University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, January 23. 1991
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No.24 Kansas prepares for 'solid' Shockers
By S. J. Bailey
Kansan sportswriter
Men's Basketball
The Kansas basketball team has crept back into the United Press International college basketball poll for the first time since the preseason as it gets ready for tonight's contest in conference opponent Wichita State.
The Jayhawks, 11-4, entered the UPI poll at No. 24 after consecutive victories last week against Miami and Big Eight Conference rival Missouri. The Jayhawks have not been included in the UPI rankings since they appeared at No. 20 in the preseason poll.
Kansas will try for their third consecutive victory against the Shockers, who will be Kansas' last non-conference foe before they end the season with 11 straight conference games.
Wichita State enters the game with a 10-7 record. 3-1 in Missouri Valley Conference play, and has won three of its last four games. The Shockers defeated conference rival Southern Illinois 78-75 on Saturday.
Kansas Coach Roy Williams said yesterday that the Shockers were a team he wasn't in.
American candidate John Cooper on Dec. 29 because of a season-ending knee injury.
"I'm one of those guys that thinks adversity makes you grow stronger if you band together and get strength from each other." Williams said. "Even after losing Cooper — and I think John is an outstanding player
— they've done a great job. I think they are playing much more together, and the team chemistry is this year than it was last year."
Senior guard Paul Guffrovich leads Wichita State in score with 15.1 points a game. Sophomore forward Claudius Johnson and junior guard DeAndre Hunter are averaged in double figures with 10.4 and 11.2 points a game respectively.
"Those guys are really athletic youngsters," Williams said. "They're only about 6-5 or 6-6, but very athletic. Robert George gives them a quality point guard with great quickness and defense and play, and plays an explosive youngster who realizes his limitations and plays well within them."
Williams said Kansas forward Mike Maddox, who scored 15 points against Missouri despite plaguing back pain, would see limited practice time for awhile to take some of the
pressure off his back
"Yesterday, I let Mike do about one out of every three plays, and I'm afraid that's the way were going to have to handle it the rest of the season," he said. "Our trainer says he might be able to go about 50 percent of practice, so I'm cutting it to 33 (percent).
“Hopelessly, allowing him a little time, he still will be able to persevere,” I think any worse. I think that our best hope — that it won't get any worse.
Kansas Notes
■ Kansas senior guard Terry Brown needs only three three-point field goals in tonight's game to break the Jayhawk career record for three-three-pointers. His recent has 152 three-pointers. Kevin Pritchard has the record with 154.
■ Kansas leads the all-time series with the Shockers 9-2, but only two of the games have been played at Allen Field House. In their last meeting, Kansas defeated Wichita State 93-66 last season in Wichita.
■ Junior Forward Alonzo Jamison has found the solution to his early season free throw shooting woes. In his first four games this season, Jamison was nine of 33 from the line for a 27.2 percentage.
Kansas Basketball GAME 17
KANSAS
JAYHAWKS
Coach: Roy Williams
Record: 11-4
PROBABLE STARTERS
WICHITA STATE SHOCKERS Coach: Mike Cohen Record: 10-7
Player Ht. PPG RPG
F-Alonzo Jamison 6-6 11.2 6.0
F-Mike Maddox 6-7 8.9 3.1
F-Mark Randall 6-9 14.3 5.4
G-Terry Brown 6-2 19.1 3.7
G-Adonls Jordan 5-11 11.4 2.9
**Game Notes:** Kansas will play Wichita State tonight at 8 p.m. in Allen Field House. The Jayhawks lead the series with the Shockers 9-2. The two teams have met in Lawrence twice (1984 and 1989), with Kansas having won both contests. The Jayhawks lead the Big Eight Conference in field goal percentage (55.9 percent) and are on pace to break the school record of 55.6 percent set in 1985-86. Terry Brown has scored in double figures in every game this season, and with 152 career three-point field goals, is two short of the school record of 154 held by Kevin Pritchard.
Radio: KLZR (105.9 FM), KQRT (90.7 FM)
Player Ht. PPG RPG
F-Rick Conn 6·5 3·5 3·0
F-Claudius Johnson 6·6 10·4 6·6
C-Michael Wiggins 6·7 7·5 5·7
G-Paul Guffrovich 6·3 15·1 2·6
G-Robert George 6·0 11·2 1·9
TV. Jayhawk Network (Channels 13, 12), Cable Channel 6.
Baseball practice forced indoors
By Mark Spencer Kansan sportswriter
Baseball
Anschutz Sports Pavilion has proven to be the most valuable player for the Kansas baseball team thus far.
The cold, wet weather has forced the Jayahaws indoors, but first baseman Mike Bard said. "We can play a lot of balls, and even play 100 long torss."
Denard Stewart, outfielder, warms up before batting practice in Anschutz Sports Pavilion.
Kansas coach Dave Bingham said Anschutz played an important role in preparing the team for its Feb. 15 season opener.
Bingham said teams from warmer, drier climates missed less outdoor practice time, and it would be difficult for the Jayhawks to prepare for those teams without the use of Anschutz.
"We run the same drials indoors that we run outdoors." Bingham said. "It's as fine a place as there is in the country. Outside of having a totally domed stadium where you can take batting practice, you couldn't have any other facility with more."
The addition of more indoor facilities and recent performances by teams in the Midwest show that the weather isn't an advantage for Southern-climate teams, Bingham said.
"They say the Southern-climate teams have a lot of advantages because they're always on the field." Bingham said. "If you have the facility we have, you can take the job and build that Southern team is developing themselves because you're doing the same caliber of things."
"It's been proven," Bingham
said, "I won a national championship at Emporia State and beat the Southern teams. Wichita State has won the National Championship, beating the Southern teams, and winning the in it year after year.
"There just isn't any reason that a Midwestern team in our climate
area can't win," he said. "It's simply a matter of selling the players on it and putting them into situations to develop as a ballplayer."
Bingham said that although the Jayhawks would prefer to practice outside, the time in Anschutz was well spent.
"I think we give the players a quality practice," Bingham said. "If we went in there, stood around and did things that didn't relate to baseball, then it wouldn't be any good.
"What we do relates to them on the field. They do the same things indoors or outdoors."
Lady Jayhawks to battle Cornhuskers
By Lana Smith
Women's Basketball
Although Nebraska has won its last three games, Kansas assistant coach Mitch Shea was optimistic about a Kansas victory.
The Kansas women's basketball team will play the Nebraska Cornhuskers at 5 p.m. today at Allen Field House.
been playing well," Shes said. "They have won their last three games, but we can pressure them and use our defense. We're expecting a very physical game, and the team is ready to play a 40-minute defensive game."
Kansas coach Marian Washington said the Jahyahws had been concentrating on their defense in games and practices.
"Nebraska has the biggest front line in the conference," Washington said. "They've got momentum going. They're going to State, who was number one going in."
"Nebraska has the best size
through the bench, and they have
Jennings is a 6-foot-2 center who is the leading scorer against Colorado on Saturday with 29 points. He led the Corkmasters in assists.
Nebraska has fine players in Karen Jennings and Meggan Yedsena.
Washington said that to counter the size and power of the Nebraska team, Kansas had been working on block-out tactics and letting them get only one shot.
Washington said.
Tonight's game will be the Jayhawks first home game this semester, which could be to the Jayhawks' win. The team won't be traveling before the game.
we travel by bus, and that's not the easiest way to travel," Washington said. "But Nebraska will be flying in before the game, so we won't have too much of an advantage that way. The variable to consider is attendance. We want to get people here cheering us on."
"My key concern in the area of statistics is that they are out-rebounding everyone," Washington said. "They've really been banging the boards. We have to play our game and pressure them."
The Cornhuskers were 12- overall and 3-1 in the Big Eight Conference after their 68-53 victory against Colorado.
Winning streak ends for Graf in Australia
Sports briefs
Jana Novotna, a Czech who revamped her game to become a force in women's singles, beat Graf 5-7, 6-4, 8-6 yesterday to end the German's three year, 25-match reign at this Grand Slam event.
MELBOURNE, Australia - The Steffi Graf era at the Australian Open is over.
The 10th-seed Novotna joined No. 3 Mary Joe Fernandez, a 6, 3-6 winner over Katerina Maleea, in the semifinals.
In a 1/2 - hour match that featured a relentless net attack by Novotna and a fight to survive by Graf, the Czech out the victory away at love in the
Graf, the three-time defending women's champion and top seed, had not lost in the quarterfinals of a tournament since event the 1986 French Open.
final game after double-faulting at break point on her previous service
LOS ANGELES — Hall of Fame pitcher Don Drydale was arrested for investigation of felony drunken driving, and two other women injured a woman, police said today.
Hall of Fame pitcher arrested after accident
Drysdale, 54, was arrested Monday night after the car he was driving collided with another vehicle. Drysdale, who was alone, was making a
A breath test after the accident showed Drysdale, an announcer for the Los Angeles Dodgers, had a blood-alcohol level of .19, more than twice the legal limit of .08. Ohmer said.
left turn, police officer Tom Ohmer said.
The 24-year-old woman driving the other car suffered bruises and abrasions and was taken to St. Joseph in Burbank, Calif., the officer said.
Drysdale was booked, and he posted $5,000 a bail few hours later, police said. He is scheduled for arraignment Feb. 11.
Drysdale pitched for the Dodgers from 1956 to 1969, compiling a 209-167 record and 2.95 ERA.
Bud Bowl III will go on despite new ad lineup
NEW YORK - Anheuser-Busch
inc. is jugging its commercial lineup
for Sunday's telecast of the Super
Bowl because of the Persian Gulf
War, but other sponsors are sticking
with their advertising game plans.
But not to worry, and bowl rams.
The tribute ad will be run in
action to the series of Amethyst,
Bushcraft courses, so show
teams of beer bottles with helmets
battling for the brewer's mythical
title.
The company already has spent heavily on ads touting its third annual Bud Bowl promotion.
From The Associated Press
Bowl QBs decided against Penn State
The New York Giants' Jeff Hostetler transferred from Penn State to West Virginia rather than play behind Todd Blackedge.
PHILADELPHIA — Joe Paterno has more than a passing interest in the starting Super Bowl quarterbacks. Both players passed on Penn State rather than warm the bench or play linebacker.
The Buffalo Bills' Jim Kelly shed away from Happy Valley, Pa., when an assistant raised the possibility of a rookie backpacker. He went to Miami instead.
Paterno also struck out trying to recruit Dan Marino, but Penn State hardly suffered. Paterno ended up with Todd Blackledge at quarterback and the Nittany Lions won the national title in 1982.
"We were talking to all of them," Paterno said yesterday.
Paterno remembered that he didn't have much of a chance with Marino, who went to Pitt, but had a handle on Hostelter and Blackledge.
"One of my assistants, J.T. White, asked me, 'What do I tell Kelly if we get Hostetler and Blackledge?' " Paterno said.
Paterno's suggestion: "Tell him if he can't beat out the others at quarterback, he could be a linebacker."
Penn State did get Hostetler, a three-sport athlete and top student at
Conemaugh Township High. The Nittany Lions also got Blackledge.
"I had to make a tough decision," said Paterno, speaking by telephone from a recruiting trip. "Jeff was an expert in the game and had chances to be pro quarterbacks."
"I couldn't lead them on. I couldn't play one against the other. I didn't want to split the job. That wouldn't have been fair.
"I made the decision early so that nobody would get hurt."
When Paterno went for Blackledge, Hosteler transferred to West Virginia, where he sat out a year before taking over at quarterback for the Mountaineers. Hosteler played in 1982-83 and was selected by the Giants in the third round of the 84 NFL draft.
"There was no hard feelings when Jeff left," Paterno said. "It worked out well for everybody. He was happy at West Virginia, and Blackledge led us to a national championship in 1982. Jeff has done really well."
Blackledge played five seasons for the Kansas City Chiefs and two for the Pittsburgh Steelers before being released before this season.
Paterno said he watched part of the Giants' playoff win over the Chicago Bears and most of Sunday's victory over the San Francisco 49ers.
"Hostetler," he said, "did a super job.
Practice makes perfect
Philp Meiring/KANSAN
Preparing for Saturday's triangular meet, Amy Hadley, Indianapolis sophomore, practices in Anschutz Sports Pavilion.