University Daily Kansan / Wednesdav. November 30. 1988
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Seton Hall played three aces in Alaska victory
Pritchard, Newton get top honors
The Associated Press
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Depth, a big front line and Pookey Wigington, a 5-foot-2 reserve point guard with a bad knee, are the reasons Seton Hall is the champion of the Great Alaska Shootout.
Now the Pirates want to show the rest of the country they aren't the Big East Conference pushovers that some people are expecting them to be.
"They picked us seventh in the Big East," Wigington said. "We think we're better than that."
The Pirates are coming off of their
naughty behavior, and the chance
ever, but return only two ships.
Still, Coach P J. Carlosimo's team clearly was the class of the field in Alaska, beating Utah 86-68 in the first round, edging Kentucky 63-60 in the
semifinals and dumping Kansas 92-81 in Monday night's championship game.
"I'm as proud as I can be, I honestly am, to beat three teams the quality of those teams," Carlesimo said.
The Pirates used their depth to wear down the opposition. Ten players played in the victory over Kanada on the court eight minutes or more.
"To play three games in four days against this level of competition meant we had to play a lot of people." Carlesimo said.
He said he wasn't surprised that a Seton Hall player wasn't named the tournament's outstanding player. That honor went to freshman Chris Browning, an 89-71 winner over California in Monday night's third-play game.
"We didn't deserve the most outstanding player because we didn't have one." Carlesimo said. "We had five or six or seven. Take your pick. It was hard to key to our success, that and the fact that we played hard defensively."
'It's amazing. I really thought the smallest player on the court had the biggest impact on the game.'
I.
The biggest Seton Hall standout in
Roy Williams Kansas basketball coach
the championship game was the smallest player Carlesimo's ever coached.
"Pookey won the game. There's no question." Carlesimo said. "We were struggling, and he got us going. He made some steals. He scored. He created offense for us. There's nothing else he can do."
Wingington, playing because starter Gerald Greene was in foul trouble, had nine points, seven assists, three steals and, believe it or not, two rebounds in the victory over Kansas. He had several big plays in the decisive Seton Hall run midway through the second half.
"It's amazing," Jayhawk coach Roy Williams said. "I really thought
the smallest player on the court had the biggest impact on the game."
After undergoing knee surgery twice, the last latest year, the junior college transfer from Ventura, Calif. she's not going to be a marquee player
"I know that my role is going to be limited because of my knee problem, he said. I don't have any knee braces on my knee. I can't play a long stretch."
Australian Olympian Andrew Gaze topped the Seton Hall scorers against Kansas with 18 points, including four 3-pointers. The Pirates' other Olympian, 64, 250 pound Rummon Ramos of Kansas, added 16 points, 10 in the second half.
Kevin Pritchard topped Kansas with 17 points, while Mark Randall added 16 and Milt Newton 15. Newton was the top scorer in the game to the Shootout's all-tournament tourn.
"Wiggington's penetration was difficult for us to stop." Williams said. "At the same time, they were strong inside. Sometimes when a starter was hit with a ball, it doesn't mean for them early it does not necessarily mean it is good news. I thought Poo-
key did an outstanding job. He really bothered us."
Williams thought his team was tired and didn't play as well as it did in its earlier victories over Alaska-Anchorage and California.
"I would have liked for us to take a little better shots," he said. "
But he continued to praise the attitude of his players, who are banned from defending their national title because of recruiting violations that involved no one still connected to the program.
"I think they are the kind of youngsters who deserve to have good things to them," Williams said.
In the third place game, Kentucky reserve Derrick Miller dazzled the crowd with a 36-point performance, one short of the tournament record. He hit 14 and 15 from the field and sank a tournament record seven 3-pointers.
"I've had so many great guards in my career...but I don't believe I've ever seen a guard shoat the ball that well," Kentucky coach Eddie Sutton
Miller scored 25 in the second half as the Wildcats outscored Cal 55-33.
said "He was on fire. I don't think I've ever seen anybody shoot any better than he did from that range."
Miller hit only 21 percent from the field last season and scored a total of 21 points. He said afterward that the death of his grandparents a month apart last winter caused his poor season.
Before Monday night's game, he said, "I asked the Lord to help me do something to make them proud."
Named to the all-tournament team were Pritchard, Newton, LeRon Ellis and Mills of Kentucky, Darryl Walker and John Morton of Seton Hall, Dwayne Davis of Florida, Van Gray of Utah, Todd Fisher of Alaska-Beauseur and Leonard Taylor and Matt Beeuwert of California.
Pritchard was a consistent performer for the Jayhawks in the tournament, scoring 17 points in each game and dishing out a team-high 15 assists.
Newton was the Jayhawks' leading scorer in the tournament, averaging 17.6 per game, including a 24-point score over Ole Miss and a round-figure victory over Alaska-Anchorage.
The Associated Press
MANHATTAN, Kan. — Kansas State officials deny that they ever confirmed plans to hire Bill Snyder as their new head football coach, but a defensive coordinator was expected to be present today at a 10:30 a.m. news conference.
Snyder, 47, would be the Wildcats' 32nd head coach and would face one of the great challenges in college football
K-State, wininess in 27 games, was 230-1 in three years under Stan Parrish. Since 1945, the Wildcats had 35 wins andaches and only four winning seasons.
State athletic director Steve Miller had confirmed Snyder's hiring. That later was denied
Parrish replaced Lee Moon, the interim coach after Jim Dickey, who was fired two games into the 1985 season by then-athletic director Larry Travis. The dismissal of Dickey, who took the Wildcats 16 their only bowl game in 1983, was an unpopular move with many K-Sta-
"All he's confirmed is we have hired a coach," said Ken Mossman, K-State director of sports information. "The hiring must clear all the affirmative action channels before it can become official. We hope to have that all taken care of Tuesday and hold a press conference Wednesday morning to introduce our new coach to the public."
Media reports yesterday said K-
Snyder is a native of St. Joseph, Mo., and was a three-sport star at William Jewell College in Liberty, Mo. He joined Iowa coach Hayden McGraw from Marshall State in 1976 and just finished his 10th year with the Hawkees.
Iowa, which is headed to the Peach Bowl next month, pounded Kansas State 45-10 in September at KSU Stadium.
Snyder has been given credit for developing Iowa quarterbacks Chuck Long, Mark Vlasic and Chuck Hartleb.
Man allegedly attacks Kansas State president
The Associated Press
Marlan E. Ray, 47, of Clay Center, reported went into Wafley's office late Monday afternoon yelling about the reported selection of Bill Snyder, offensive coordinator at Iowa, as KState's new head football coach.
MANHATTAN, Kan. — The man who allegedly attacked Kansas State University President Jon Wefla in his office Monday was a football player at the school, authorities said yesterday.
No formal announcement has been made, but Snyder was expected to be introduced as the football coach at a news conference today.
"He (Ray) was very distraught and in a state of disorientation, so to speak." Charles Beckom, director of the campus police department, said yesterday. "He grabbed the presidency and asked him to get away and then (Ray) grabbed him in a bear-hug type fashion and threw him to the floor."
the attack.
David Wilson, an intern in Wefald's office, pulled Ray off of Wefald, police said. Wefald was not injured in
"Due to his (Ray's) mental state and his responses, he was taken to Memorial Hospital for observation and evaluation." Beckom said, adding that Ray then was transferred to Topeka State Hospital.
Wefaid initialized that he planned to press charges in the case, but the Riley County attorney's office did not today that no charges had been filed.
Clay County Sheriff Gary Caldwell said yesterday that his office has had two previous contacts with Ray "and we'd take him to treatment." The sheriff said Ray was the man who "a few years ago crashed the gates of the White House" that was a reference to a 1811 incident in which a man in his car into the White House gates in an attempt to see the President.
Ray is a retired Army major, Beckam said, and was a former K-State football player and 1964 graduate of the State College of Veterinary Medicine.
Sports Briefs
Alabama's slashing play-breaker Derrick Thomas nosed out Broderick Thomas of Nebraska, winning the fourth annual Bufus Award yesterday as the nation's outstanding college linebacker.
Thomas received two more points in the voting by a 12-member selection panel than the Nebraska Thomas.
On a 3-2-1 point system, Derrick Thomas received four first place battles and a total of 20 points. Broderick Thomas received three first place votes and 20 points.
THOMAS WINS BUTKUS AWARD
Alabama coach Bill Curry called the 6-foot-4, 220-pound outside linebacker "one of the greatest in Alabama history."
Mike Stonebreaker of Notre Dame placed third in the balloting, followed by Keith DeLong of Tennessee and Percy Snow of Michigan State.
Stonebreaker received three first-place votes and 17 points. DeLong, a Lawrence, Kan native, received seven point wins. *DECISION_PENDING*
Palmer, the Chiefs' leading rusher, was put on indefinite suspension before Sunday's game at Pittsburgh for what team officials termed "conduct detrimental to the team." Witnesses have said Palmer, miffed at running second team behind Herman Hewett, were taken out of the game and commented that he might intentionally fumble in order to secure a trade.
Palmer has not been available for comment. Teammates who were protesting the suspension maintain that he made the remark in jest. Palmer said he had talked about the present coaching staff's uncertain future with the team.
The Kansas City Chiefs said a decision on whether to reinstate suspended running back Paul Palmer could come today.
Chiefs' coach Frank Gansz, who has been criticized by some players or his handling of the incident, said yesterday he had "no idea" when a situation on whether to reinstate the second year running back would be made.
Students get kicks from martial art
Larry France, Northbrook, Ill., junior, spars with Jay Wiedenkeller, at New Horizons Black Belt Academy of Tae Kwon Do.
Tae Kwon Do gaining local popularity
By Ken Winford
Kansan sportswriter
For the students of the New Horizons Black Belt Academy of the Taekw Do, 2223 Louisiana St., New Orleans, it is its attitude and a way of life.
Tae Kwon Do, a martial art originated in Korea, is gaining popularity all over the country.
according to New Horizons instructor D.L. Booth.
"Tae Kwon Do is one of the most popular martial arts right now." Booth said. "Look in a phone book in any town and you're going to see a lot more Tae Kwon Do schools than other types of martial arts."
Tae Kwon Do, which means the art of fighting with the hands and
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Larry France, second-degree brown belt, performs a series of punches at the New Horizons Black Belt Academy of Tae Kwon Do. 2223 Louisiana St.
feet, is sometimes confused with other martial arts; such as Japanese or Okinawa karate.
In Tae Kwon Do, the feet are used about 70 percent of the time with the hands being utilized the most. The knees and feet and hands are used equally.
Booth, who took up Tae Kwon Do in 1974 and who opened the academy's in 1986, said he first kept up with it as a way of keeping in shape.
"I sat around at home a lot watching television and was pretty much a couch potato," he said. "After I got into Tate Kwoon D, I discovered that it had a lot more than just physical conditioning.
"I found out that people who train in martial arts are really good people. There is a lot of grievance among martial artists."
Booth said there were more than 100 students enrolled at the academy. Ages of students ranged from 5 to 65 years old.
"Lots of parents will bring their kids in for the self confidence and discipline." Booth said. "But there's people here for all different reasons. A person who trains here for a year is going to get into really good shape. But it takes a disciplined person to stick with it."
Larry France, a Northbrook,
Ill. junior, joined the academy in
the fall of 1988 after taking a Tae
Kwon Do course at the University
In Tae Kwon Do, the levels of expertise are represented by different colored belts. A beginner
starts with a white belt and advances through yellow, orange, green, high green, blue, high blue and three different degrees of brown before reaching black belt, or expert status.
"At the University, I got up to an orange belt," France said. "But the class only met twice a week and you really didn't get the individual attention. I thought I was achieving something, but I wasn't learning the basics. That's why I joined the academy."
Students can advance in promotional tests held every few months. France, a second-degree brown belt, will be going for a first-degree brown belt in the academy's promotion test Saturday.
"The great thing about Tae Kwon Do is that it's something you can use your whole life." France's Marielle Boniface self-defense, it's a way of life."
France said the mental part of Tae Kwon Do was more important than the physical. He said the five principles of the art were: courtesy, integrity, perseverance, self-control and indomitable spirit.
"The things you learn from the training are important in life," he said. "You learn respect not only as an instructor but for everybody."
As an instructor of a Tae Kwon Do academy, Booth said he often saw people entering the program for the wrong reasons.
“Sometimes we have people that come in just to learn how to fight.” he said. “We usually find these people either change their attitude or learn to use a skill until the idea that this should be for self-dense purposes only.”
Booth's wife, Susan, also is a black-belt instructor at the academy. She said she became interested in Tae Kwoon Do as a means of self-defense a little more than five years ago.
"I found that just knowing how to defend yourself if you need to make you feel more comfortable," she said. "I would encourage other women to get involved. It gives you an added confidence."