BIG 12 UPDATE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN Star guard CHAUNCEY BILLUPS will miss Colorado's first three games of the upcoming basketball season as part of an NCAA-mandated suspension because of misuse of University long-distance access codes. Teammate junior guard Howard Frier will miss the fourth, fifth and sixth games. Coach Ricardo Patton announced the penalties Friday and said they were consistent with NCAA guidelines. Twelve members of the Colorado football team also were implicated SPORTS and served either one- or two game suspensions. The improperly billed phone calls amounted to about $25 per player, and the charges were reimbursed by the players, university officials said. IOWA STATE "DID YOU KNOW ..." Iowa State junior running back TROY DAVIS had 48 carries for 225 yards. He became the first back in collegiate history to run for 2,000 yards in consecutive seasons. He broke the 2000-yard mark in the Cyclones' game against Kansas State on Saturday. The Cyclones lost 35-20. CHIEFS UPDATE KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In a stadium famous for its loud, hostile crowd, the SAN DIEGO CHARGERS dominated Kansas City so completely that many of the fans gave up and left early. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25.1996 Picking often on Dale Carter, the Chiefs' top defensive back, the Chargers romped to a 28-0 lead in the third quarter and cruised to a 28-14 victory. Many of the 70,000 fans couldn't bear to watch and were gone long before the final whistle. "I don't know what happened, but I'll take it." Stan Humphries, beating Carter, threw two touchdown passes to Tony Martin and kept one drive alive with a 55-yard strike to Martin, who had one of his greatest days with five catches for 148 yards. PAGE 7 Three baseball players sign letters of intent for Kansas Kansas baseball coach Bobby Rendall has announced that Brian Schriner, Doug Dreher and John Nelson have signed national letters of intent to play for the Jayhawks. Shriner's pitching led his Great Bend High School baseball team to a Class 5A state championship in 1995, Randall said. His athletic ability will fit the teams needs. Dreher hit. .377 with 17 RBI and nine stolen bases last season for Hays High School. The Jayhawks will be looking for Dreher to add speed on both offense and defense. Nelson has played the last two years for Denton High School in Denton, Texas, and is entering his senior season. He earned all-district honors his sophomore and junior years for his strong play in the infield. Kansan staff report Crimson Tide football coach announces his resignation BIRMINGHAM, ALA. — Alabama coach Gene Stallings announced his resignation Saturday night after a 24-23 win against Auburn, one of the most exciting games in his seven years with the program. Stallings, who led the Crimson Tide to the 1992 national championship, said he would stay with the team through the end of the season. The Crimson Tide has two games remaining, the Southeastern Conference title game and a bowl game. "I talked to the players and the coaches and told them there comes a time for everyone to pass the torch," said Stallings, who has a 69-15-1 record at Alabama. "You guys don't understand the pressure of how a loss affects someone." Stallings said he had decided last week that it was time to leave. He reportedly didn't get along with new athletic director Bob Bookrath, but Bockrath downplayed their differences. "I regret that I only had one season to work with Gene," Bockrath said. "Gene Stallings has obviously been a tremendous asset to our athletics program and the university as a whole." School officials planned a news conference for today to discuss their selection process for a new coach. Stallings said he planned to move to his ranch in Paris, Texas. But he didn't rule out returning to coaching. but I hate but coming to coaching, "I said we were closing a chapter, but not the whole book," he said. "Nobody has approached me about coaching anywhere else." Notre Dame's Davie hired as head football coach SOUTH BEND, IND. — Bob Davie, Notre Dame's defensive coordinator the past three years, was hired yesterday to succeed coach Lou Holtz. "Bob's personal and professional strength, his knowledge of the University and the program and his appreciation of all that it means to be the head football coach at Notre Dame made him the clear cut choice to succeed Lou Holtz," said the Rev. William Beauchamp, Notre Dame's executive vice president. "We look forward with great anticipation to the Bob Davie's era at Notre Dame," Beauchamp said. The hiring was announced at a campus news conference, one day after Notre Dame defeated Rutgers 62-0 in Holtz's final home game. It is the first head coaching job for Davie, who's spent the past 20 years as a defensive assistant. It's the first time Notre Dame has hired an assistant as head coach since 1954, when Terry Brennan replaced Frank Leahy. The Associated Press Disneyland lost, not forgotten Kansas wins 81-71; Halbleib scores 29 By Adam Herschman Kansan sportswriter Last season UC-Santa Barbara spoiled the Kansas women's basketball team's west-coast trip. The Gauchos defeated the Jayhawks 95-75 on Dec. 30, 1995 in Santa Barbara, Calif. That loss was one of the reason's Kansas never made the trip to Disneyland. "We've been thinking about Disneyland since last Christmas," Kansas senior guard Angie Halbleib said. "It wasn't far from our minds." After the 20-point loss last season, the Kansas women's basketball team's didn't let it happen again as the No. 15 Jayhawks defeated the Gauchos last night 81-71 in Allen Field House. "I don't think that (Disneyland) was the reason we were so psyched up," Halbleib said. "They crushed us last year." After several lead changes in the first half, Halblein received a pass from Kansas junior guard Erin Reed and made a 25-foot jumper from the left side of the top of the key with 1.3 seconds remaining in the half to give the Jay-hawks a 39-38 lead. The Gauchos stayed close to Kansas for the first five minutes of the second half until Kansas went on a six-point run and took a 51-45 lead with 14:19 remaining. The Jayhawks never gave up the lead after that point. "After last year's encounter with them at their place, we knew that they were going to be a very, very competitive team," Washington said. "Our first time out there against them, we were not prepared. So we knew we were really going to have to work hard in this ball game." "We were aggressive in the first half, but we knew we were not going to let this team beat us, not again." Hallebib said. Halbleib, who led all scorers with 29 points, said Kansas came out more aggressive in the second half. Kansas senior guard Tamecka Dixon was second on the team in scoring with 17 points. She led Kansas with six assists. Kansas sophomore guard/center Nakia Sanford had 14 points and nine rebounds. Although Kansas outshot the Gauchos 46.8 percent vs. 33.8 percent from the field, Kansas had more turnovers, 23, compared to the Gauchos, 22. Kansas women's basketball coach Marian Washington said she was not happy with the team's number of turnovers and Kansas' work on the defensive glass. "I'm not happy with the fact that they (UC-Santa Barbara) pulled down 21 offensive boards," Washington said. "We're working on trying to keep them off the glass. Boxing out is going to be critical to us as we get into conference play. It's just something that we hope we will see improve as we go along." Kansas will next play Purdue, who defeated the Jayhawks 80-72 last season. The Jayhawks will face the Boilermakers on Dec. 1 in the Field House following the Kansas men's basketball game against San Diego, with a scheduled tipoff at 1 p.m. rameka Dixon, Senior Guard, makes a pass to Jennifer Trapp, senior forward, through the UCSB defense. Kansas women beat UCSB last night at Allen Field House. Geoff Krieger / KANSAN Geoff Krieger / KANSAN Amanda Reeves, freshman middle blocker, taps the ball past a Texas A&M player. Kansas lost to Texas A&M Friday night in the Allen Field House. Volleyball team falls to Texas A&M Aggies By Adam Herschman Kansan sportswriter The Kansas volleyball team kept the score close early in the match against No. 14 Texas A&M last Friday in Allen Field House, losing 15-13 in the first game. "We've talked a lot at the end of the season about fighting, and they did in the first game," Kansas volleyball coach Karen Schonewise said. "After the first game, they knew that they could compete with this team." But it was as close as the Jayhawks would get to winning a game as the Aggies defeated Kansas in three games, 15-13, 15-6, 15-8. Texas A&M improved to 23-5 overall and 14-3 in the Big 12 Conference. Kansas dropped to 9-23 overall and 3-15 in the conference. "We're still playing very well at times and I think we're still improving," Schonewise said. "We're just not doing it consistently yet. If we make a mistake right now we're dwelling too much on that mistake instead of focusing on the next play." "We want to go out this year with some wins, and we have a good opportunity against Iowa State and Missouri," Kansas freshman outside hitter Mary Beth Albrecht said. "We beat them already this year, and it would be nice to sweep them." The Jayhawks have two conference matches remaining this season. Kansas plays Iowa State at 7:30 p.m. Friday in Ames, Iowa, and Missouri at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in Columbia, Mo. 'Hawks survive Broncos Haase scores 19 leads rally after half By Evan Blackwell Kansan sportswriter For the second time this year, Santa Clara lost to Kansas Friday night in San Jose, Calif. However, this time the Broncos showed the Jayhawks what their weaknesses were. Kansas held off a stubborn Santa Clara 76-64 in a game that was not really decided until the final minutes. The Broncos lost to the Jayhawks in Santa Clara's final game last season, a 76-51 trouncing in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Kansas led only 34-30 at half-time after being outbounded 20-16 by the smaller Broncos. The Jayhawks turned up the heat on the boards in the second half and eventually outbounded Santa Clara, 44-35. "In the first half, they outplayed, outhustled, outrebounded and outcoached us," said Kansas head coach Roy Williams. "I didn't think we played hard or intelligently in the first half. In the first eight minutes of the second half, I was really pleased. Our rebounding helped get our fast break going and got us some second shots inside." Junior forward Raef LaFrentz pounded the Broncos inside for much of the second half, finishing with 17 points and 12 rebounds. Kansas senior guard Jerod Haase led the Jayhawks with 19 points, making seven of 11 field goal attempts. Playing without injured senior point guard Jacque Vaughn for the first time in his Kansas career, the Jayhawks often looked sloppy while committing 20 turnovers. Sophomore Ryan Robertson replaced Vaughn at the point and finished with 11 points, two assists and two turnovers. Haase, who had 16 of his 19 points in the second half, said the Jayhawks would learn from the closer-than-expected victory. "I think we were a little disappointed in ourselves after the first half" Haase said. "They're a well- Kansas 76, Santa Clara 64 KANBAS (1-0) FG FT TP 16 P. Pierce 6-12 17 16 Franz 6-12 17 16 Philadelphia 1-3 4 6 Robertson 3-8 2-2 11 Haase 1-3 4 6 Watsonme 1-2 0 10 McGrath 1-2 0 0 Thomas 1-1 0-5 3 Angel 1-1 0-5 3 Bradford 0-2 0 0 Ranom 0-2 0 0 Toronto 28-57 21-38 76 SANTA CLARA (1-4) FG FT TP L.Plance 3-8 8-3 9 Sedlock 2-6 2-5 6 Zunkel 2-6 2-5 6 Jones 2-12 4-4 8 Garnett 6-12 4-6 20 Wusching 4-7 2-5 11 Johnson 1-1 0-0 0 Columbian 0-0 0-0 0 Gomes 0-0 0-0 0 Price 0-0 0-0 0 Fleet 1-1 0-0 2 Totals 25-57 21-36 7 coached, scrappy team that plays hard, and we didn't match their intensity. We have to be that way, too. We have to learn from this." The Associated Press contributed information to this story. Kansas to confront rival LSU By Evan Blackwell By Evan Blackwell Kansan sportswriter Kansas coach Roy Williams remembers the last time Kansas played Louisiana State. The 89-83 Jayhawk win against LSU at Baton Rouge, La., during the 1989-90 season came in Williams' second season at Kansas. It also put the Kansas program back on the map. The LSU team included future NBA players Shaquille O'Neill, Stanley Roberts and Chris Jackson (now Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf). "That was a big-time game for us. It was my second year, and I thought we had a chance to be really, really good. But nobody else thought that," Williams said. "That was the one single game Despite the distracting locale of Hawaii, Williams said that Kansas would be all business when it took the floor for its second game of the season. that gave the kids confidence that we could do a lot of different things." The Tigers finally get a rematch with the Jayhawks at 8:35 p.m. today in the first round of the Maui Classic in Lahaina, Hawaii. This time the tables are turned with No. 2 Kansas entering the game as the Goliath and unranked LSU playing David. LSU enters the game 1-0 after defeating Troy State 90-59 last Friday. "We're going to be serious about it," Williams said. "They're going to get Saturday off, but the rest of the time there we are going to be playing basketball games. We're going to treat it just like we're playing games in Ottawa." The Jayhawks are in the same half of the bracket that includes Iowa and California. The other first-round matchups are Massachusetts vs. Chaminaade and Virginia vs. South Carolina. No matter what team Kansas faces in the second round tomorrow, the matchup will be an intriguing one for a Jayhawk player. Guard Jerd Hase transferred to Kansas from California after his freshman year. Forward Raef LaFrentz chose Kansas over his home state Hawkeves. Kansas last traveled to Hawaii for the Rainbow Classic during the 1992-93 season and advanced to the championship game before losing 86-74 to Michigan.