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University Daily Kansan / Friday, November 30, 1990
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Jayhawks ready to play at home
By Derek Simmons
Kansan sportswriter
Men's Basketball
“It’s nice to have the crowd on our side for a change,” guard Adonis Jordan said. “Especially if we’re going to have to play without Mark.”
go to have to phy without mark.
Forward Mark Randall will miss days to four weeks recovering from surgery performed Tuesday to relieve pressure on a bruised muscle in his right leg. Randall had startte 68 consecutive games for the Jay hawks.
Jordan said that in the Jayhawks first game, which they lost to Arizona State, the "pressure got to us."
"we dribbled too much," he said.
"We're still working on getting the younger guys used to the system."
Coach Roy Williams also said he was looking forward to playing at home.
"This is the best place to play in the country," he said. "Of course, I like to play on the road too because I like to shut the crowd up."
Kansas, 1-1, will play host to the Marquette Warriors, 0-1. Marquette lost to six-ranked Duke 87-74 in the
first round of the preseason Dodge NIT at Duke.
marquette coach Kevin O'Neill is considered Kansas a great challenge.
“Kansas has never lost a home place,” he said. “My guys just need to get some game time under their belts, although a game against Kansas at home is probably not the best place to get it.”
O'Neill said he did not know what to expect from the game.
"I watched film from both of the games in Arizona, and they look like they want to push the ball up the floor," he said. "I imagine Kansas can just snap an up-tempo, pressure type of game. And they play together well.
"I just don't know what to expect from my team. These guys have only been together for two exhibitions and one game, and I don't know how they'll perform in a game like this. But I'm sure we'll put out a home opeiner against Kansas?"
O'Neill said he did not expect his team to get a boost from Randall's absence
"You can't lose a player like Mark Randall and not feel the effects," he said. "At the same time, Kansas has no interest in that who eventually starts fill in."
Williams said he expected Marquette to provide Kansas with a solid challenge.
Kansas Basketball
Game 3
KANSAS
JAYHAWKS
Coach: Roy Williams
Record: 1-1
MARQUETTE
WARRIORS
Coach: Kevin O'Neill
Record: 0-1
PROBABLE STARTERS
Player Ht. PPG RPG
F-Mike Maddox 6-7 7.5 3.0
F-Alonzo Jamison 6-6 8.5 6.5
F-Kirk Wagner 6-8 1.5 3.5
G-Terry Brown 6-2 20.0 7.0
G-Adonis Jordan 5-11 9.0 4.0
Player Ht. PPG RPG
F. Trevor Powell 6-6 16.0 10.0
F. Ron Curry 6-8 24.0 10.0
G. Damon Key 6-8 10.0 4.0
G. Keith Stewart 5-11 3.0 0.0
G. Mark Anglavar 6-3 6.0 2.0
Game Notes: Kansas will play its home opener against Marquette at 6 p.m. Saturday in Allen Field House. Kansas leads the all-time series between the two schools 3-1. In 1974, Marquette eliminated the Jayhawks in the semifinals of the NCAA postseason tournament. Kansas is coming off of a road trip in Arizona which saw it lose its season opener to Arizona State 70-68, but win its second
TV: Jayhawk Television Network (IBW-V in Topeka,
TKC-ZK in TVan Kansas City and KWCH-TV in Wichita).
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Expected to start for Marquette at forward are 6-foot 8-Ron Curry, who led the Warriors with 24 points and 10 rebounds against Duke, and 6-3 Trevor Powell, who scored 16 points and pulled down 10 rebounds.
"They were down by 6 points with 6 minutes left against Duke," he said. "That was at Durham, and that's a tough place to play."
"If we could expect them to turn it over 30 times, we'd press them when they got into town," Williams said.
At the guard positions probably will be 6-3 Mark Anglavar and 5-11 Keith Stewart, and 6-8 Damon Key is expected to start at center.
"You can't replace Mark Rand-kill," he said. "I've never coached a game he didn't start. We'll just watch him." He asked, "What make a decision before game time?"
Terry Brown and 5-11 Jordan at guard, and 6-7 Mike Maddox and 6-6 Alonzo奔入 at forward.
The fifth starter, who will replace Randall, has not yet been determined. Williams said.
SEC plans split into divisions
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The expanded 12-member Southeastern Conference will split into East and West divisions with a playoff game between the divisional winners to determine football champion starting in 1992.
The Associated Press
The SEC's announcement yesterday makes it the first large-school conference to go to divisional blav.
With the addition of Arkansas and South Carolina to the 10-school SEC, the school presidents approved two six-tem division with each team playing eight league football games a year.
The presidents also approved a 16-game men's basketball schedule using the East and West division lines.
The SEC office said the presidents, during a telephone conference call Wednesday, gave their approval to the divided football format, with the winner of the championship game to represent the SEC in the Sugar Bowl.
The football alignment, with a 5-2-1
format, allows the 10 current SEC members to keep most of their traditional football foes.
Each team will play the other five teams in its division and two permanent opponents in the other division. The two teams rotate among the four other schools
"Playing eight games will be the biggest challenge in SEC history for coaches and players," said Tennessee football coach John Majors. "But quite obvious is the fact that Southeastern Conference football fans are in for exciting play in the decade of the '90s."
Kansas is expected to start 6-2
In the alignment, reached after three meetings of athletic directors this fall, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Van Gogh.
Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Louisiana State, Mississippi and Mississippi State will be in the West Division.
"I think it's going to make it a much tougher schedule," said Georgia coach Ray Goff. "It's already
pretty tough, and now you're going to play eight games."
The non-divisional permanent opponents are Florida (Auburn and LSU). Georgia (Ole Miss and Auburn), Kentucky (LSU and Mississippi State), South Carolina (Mississippi State and Arkansas), Tennessee (Arkansas and Alabama), Vanderbilt (Alabama and Ole Miss), Alabama (Tennessee and Vanderbilt), Arkansas (South Carolina and Alabama), Jacksonville (Florida), Florida, LSU (Florida and Kentucky), Ole Miss (Vanderbilt and Georgia) and Mississippi State (Kentucky and South Carolina).
According to the plan, every SEC member will play every other member at least twice during an eight-year period. The order of non-divisional rotating opponents will be determined later.
The men's basketball schedule will include a double round-robin format within the divisions and a single round-robin format against each non-division opponent.
Bowlers rolling toward nationals
Loyce Smith, Junction City sophomore, prepares for the December Las Vegas Invitational tourney.
After finishing 36th in a national match tournament during the weekend, the Kansas bowling team is trying to find its identity on a national level and its niche within the University sports scene.
Coach Michael Fine said that Kansas consistently had one of the top 30 men's teams in the country and looks to increase depth in the program to help the Jayhawks move even higher in the future.
"There was a time not too long ago that we had a total of about seven or eight guys on the men's team," Fine said. "This year we're only graduating one senior. So next year we'll have eight bowlers with intercollegiate experience and probably about 15 men on the team."
He said the women's team would lose four seniors to graduation.
Kansan sportswriter
The future aside, Fine said that this year's teams have improved steadily through the fall and should
The Jayhawks next travel to Las Vegas, Vegas, nev., during the Christmas break for two tournaments featuring 36 women's men's teams and 36 women's teams.
have a strong spring season. Flashes of team strength in last weekend's match play have enforced that feeling.
"We've looked better every time we go out," he said. "The big scores we shot last weekend gave the team the idea that they can shoot the big numbers. Now we need to get the ball up." We have several big games in a row."
Those big numbers were an alltime team high game by the men and the highest game in seven years for the women.
That competition features a wide range of college programs, some of which are school supported and some of which are not.
"We sort of fall between the "cracks," he said. "We receive most of our funding from the Kansas Union because it is where we and we also have a few fund-raisers."
Sophomore Loye Smith, who had Kansas' highest average last weekend, said he was not recruited to bowl but came to the program during spring training.
Fine said that the Kansas team walked the line between being a varsity sport and a sports club.
The team recently received a $10,000 endowment, the interest on which will be used for scholarships.
Fine was optimistic that Kansas would carry the momentum through regional, sectional and possibly national.
Tigers win home debut
"Because of the way we have performed and improved in our first two tournaments, we should be tough in the spring," Smith said.
Smith said he expected Kansas to continue improving through the spring.
The Associated Press
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Junior Jamel Coleman and freshman Jerwin Crout upled four players in double figures last night as No. 23 Missouri routed Florida A & M 81-52 in its 1990-91 home opener.
"I really like our chances to qualify for postseason play this spring," Fine said.
The Tigers (1-1) raced to a 7-1 lead and never let the Rattlers get closer than five points en route to their 32nd consecutive victory at the Hearns Center. Missouri, the defending Big Eight champion, led 60-50 half in the second half with 68 runs on the field and led by at least 25 points of the most first half.
Coleman had 18 points and Crudu added 17. Doug Smith, the Tigers' 6-foot 10-forward and Big Eight player of the year, had 11 points.
Missouri's starting lineup was smaller than the one-guard offense the Tigers opened with in their 68-60 loss to Rutgers on Tuesday night. Forward Chris Heller and Jeff Warren were replaced by freshman guards Melvin Booker and Lamont Frazier.
By Chris Oster
1. UNLV
2. Arizona
3. Arkansas
4. North Carolina
8. Alabama
9. Ohio State
5. Syracuse
7. Georgetown
11. Connecticut
13. Georgia Tech
10 Indiana
14. Louisville
16. Clemson
17. Pittsburgh
16 Clemson
15. Michigan State
18 Texas
KANSAN
Sports briefs
Swim teams compete in Alabama Invitational
The Kansas men's and women's swim teams are in the midst of their most competitive meet so far this season. Coach Gary Kemp said.
Recruiting coordinator and hitting coach Brad Hill said that during his
Kansas faces Florida, Florida State, South Carolina, Georgia and host Alabama in the Alabama Invitational in Tuscaloosa. Ala. The meet, which started yesterday with preliminary contests, continues through tomorrow.
Kansas is one of four nationally ranked teams at the meet. The Kansas women are ranked 21st, and the men received votes in the latest poll. The Florida men and women are ranked No.7, and the Georgia women are ranked eightth. The Alabama team holds the No.9 spot on the men's side, and the women are ranked 14th.
The new NCUA coaches poll was released two weeks ago. The Kansas women were ranked 21st in the preseason poll and the men were No. 26.
Pitcher Dan Rude of Billings,
Mont., pitcher David Anderson of
Lakewood, Colo., and Mike Bradley
of Arvada, Colo., all signed letters of
intent to play for the Jayhawks next
year.
Rude was a standout pitcher-inferior last summer for the Billings Royals. Bradley was an all-state performer for Arvada High School in 1989 and was named to the 1989-90 Who's Whee in High School Sports.
The Kansas baseball team signed three high school seniors during the Nov. 14,21 early signing period.
Anderson averaged 10 strikeouts per game and compiled a 1.93 earned run average last season at Green Mountain High School. He helped his team win the national tournament in New Mexico during the summer.
first year with Kansas as recruiting supervisor, he tried to go out of state to bring talent to Kansas.
Hall said the team was looking for a third baseman, catcher and outfielder to replace senior left fielder Josh Sexton in all-Big Eight outfielder last season.
K-State and Colorado coaches share honor
Kansas State's Bill Snyder and Colorado's Bill McCormey shared Big Eight coach of the year honors in voting by their peers.
McCartney, whose team is ranked No. 1 and was undefeated in the Big Eight, was the coaches' selection last year.
This year, Kansas State was 5-6 — the most games it has won since winning six in 1983.
Eric Bieniemy of Colorado was voted offensive player of the year. His teammate, outside linebacker Jason Davis, has named defensive player of the year.
Colorado placeicker Jim Harper was named offensive newcomer of the year, while Oklahoma defensive newcomer of the defensive newcomer of the year.
Expos tentatively sold to Canadian investors
The deal, which must be approved by 75 percent of the 11 other National League owners and 25 percent of the 14 American League owners, would ensure that the Expos will remain in Montreal.
A consortium of Canadian investors agreed in principle yesterday night to purchase the Montreal Expos from Charles Bronfman.
"It's always been a first order to have the club remain in Montreal," said Brfonfman.
Claude Brochu, the Expos presi-
dent who has spent several months
putting together the consortium,
is likely to be the managing partner.
From staff and wire reports
Chomp on these ideas a bit, Tark
Brent Maycock
Sports
editor
Complete shock
Complete success.
That was my first reaction to the NCAA's decision to let UNLV defend its 1990 NCAA Championship.
And besides, it's not their fault that the NCAA (Needs Cave After Announcement) is a bunch of unprincipled wimps.
What could possibly have been going through the NCAA committee members' minds when the decision was made? Certainly consistency wasn't one of the words floating around the meeting.
It's not that I have anything against UNLV's team. It includes an outstanding bunch of players, who, now that they've been given the chance, probably will repeat as NCAA champs.
True, the crimes that the current Rebels are paying for were committed more than 13 years ago. But if UNLV coach Jerry Tarkarian had not prolonged the issue, the team would not be paying for it now.
If anything new should have come out of the decision, the removal of Tarkian from his position as coach seems the best solution.
The reason the NCAA's decision boils my blood so much is that Kansas received very different treatment after the Jayhawks won the 1988 National Championship. However, Kansas took its medicine and sat out the 1989 postseason tournament.
No crying. No appeal. No nothing Just compliance.
I just don't understand the difference between the two situations. But, obviously, the NCAA did and it is ridiculous.
It doesn't matter that the Rebels have the nucleus from their championship team back for their last chance at glory. The decision to ban the Rebels from the tournament in 2013 was made with this understanding.
Just because Kansas didn't have Danny Manning coming back was no reason to ban the Jayhawks from a tournament appearance.
Sounds like "double standard" is a popular phrase in the NCAA's vocabulary to me.
the NCAA afraid of losing a tournament team that would likely draw a larger television audience? Once again, the bottom line, the dollar, takes precedence over ethics in sports.
What mystical power does Tarkanian hold over the NCAA? Even the gods could not understand overturning a presidential election. A 13-year debate to reach that decision.
Another thing that makes this decision so weird is that UNLV also is awaiting the NCAA's decision on another recruiting effort and Daniels. How can a school under two investigations get off so easily?
Certainly the Rebels' generous acceptance of the "punishment" option (no appearances on television in 1981-92 and a ban from the 1992 postseason tournament) can be understood. Why shouldn't they try and get what they can, while they can?
And where does this leave the players who will play for UNV_l next season? They had even less to do with the violation than this year's team does, yet they must pay the price that was actively involved by this year's Rumni Rebs.
In making its decision, the NCAA discarded many other credible options for the Rebels' punishment. Here are a few of the unpublished
options for the needs published:
Here are a few of the unpublished alternatives:
- Print "Say No to Drugs" on all of Jerry Tarkarian's candy sweets.
- Prepare the players with expensive sports cars, they must drive Yuosos
- alternatives:
■ Print "Say No to Drugs" on all of
- Reduction of the number of fireworks that are used before each UNIV home game
- Choice seats for members of the NCAA committee behind the Rebels pompon squad.
- Possible scheduling of games with NBA teams to avoid an undefeated season.
Tark will agree to visit jink-
bond k Michael Milken and Pete
Rose in their prison cells for lengthy
discussions of ethical behavior.
Sessions of cultural interest
■ The team will no longer hold tutorial sessions in Caesar's Palace.
As you can see, it was a tough decision for the NCAA to make.
Brent Maycock is a Branson, Mo. senior majoring in journalism.