friday, february 6, 2004
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the university daily kansan
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Women'steamstrugglesin Big12
By Jesse Newell
jnewell@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas women's basketball team is not the only team finding it hard to succeed in its Big 12 Conference schedule.
Nebraska, which will take on Kansas at 7 p.m. tomorrow in Lincoln, Neb. has also had struggles trying to keep up with an overwhelming slate of games.
After an 81-66 victory against No.9 Kansas State, things seemed to be looking up for the Cornhuskers who were in the Associated Press Top 25 poll for the first time in more than four years.
But the Big 12 schedule caught up with them. Nebraska faced three more opponents ranked in
the top-16, losing to No. 3 Texas,
No. 16 Baylor, and No. 11 Colorado,
to take a three-game losing streak into tomorrow's game.
Meanwhile Kansas will try to recover from Wednesday's loss to No. 9 Texas Tech, a 67-44 setback. The Jayhawks struggled in the first half and were unable to establish an offensive rhythm, scoring their lowest number of points this season.
"They started to drop their heads," Kansas interim coach Lynette Woodard said. "I just think the crowd was a little intimidating."
An attendance of 12,562 at the United Spirit Center was the second-largest crowd the Jayhawks have seen this season.
Position Name Pts. Rebs. Assts.
F Crystal Kemp 14.4 5.6 1.3
G Aquanita Burras 11.1 6.2 2.2
F Tamara Ransburg 8.1 5.7 1.2
G Larisha Graves 6.4 3.4 2.9
G Blair Waltz 4.3 1.7 1.5
KANSAS PROBABLE STARTERS
have seen Kansas, which takes a 9-10 overall record into the matchup.
NEBRASKA PROBABLE STARTERS
Position Name Pts. Rebs. Assets.
G Keasha Cannon-Johnson 11.7 8.3 3.2
F Alexa Johnson 10.9 4.5 .8
C Katie Morse 9.2 6.4 .8
G Jina Johansen 4.5 2.7 4.9
G Margaret Richards 11.1 7.5 3.0
will look to improve its 2-6 Big 12 mark. Woodard will make her third appearance as head coach in place of Marian Washington,
taking a 1-1 record into the showdown.
- Edited by Cindy Yeo
BALANCE: Role of KUAC in athletics decisions questioned
CONTINUED FROM 1B
She said having a strong athletics program helped academics at the University. She learned of the University through its athletics program, she said.
In reference to the power of the KUAC board, Bankston said it hadn't operated as a policy-making group since she'd been there, but rather as an advising body. This is Bankston's fourth year serving on KUAC.
She said the chancellor had complete control of the Athletics Department, not because the department wanted to ignore KUAC, but because chancellor control was a NCAA rule.
Hemenway agreed.
"I couldn't get out of that responsibility if I wanted to," Hemenway said.
He said chancellor control helped prevent NCAA rules violations and it kept athletics tied to the University.
In response to the revenue generated by athletics, Hemenway said, "That's a way for Big 12 members to receive the benefits of coming together."
Hemenway said it was important to recognize the significance of athletics in University life.
Lew Perkins said the Athletics Department could report to the chancellor but still respond to the will of faculty and students and cited SenEx's control of the faculty and staffs basketball seating
"We'vegot to beaccountable to everybody" Perkins said. "But you can only have one boss."
plan as an example.
Perkins said he thought some of the faculty were just nervous because of all the changes taking place.Tuttle said the faculty had reason to be nervous if KUAC lost power.
"I don't want to see the board become a rubber stamp," Tuttle said.
- Edited by Michelle Rodick
Snowboarder in Kansas?
Megan True/Kansan
Thomas Shmalberg. Lawrence freshman, snowboarded down the hill behind Hashinger Hall yesterday afternoon. Shmalberg said that he tried to snowboard anywhere he could, but he preferred snowboarding in Colorado.
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