Christine Skoda finished up the series sweep with a huge victory against Julie Schmidt and Karen Knicce, 8-6.
The victory marked the first regular season victory for Amy Hall as coach. Hall served as an assistant for the tennis team the
past six seasons at the University of Kansas. She was named coach in August of 2003, after former KU coach Kilmeny Watermann resigned from the program.
In the singles
Hall
in the singles competition, Kansas had a string of victories that included four different players knocking off Northern Arizona opponents.
No. 1 seed Emily Haylock
defeated Jean Willman in straight sets, 6-4, 6-4. Fellow senior Courtney Steinbock registered a victory for Kansas as she knocked off Christina Klokinis, 6-4, 6-1.
Freshman Brittany Brown maintained the winning trend defeating Karen Kmiec, 6-4, 7-5. The fourth singles victory came courtesy of Christine Skoda. The sophomore out of Alberta, Canada went the distance with opponent Ashley Dille as she won in three sets, 6-1, 2-6, 6-4.
Hall exhibited the same type of excitement after the victory com-
paired to when she was named coach last year.
"It is nice to get the first win and I think the players are really ready to take this momentum into the rest of our season," Hall said.
The Jayhawks finished the weekend with a loss to Boston College but are now looking forward to their upcoming matchup with Big 10 Conference opponent Iowa at the Overland Park Racquet Club in Overland Park Friday.
- Edited by Nikki Nugent
PADGETT: Likely to miss game
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there backing us down and shooting over us."
Graves, on the other hand, will not only play in his final game in the Fieldhouse, but also his first game of the season against Nebraska. He was dressed in street clothes because of Self's disappointment in his effort in practice leading up to the game. Graves is now coming off of one of his better games of the season against Oklahoma, with four points and seven rebounds off the bench. He will need to continue to show
what Kansas fans saw in last year's NCAA Tournament.
The senior said he was more than ready to do so. Graves said he is dedicating the rest of his season to his great aunt Delores Bone, who passed away recently. He attended her funeral in Tennessee.
"The last couple of weeks, people didn't really understand what was going on and started criticizing," Graves said. "I'll be real excited to play against Nebraska."
-Edited by Collin LaJoie
ROBINETT: Kansas' fate debated
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Losing to Nebraska or the Big 12 Tournament opener could drop the team to a nine seed. Even worse, losing both games may drop them to a 10 seed.
CBS will never admit it, but it likes having marquee television matchups in the second round. In 1999 and 2000, Kansas received worse seeds than fans anticipated and had to play three seed Kentucky and one seed Duke in its second game. For this reason, it is unlikely Kansas will fall any further than a ten seed.
It is also possible that Kansas will be given a four seed. Not a single Big 12 team was sent to Kansas City the last time it hosted a sub-regional and attendance was abysmal. The NCAA would like nothing more than to put the
Jayhawks in Kansas City to ensure a sellout at Kemper.
The most likely route to a four seed is winning the two remaining regular season games and then running the table in the Big 12 Conference Tournament. The Jajawks might also sneak into a four seed if they lose at Missouri, as long as they win the conference tournament.
A loss at Missouri would not be judged too harshly by the committee. Winning the conference tournament would probably mean Kansas beat Texas or Oklahoma State, or maybe even both. This would give it one and two victories against the RPI top-25, which would seriously help its argument for a four seed and the coveted Kemper Arena berth.
Robinett is an Austin, Texas, junior in journalism.
KUAC: Chancellor gets final vote
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Maddox said that the board was not the ultimate power in Kansas athletics. Both the board and the committee were essentially advisory, he said, since the chancellor still had the authority to veto anything the board decided.
"We'd make a recommendation." Maddox said. "The chancellor is going to say yeah we're going to do that or no we're not."
Chancellor Robert Hemenway was present at Friday's meeting and said he approved of the board's decision to restructure itself, although it was important to remember the NCAA's principle of institutional control.
Hemenway also said students and other groups should not be worried about losing representation. He said the advisory committee would be consulted often and would play an important role in any decision made. Hemenway agreed that students were an important part of Kansas athletics and would be in the future.
The NCAA requires that the chancellor have responsibility over athletics, he said, and that will continue at the University even as the KUAC changes.
"The student view is going to be on my mind whenever I make athletics decisions," Hemenway said.
— Edited by Joe Hartigan
PERSPECTIVE: Smallest guy made impact
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After playing for the Jayhawks from 2000-2002, one might guess Ballard would seek a more active role, especially since NCAA rules prohibit team managers and student assistants from helping coach.
But Ballard learned from his playing days.
"You've got to have great people behind the scenes to have a great program," Ballard said.
In that way, he is still part of the team.
Ballard are accustomed to being the little guy. In his playing days, Ballard towered over few while standing 6 feet 1 inch tall.
Ballard said this changed him. He doesn't mind being the little guy, as long as he is allowed to gain your respect. But Ballard said now he would rather blend in with his surroundings.
"Being on a basketball team is great, but I don't want people to think I'm better than anybody," Ballard said. "I hope I've never acted like that."
"I was usually the smallest guy on the court, even in high school," Ballard said. "The best thing about that for me was my parents never let me use that as an excuse."
It makes you wonder if this bigtime college basketball player gig was really the right role.
Even if it means sitting alone.
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Manning led Kansas to its last National Championship in 1988, being named College Player of the year the same season.
Take Danny Manning, the current director of Student Athlete Development for Kansas. When Manning looks up at his retired No. 25 jersey at Allen Fieldhouse, he is taken back to his glory days.
Ballard transferred to Kansas from junior college and played significant minutes as a junior.
But when Manning looks up now, he sees Ballard as well.
"Brett works extremely hard," Manning said. "He's always one to do whatever it takes."
As high as the retired uniforms, Ballard holds his spot at the top of Allen Fieldhouse, video recording the games for the Jayhawks. Manning knows Ballard's value.
"Brett's up in the rafters also. He's up in the rafters every game for us," Manning said. "Every day, whether it's practice or a game, he's high above the Jayhawks, looking down on them, making sure they do the right thing."
Ballard knows it will never be the same.
He knows it when he walks through the tunnel, the one that leads from the locker room to the fieldhouse floor. The one that gave him the best feeling in the world.
"People talk about jumping out of an airplane or riding roller coasters for an adrenaline rush," Ballard said. "To me that's the same thing when I go through that tunnel."
But Ballard's face suddenly turns serious. After a flood of memories, he again realizes he can never go back. The tunnel has changed.
Ballard will tell you he doesn't mind heights.
He remembers feeling most at home at the top of the fieldhouse.
"I was a fan growing up." Ballard said, "and we would come up to games where we could never get great seats."
Which is why Ballard enjoys the conversations he has with the higher-up supporters.
"The people up at the top maybe don't have the most money, maybe can't make every game, but they still care and still want to be at the games and still get as fired up as people that are lower," Ballard said. "Obviously, I'd like to be a littler closer to the action, but I enjoy being up there."
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It's the little things that matter for Ballard. This is why he works the Jayhawks basketball camps in the summer — the same ones he
attended as a youngster.
Hewants to be a coach someday and believes the experiences he receives now will help him.
But it's more than just giving for Ballard. Working with younger campers, usually under 8 years of age, the camps are also a chance for him to receive. The best rewards usually coming from little things.
"Just to see that kid get satisfaction out of camp for a few days is great," Ballard said, "because some of these kids don't get big-time opportunities."
Ballard doesn't seem to realize that maybe, just maybe, those kids just did.
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Oftentimes he wishes he had a larger part in the basketball game.
The single blue folding chair sitting in the rafters atop Allen Fieldhouse has not been an easy adjustment for Ballard.
"It's kind of like being a coach on the bench: you get nervous," Ballard said. "Obviously, I don't have much input up there because the guys really can't hear me. I can yell into camera, and they can listen to me on film."
That illustrates it best for Ballard the one who just can't stop from yelling, can't stop from being part of the team.
The one who simply can't get away.
"I was all the way at the top, then I had the best seat in the house for two years on the bench, and now I'm at the top again," Ballard said. "It's kind of funny how those things work."
Edited by Danielle Hillix
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