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TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1993 ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH SPORTS 3B COLLEGE BASKETBALL Llariv mm Williams Congratulates Jayhawks Before Poll Announc Ex-Oklahoma State Coach Paul Hansen Dies At 64 il VAHE I GREGORIAN A')l BIG EIGHT NOTEBOOK 82-79. Then he moved on to Oklahoma State in 1979 and went 107-89 in seven seasons. The highlight of his tenure at Oklahoma State came in 1982-83. The Cowboys won the Big Eight Tournament, beating Missouri 93-92 in double overtime in the title game, and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1964-65.

After leaving Oklahoma State after the 1985-86 season, Mr. Hansen coached five years at the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics school in Chickasha. He retired after the 1991 season. Mr. Hansen was inducted into the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame last year.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Paul Hansen, a popular basketball coach for more than three decades in Oklahoma, died Monday (Jan. 18, 1993) after a long illness. He was 64. Mr. Hansen had been battling a blood disorder for several years and was hospitalized briefly last week.

He died at his home in Oklahoma City at 5:15 p.m., said Mr. Hansen's oldest daughter, Elizabeth Hatcher of Edmond. Mr. Hansen spent several years as an assistant under Abe Lemons at Oklahoma City University before taking the top job in 1973. He spent six years as head coach and athletic director at Oklahoma City, going ing its shootaround before Monday night's game at Kansas State, Williams was unable to make his usual time on the Big Eight Conference media teleconference.

But Williams dutifully rescheduled and accommodated the media about 45 minutes later. "Just remember to tell everybody I'm sorry I acted like Billy Tubbs," Williams said. Tubbs is notorious for finding reasons not to participate in the call. Predictably enough, with the Sooners en route to Maryland for a game tonight, Tubbs was unavailable Monday. Missouri coach Norm Stewart and Oklahoma State coach Eddie Sutton also were unavailable as they attended services for Henry Iba at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Okla.

Ceal-ed and Delivered: Kansas isn't the only Big Eight team making a national name for itself. The Colorado women's team, 15-0 after clobbering Missouri 67-53 Saturday, moved from sixth to fourth in this week's AP poll. That is the highest a Big Eight women's team has been ranked. "I thought we could be 15-0, but I didn't think we would be fourth in the country," CU coach Ceal Barry said. "This is totally beyond what we expected." Barry calls point guard Shelley Sheetz, the nation's leading free-throw shooter, sixth-best 3-point shooter and one of five seniors on the team, the most talented player Colorado ever has had.

But Barry isn't satisfied with her team, which she says has been careless with the basketball. "I think we can be a lot better than we are right now," she said. Snowed Under: Colorado's men definite- But Stewart attributes much of Crudup's difficulties to changing rules of the game. For instance, officials have been instructed to crack down on trash talking. "Guys have learned to play under, set of rules than I played ig my vintage," Stewart said.

"In my day, if you didn't hold your' liarid up and hold it up properly, if you went like that," he said, thrusting his arm to the side for emphasis, "that's a technical. You would obviously never say anything to the official, 'hd you didn't talk to other players. "Those were technical fouls. So "they're coming back to that. Well, the players hve not grown up with that.

The players have grown up with not raising their hand. They've grown up talking a little bit, now it's grown." Stewart is not averse to the clean-up efforts, but he says he also must be aware the players are being asked to go immediately from, a.gray area to black and white and won't be able to adjust abruptly. "For instance, it's like a guy gets caught speeding," Stewart said. "It's, 'Hey, I'm not the only guy We all say that. But if you get caught, you're the one who has to pay the penalty.

You have to say, 'All right, it doesn't matter if the others are speeding. This is my responsibility, and I do need to slow Noteworthy: Kansas guard Rex Walters shook loose from a season-long scoring slump to be named Big Eight player of the week after scoring 58 points in three games Oklahoma State center Bryant Reeves continues to lead the conference in scoring (19.1-poinfj$ver-age), field-goal percentage (67.2) rebounds (10.2 a game). After convincing victories at then-No. 11 Oklahoma and Louisville last week, Roy Williams had an inkling his Kansas Jayhawks would emerge No. 1 in Monday's Associated Press basketball poll.

In anticipation, he went as far as to congratulate the team Sunday night. But that doesn't mean Williams is fascinated with the recognition. "You feel good about what you've accomplished," Williams said, "But none of our goals was to play 15 games and cancel the season." -The Jayhawks (14-1) last held the nation's top ranking in the 1989-90 season, when they were No. 1 for four weeks. They ascended to the top again thanks to the road victories and losses by each of the former Nos.

1-3 Kentucky, Michigan and Duke. Flattering as the votes might be, Williams remains haunted by the Jayhawks' exit from the 1992 NCAA Tournament at the hands of a less-capable Texas-El Paso team. Rankings, he notes, are more subjective than victories in tournament play. "When you're ranked high later in the year, at that point it means you've accomplished something," he said. "It's not just somebody's opinion of what you might be." 'Billy Ball: Because Kansas was conduct ly have room for improvement.

The Buffaloes are 6-6 overall and 0-2 in the conference. "I'm not a miracle worker. I may not win here," third-year coach Joe Harrington said. "But I'm giving it my best shot." Extra Fireworks: After Missouri's 101-84 loss at Nevada-Las Vegas last week, Stewart moved toward UNLV coach Rollie Massimino to shake hands. As they clasped, off went a loud bang in the Thomas Mack Center.

Just another part of the pageantry, as it turned out. But Massimino, coaching just his fifth home game since taking over for Jerry Tarkanian, shuddered. "I don't know if they do that all the time," Stewart said, laughing, "but he still flinched a little." Paddling Without Orr: Coach Johnny Orr has missed Iowa State's last two games and still was ailing Monday. "It's nothing that's life-threatening," Cyclones assistant coach Jim 'Hallihan said, "but this is his third bout with the flu and I think his resistance is very low." Slow Down! Stewart last week was asked about apparently volatile forward Jevon Cru-dup, who this season has been cited for three technical fouls, been expelled from one game and kept out of the starting lineup for another for undisclosed disciplinary reasons. TOP 25 K-State Fan Mars Victory MUV I lift -s 1 llh.

li fe NpM AP GREAT MIDWESTMISSOURI VALLEY Salukis Bounce Bradley; SMSU Bows To Creighton By The Associated Press p'" PEORIA, 111. Tyrone Bell scored 19 points and Ashraf Amaya added 18 points and 12 rebounds as Southern Illinois University-Carbondale snapped a two-game1 Missouri Valley Conference losing streak by defeating the Bradley Braves 77-64 Monday night. The Salukis (11-4, 3-2) scored the first eight points and led the entire game. Freshman Deon Jackson, who had a career high 31 points and 13 rebounds, led Bradley, 5-8, 2-3). Creighton 72, Southwest Missouri State 58 OMAHA, Neb.

Mike Amos scored 18 points and Jason Singleton added 17 to lead Creighton (4-9, 3-4) to ari 'MVC victory over Southwest Missouri State (7-6, 1-4). Creighton, ahead 35-33 at halftime, went on a run over the first 11 minutes of the second half to take'i55-35 lead. rt Johnny Murdock scored 18 points for SMSU. no Tulsa 89, Indiana State 84 TULSA, Okla. Mark Morse made two acrobatic baskets and a crucial steal and Cordell Love made three of four free throws in the final two minutes as Tulsa (78, 4-2) escaped with a double-overtime victory over Indiana State (7-8, 3-3) in MVC action.

Northern Iowa 74, Wichita State 72 CEDAR FALLS, Iowa Cam Johnson hit two: free throws with no time remaining in overtime to give Northern Iowa (6-6. 2-2) an MVC victory over Wichita State (6-7, 3-3). Memphis State 101, Tennessee Tech 71 MEMPHIS, Tenn. Anfernee Hardaway scored 33 points and dished out eight assists as Memphis State (10-6) defeated Tennessee Tech (8-5). Hardaway, a 6-7 Junior swjngman, reached the plateau during the game, his 50th at Memphis State.

Marquette 66, Fordham 40 NEW YORK Jim Mcllvaine came off the bench and scored 19 points and grabbed nine rebounds as Marquette (12-2) easily defeated Fordham (4-11) for its fifth consecutive victory. Second-Half Surge Carries SEMO Past Southern Utah CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) Devon Lake's Z2foints led Southeast Missouri State to a 91-74 victory ovet Southern Utah on Monday night. The Indians' defense forced 31 turnovers, 15 in the second half. The Thunderbirds led 44-43 at halftime, but SEMO (8-6) took the lead for good with 12 minutes 22 seconds, making it 57-55.

Curtis Loyd led Southern Utah (7-7) with 22 points. By Jayhawks By The Associated Press MANHATTAN, Kan. Another year, another win, an-, -other postgame incident. 1 Kansas defeated Kansas State 71-65 Monday night, its loth win in a row on the Wildcats' home court. But the postgame celebration was muted after a coin thrown from the stands hit Kansas' Rex Walters just above the left eye.

"I'm sorry, but I have to say something," said Kansas coach Roy Williams, his voice trembling with anger. "That's happened two times now. Two teams played their butts off and some sick individual does that. We don't need -rLast year, Kansas' David Johanning was hit by an object thrown from the Kansas State crowd and suffered a cut on the back of the head. "Whatever individual did that is sick," Williams said.

"I'm not very tough, but you go find him and I can whip his butt." Kansas State, which had been drawing about 6,000 fans per game, packed almost 14,000 into Bramlage Coliseum but still lost to its archrival. "It's too bad," said Walters, who broke out of a season-long shooting slump last week and had 23 points to lead a second-half rally. "Kansas State has come a long way and their fans are still at that level." Walters, who has hit 10 of his last 13 3-pointers, said he was not badly injured. "I'm tougher than that," he said. "I'm walking down the court with my hands in the air and I got hit in the eye.

I think it was a quarter because it was so big. I didn't pick it up, which was too bad because I could use a quarter." Kansas (15-1 overall, 3-0 Big Eight) had been voted No. 1 earlier in the day for the first time in three years. The Jayhawks scored their fewest points while playing their sloppiest first half of the season and trailed 32-24 at inter- mission. They shot 35 percent from the floor in the half.

the Jayhawks hit a sizzling 70 percent in the second half and committed only three turnovers. They also wound up 'missing only five of 24 free throws in winning for the I 20tti time in their last 24 meetings against Kansas State. Wildcats (10-3, 2-1) took their biggest lead at 36-26 on tip-in by Anthony Beane before Walters and Eric Pauley led Kansas on a game-turning 15-4 run. intensity went down in the second half," Beane said. "That's what cost us the game." "We played a good first half defensively," said Kansas I' State's Ron Lucas.

"We knew they would turn up their game and we didn't do it. For whatever reason, we just didn't get it done on defense." i I The Jayhawks, who have not lost in Manhattan since 1983, took the lead for good at 47-45 when Walters made two free throws with 10 minutes 32 seconds remaining. Georgetown 86, Connecticut 69 Si "HARTFORD, Conn. Robert Churchwell scored a ca-; reer-high 25 points and Othella Harrington scored 22 as the ''I No. 18 Hoyas dominated inside to beat the No.

17 Huskies. Georgetown (11-2, 4-2 Big East) used a 9-0 run midway Kansas' Adonis Jordan (right) and Kansas State's Anthony Beane chase a loose ball Monday. Scott Burrell had 16 points, and Brian Fair and Kevin Ollie had 1 5 points each for the Huskies. Georgetown had only five points off the bench; Connecticut's reserves were held scoreless. Burrell tied the game 56-56 with 13:25 left, but the Hoyas responded with their 9-0 run.

Harrington scored twice from underneath, Spencer once, and Churchwell had a 3-point play. Donyell Marshall missed two free throws when Churchwell was called for a technical for taunting Rudy Johnson. through the second half to break a 56-56 tie and never allowed Connecticut (8-4, 3-3) any closer than six points thereafter. Georgetown has beaten the Huskies five successive times and leads the overall series 26-9. It was Connecticut's second loss in a row at home.

Joey Brown had 17 points, nine rebounds and four steals for the Hoyas, and Duane Spencer added 13 points. The Hoyas shot 54 percent for the game, including 58.6 percent in the second half. Donyell Marshall scored 19 points and had 10 rebounds, AREA ROUNDUP Parks (1-10) Finally Gets Victory per A 3-Year Wait, Kansas No. 1 Again Greenville (13-9) won a 3-point, duel with Sanford-Brown (8-9) at St, Louis Christian. Greenville hit 12 of 18 3-point shots and Sanford-Brown made 10 of 20.

Bernard Kimple had six 3-pqinters among his 30 points for Sariford-Brown. MacMurray 80, Fontbonne 66 MacMurray remained unbeaten in St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play with a victory at Font-bonne. The Highlanders, who were led by Mike Shiller's 17 points, are 4-0 in SLIAC and 5-5 overall. Mark Kronk scored 21 for the Griffins Parks College overtook visiting Lincoln Christian in the final five minutes of Monday night's game for a 64-57 victory, Parks' first of the season.

Ted Schrader scored 29 points for Parks (1-10). Justin Davis had 25 for Lincoln Christian (11-8). Blackburn 94, Harris-Stowe 78 CARLINVILLE, 111. Sophomore center Chris Parker scored a career-high 31 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to lead Blackburn (4-9) past Harris-Stowe (1-11). Anthony Verdure topped Harris-Stowe with 23 points.

Greenville 92, Sanford-Brown 83 Cole Johnson scored 16 points as Men's Top 25 Top 25 teams in The Associated Press men's polt, with first-place votes in parentheses and records through Sunday: Record PtsPvs 1. Kansas (45) 14-1 1,595 4 2. Indiana (7) 15-2 1.510 6 3. N. Carolina (8) 14-1 1.483 5 4.

Kentucky 11-1 1,362 1 5. Michigan (2) 2 6. Duke 3 7. Virginia (3) 14 8. Arkansas 9 9.

Cincinnati 11-1 1,084 11 10. Seton Hall 7 11. Arizona 9-2 924 12 12. Oklahoma 12-3 888 10 13. Purdue 11-2 737 17 14.

Iowa 12-3 694 13 15. UNLV 9-1 647 18 16. Georgia Tech 9-3 562 8 17. Connecticut 8-3 513 15 18. Georgetown 10-2 495 20 19.

Vanderbilt 13-3 394 20. Pittsburgh 11-2 386 21. Michigan St. 10-3 327 23 22. Utah 12-2 320 25 23.

UCLA 11-4 252 15 24. Ohio State 9-3 141 21 25. Long Beach St. 12-1 111 Others receiving votes: Florida State 97, Tulane 90, Syracuse 70, Minnesota 62, New Orleans 52, Houston 41. Louisiana State 28, Marquette 27, Boston College 25, Florida 18, Western Kentucky 14, Bngham Young 8, California 5, Kansas State 5.

Missouri 5, St. Joseph's 5. Oklahoma State 4, Illinois 3, Nebraska 3. St. John's 3, Temple 3, Wake Forest 3.

Xavier, Ohio 3, College of Charleston 2, Oregon State 2, Clemson 1, Massachusetts 1, Rhode Island 1. Women's Top 25 Top 25 women's teams as compiled by Mel Greenberg of the Philadelphia Inquirer based on the votes of 70 coaches. Records are through Sunday. Record PtsPvs 1 Vanderbilt (68) 1 5-0 1 ,748 1 2. Tennessee (2) 13-1 1,680 2 3.

Stanford 4 4. Colorado 6 5. Maryland 3 6. Iowa 11-1 1,407 7 7. PennState 10-1 1,285 5 8.

Ohio State 11-1 1,279 10 9. Auburn 9 10. Virginia 8 11. S.F.Austin 11 12. Texas Tech 12-2 936 14 13.

Louisiana Tech 10-3 926 13 14. Southern Cal 10-2 841 15 15. Purdue 9-4 634 12 16. Texas 9-4 551 18 17. W.

Kentucky. 9-3 549 19 18. Clemson 8-3 486 17 19. Vermont 12-0 464 20 20. North Carolina 11-2 458 21' 21.

DePaul 7-3 379 16 22. Oklahoma St. 15-2 260 25 23. Indiana 11-1 209 24. Georgia Tech 8-3 140 23 25.

Kentucky 12-3 116 24 Others receiving votes: San Diego State 106; UNLV 90; Southern Mississippi 72; Florida State 56; Miami 55; Arkansas State 29; Boise State 26; George Washington 25; Wake Forest 25; California 23; Connecticut 19; Missouri 17; Florida 10; Hawaii 10; Northern Illinois Arizona St. Bowling Green Kansas Marquette 5: Creighton Montana New Orleans Florida International Loyola Manmount NE Louisiana St. Joseph's 1. WOMEN'S ROUNDUP (13-2), which received two first-place votes, dropped from second to fifth. Duke (12-2), which lost to Virginia on Sunday, fell from third to sixth.

It's the first time Duke has been ranked this low since the final poll of the 1990-91 season. Virginia (11-0), the country's only "unbeaten NCAA Division I team, jumped from 14th to seventh after winning at Duke for the first time in 10 years. The Cavaliers were followed in the top 10 by Arkansas, Cincinnati and Seton Hall. Arizona led the second 10, followed by Oklahoma, Purdue, Iowa, Nevada-Las Vegas, Georgia Tech, Connecticut, Georgetown, Vanderbilt and Pittsburgh. Vandy Tops Women's Poll Top-ranked Vanderbilt and No.

2 Tennessee held their positions in The Associated Press women's poll. Vanderbilt (15-0) is one of three unbeaten women's teams in Division along with No. 4 Colorado (15-0) and No. 19 Vermont (12-0). The Commodores received 68 first-place votes and 1,748 points the same totals as last week from a nationwide panel of 70 women's coaches.

Tennessee (13-1) received the other two first-place votes and 1,680 points. The Vols play Vanderbilt on Jan. 30 in Nashville, Tenn. By The Associated Press There's only one thing Roy Williams likes about being ranked No. 1 this time of year.

"It means you're winning your games," said the University of Kansas men's basketball coach, whose team seized the top spot in The Associated Press rankings this week for the first time in three years. 'The Jayhawks (14-1 through Sunday) jumped from fourth to first after winning three games last week, including road games at No. 1 1 Oklahoma and Louisville. In the meantime, Kentucky, Michigan and Duke the former Nos. 1-3 each lost a game.

Long Beach State (12-1) joined the rankings at No. 25, its first appearance since the early 1970s when Jerry Tarkanian was coach. The last time Kansas was No. 1 was 1989-90, when the Jayhawks were atop the poll for four weeks. They received 45 first-place votes and 1,595 points from the nationwide panel of writers and broadcasters.

Indiana (15-2), which beat Michigan, climbed from sixth to second with seven No. 1 votes and 1,510 points. North Carolina (14-1) rose from fifth to third, collecting eight first-place votes and 1,483 points. Kentucky (1 1-1), which held the No. 1 spot for just one week, lost at Van-derbilt and fell to fourth.

Michigan SMSU Coach Gets 100th Victory Northern Iowa (5-6, 1-3). Southwest Missouri led in the second half before ustngra 15-0 run to gain command. y-j- SEMO 58, St. Louis U. 52T CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo.

Roberta Granderson had 14 points and Dawn Westman added 11 as Southeast Missouri State defeated the'Lady Billikens. 7J, Constance Lockett had a game-high 15 points, and Dawn Schuessleradded 10 for SLU (3-7). SEMO is Special to the Post-Dispatch CEDAR FALLS, Iowa Melody Howard scored a game-high 24 points, leading Southwest Missouri State past Northern Iowa 84-63 in a women's college basketball game Monday. It was the 100th collegiate victory for SMSU coach Cheryl Burnett, who is in her sixth season. Secelia Winkfield had 19 points and a career-high 15 rebounds for Southwest Missouri (8-6, 4-1 Missouri Valley Conference).

Ann Miller had 19 points to lead.