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Friday, December 8, 1989 / University Daily Kansan
Football
Line performance improves
Continued from p. 13
Although the opponents were racking up the yards against the Jayhawk defense, the defense did improve this year.
Sophomore safety Deral Boykin anchored the young defense as he was an honorable mention in the Big Eight. Boykin, a former conference defensive newcomer-of-the-year, had 90 tackles and two interceptions.
Outside linebacker Dan Newbrough also earned Big Eight honorable mention and was the Jayhawks' second-leading tackler with 108 total tackles.
Newbrough led the team in tackles for a loss and was second in quarterbacking. He led the line of scrimmage for a total loss to opposing teams of 42 yards.
On a defense plagued with off-season injuries, former starting backfill Roger Robben made the switch to linebacker during the off-season. The team will be beneficial for the Jayhawks as they face the Kansas defenses with 146 tackles.
Another pleasant surprise for Kansas on the defensive side of the ball was freshman walk-on linebacker Wes Swinford. Swinford was an all-time leader in interceptions in Morrison, Okla., but his team played eight-man football.
In his first season playing the 11-man game, he was the team's third-leading tackler with 103.
The Jayhawk defense was ranked worst in NCAA Division I college football last year. Kansas gave up eight touchdowns and scored an age of more than $55 yards a game.
Opponents still gained more than 5,280 yards against the Jayhawks, but with a cut of more than 600 yards from last year's totals.
This year, the Kansas defense, although still sleeve-like, seemed to be able to plus some holes.
Kansas cut a big slice out of the opponents' average offensive performance. This season the Jayhawks had the opposition to 490.5 yards a game.
Last year, Kansas gave up 3,937 yards rushing. In the 1989 season, it gave up 2,928 yards on the ground.
The biggest improvement for the Jayhawks' defense was in their ability to block shots.
The Jayhawks lost ground in their pass defense allowing 2,587 yards through the air in 1969, an increase from just under 1,960 last season.
On the average, Kansas' defense gave up close to $38 rushing yards a game last season. The Jaywhaks also rushed just 102.2 yards and just 86.2 yards rushing a game.
Last season, opponents averaged a little more than 178 passing yards. The Jayhawk secondary gave up close to 215 in 1989.
Opponents were just four points shy of scoring 500 total points against the Jayhawks last year.
Holding their own
It may be a little difficult to put a notch in the win column when the opposition averages more than 45 points per game. The same batting appenntons did to Kansas last year.
But the Jayhawks' defense held their ground a little better this season, giving up just a little more than 34 points a contest.
The statistics not only tell of the improvement, but the players talk of it as well.
But the Jayhawks still had trouble winning the close games this year.
"We improved a lot," Budde said. "We didn't play up to our ability at times, but we did improve."
Twice this season, Kansas was leading the contest but surrendered that lead by the end of the game.
"That game was a turning point for us," Budde said.
Budde complimented the offense for its ability to come back from the deficit and score.
Kansas also led Louisville, but gave up that lead to the Cardinals,
The Jayhawks had an encouraging sign to carry into next season with their come-from-behind 46-44 victory on the final Saturday of the season.
The closest loss this season was a homecoming loss to Iowa State 24-20, then lead into half-time, but gave that to the Cyclones by the time it was over.
Perhaps the most important areas of improvement were voiced by Buddha.
"We started to believe in ourselves," Budde said.
Markkanen
"They now know what they have to do in win," Donhoe said.
Whether that is true or not remains to be seen next season.
Continued from p. 13
Markkanen, who weighs 215 pounds and wears a pink mouth guard for protection while playing, has moved to a different country, where basketball is a major sport during the winter.
A place where popularity was awaiting him.
"When I came here it was totally different." Markkainen says. "I was not used to having people tell me, 'Good game' or 'Hi' when I was on campus. It's funny."
He says, laughing with surprise, that the kids and older people ask him for autoahrs.
Rilkka, who is enrolled in one course and works at a bank, says it is amazing to see people throwing newspapers and waving during the games.
Rikka, who goes to all the home games, says, "In Finland, they (fans) are like in a church."
Like Finnish fans, Markkanen is a quiet person and serious about the game.
A Finnish Javhawk
As Kansas' center, he likes the aggressiveness of the team.
"I like our team because we play good defense," Markkanen says...
But for him, the game is slower in the United States because every time the ball goes out of the court, he has to give it to the referee. Markkanen is accustomed to playing by international rules, which differ slightly from U.S. college basketball rules. He is used to playing with the 30-second rule, which increases the speed of the game; the 45-second rule is used in the United States instead.
"It takes time to get used to the rules," he says.
He remembers that during the warm-up in the first exhibition game, he dunked the ball without knowing it was against the rules.
"I was lucky because the referee knew who I was," he says.
The rules on jump balls also are different in the United States. In Finland, opponents jump for the ball at the beginning of both halves and also after held-ball calls.
These are the kinds of things Markkanken has had to learn here. But if he has any problems, he knows his wife can help him. Rilika usually waits for Markkanken outside the locker room after games and practices.
So far, Markkkanen he enjoys practices with the coaches and his teammates, but finds differences in the coaching style.
"The they are very tough coaches, but also fair," he says.
"If you do things right, they give you positive points and you don't have to run so much after practice."
He also talks about the privileges upperclassmen receive at Kansas. He says seniors and juniors are
"In Finland," he says, "if one player has 10 years of experience and one new player comes for the first time, it's all the same."
Rikka says, "Here, the players respect the coaches more."
Big contribution
Markkanen, has contributed to No. 2-ranked Kansas, starting in all eight games. He leads the Jayhawks with 12 blocked shots and has averaged 7.4 points a game.
He set his 14-point career high during the NIT semifinal against the University of Nevada-Las Vegas on Nov. 23, in which ESPN analyst Dick Vitale said he was a surprise player.
"They didn't really think that he would be able to contribute immediately, but he has given them positive minutes." Vitale said.
On Wednesday, against Southern Methodist University, Markkanen hit all five of his field attempts and had a team-high seven rebounds.
Off the court, Markkannen says he does not spend much time with his girlfriend, but says they understand he would rather be with Rikkei.
The couple, who lived together in Helsinki and in Jyvaskyla for the past four years, now live in an apartment at Jayhawker Towers.
They say they miss the forests and lakes that surround their summer home in Finland and feel foreign to the flatness of the Midwest.
For him Lawrence is a bit small.
Rikka answers, "But you wouldn't have time for it."
Markkanen, who doesn't consider the weather to be cold yet, also misses skating, skiing and fishing, especially at this time of the year, when snow is all over Finland.
Instead, he spends his time playing, resting and studying English.
A physical education major, Markkanen is taking four English courses for non-native students at the Applied English Center this fall — including writing, speaking, structure and reading. He is in the third of four levels and says he hopes he does not have to take any AEC courses next spring.
The Markkanens, who already bought their airplane tickets to go home next summer, don't know yet
After he graduates, he might want to coach, he says. For the moment, he says he just hopes to improve his game and his English.
"We have to decide at the beginning of next year," Rikka savs.
After only a few months in the United States, Pekka and Rikika Markkkanen's first semester of their honey-moon has come to a happy end on and off the court.
In Finland, where the best club players earn up to $30,000 a year, Markkanen could make money if he played for a club.
"But I am here." he says.
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