Scott McClurg/Journal-World PhotoKansas City, Mo ? No greater compliment could Tulsa University coach John Phillips have paid Kirk Hinrich than to compare the Kansas University guard to a player Phillips coached in high school.
“He reminds me of Kevin Pritchard,” Phillips said after Hinrich’s last-ditch heroics enabled KU to escape with a 93-85 win over the Golden Hurricane on Saturday night in Kemper Arena.
Pritchard, who played for Phillips at Tulsa Edison High in the early ’80s, went on to become the starting point guard on KU’s 1988 NCAA championship team. To Phillips, it’s difficult to distinguish between Pritchard, now coach of the ABA Kansas City Knights, and Hinrich.
“They’re spitting images,” Phillips said. “Not only do they look alike, but they play alike. (Hinrich) is out there to do whatever it takes to win. He’s the glue to that team. You take him off that team, and they’re not near as good, I don’t think.”
Now in his first year as Tulsa’s head coach after a three-year stint as an aide, Phillips doesn’t have a Hinrich-Pritchard clone, but he does have three of the quickest and most indefatigable guards in the country in Antonio Reed, Dante Swanson and Greg Harrington. That trio combined for 65 of the Hurricane’s 85 points.
Reed, who scored Tulsa’s first 11 points, and Swanson, who drilled 6 of 9 three-point attempts, both finished with 23 points. Harrington added 19. No other Tulsa player had more than eight.
With 91/2 minutes remaining, the No. 2-ranked Jayhawks appeared to have turned the Hurricane into a whispering wind by forging a 73-58 lead. Instead, Kansas missed a hurricane warning. With 2:51 remaining, the score was deadlocked at 82-82.
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Three-point goals: 11-23 (Swanson 6-9, Reed 4-6, Ingram 1-1, Glenn 0-1, Ledoux 0-1, Parker 0-2, Harrington 0-3). Assists: 16 (Harrington 6, Swanson 4, Reed 2, Davis, Johnson, Parker, Ingram). Turnovers: 22 (Harrington 9, Swanson 6, Reed 3, Parker 2, Johnson, team). Blocked shots: 3 (Davis, Johnson, Swanson). Steals: 9 (Davis 2, Swanson 2, Reed 2, Johnson, Harrington, Parker). |
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Three-point goals: 6-10 (Boschee 4-5, Langford 1-1, Hinrich 1-2, Miles 0-1, Ballard 0-1). Assists: 20 (Hinrich 8, Miles 6, Collison 3, Gooden, Boschee, Langford). Turnovers: 19 (Miles 6, Hinrich 5, Gooden 4, Collison 2, Boschee, Langford). Blocked shots: 9 (Collison 4, Gooden 2, Hinrich, Carey, Simien). Steals: 13 (Hinrich 5, Miles 3, Gooden 2, Collison, Boschee, Langford). |
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| Tulsa | 43 | 42 | 85 |
| Kansas | 50 | 43 | 93 |
Technical fouls: Tulsa coach John Phillips. Officials: Stanley Reynolds, David Maracich, Rick Hall. Attendance: 16,013.
“I was telling my teammates,” said Harrigton, a 6-foot-2 senior from Carrollton, Texas, “that you learn a lot about yourselves in situations like that. Kentucky, uh, Kansas did a good job, but we fought hard and came back.”
Kentucky or Kansas. It doesn’t matter to the unranked and certainly underappreciated Hurricane. Tulsa’s only previous loss had been a four-point decision at Arkansas.
“We’re really quick and very athletic,” Phillips said. “In the last 10 minutes, I think we played harder. I know we did defensively. We definitely look forward to playing them in our place next year. I’m not saying that sarcastically. We want to play them because they’re good.”
While Tulsa relies on its three-pronged attack, Kansas proved to Phillips it has the full complement.
“They’ve got, I think, six great players on that team,” the Tulsa coach said. “At different points during the game they all played to their max.”
In the last three minutes, it was Hinrich who played to the max by scoring, rebounding, hitting the floor, etc.
“He became real aggressive,” Harrington said. “Good players do that. They don’t back down from challenges.”
Tulsa certainly did not back down from the challenge of playing Kansas at its home-away-from-home, but that hardly surprised Phillips. He’s seen the Hurricane play with heart in unfriendly arenas many times.
Phillips said his players “have tremendous competitive spirit and they love to play. We’ve had some great road wins in the last two years. They’re not intimidated on the road.”
Asked what he learned from Saturday’s scare of the high-flying Jayhawks, Phillips replied: “I learned Kansas is very, very good and so are we.”
Scott McClurg/Journal-World PhotoKansas City, Mo ? No greater compliment could Tulsa University coach John Phillips have paid Kirk Hinrich than to compare the Kansas University guard to a player Phillips coached in high school.
“He reminds me of Kevin Pritchard,” Phillips said after Hinrich’s last-ditch heroics enabled KU to escape with a 93-85 win over the Golden Hurricane on Saturday night in Kemper Arena.
Pritchard, who played for Phillips at Tulsa Edison High in the early ’80s, went on to become the starting point guard on KU’s 1988 NCAA championship team. To Phillips, it’s difficult to distinguish between Pritchard, now coach of the ABA Kansas City Knights, and Hinrich.
“They’re spitting images,” Phillips said. “Not only do they look alike, but they play alike. (Hinrich) is out there to do whatever it takes to win. He’s the glue to that team. You take him off that team, and they’re not near as good, I don’t think.”
Now in his first year as Tulsa’s head coach after a three-year stint as an aide, Phillips doesn’t have a Hinrich-Pritchard clone, but he does have three of the quickest and most indefatigable guards in the country in Antonio Reed, Dante Swanson and Greg Harrington. That trio combined for 65 of the Hurricane’s 85 points.
Reed, who scored Tulsa’s first 11 points, and Swanson, who drilled 6 of 9 three-point attempts, both finished with 23 points. Harrington added 19. No other Tulsa player had more than eight.
With 91/2 minutes remaining, the No. 2-ranked Jayhawks appeared to have turned the Hurricane into a whispering wind by forging a 73-58 lead. Instead, Kansas missed a hurricane warning. With 2:51 remaining, the score was deadlocked at 82-82.
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Three-point goals: 11-23 (Swanson 6-9, Reed 4-6, Ingram 1-1, Glenn 0-1, Ledoux 0-1, Parker 0-2, Harrington 0-3). Assists: 16 (Harrington 6, Swanson 4, Reed 2, Davis, Johnson, Parker, Ingram). Turnovers: 22 (Harrington 9, Swanson 6, Reed 3, Parker 2, Johnson, team). Blocked shots: 3 (Davis, Johnson, Swanson). Steals: 9 (Davis 2, Swanson 2, Reed 2, Johnson, Harrington, Parker). |
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Three-point goals: 6-10 (Boschee 4-5, Langford 1-1, Hinrich 1-2, Miles 0-1, Ballard 0-1). Assists: 20 (Hinrich 8, Miles 6, Collison 3, Gooden, Boschee, Langford). Turnovers: 19 (Miles 6, Hinrich 5, Gooden 4, Collison 2, Boschee, Langford). Blocked shots: 9 (Collison 4, Gooden 2, Hinrich, Carey, Simien). Steals: 13 (Hinrich 5, Miles 3, Gooden 2, Collison, Boschee, Langford). |
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| Tulsa | 43 | 42 | 85 |
| Kansas | 50 | 43 | 93 |
Technical fouls: Tulsa coach John Phillips. Officials: Stanley Reynolds, David Maracich, Rick Hall. Attendance: 16,013.
“I was telling my teammates,” said Harrigton, a 6-foot-2 senior from Carrollton, Texas, “that you learn a lot about yourselves in situations like that. Kentucky, uh, Kansas did a good job, but we fought hard and came back.”
Kentucky or Kansas. It doesn’t matter to the unranked and certainly underappreciated Hurricane. Tulsa’s only previous loss had been a four-point decision at Arkansas.
“We’re really quick and very athletic,” Phillips said. “In the last 10 minutes, I think we played harder. I know we did defensively. We definitely look forward to playing them in our place next year. I’m not saying that sarcastically. We want to play them because they’re good.”
While Tulsa relies on its three-pronged attack, Kansas proved to Phillips it has the full complement.
“They’ve got, I think, six great players on that team,” the Tulsa coach said. “At different points during the game they all played to their max.”
In the last three minutes, it was Hinrich who played to the max by scoring, rebounding, hitting the floor, etc.
“He became real aggressive,” Harrington said. “Good players do that. They don’t back down from challenges.”
Tulsa certainly did not back down from the challenge of playing Kansas at its home-away-from-home, but that hardly surprised Phillips. He’s seen the Hurricane play with heart in unfriendly arenas many times.
Phillips said his players “have tremendous competitive spirit and they love to play. We’ve had some great road wins in the last two years. They’re not intimidated on the road.”
Asked what he learned from Saturday’s scare of the high-flying Jayhawks, Phillips replied: “I learned Kansas is very, very good and so are we.”
Scott McClurg/Journal-World PhotoKansas City, Mo ? No greater compliment could Tulsa University coach John Phillips have paid Kirk Hinrich than to compare the Kansas University guard to a player Phillips coached in high school.
“He reminds me of Kevin Pritchard,” Phillips said after Hinrich’s last-ditch heroics enabled KU to escape with a 93-85 win over the Golden Hurricane on Saturday night in Kemper Arena.
Pritchard, who played for Phillips at Tulsa Edison High in the early ’80s, went on to become the starting point guard on KU’s 1988 NCAA championship team. To Phillips, it’s difficult to distinguish between Pritchard, now coach of the ABA Kansas City Knights, and Hinrich.
“They’re spitting images,” Phillips said. “Not only do they look alike, but they play alike. (Hinrich) is out there to do whatever it takes to win. He’s the glue to that team. You take him off that team, and they’re not near as good, I don’t think.”
Now in his first year as Tulsa’s head coach after a three-year stint as an aide, Phillips doesn’t have a Hinrich-Pritchard clone, but he does have three of the quickest and most indefatigable guards in the country in Antonio Reed, Dante Swanson and Greg Harrington. That trio combined for 65 of the Hurricane’s 85 points.
Reed, who scored Tulsa’s first 11 points, and Swanson, who drilled 6 of 9 three-point attempts, both finished with 23 points. Harrington added 19. No other Tulsa player had more than eight.
With 91/2 minutes remaining, the No. 2-ranked Jayhawks appeared to have turned the Hurricane into a whispering wind by forging a 73-58 lead. Instead, Kansas missed a hurricane warning. With 2:51 remaining, the score was deadlocked at 82-82.
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Three-point goals: 11-23 (Swanson 6-9, Reed 4-6, Ingram 1-1, Glenn 0-1, Ledoux 0-1, Parker 0-2, Harrington 0-3). Assists: 16 (Harrington 6, Swanson 4, Reed 2, Davis, Johnson, Parker, Ingram). Turnovers: 22 (Harrington 9, Swanson 6, Reed 3, Parker 2, Johnson, team). Blocked shots: 3 (Davis, Johnson, Swanson). Steals: 9 (Davis 2, Swanson 2, Reed 2, Johnson, Harrington, Parker). |
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Three-point goals: 6-10 (Boschee 4-5, Langford 1-1, Hinrich 1-2, Miles 0-1, Ballard 0-1). Assists: 20 (Hinrich 8, Miles 6, Collison 3, Gooden, Boschee, Langford). Turnovers: 19 (Miles 6, Hinrich 5, Gooden 4, Collison 2, Boschee, Langford). Blocked shots: 9 (Collison 4, Gooden 2, Hinrich, Carey, Simien). Steals: 13 (Hinrich 5, Miles 3, Gooden 2, Collison, Boschee, Langford). |
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| Tulsa | 43 | 42 | 85 |
| Kansas | 50 | 43 | 93 |
Technical fouls: Tulsa coach John Phillips. Officials: Stanley Reynolds, David Maracich, Rick Hall. Attendance: 16,013.
“I was telling my teammates,” said Harrigton, a 6-foot-2 senior from Carrollton, Texas, “that you learn a lot about yourselves in situations like that. Kentucky, uh, Kansas did a good job, but we fought hard and came back.”
Kentucky or Kansas. It doesn’t matter to the unranked and certainly underappreciated Hurricane. Tulsa’s only previous loss had been a four-point decision at Arkansas.
“We’re really quick and very athletic,” Phillips said. “In the last 10 minutes, I think we played harder. I know we did defensively. We definitely look forward to playing them in our place next year. I’m not saying that sarcastically. We want to play them because they’re good.”
While Tulsa relies on its three-pronged attack, Kansas proved to Phillips it has the full complement.
“They’ve got, I think, six great players on that team,” the Tulsa coach said. “At different points during the game they all played to their max.”
In the last three minutes, it was Hinrich who played to the max by scoring, rebounding, hitting the floor, etc.
“He became real aggressive,” Harrington said. “Good players do that. They don’t back down from challenges.”
Tulsa certainly did not back down from the challenge of playing Kansas at its home-away-from-home, but that hardly surprised Phillips. He’s seen the Hurricane play with heart in unfriendly arenas many times.
Phillips said his players “have tremendous competitive spirit and they love to play. We’ve had some great road wins in the last two years. They’re not intimidated on the road.”
Asked what he learned from Saturday’s scare of the high-flying Jayhawks, Phillips replied: “I learned Kansas is very, very good and so are we.”
Scott McClurg/Journal-World PhotoKansas City, Mo ? No greater compliment could Tulsa University coach John Phillips have paid Kirk Hinrich than to compare the Kansas University guard to a player Phillips coached in high school.
“He reminds me of Kevin Pritchard,” Phillips said after Hinrich’s last-ditch heroics enabled KU to escape with a 93-85 win over the Golden Hurricane on Saturday night in Kemper Arena.
Pritchard, who played for Phillips at Tulsa Edison High in the early ’80s, went on to become the starting point guard on KU’s 1988 NCAA championship team. To Phillips, it’s difficult to distinguish between Pritchard, now coach of the ABA Kansas City Knights, and Hinrich.
“They’re spitting images,” Phillips said. “Not only do they look alike, but they play alike. (Hinrich) is out there to do whatever it takes to win. He’s the glue to that team. You take him off that team, and they’re not near as good, I don’t think.”
Now in his first year as Tulsa’s head coach after a three-year stint as an aide, Phillips doesn’t have a Hinrich-Pritchard clone, but he does have three of the quickest and most indefatigable guards in the country in Antonio Reed, Dante Swanson and Greg Harrington. That trio combined for 65 of the Hurricane’s 85 points.
Reed, who scored Tulsa’s first 11 points, and Swanson, who drilled 6 of 9 three-point attempts, both finished with 23 points. Harrington added 19. No other Tulsa player had more than eight.
With 91/2 minutes remaining, the No. 2-ranked Jayhawks appeared to have turned the Hurricane into a whispering wind by forging a 73-58 lead. Instead, Kansas missed a hurricane warning. With 2:51 remaining, the score was deadlocked at 82-82.
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Three-point goals: 11-23 (Swanson 6-9, Reed 4-6, Ingram 1-1, Glenn 0-1, Ledoux 0-1, Parker 0-2, Harrington 0-3). Assists: 16 (Harrington 6, Swanson 4, Reed 2, Davis, Johnson, Parker, Ingram). Turnovers: 22 (Harrington 9, Swanson 6, Reed 3, Parker 2, Johnson, team). Blocked shots: 3 (Davis, Johnson, Swanson). Steals: 9 (Davis 2, Swanson 2, Reed 2, Johnson, Harrington, Parker). |
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Three-point goals: 6-10 (Boschee 4-5, Langford 1-1, Hinrich 1-2, Miles 0-1, Ballard 0-1). Assists: 20 (Hinrich 8, Miles 6, Collison 3, Gooden, Boschee, Langford). Turnovers: 19 (Miles 6, Hinrich 5, Gooden 4, Collison 2, Boschee, Langford). Blocked shots: 9 (Collison 4, Gooden 2, Hinrich, Carey, Simien). Steals: 13 (Hinrich 5, Miles 3, Gooden 2, Collison, Boschee, Langford). |
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| Tulsa | 43 | 42 | 85 |
| Kansas | 50 | 43 | 93 |
Technical fouls: Tulsa coach John Phillips. Officials: Stanley Reynolds, David Maracich, Rick Hall. Attendance: 16,013.
“I was telling my teammates,” said Harrigton, a 6-foot-2 senior from Carrollton, Texas, “that you learn a lot about yourselves in situations like that. Kentucky, uh, Kansas did a good job, but we fought hard and came back.”
Kentucky or Kansas. It doesn’t matter to the unranked and certainly underappreciated Hurricane. Tulsa’s only previous loss had been a four-point decision at Arkansas.
“We’re really quick and very athletic,” Phillips said. “In the last 10 minutes, I think we played harder. I know we did defensively. We definitely look forward to playing them in our place next year. I’m not saying that sarcastically. We want to play them because they’re good.”
While Tulsa relies on its three-pronged attack, Kansas proved to Phillips it has the full complement.
“They’ve got, I think, six great players on that team,” the Tulsa coach said. “At different points during the game they all played to their max.”
In the last three minutes, it was Hinrich who played to the max by scoring, rebounding, hitting the floor, etc.
“He became real aggressive,” Harrington said. “Good players do that. They don’t back down from challenges.”
Tulsa certainly did not back down from the challenge of playing Kansas at its home-away-from-home, but that hardly surprised Phillips. He’s seen the Hurricane play with heart in unfriendly arenas many times.
Phillips said his players “have tremendous competitive spirit and they love to play. We’ve had some great road wins in the last two years. They’re not intimidated on the road.”
Asked what he learned from Saturday’s scare of the high-flying Jayhawks, Phillips replied: “I learned Kansas is very, very good and so are we.”
