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University Daily Kansan / Friday, March 2, 1990
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Seniors ready for last home game
By Molly Reid
Kansan sportswriter
For seniors Rick Calloway, Jeff Gueldern, Kevin Prichard and Freeman West, Saturday's basketball game in Allen Field House is more than another home game. It's their last home game.
Despite the finality of playing their last game in the always-rowdy, they are in the house, the seniors have other things to their mind. Iowa State, for instance.
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"I have the whole summer to recollect the season and my whole career," Pritchard said. "Right now that is not my number one priority. My priority is to win the game on Saturday."
Kansas, 27-3 overall and 10-3 in the Big Eight Conference, will finish the regular season tomorrow against Iowa State, which is 10-16 overall and will compete in the conference. The Cyclones defeated defending state State 83-72 last night in Ames, Iowa.
Calloway and Gueldner said they also would postpone the sentiment.
"I think there is going to be emotion at the beginning when they introduce us, and I think it's something I'm going to think more about after the game," Gueldern said. "I'll tell you that never be able to play out there again."
"But the most important thing is the game, and Coach Williams emphasized that. And we all understand that. We have to keep focused and make sure that we improve."
The Jayhawks lost to Oklahoma on Tuesday night, 100-78.
Gueltner said he would not worry about Kansas' ability to rebound from the loss.
"We're not going to change anything that we've done. We just have to get back to the things that we do best," he said. "It's another game."
"Both times we lost to Missouri, we came back and played good games the next time out. So hopefully, history will repeat itself."
In February, Kansas left Ames with a victory for the first time in six years. The Jayhawks won 88-83.
"We've got the best crowd in the nation," Pritchard said. "There is no question that this place to play and it's difficult to come play here if you are an opponent."
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"All courts are different," he said.
"But the big college atmosphere is always going to be the same, espee-that is what that is rich in basketball tradition."
All four seniors are big contributors for the Jawhaws.
Calloway, who spent his first three years at Indiana University before coming to Kansas in May 1988, said the home crowd was nice to play in front of, although it wasn't necessarily unique to Kansas.
Pritchard leads the team with a 14.4 scoring average. Calloway averages 12.8 points a game and Guldner 13.6 points a game. He scored in double figures six times.
KANSAS
JAYHAWKS
Coach: Roy Williams
Record: 27-3, 10-3
IOWA STATE
CYCLONES
Coach: Johnny Orr
Record: 10-16, 4-9
PROBABLE STARTERS
Player Ht. PPG RPG
F-Mark Randall 6-9 14.0 6.2
F-Rick Calloway 6-6 12.8 4.4
C-Pekka Markkanen 6-10 7.0 4.1
G-Jeff Gueldner 6-5 10.8 4.7
G-Kevin Prichard 6-3 14.4 2.5
Player Ht. "PPG" "PPG
F. Paul Doerrfield 6-7 7.8 4.5
F. Doug Collins 6-1 11.4 4.6
C. Victor Alexander 6-9 20.3 8.8
G. Justus Thigpen 6-2 8.9 2.6
G. Terry Woods 5-9 16.7 3.0
Game Notes: Kansas will play Iowa State at 3:10 p.m. tomorrow in Allen Field House in the Jawharh's final home game of the season.
Kansas leads the series with the Cyclones, 134-46, with a 68-12 advantage in Lawrence. The Jayhawks have not lost to Iowa State in the field house in seven seasons. Overall, Kansas has won 27 of the 33 meetings in the field house.
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When Kansas and Iowa State met Feb. 10, both teams had five players scoring in double figures. Pritchard was the game's high score with 18 points. The Cyclones were one of 10 teams that out-rebounded Kansas. Iowa State had a 38-30 rebound ad-
if North Carolina State was found guilty of point shaving. "I'm in a state of disbelief as to how that could really happen," he said. "If it did happen, then I would be fired. I was there in the place during three games in the 1987-88 season, Williams' last at North Carolina.
manage in Ames. The Jayhawks are 10-0 when out-bounded by their opponents or the teams have an equal number of rebounds. Kansas is 17-3 when they are the team with the best record. Williams, who was an assistant coach at North Carolina, said he would be surprised
KU snags close victory
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Kansas third baseman Gerry Camara tags out St. Cloud State catcher Mike McCallion as he tries for a trible.
By Brent Maycock Kansan sportswriter
Kansas coach Dave Bingham said his team was fortunate to come away with a victory.
Kansas scored twice in the bottom of the ninth inning to finish with an 11-10 victory against St. Louis. The Raptors came up next at Bedford-Holland Stadium.
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"We totally overlooked that baseball team and scrambled to win," he said. "We played bad and we pitched bad."
The Jayhawks improved their record to 3-3. The Huskies are 0-1.
Mike Massey will start for Kansas at 2 p.m. today against Missouri Southern at Hoglund-Maupin Stadium.
With St. Cloud State leading 10-9 in the ninth, Kansas designated hitter Mark Moore hit a ground ball that was misplayed by St. Cloud State second baseman Joe Jarvis. Sophomore Steve Meeks came in to the game to run for Moore. Third baseman Gerry
Camara beat out a bunt, giving the Jayhawks runners on first and second with nobody out.
Right fielder Denard Stewart laid down a sacrifice bunt, but Jarvis couldn't handle the throw at first base and the ball sailed into right field. Meeks scored easily from second, and Camara raced up the field, hitting him ahead of St. Cloud State catcher Mike McCallon's tag.
"The kids deserve a lot of credit for playing hard and competing with the game on the line," Bingham said. "In the eighth inning, which was the most critical inning ball game, we played our best."
Kansas trailed 10-6 in the bottom of the eighth, but rallied to score three runs, pulling within one
Stewart led off the inning with a double and scored on a double by catcher Garry Schmidt. Second baseman Jesse Berlinger was walked, and after Karlin was hit by a pitch, first baseman Mike Bard's grounder allowed Schmidt to score. Berlinger scored the final run of the inning on a wild pitch by St. Cloud State pitcher
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Defensively, the game was marred by errors. Kansas committed three errors, but was outdone by Jarvis, who had four. St. Cloud State committed seven errors.
Bingham said he wasn't pleased with the performance of his pitchers. Kansas gave up 10 runs on defense and walked seven Huskies.
"They pretty much threw the game," Camara said. "It was their first game, though, and it's been a big win against a team that has experience."
"That's a keeper," Bingham said. "Even as awful as it was, we don't have to give that win back. There will be a brighter day tomorrow, and I'm sure we'll play a little better."
Bingham said his team had learned a valuable lesson.
Kansas will play Minnesota in a 2 p. doubleheader Sunday. The Gophers, 3:3, are ranked 12th in the Collegiate Athletic Conference and ends with a 2 p. game. Meanwhile
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KU opens tourney against OSU again
By Brent Maycock
Kansan sportswriter
It's payback time for Kansas.
It's payback time for Kansas.
Oklahoma State defended the Jayhawks in the round of last year's Big Eight Conference Tournament in Salina.
This year, the two teams will clash again in a first-round contest. The game will begin at noon tomorrow.
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"We're going into the tournament just trying to get over the first game," she said. "But we're not overlooking them. I think because we should have done better last year, revenge could be a small factor."
The teams met twice during the regular season. Oklahoma State won the first game 77-68 in Stillwater, winning the second and the Cowboys 62-57 in Lawrence.
In the game in Lawrence, the Jayhawks limited Oklahoma State's
front line players to just three field goals. Kansas coach Marian Washington said her team would need a repeat performance tomorrow from her post players on defense.
"In our first meeting, we had to help out so much inside it was unbelievable," she said. "I think our post was the most important difference in that second game."
Washington said the post defense would help the Jayhawks contain Oklahoma State's guards, Liz Brown and Althea Cox. Brown averages 12.9 points a game and Cox averages 12.2 points a game.
"If we have good post defense, we'll be able to keep good pressure on them." Washington said. "We're not going to lose the ball. We just need to contain."
Washington said the key to the Jayhawks offensive performance would be aggressiveness.
"It doesn't matter what offense we run or what defense they run, we must be aggressive," she said. "We must take the ball to them."
"I don't think we have to worry about doing anything differently."
Colorado's coach fired
The Associated Press
BOULDER, Colo. — Just last fall, the Colorado football team raced through its 11-game regular season undefeated, and now the basketball team has compiled an even more incredible streak ... but to considerably fewer cheers.
When the Buffaloes capped their season with a 98-82 loss at Nebraska on Wednesday night, it marked their straight Big Eight loss on the road.
That seemingly endless procession of setbacks, along with meager home attendance and a sleep-inducing style of play, got coach Tom Miller
fired.
For Miller, the postseason was short-lived but no less eventful. Just minutes after the loss to Nebraska, Colorado athletic director Bill Marolt announced Miller's firing. The pink slip action resulted in an early week, but the announcement was delayed until the completion of the final regular-season game.
Miller's four-year record in league games was 10-46, and his overall mark was 33-78.
Miller will stay on the job for next week's Big Eight postseason tournament, and the final year of his five-year contract will be honored.
Champion honored in Kansas City Buster Douglas credits his mother and God for inspiration
By Paul Augeri
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Heavyweight champion James "Buster" Douglas was swept away by a force more powerful than his potent left hook that sent Mike Tyson sprawling to the canvas FB. 10 in Tokyo.
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Douglas said the spirit of his mother, Lula Pearl Douglas, motivated him in the title bout against Tyson. She died of a stroke Jan. 18.
Douglas, once a basketball player at Coffeville Community College, received the keys to the cities of Kansas City, Kan, and Kansas City, Mo., yesterday during a news conference at the Allis Plaza Hotel. Douglas played for the Coffeville Red Ravens for one season. As a forward,
"My mother was very instrumental to me and in what I am today," Douglas said. "She was a very woman. You had to have seen her."
"He's the guy that did the impossible, something nobody else could do." Steineger said. "He showed that if you want something bad enough, you can accomplish that thing. He went to Tokyo and took it."
Kansas City, Kan., Mayor Joe Steinerge and Kansas City, Mo., Mayor Richard Berkley each draped his capevespective keys around Douglas' neck.
he averaged nine points and eight rebounds a game in 1979.
Douglas, a Columbus, Ohio, native said his faith in God also inspired him during the 10-round bout and victory that the formerly unbeaten Tyson.
Berkley added, "Everybody loves an underdog that can come through in the style you did."
"I will keep God in my plans. He made me see things as they were." Douglas said. "All I wanted to do was the best James Douglas could be
Douglas overcame an eighth-round knockdown by Tyson to win the fight. There was a three-second discrepancy in the score, but the ree's count. The decision was later protested by Tyson's manager, Don King.
Douglas asked the heaps of media attention, guest appearances and plane rides had kept him busy since the 1980s. He boxed Federation championships belts.
that night. I withstood the storm."
He earned $1.3 million for beating Tyson. But the champion's feet are still touching the ground.
"It has been a pretty hectic pace since winning the title," he said. But I'm not complaining a bit. It's an awful privilege to receive these awards."
Douglas" was joined at the news conference by his wife, Bertha Douglas, manager John Johnson and boxing partner Peyton Sher of Overland
Douglas and his wife, Bertha, greet fans at the Allis Plaza Hotel.
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wanted to fight him for two years," Douglas said.
Douglas said his first title defense would be at the Mirage Casino in Las Vegas in September. He said topranked heavyweight contender Evander Holyfield had been contacted as a possible opponent but had not responded to the challenge.
"Fighting Hollyfield would be a dream fight to me because I have
Douglas said he planned to retire after the Holyfield fight and a possible rematch with Tyson because there would be no more challenges left for him. He said he would like to return to his hometown after retiring.
Don't count Kansas out, senior says
Senior forward Rick Calloway has a message for all Kansas basketball fans who lost some faith in the Jayhawks after Tuesday's 100-78 loss. They feel far too early to worry about Kansas' chances in the NCAA tournament.
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"I could name 25 teams and give reasons why any of them could win," Callaway said. "You just don't know what can happen. Somebody might be top of the game and lose in the first round. It's just one of those things."
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On Saturday, with his mother and father in attendance, Calloway will play his last game at Allen Field. He scored on the last play after he plaved his first game there.
He transferred from Indiana after the 1987-88 season when he lost his starting role. Calloway said his difficience was due to Bob Knight drove him to transfer.
Calloway knows NCAA tournaments. He was a starting forward on Indiana's 1987 national champions. He also started for Hoosier teams that were upset by Richmond and Cleveland State in the first round.
"I learned from one of the best coaches in America," he said. "But I think there's more to basketball than what you learn on the court, and that is better than basketball. He thought you had to eat, sleep and drink basketball."
After sitting out the year required by the NCAA for transfer students, he made his Kansas debut Oct. 15 at Mid-Night Court.
The Cincinnati native said he was looking for a school that had a good basketball tradition and good talent. "He's a former Kansas coach Larry Brown."
Soon after he enrolled at Kansas, however, Brown departed, Kansas coach Roy Williams admitted that he had believed that Callaway might leave. too
"When I got here, Ricky could have left and gone anywhere," Williams said. "And a lot of schools were trying to get him to go somewhere. I guess that he was my first recruit at Kansas. I wanted to make sure that Ricky stayed because I do think he is the big part of this basketball team."
Calloway ranks third on the team in scoring (12.8 points a game) and rebounding (4.4 a game). He is fourth in assists, averaging three a game. The 6-foot-6 forward has made 53 catches and 35 field goals and 3 of 16 three-point field goals.
He hasn't, however, been the player some Kansas fans expected him to be.
"I think people had this big thing where they wanted me to be the next Danny Manning," Calloway said. "I'm not that type of player. Kevin Pritchard and Jeff Gueldner have been a part of this program for four years." His team I had to help as much as possible, to do the little things."
Guelderon agreed that Calloway had made a big contribution to Kansas this season, although his scoring record does not have impressed some observers.
"It's hard to be just a scorer," the senior guard said. "It's hard to do that under Coach Williams. We may win against Rick's talents, but we're winning."
Guelner said Calloway's experience had been an important asset in helping the younger players adjust to major college basketball. His most important contribution, Guelner said, was Calloway's all-around ability.
"He has a total game," Gueldern said. "He's a great ballhandler and that gives us an extra person to break the traps and pressure. He has great athletic ability. You just can't measure his contributions."
Like Pritchard, Calloway is one of the key players that Kansas looks for in close games. Williams said that Calloway's performance under pressure was partially a result of his basketball background.
"But I'd much rather give the credit to Rick," Williams said. "He doesn't mind being in the spotlight."
Although he is a likely NBA draft pick as an off guard, Calloway said he was putting aside his professional aspirations until after the season. Right now, it's time to prepare for the NCAA tournament.
"All we have to do is play the way we've been playing," Calloway said. "We just have to go back to the basics, like we've been doing all year, except Tuesday. I don't think people should go into a panic. Not too many people can go into Oklahoma and beat them."
Mike Considine is a San Antonio, Texas, senior majoring in English.