Roy Williams has said many times he does not want a new arena for Kansas men’s basketball.
But KU’s 14th-year coach is always in favor of facility improvements like the installation of a new scoreboard/videoboard in 47-year-old Allen Fieldhouse.
“In the Basketball Margin of Excellence, I pledged some money to try to get a group of engineers, scientists people in that world to come in and tell us what we can do,” Williams said recently. “I’m hopeful we’ve got the ball moving towards having those experts come in to study the fieldhouse quite extensively as soon as the season is over with.”
Preliminary studies indicate the fieldhouse roof will support a scoreboard/videoboard weighing between 20,000 and 25,000 pounds. The current scoreboard weighs 12,000 pounds. Final studies will be taken after the last game of the 2001-02 season.
“The good news is Allen Fieldhouse is a tight building and we will not need a huge board,” KU facilities director Darren Cook said. “The videoboard people say that weight range (20,000-25,000 pounds) is realistic. If you notice in some of the new bigger arenas, the scoreboards are gigantic, which would be out of our weight range.”
The project is high on athletics director Al Bohl’s wish list.
“It’s not just a new scoreboard, but a new scoreboard and new sound system,” Bohl said.
“Where it stands right now, we in (associate athletics director) Richard Konzem’s office are actually working with some of the engineers here on campus (on specifications).”
As far as money involved …
“Part of it is we are in the midst of a KU First campaign and we’re going to try to raise $500 million for the entire university,” Bohl said. “Fifty million of that is in athletics. We’re raising $8 million for a new strength center and we have a new scoreboard/sound system as part of it that we have price tagged at about $2.5 million. We’re in the process of going about that and trying to get the funding for it.
“It isn’t anywhere near where we can put a deadline or timeline on it yet,” Bohl added. “Coach made a gift to get it all started.”
Videoboards are able to run replays during games and jazz up pregame introductions.
“I would love to see us have something like that,” Bohl said, asked about the crystal-clear videoboard at Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks, N.D., where KU played the University of North Dakota in December. “That’s a nice one they have up there.”
The videoboard kept the fans entertained the entire game.
“The thing I’ll remember most of our trip to North Dakota was the 13-hour bus ride (home), the reception Jeff (Boschee) got and the highlight board,” Williams said. “Before the game, they had highlights of their plays and a scene from the Wizard of Oz. When it was over, they had her (Dorothy) saying, ‘We’re not in Kansas anymore.’ It’s the greatest thing I’ve seen. Our guys really enjoyed it.”
More on CU incident: Williams said he will apologize to Colorado’s coaches and players for the behavior of some KU fans who taunted the Buffs after Saturday’s victory at Allen Fieldhouse.
One fan heckled CU freshman David Harrison even after Harrison shook the fan’s hand outside CU’s locker room.
Will KU ban the fan from future games if he’s identified?
“I don’t want to get into any type of thing we would do to someone,” Bohl said. “It should be very clear that the University of Kansas is a place where we pride ourselves in doing the right things.
“We want to beat everybody we play, but do it in a classy way. No one is going to condone any behavior like that. What we want to do is send a signal loud and clear for our fans that what we should all be expecting is great sportsmanship.
“That doesn’t mean we don’t have fun with it and do some of the things that make people realize that they are playing in Allen Fieldhouse and you better, ‘Beware of the Phog.’ Let’s do it classy and with sportsmanship.
“We want to make sure Colorado recognizes we don’t appreciate that type of behavior and we’re not going to condone it.
“That’s what I admire about Roy. Roy wanted to beat Colorado, but wanted to win in a classy way, the right way with good sportsmanship. When someone in our building does something like that, we want to pursue it and make sure we educate people in a way that we are not like that at Kansas. I am proud of Darren Cook and his people who were right on top of it.”
This and that: Next up for KU is Texas Tech. Tip for Saturday’s game is 3:05 p.m. at Allen Fieldhouse. … Entering Wednesday’s league games, KU ranks first in the Big 12 in scoring offense (91.1), scoring margin (16.8), field goal percentage (51.3), three-point field goal percentage (40.9), rebounding margin (8.9), assists (20.55) and blocks (4.86). Drew Gooden leads the league in scoring (20.6) and rebounding (11.4).
Roy Williams has said many times he does not want a new arena for Kansas men’s basketball.
But KU’s 14th-year coach is always in favor of facility improvements like the installation of a new scoreboard/videoboard in 47-year-old Allen Fieldhouse.
“In the Basketball Margin of Excellence, I pledged some money to try to get a group of engineers, scientists people in that world to come in and tell us what we can do,” Williams said recently. “I’m hopeful we’ve got the ball moving towards having those experts come in to study the fieldhouse quite extensively as soon as the season is over with.”
Preliminary studies indicate the fieldhouse roof will support a scoreboard/videoboard weighing between 20,000 and 25,000 pounds. The current scoreboard weighs 12,000 pounds. Final studies will be taken after the last game of the 2001-02 season.
“The good news is Allen Fieldhouse is a tight building and we will not need a huge board,” KU facilities director Darren Cook said. “The videoboard people say that weight range (20,000-25,000 pounds) is realistic. If you notice in some of the new bigger arenas, the scoreboards are gigantic, which would be out of our weight range.”
The project is high on athletics director Al Bohl’s wish list.
“It’s not just a new scoreboard, but a new scoreboard and new sound system,” Bohl said.
“Where it stands right now, we in (associate athletics director) Richard Konzem’s office are actually working with some of the engineers here on campus (on specifications).”
As far as money involved …
“Part of it is we are in the midst of a KU First campaign and we’re going to try to raise $500 million for the entire university,” Bohl said. “Fifty million of that is in athletics. We’re raising $8 million for a new strength center and we have a new scoreboard/sound system as part of it that we have price tagged at about $2.5 million. We’re in the process of going about that and trying to get the funding for it.
“It isn’t anywhere near where we can put a deadline or timeline on it yet,” Bohl added. “Coach made a gift to get it all started.”
Videoboards are able to run replays during games and jazz up pregame introductions.
“I would love to see us have something like that,” Bohl said, asked about the crystal-clear videoboard at Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks, N.D., where KU played the University of North Dakota in December. “That’s a nice one they have up there.”
The videoboard kept the fans entertained the entire game.
“The thing I’ll remember most of our trip to North Dakota was the 13-hour bus ride (home), the reception Jeff (Boschee) got and the highlight board,” Williams said. “Before the game, they had highlights of their plays and a scene from the Wizard of Oz. When it was over, they had her (Dorothy) saying, ‘We’re not in Kansas anymore.’ It’s the greatest thing I’ve seen. Our guys really enjoyed it.”
More on CU incident: Williams said he will apologize to Colorado’s coaches and players for the behavior of some KU fans who taunted the Buffs after Saturday’s victory at Allen Fieldhouse.
One fan heckled CU freshman David Harrison even after Harrison shook the fan’s hand outside CU’s locker room.
Will KU ban the fan from future games if he’s identified?
“I don’t want to get into any type of thing we would do to someone,” Bohl said. “It should be very clear that the University of Kansas is a place where we pride ourselves in doing the right things.
“We want to beat everybody we play, but do it in a classy way. No one is going to condone any behavior like that. What we want to do is send a signal loud and clear for our fans that what we should all be expecting is great sportsmanship.
“That doesn’t mean we don’t have fun with it and do some of the things that make people realize that they are playing in Allen Fieldhouse and you better, ‘Beware of the Phog.’ Let’s do it classy and with sportsmanship.
“We want to make sure Colorado recognizes we don’t appreciate that type of behavior and we’re not going to condone it.
“That’s what I admire about Roy. Roy wanted to beat Colorado, but wanted to win in a classy way, the right way with good sportsmanship. When someone in our building does something like that, we want to pursue it and make sure we educate people in a way that we are not like that at Kansas. I am proud of Darren Cook and his people who were right on top of it.”
This and that: Next up for KU is Texas Tech. Tip for Saturday’s game is 3:05 p.m. at Allen Fieldhouse. … Entering Wednesday’s league games, KU ranks first in the Big 12 in scoring offense (91.1), scoring margin (16.8), field goal percentage (51.3), three-point field goal percentage (40.9), rebounding margin (8.9), assists (20.55) and blocks (4.86). Drew Gooden leads the league in scoring (20.6) and rebounding (11.4).
Roy Williams has said many times he does not want a new arena for Kansas men’s basketball.
But KU’s 14th-year coach is always in favor of facility improvements like the installation of a new scoreboard/videoboard in 47-year-old Allen Fieldhouse.
“In the Basketball Margin of Excellence, I pledged some money to try to get a group of engineers, scientists people in that world to come in and tell us what we can do,” Williams said recently. “I’m hopeful we’ve got the ball moving towards having those experts come in to study the fieldhouse quite extensively as soon as the season is over with.”
Preliminary studies indicate the fieldhouse roof will support a scoreboard/videoboard weighing between 20,000 and 25,000 pounds. The current scoreboard weighs 12,000 pounds. Final studies will be taken after the last game of the 2001-02 season.
“The good news is Allen Fieldhouse is a tight building and we will not need a huge board,” KU facilities director Darren Cook said. “The videoboard people say that weight range (20,000-25,000 pounds) is realistic. If you notice in some of the new bigger arenas, the scoreboards are gigantic, which would be out of our weight range.”
The project is high on athletics director Al Bohl’s wish list.
“It’s not just a new scoreboard, but a new scoreboard and new sound system,” Bohl said.
“Where it stands right now, we in (associate athletics director) Richard Konzem’s office are actually working with some of the engineers here on campus (on specifications).”
As far as money involved …
“Part of it is we are in the midst of a KU First campaign and we’re going to try to raise $500 million for the entire university,” Bohl said. “Fifty million of that is in athletics. We’re raising $8 million for a new strength center and we have a new scoreboard/sound system as part of it that we have price tagged at about $2.5 million. We’re in the process of going about that and trying to get the funding for it.
“It isn’t anywhere near where we can put a deadline or timeline on it yet,” Bohl added. “Coach made a gift to get it all started.”
Videoboards are able to run replays during games and jazz up pregame introductions.
“I would love to see us have something like that,” Bohl said, asked about the crystal-clear videoboard at Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks, N.D., where KU played the University of North Dakota in December. “That’s a nice one they have up there.”
The videoboard kept the fans entertained the entire game.
“The thing I’ll remember most of our trip to North Dakota was the 13-hour bus ride (home), the reception Jeff (Boschee) got and the highlight board,” Williams said. “Before the game, they had highlights of their plays and a scene from the Wizard of Oz. When it was over, they had her (Dorothy) saying, ‘We’re not in Kansas anymore.’ It’s the greatest thing I’ve seen. Our guys really enjoyed it.”
More on CU incident: Williams said he will apologize to Colorado’s coaches and players for the behavior of some KU fans who taunted the Buffs after Saturday’s victory at Allen Fieldhouse.
One fan heckled CU freshman David Harrison even after Harrison shook the fan’s hand outside CU’s locker room.
Will KU ban the fan from future games if he’s identified?
“I don’t want to get into any type of thing we would do to someone,” Bohl said. “It should be very clear that the University of Kansas is a place where we pride ourselves in doing the right things.
“We want to beat everybody we play, but do it in a classy way. No one is going to condone any behavior like that. What we want to do is send a signal loud and clear for our fans that what we should all be expecting is great sportsmanship.
“That doesn’t mean we don’t have fun with it and do some of the things that make people realize that they are playing in Allen Fieldhouse and you better, ‘Beware of the Phog.’ Let’s do it classy and with sportsmanship.
“We want to make sure Colorado recognizes we don’t appreciate that type of behavior and we’re not going to condone it.
“That’s what I admire about Roy. Roy wanted to beat Colorado, but wanted to win in a classy way, the right way with good sportsmanship. When someone in our building does something like that, we want to pursue it and make sure we educate people in a way that we are not like that at Kansas. I am proud of Darren Cook and his people who were right on top of it.”
This and that: Next up for KU is Texas Tech. Tip for Saturday’s game is 3:05 p.m. at Allen Fieldhouse. … Entering Wednesday’s league games, KU ranks first in the Big 12 in scoring offense (91.1), scoring margin (16.8), field goal percentage (51.3), three-point field goal percentage (40.9), rebounding margin (8.9), assists (20.55) and blocks (4.86). Drew Gooden leads the league in scoring (20.6) and rebounding (11.4).
Roy Williams has said many times he does not want a new arena for Kansas men’s basketball.
But KU’s 14th-year coach is always in favor of facility improvements like the installation of a new scoreboard/videoboard in 47-year-old Allen Fieldhouse.
“In the Basketball Margin of Excellence, I pledged some money to try to get a group of engineers, scientists people in that world to come in and tell us what we can do,” Williams said recently. “I’m hopeful we’ve got the ball moving towards having those experts come in to study the fieldhouse quite extensively as soon as the season is over with.”
Preliminary studies indicate the fieldhouse roof will support a scoreboard/videoboard weighing between 20,000 and 25,000 pounds. The current scoreboard weighs 12,000 pounds. Final studies will be taken after the last game of the 2001-02 season.
“The good news is Allen Fieldhouse is a tight building and we will not need a huge board,” KU facilities director Darren Cook said. “The videoboard people say that weight range (20,000-25,000 pounds) is realistic. If you notice in some of the new bigger arenas, the scoreboards are gigantic, which would be out of our weight range.”
The project is high on athletics director Al Bohl’s wish list.
“It’s not just a new scoreboard, but a new scoreboard and new sound system,” Bohl said.
“Where it stands right now, we in (associate athletics director) Richard Konzem’s office are actually working with some of the engineers here on campus (on specifications).”
As far as money involved …
“Part of it is we are in the midst of a KU First campaign and we’re going to try to raise $500 million for the entire university,” Bohl said. “Fifty million of that is in athletics. We’re raising $8 million for a new strength center and we have a new scoreboard/sound system as part of it that we have price tagged at about $2.5 million. We’re in the process of going about that and trying to get the funding for it.
“It isn’t anywhere near where we can put a deadline or timeline on it yet,” Bohl added. “Coach made a gift to get it all started.”
Videoboards are able to run replays during games and jazz up pregame introductions.
“I would love to see us have something like that,” Bohl said, asked about the crystal-clear videoboard at Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks, N.D., where KU played the University of North Dakota in December. “That’s a nice one they have up there.”
The videoboard kept the fans entertained the entire game.
“The thing I’ll remember most of our trip to North Dakota was the 13-hour bus ride (home), the reception Jeff (Boschee) got and the highlight board,” Williams said. “Before the game, they had highlights of their plays and a scene from the Wizard of Oz. When it was over, they had her (Dorothy) saying, ‘We’re not in Kansas anymore.’ It’s the greatest thing I’ve seen. Our guys really enjoyed it.”
More on CU incident: Williams said he will apologize to Colorado’s coaches and players for the behavior of some KU fans who taunted the Buffs after Saturday’s victory at Allen Fieldhouse.
One fan heckled CU freshman David Harrison even after Harrison shook the fan’s hand outside CU’s locker room.
Will KU ban the fan from future games if he’s identified?
“I don’t want to get into any type of thing we would do to someone,” Bohl said. “It should be very clear that the University of Kansas is a place where we pride ourselves in doing the right things.
“We want to beat everybody we play, but do it in a classy way. No one is going to condone any behavior like that. What we want to do is send a signal loud and clear for our fans that what we should all be expecting is great sportsmanship.
“That doesn’t mean we don’t have fun with it and do some of the things that make people realize that they are playing in Allen Fieldhouse and you better, ‘Beware of the Phog.’ Let’s do it classy and with sportsmanship.
“We want to make sure Colorado recognizes we don’t appreciate that type of behavior and we’re not going to condone it.
“That’s what I admire about Roy. Roy wanted to beat Colorado, but wanted to win in a classy way, the right way with good sportsmanship. When someone in our building does something like that, we want to pursue it and make sure we educate people in a way that we are not like that at Kansas. I am proud of Darren Cook and his people who were right on top of it.”
This and that: Next up for KU is Texas Tech. Tip for Saturday’s game is 3:05 p.m. at Allen Fieldhouse. … Entering Wednesday’s league games, KU ranks first in the Big 12 in scoring offense (91.1), scoring margin (16.8), field goal percentage (51.3), three-point field goal percentage (40.9), rebounding margin (8.9), assists (20.55) and blocks (4.86). Drew Gooden leads the league in scoring (20.6) and rebounding (11.4).
Kansas University still needs one more opponent to complete its 2001 football schedule, and the announcement could come at any time.
“I hope in the next day or two we’ll have it,” said Richard Konzem, the KU associate athletics director in charge of scheduling. “A lot of dominoes have to fall.”
Most likely the date filled will be Sept. 15. Also open is Sept. 29, but KU officials would like to avoid that date because it’s the weekend of the inaugural NASCAR races at the new Kansas Motor Speedway at the intersection of I-70 and I-435 in Wyandotte County.
Kansas had been scheduled to play at Colorado on Sept. 29, but the trip to Boulder has been moved up a week to Sept. 22 in order to clear the decks for the first NASCAR race ever run in this part of the country.
Also on Sept. 29, 2001, Nebraska is scheduled to play at Missouri, but that game is now listed as TBA on the Cornhuskers’ schedule and may be vacated by NU and MU officials as well.
By leaving the Sept. 29 date open, Kansas will also have a week off between back-to-back road trips to open the Big 12 Conference portion of the schedule. The Jayhawks will meet Texas Tech in Lubbock on Oct. 6, then play host to Oklahoma (Oct. 13) and Missouri (Oct. 20) on successive weekends.
Kansas will open the regular season on Sept. 1 at Memorial Stadium against Southwest Missouri State, an NCAA Div. I-AA school, then play host to UCLA on Sept. 8.
Konzem said he didn’t know if Kansas would play the game against the still unnamed 2001 foe at home or on the road.
“We’re working with a couple of schools,” Konzem said, “and they’re trying to switch games to free up dates.”
Quite likely that ’01 opponent will also appear on the 2002 schedule as part of a home-and-home arrangement.
Kansas will play 12 games in both 2002 and 2003 because of an NCAA rule that will allow schools to play an extra game when the calendar has 14 Saturdays from the first permissible playing date through the last playing date in November. Other years that fall into that category are 2008, 2013, 2014 and 2019.
KU’s athletics board approved playing the extra games at its February meeting in 1999.
Konzem said he has already scheduled 12 games for the 2003 season, but still needs three non-league games for 2002.
So far, the only non-conference foe on the ’02 schedule is at Nevada-Las Vegas.
In ’03 the Jayhawks will play Northwestern, North Texas, San Diego State and UNLV. Of those four games, the only one on the road will be San Diego State.
