Tuesday, December 5, 2000
The University Daily Kansan
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Section B · Page 3
'Hawks to play through pain
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Kansas Notes
- Speaking of Gregory, the senior forward chatted on CNNSL.com yesterday afternoon and said the pain from a stress fracture in his right foot could bother him the rest of the season.
"It it was bothering me before we played Illinois State, and I have had some X-rays," Gregory said during the chat. "Basically, I have just been trying to rest it and haven't been practicing as much. I figure I have to either sit out the season or play through pain, so I figure I'll just have to tough it out and play through the pain."
That's exactly what Gregory will do this week. He practiced with Kansas the last two days and said he was expecting to play in the Jayhawks' game at Wake Forest on Thursday.
Gregory won't be the only Kansas player playing through pain against the Demon Deacons.
Junior guard Jeff Boschee suffered a mild left ankle sprain in practice on Sunday and was held out of yesterday's practice. No X-rays are planned, and Boschee is not expected to miss any games.
Axtell, who still is ailing from his sprained ankle, and freshman guard Mario Kinsey, who is recovering from leg surgery, also are expected to play against Wake Forest.
— Edited by Shawn Hutchinson
Judge may impose sanctions in trial
The Associated Press
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Rae Carruth's ex-girlfriend was afraid and had tears in her eyes when she spoke about Carruth's involvement in the shooting of another girlfriend, former NBA player Charles Shackleford testified yesterday.
"She said he basically confessed to her at the hospital about what happened," Shackleford said in testimony that Judge Charles Lamm told iurors to disregard.
Smith testified last week that Carruth told her he planned the fatal shooting of his pregnant girlfriend, Cherica Adams. The 26-year-old football player could be executed if convicted of murdering Adams, 24.
Shackleford, a former member of the NBA's Charlotte Hornets, testified that Smith said Carruth told her "he had something to do with whatever happened to Cherica."
When she told him this, "she seemed a little afraid," Shackleford said. "She had tears in her eyes," he added.
Earlier yesterday, Lamm said he would consider sanctions against police, who defense attorneys claim kept them in the dark until yesterday about drug activity by a key prosecution witness.
Some of the most damaging testimony against Carruth has come from co-defendant Michael Eugene Kennedy, who said he was driving the car from which Adams was shot on Nov. 16, 1999.
When the trial resumed yesterday, defense attorney David Rudolf told Lamm that prosecutors had just handed him a copy of a police report indicating Kennedy had bought $650 worth of crack cocaine from an undercover police officer in 1996.
Charges were later dismissed, he told the judge, possibly because Kennedy was a drug informant.
Homicide investigators deliberately waited until Kennedy finished his testimony before asking vice and narcotics officers about Kennedy's drug activities. Rudolf said.
Lamm said he would hear arguments on the defense motion Friday, when the trial is in recess. He also said he would allow the defense to recall Kennedy for more cross-examination.
Carruth says he had nothing to do with the shooting. His lawyers say admitted trigerman Van Brett Watkins acted on his own when he shot Adams because he was angry at her and Carruth about a foiled drug deal.
Seminoles haunted by losses to Sooners
MIAMI — If not for Oklahoma, Bobby Bowden and his Florida State Seminoles might be unbeaten in the Orange Bowl.
The Associated Press
Florida State is headed to its sixth Orange Bowl, where the No. 3 Seminoles (11-1) will play the top-ranked Sooners (12-0) on Wednesday, Jan. 3, in the Bowl Championship Series title game.
FSU has won three in a row in the Orange Bowl after dropping its first two games there both to Oklahoma
Bowden hasn't forgotten the losses, either. The Sooners beat the Seminoles 24-7 in 1980 and 18-17 in 1981.
"They beat us every time," he said, noting he is 0-3 against Oklahoma since joining Florida State in 1976. The
Sooners also beat his squad 24-9 during his inaugural season at FSU.
In 35 years as a head coach, Oklahoma is the only team Bowden has faced more than once and remains winless against.
Bowden wants to have better success against the Sooners this year, but second-year Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops gave Bowden's team some trouble while he was the defensive coordinator at Florida from 1996-98.
Under Stoops, Florida's defense held the high-scoring Seminoles to less than 25 points per game in four meetings. With a month to prepare for FSU before the 1997 Sugar Bowl, Stoops' defence helped the Gators beat Florida State 52-20 and claim their only national championship.
Stoops, in a similar position now, is hoping his experience against the Seminoles will pay off.
"It does give you a familiarity with them, to recognize and know firsthand the way they play and the speed that they play with," Stoops said. "It hasn't been that long ago. I certainly know what they like to do and the manner in which they operate on offense and defense."
"I watched them so closely for three years and played four games against them, including the national championship game."
Kansas (7-0) dropped from second to third in the Associated Press poll this week despite easily beating Middle Tennessee State and Illinois State in its only games last week. The Jayhawks received only one first-place vote.
The Associated Press
Jayhawks drop to third; Duke retains No.1 spot
Duke, which beat two ranked teams last week, had the top spot in the AP's college basketball poll yesterday, while Michigan State moved up one spot to No. 2.
The Blue Devils (7-0) beat Illinois and Temple after moving to the top of the rankings last week. They received 59 first-place votes and 1,715 points from the national media panel, 107 more than Michigan State.
The Spartans (5-0), who received nine No. 1 votes, moved up one spot after beating North Carolina and Illinois-Chicago last week. The defending national champions play host to No. 8 Florida tomorrow in a rematch of last season's title game.
Stanford and Arizona remained fourth and fifth in the rankings, while Tennessee and Seton Hall each moved up one place to sixth and seventh, respectively.
Florida moved up two places to eighth, while Illinois took ninth and Notre Dame jumped one spot to No. 10.
Wake Forest led the second 10 and was followed by Southern California, Syracuse, North Carolina, Connecticut, Virginia, Wisconsin, Cincinnati, Maryland and Oklahoma.
Arkansas, Utah, Alabama, St. John's and Iowa State rounded out the Top 25.
Alabama and Iowa State are the week's newcomers, replacing Temple and Dayton, which were 17th and 24th, respectively.
Alabama (3-0), which has scored at least 92 points in each of its games this season with an average margin of victory of 38 points, is ranked for the first time since December 1996. The Crimson Tide, who are led by sophomore Rod Grizzard and freshman Gerald Wallace, beat Louisville 100-71 last week, a 44-point turnaround from the teams' meeting last season.
Iowa State (5-0) was ranked the last seven weeks of last season, getting as high as No. 6 in the final poll. The Cyclones lost All-America forward Marcus Fizer from last season, but preseason All-America guard Jamal Tinsley has become the team leader. He was selected MVP of the Cyclone Challenge last weekend when
AP TOP 25
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' men's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 3. total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:
ank team rec pts pvs
1.Duke (59) 7-0 1,715 1
2.Michigan St. (9) 5-0 1,608 3
3.Kansas (1) 7-0 1,562 2
4.Stanford 7-0 1,541 4
5.Arizona 5-1 1,463 5
6.Tennessee 6-0 1,323 7
7.Seton Hall 4-0 1,287 8
8.Florida 3-0 1,200 10
9.Illinois 5-2 1,181 9
10.Notre Dame 4-0 1,114 11
11.Wake Forest 4-0 977 12
12.Southern Cal 4-0 870 15
13.Syracuse 7-0 746 20
14.North Carolina 3-2 712 6
15.Connecticut 6-1 696 16
16.Virginia 4-0 655 21
17.Wisconsin 3-1 560 23
18.Cincinnati 3-1 464 22
19.Maryland 3-3 428 13
20.Oklahoma 5-1 385 14
21.Akansas 5-1 337 25
22.Utah 4-2 257 18
23.Alabama 3-0 237 —
24.St.John's 4-2 175 19
25.Iowa St. 5-0 127 —
Other receiving votes: Iowa 120, Kentucky 113, Temple 106, Mississippi 73, Georgiaortown 54, Charlotte 48, DePaul 48, Ganzauga 28, Texas 26, Oregon 20, Purdue 19, Purdue 18, Washington 13, SMU 12, Dayton 14, Michigan 9, USI 8, Missouri 8, Oklahoman St. 7, Wyoming 7, Georgia 6, CS Northridge 5, Villanova 5, Ohio St. 6, Arizona St. 5, Louisiana St. 2, Penn St. 2, Southern Miss. 2, University of Cross 1, Minnesota 1, Pepperidgee 1, Vanderbilt 1
Iowa State beat Southern Mississippi in the title game.
Temple and Dayton, both members of the Atlantic 10, fell out of the rankings after losing two games last week.
The Owls (4)3 lost 66-58 to Miami (Ohio)
and 93-68 to Duke last week, extending
their losing streak to three games. The first loss in the streak was also to Duke, 63-61 in the championship game of the Preseason NIT.
Dayton (2-3) returned to the Top 25 last week for the first time since 1974, but losses to Cincinnati and Marshall knocked the Flyers out.
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