University Daily Kansan / Thursday, November 29, 1990
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Beginning of season looks rough for Jayhawks
Randall to miss next 3 games with ankle injury
By Derek Simmons
Kansan sportswriter
Forward Mark Randall will miss Kansas' next three games, including Saturday's home opener against Marquette, after having surgery Tuesday for a leg injury. Coach Roy Williams said yesterday.
The injury, called an anterior compartment syndrome, happened in a Nov. 16 exhibition game against the Flint. Mich., AAU national champion A Flint player played on Randy's leg while going after a loose ball.
The injury bothered Randall throughout the Jayhawks' first two games and was aggravated when he hit a home run, the same spot in practice Monday.
Williams said that Randall didn't mention the injury during the Jayhawks. Nov. 23 loss to Arizona State
but that Randall took himself out of the next night's game against Northern Arizona, which KU won.
Randall also was hampered by back spasms against Arizona State. He was held to five points in that game but had 19 against Northern Missouri.
The surgery relieved pressure on the muscle.
"I guess his back hurt him enough against Arizona State that he forgot about his leg." Williams said.
"The bruised muscle swelled as far as the walls of its compartment allowed," Williams said. "They just were stabbed with two or three incisions in the wall."
Trainer Mark Cairns said Randall's recovery could take 10 days to four weeks.
"The surgery gave immediate relief from the injury," Cairns said.
"Now he just has to recover from the surgery."
Forward Mike Maddox said that Randall's injury could slow the team's progress
Williams was uncertain who would replace Randall in the lineup Saturday.
"I missed the first three weeks, Richard Scott had some problems, and now Doug (Elstun) and Mark are out," he said. "We haven't had any problems yet. We have a couple of weeks. I hope when we get together we'll be ready to gill."
"You can't replace Mark Randall," he said. "I've never coached a game that Mark Randall hasn't started. As to who will be the fifth guy running down the court when the game starts, I don't have a clue. We'll keep looking at the next couple of practices."
Free-throw woes for Kansas seem to be snowballing.
Free-throw problems crop up for Jayhawks
The Associated Press
Only two games into the regular season, the Jayhawks already have shown a weakness at the line.
Jamison missed twice in the final
In their opening weekend in Arizona, the Jayhawks made just 14 of 37 foul shots for an average of 37.8 percent.
“Concentration is probably the biggest thing,” forward Mike Maddox said. “We all just have to relax. It’s contagious almost.”
The epidemic swept Kansas on Friday against Arizona State. Guard Terry Brown shot three of six, the best for the team. Forward Mark Kelley scored both twice and hit one, while both Middleton and Alonzo Jamsion were for four
27 seconds of the game with the Jayhawks tied with the Sun Devils at 68. Arizona State then took the rebound and scored to win 70-68.
"If we win it not as bad," Jamison said. "But I tell it upon myself if we lose. I started missing and then everybody started missing
"I don't know. It feels good when it leaves my hands. My mechanics are OK. I need to work on the mental aspects. I think about it all the time that you're going at ASU. But there is nothing you can do about it, except keep shooting."
Jamison, who made only two of 10 from the line Saturday against Northern Arizona, said Coach Roy Williams increased free throw shoots and had four outs. The squad shot three minutes of free throws between other drills. Each
player will also come in for 30 minutes of personal shooting during the week, Maddox said.
"We just need to relax and go back to the basics," he said. "Everyone on the team can shoot and we know that."
The Jayhawks showed potential from the line during preseason, making 31 of 41 free throws, for 75.6 percent. Kansas averaged 68.1 percent and Jamison both connected for 54.4 percent and 50.0 percent, respectively.
"Maybe I'm thinking too much," Jamison said. "In junior college I was 80 percent. We just have to step out and play it in the court. It is the easiest shot in basketball."
Maddox said he had similar problems from the free-throw line last year.
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Fort Scott's Jason Young drives past Lane Czaplinski.
JV loses first game to Fort Scott 60-55
By Derek Simmons
Kansan sportswriter
Fort Scott Community College beat the Kansas junior varsity 60-55 in Kansas' season opener last night at Allen Field House.
Junior varsity coach Mark Turgeon said he was pleased with the team's effort.
Guard Lane Czaplinski led Jayhawks with 21 points, and forward Jeff Knobel added 9 points.
"I'm disappointed because we lost," Turgor said. "I couldn't ask for a better effort, especially on the stretch, but just couldn't score down the stretch."
Kansas led 26-22 at halftime and played Fort Scott evenly until 10 minutes were left in the game.
"They just picked it up a notch," Turgeon said. "We were outmanned all over the floor, and we still played with them."
Turgeon said Czaplinski impressed
him.
"Iask a lot of Lane," Turgeon said. "He's our point guard and he's only supposed to take the open shot. He took good shots tonight. We just need a couple more guys to step up and be the pressure of off of him."
One player who helped with the pressure last night was Knobel.
"I expect Jeff to play well." Turgeon said. "He's been practicing with the varsity and hasn't spent much time with us. He's been with me for four years, but a lot of our plays are pretty foreign for him."
Kansas will play William Jewell College's junior varsity at 3 p.m. Saturday before the varsity faces Grongeon said he expected a close game.
"Last year we beat them by two or four," he said. "I usually judge a dog how good their variety is and William Jewell's vaisy is go this year."
NCAA will reveal today Rebels' postseason fate
The Associated Press
The university has scheduled a news conference for 2 p.m. today, the same time the NCAA will publicly release its decision in Overland
LAS VEGAS — University of Nevada, Las Vegas, officials say the NCAA will announce today whether it will modify its ban on postseason play for the defending national basketball champions.
The NCAA Committee on Infractions this summer banned the Runnin' Rebels from defending their national championship, the final resolution of a dispute with coach Jerry Tarkanian dating back to 1977.
The committee agreed, however,
in October to look at new UNLW
evidence in the case, including an
admission of a wrongful death
the duration of the postassess tour.
The Runnin' Rebels are the No. 1 ranked college basketball team in the country, returning four starters from the team that defeated Duke in the national championship game last year.
Tarkanian, however, won a court injunction prohibiting the university from suspending him and the case went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. The judge ruled that the injunction, but said the NCAA had the power to discipline its members.
nament if UNLV would be allowed to compete.
In 1977 the NCAA ordered the university to suspend Tarkianan for two years because of violations in the basketball program.
Even if the Infractions Committee rules against UNLV, it still has the right to appeal the decision to the NCAA Council.
Improvements mark teams' success
By Juli Watkins Kansan sportswriter
Cross country season gives younger runners experience for next year
The Kansas cross country teams had successful seasons overall, assistant coach David Kaiser said yesterday.
Kaiser, who coordinates all home cross country and track meets, said that he had watched both teams improve throughout the season.
"Any time you have kids as young as we were to make it back to NCAAs shows success," Kaiser said.
"On the women's side, they're still improving," Kaiser said. "We've got some young runners who have really made some great progress. The team has a lot of talent. I think the future for Kansas women's cross country is bright."
"For the men, I think just being able to have the Big Eight meet experience, especially for the young kids, will carry over to next year. Giving them the district and NCAA experience gives them a solid base to build on. There's really no substitute for the experience factor."
Kaiser said there would be six or seven runners who went to the NCAA Championships this year returning next season. The Kansas men placed 16th at the NCAA meet Nov. 19 in Knoxville, Teen.
8 with a dual against Southern Illinois at home. The Jayhawks, led by senior Stewart Gillin, won the 21-34. Cross country is scored by the runners-up when they cross the finish line, thus the lowest score is the winning score.
The men opened their season Sept.
The women also won that meet 26
31. Junior Cathy Palacios was the top
Kansas finisher.
The turning point this season came Oct. 13 at the Iowa State Invitational, Kaiser said. The men ended their season-long winning streak when they placed third behind defending Big Eight and NCAA champion Iowa State and Wisconsin, which was ranked third in the country at the time. Kaiser said the experience was somewhat humbling for the men.
"It was a gut check," he said. "The guys realized that we were pretty good, but those guys were great."
The Kansas women won that race. Both teams had disappointing matches by 27 in Lincoln, Neb. The men when defeated second in a conference coaches' poll, finished a disappointing fourth behind Iowa State, Kansas State and Nebraska.
"It was too bad at the Big Eight meet," Kaiser said. "Things just didn't seem to fall right. That's going
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For the men, I think just being able to have the Big Eight meet experience, especially for the young kids, will carry over to next year.
David Kaiser
assistant cross country coach
to happen at one time or another to every team."
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The women, who had been predicted to finish last in the conference, moved up to a seven place finish. Palacios was named to the All-Big Eight team after her 10th place finish.
The qualifying meet for the NCAA Championships was Nov. 10 in Springfield, Mo., and for the second consecutive year the men qualified for the NCAA meet. The women finished in sixth place and did not receive a bid. Palacios led the team, as she had all season.
The men finished in 16th place at the NCAA Championships. They dropped six places from the previous
Looking back on the season, Kaiser said if he could change anything it would be the heavy dependence on the freshmen.
year's performance, but Coach Gary Schwartz said he was proud of the team's efforts.
"It would be nice to not have to rely so much on the freshmen, " Kaiser said. "They did a tremendous job."
Student assistant and former Kansas runner Steve Heffernan said he thought the men could have taken the NCAA meet more seriously.
"I think we might have taken more of an approach to perform at nationals rather than just quality" Heffernan said.
"His presence and his leadership will be missed," Kaiser said. "On the same hand we've got some youngsters who may be able to fill his shoes. Stewart's contributions to cross country were tremendous. Hopefully the young kids will pick up the slack."
Mason's off-season busy with recruiting
By Rob Wheat
Heferann said that the experience gained would help next year's team since so many runners would be returning.
Gillin, who was the No.1 Kansas runner for most of the season, is the only senior the Jayhawks will lose next year.
Kansan sportswriter
This is the way Mason begins a typical day at the office in the off-season.
Kansas coach Glen Mason glanced at his watch and set the phone down as he rummaged through the files in his briefcase. In notes of key documents of notes on dozens of the nation's top high school football players.
Except this time, his "office" is racing several thousand feet in the air as Mason flies in a University plane from Lawrence to central and western Kansas, getting an early jump on recruiting.
According to NCAA regulations, Mason is not allowed to speak with high school prospects. This week he is flying or driving through the state to make impressions on the players' coaches.
Mason's day begins at 5:15 a.m.
with a 4-mile run, which he said allows him to be alert two hours later when he boards the plane bound for central Kansas.
After a half-hour plane trip and a 30 minute drive on the road, Mason meets with a high school coach who says a prospect is extremely interested in attending the University of Kansas.
The player loves the campus, the coach says, but is worried about the stereotype that has some of his peers calling Kansas "snob hill."
Mason said that the perception in western Kansas that everyone at KU was a snob and that rural people attended Kansas State Uni-versity wrong. He said people from a variety of backgrounds attended KU.
Mason spends about a half hour with the coach and then boards a plane heading to western Kansas. He said he still was not used to
having the kind of recruiting budget that allowed him to use a plane.
"When I was just starting out, we would make arrangements to meet a kid and have to stay at the houses of the parents of players." Mason said. "We would drive for hours, and I remember one time having a flat tire at 5:30 a.m. in the middle of nowhere."
Two hours of flight time later; Mason walks into another high school to play at a player in whom Nebraska is also interested. Many times, Mason has run into other college coaches while visiting a high school, but this time he is the one drawing the attention.
This high school coach is also impressed with Mason and wants him to meet the principal. While watching a film of the player, Mason sees other players who catch his eve and he writes their names
"Recruiting is a never-ending thing." Mason said. "Next week, I will be able to talk with the players on this team, but it is a year-round process."
Mason and his staff will look at hundreds of senior football players. Last year he made more than 100 visits to homes, but each prospect is treated individually and is remapped thoroughly.
After an hour at the high school and two hours in flight, Mason returns to Lawrence to prepare for his visits to high schools in the city. In the night he will drive three hours south to visit yet another high school.
Kansas wins game against Minnesota
Balanced scoring attack helps Jayhawks overcome first half turnovers,mistakes
By Chris Oster
Kansan sportswriter
With less than a minute to play, junior guard Kay Kay Hank sart four free throws to seal the Kansas women's basketball team's 71-63 victory against Minnesota last night in Minneapolis.
Kansas' victory, which improves the Jayhawks' record to 2.1, was fueled by a balanced scoring attack led by sophomore Stacy Truitt and junior Terrill Johnson, who finished the game with 14 points apiece. He added 13 for the Jayhawks and sank Kansas' only three-pointer of the
Coach Marian Washington said that despite a rough first half, Kansas was able to come together and win the victory against the Gonkers.
Plagued by 13 turnovers in the first half, the Jayhawks fell behind 31-25 at halftime. Both teams finished the game with 20 turnovers.
Washington said both squads made mistakes common in early season contests.
In the second half, Kansas erased Minnesota's halftime lead and played a tight game that was tied as late as the 4:53 mark.
With less than three minutes to play, Kansas had a 65-13 lead that stood for the next two minutes until Hart broke the scoring drought with the first two of her free throws. Minnesota didn't score again.
The game also featured the play of sophomores Lisa Tate and Misti Chenault.
Chennault finished with eight points and six rebounds.
Tate had six points and nine rebounds for the Jayhawks. The 6-foot 3-inch center also blocked three of the Gophers' shots.
Leading scorers for Minnesota were Carol Anil Shudick and Ellen Kramer, who finished with 17 and 15 points, respectively.
Sports briefs
Ten Jayhawks named to All-Big Eight team
The 1990 Coaches All-Big Eight Conference football team was announced yesterday, and ten Jay-hawks made the list
Offensive tackle Keile Lonker made second-season honors and joined place kicker Dane Eichloch, quarterback ChipILLery, center chip and offensive tackle Chris Perez on the offensive all-conference list.
On the defensive side, Eichloff made first team honors as a punter, and defensive lineman Gilbert Brown and cornerback Hassan Bailey earned second team honors. Linebacker Curtis Moore and cornerback Tim Hill made the honorable mentions list.
discussing new proposal
Major, minor leagues discussing new pronosa
NEW YORK. — The major leagues sent their new proposal to the minor leagues yesterday and said they addressed all the open issues.
"I would think we might hear back Thursday," major league negotiator Bill Murray said. "But I can't be sure."
Minor league officials headed to Los Angeles yesterday for their winter meetings, scheduled to begin Saturday. Time was running out to reach a deal on a new Professional Baseball Agreement.
Miles Wilff, president of the Durham Bulls of the Class A Carolina League, said he thought a deal had to be reached by Tuesday.
"Both sides will have a lot of bad things happen if we don't have something by then," he said.
The new proposal guarantees 119 player development contracts a year, up five from 1900's figure.
"There were a number of areas that were open to that we addressed," Mum said. "What things we talked about last week changes in the terms, guarantees."
Wolff said, however, that the minor league clubs expected their own 104 page proposal to be presented to the major league owners at their meetings, which begin Saturday at Rosemont, Ill.
The length of minor league schedules is among the outstanding issues. The majors would like 136 games at all levels, arguing that longer schedules lead to injuries for young players. The NHL would like between 400 and 144 games.
From staff and wire reports