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Jayhawks mired in tight race for Big Eight title
Editor's note: The following story was scheduled to run on page 1B of yesterday's Kansan, but was replaced with Monday's story by mistake.
One wild weekend has thrown the Big Eight Conference women's basketball race up for grabs.
By Evan Blackwell Kansan sportswriter
Kansas, No. 14 Colorado and No. 19 Oklahoma State have emerged from the weekend as the front runners. Now the teams are in a threeway tie for first place at 6-3 with five games remaining on the conference schedule.
The Jayhawks, who stand at 14-8 overall, temporarily took over one possession of first place Friday when they upset the Buffaloes 67-57 in Boulder, Colo. On the same night, Oklahoma State fell out of first place by losing to Nebraska 53-43.
On Sunday, the top became muddled once again as Kansas was ambushed at Missouri 86-66. Meanwhile, Colorado held off Kansas State 54-50, and Oklahoma State rebounded with a win at Iowa State.
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The Jayhawks now have split their season series with Colorado, and already have a 85-58 win over Oklahoma State earlier this season in Lawrence.
Kansas will have a week to deal with the loss to Missouri, dulling its euphoria from the win at Colorado. Despite the ugly performance Sunday, Kansas women's basketball coach Marian Washington said she was pleased with the Jayhawks' position in the Big Eight.
"The Colorado game was a great win," Washington said. "I'm extremely pleased with where we stand."
Washington said that rebounding and playing better defense were the most important reasons behind the Jayhawk's rise to the top. Before the loss to the Tigers, the Jayhawks had held four of their last five opponents to less than 60 points.
Oklahoma State, 16-4 overall, will have three of its final five games at home, and women's basketball coach Dick Halterman said maintaining that advantage would be the
key to the rest of the season. Kansas will face Oklahoma State in Stillwater on Feb. 16.
"We've got to win our home games," he said. "Kansas drilled us up there, and we need to beat them here."
Colorado, the highest nationally ranked team in the Big Eight with a 19-6 overall record, is no stranger to the pressures of first place. The Buffaloes have won the conference championship in each of the past three seasons.
No Big Eight team has ever won four consecutive conference championships. The title could come down to a season-ending Feb. 25 match up against Oklahoma State in Boulder.
This season also marks the final year of the Big Eight, with Big 12 Conference play beginning next season. Halterman said winning the last title would be meaningful for the Cowgirls.
"It's something our players have talked about," he said. "Our seniors have never won a Big Eight title, and I think it would be something special to win the last one."
Colorado will hire new coach by end of March, official says
The Associated Press
BOULDER, Colo. — Colorado athletic director Bill Marolt has reiterated plans to name a new basketball coach next month even though a committee hasn't been assembled to find Joe Harrington's permanent successor.
Marolt said Monday that a search committee with broad representation would be formed and that a nationwide search would be conducted.
He said a permanent coach probably would be named after the Big Eight Conference tournament March 8-10.
Assistant coach Ricardo Patton was named interim
head coach when Harrington resigned Jan. 16.
Marolt said that he was pleased with what Patton had done and that "we've gotten good feedback from the community on what he's done."
Patton, 37, has sought to reshape the Buffs on and off the court by stressing better conditioning, citizenship and greater overall effort. Colorado's record since Patton took over is 1-3.
But he noted that wins and losses still must be among the criteria used to evaluate Patton's first head-coaching performance.
Everything that goes on in the program will affect the decision to retain Patton or hire an outsider, Marolt said.
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