| Ichabods tip off 2006-07 exhibition season at DI No. 3 Kansas Thursday
Washburn (10-16 Last Year, 4-12 MIAA/9th)
at Kansas (25-8 Last Year, 13-3 Big 12/1st)
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Date: Thursday, November 2, 2006
Time: 7:08 p.m.
Site: Allen Fieldhouse (16,300); Lawrence, Kan.
TV: Jayhawk TV (KSNT 27 Topeka)
Radio: KTPK 106.9 Topeka
Rankings: Kansas is 3rd in DI Coaches’ Presesaon Poll
WU Coach Bob Chipman: 620-221 in 28th year at WU (.737); 620-221 in 28th year overall (.737)
KU Coach Bill Self: 72-24 in 4th year at KU (.750); 279-129 in 14th year overall (.750)
Ichabods kick off 06-07 exhibition season with DI’s No. 3 Jayhawks
Washburn will be tested right away when it kicks off its 2006-07 exhibition season against NCAA Division I preseason No. 3 Kansas at 7:08 p.m. in an exhibition game Thursday night at Allen Fieldhouse. The Ichabods went 10-16 last year and then went 4-0 during a 10-day trip to China in August. The Jayhawks went 25-8 last year and finished ranked 13th in the AP poll and 22nd in the coaches’ poll. Both teams will be playing their first exhibition game of the 2006-07 season.
Head coach Bob Chipman, beginning his 28th year, returns one starter at guard, three at forward and six total letterwinners. He will also have three redshirts return from last year (one with 2004-05 experience at WU) as well as six newcomers. Last year WU suffered its first losing season since 1976-77 and first of Chipman’s career and they failed to advance to the MIAA Postseason Tournament for the first time since joining the league in 1989-90.
After taking on the Jayhawks the Ichabods will head to Manhattan, Kansas, Saturday to take on another Big 12 opponent, Kansas State and welcome in new Wildcat head coach Bob Huggins. That game will also be a homecoming for Chipman as he is a 1951 KSU graduate and his daughter plays on the volleyball team.
The WU-KU series history goes back to 1905-06, the first year of basketball for WU, when the Jayhawks won a pair of games. Kansas won 26 times from 1905-1945 with the Ichabods winning three times. The two schools reunited their rivalry twice in the 1990’s with KU winning both times and the Jayhawks lead the overall series 28-3.
Last Time Out for Washburn
Ichabods bring crew to China over summer, go 4-0 against local schools
SHANGHAI, China -- The Ichabods finished their 10-day, four-game tour of China with a big win as they defeated Shanghai Normal University, 110-71, on August 20. Dylan Channel, the leading scorer on the trip with 16.8 points per game, led all scorers with 19 points. He was 8-for-11 from the field with three three-pointers. Reed Hein and Brady Sisk each scored 14 points, Kyle Fisher and Grant Hargett each had 11 and Paul Byers tossed in 10. Everyone who was available to play got in and scored. Andrew Meile had 11 assists and Hargett added five steals. The Ichabods held SNU without a field goal until the 5:38 mark of the first quarter and they kept them to 21 percent shooting in the first half. The Ichabods shot 57 percent in the first half and went 8-for-15 from beyond the three-point line. WU went into the half with a 60-20 lead. The second half was played much closer. SNU shot 44 percent, hit eight three-pointers and outscored the ‘Bods, 51-50. Washburn finished up shooting 57 percent and had a 53-34 advantage on rebounds.
The Ichabods passed the century mark in three of four games and averaged 107.2 points per game off 57 percent shooting. They kept their opponents to 57.0 points per game. Seven Ichabods averaged double figure points per game. Hargett led the team with 12 steals, Frank Phifer led with 10 blocks and Meile led with 28 assists.
WU started the trip with a 93-55 win over Zhejiang University of Jinhua on August 16. Phifer had 17 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Ichabods. Moriba DeCoteau also grabbed 12 rebounds.
The next day, WU faced its sister institution, Zhejiang Normal University, and earned a 109-54 win. Six Ichabods scored in double figures, as Channel and Fisher each tallied 18. Fisher and Phifer had 13 rebounds each.
In the first game against Shanghai Normal on August 19, Washburn picked up a 117-48 win. Hargett scored 22 points while Channel added 20.
Last Time Against KU
Kansas 79, Washburn 70
Ichabods put up solid effort against No. 1 Jawhawks
November 7, 2004
LAWRENCE, Kan. - The Washburn Ichabods led for much of the first half before falling 79-70 at No. 1 Kansas in Allen Fieldhouse. Travis Robbins led Washburn with 14 points, while Carl Jenkins and Karlton Mims added 12 points apiece.
The Ichabods opened the first half by out-shooting the Jayhawks 43 percent to 40 percent, but trailed 42-37 at the break as the Jayhawks used a 14-of-18 free throw showing in the half compared to 8-of-12 for the Ichabods. Jenkins scored nine of his 12 points in the first half connecting on 3-of-4 from the field including 1-of-2 from 3-point land. The Ichabods were outrebounded in the half 24 to 17. There were seven lead changes and five ties.
In the second half, the Ichabods would open with a 6-2 run to cut the Jayhawk lead to 44-43 at the 17:04 mark, but they would get no closer than seven points with one minute left at 77-70 on a pair of Mims’ free throws.
The Ichabods finished the night with a 40.3 percent average from the field hitting 25-of-62 shots while the Jayhawks were 24-of-59 from the field for 40.7 percent. The Washburn bench outscored the Jayhawks subs led by Jenkins’ 12 and Randy Brown’s 11 points.
About the Kansas Jayhawks
Kansas enters the year ranked No. 3 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches’ poll and first in the Big 12 preseason poll. Kansas returns all five starters to defend its two straight conference championships and the Jayhawks enter the season with the co-Big12 preseason players of the year, sophomores Brandon Rush and Julian Wright. Rush led KU with 13.5 points and 5.9 rebounds last year en route to freshman of the year honors.
The Jayhawks went 25-8 last year on their way to a Big 12 regular season and tournament championship. Kansas then made its 17th straight trip to the NCAA I tournament and lost in the first round to Bradley. The Jayhawks finished the year winning 15 of 17 games.
Kansas head coach Bill Self enters his fourth season at KU with a 72-24 record and 279-129 record overall in 13 seasons. He was named Big 12 coach of the year last year.
A winning history
The Ichabods are 1,328-906 (.594 in 2,234 games) and are in their 102nd season of basketball. Starting their 23rd season in Lee Arena, the Ichabods are 303-49 (.861). The Ichabods finished the 2005-06 slate at Lee Arena 7-6 and the Ichabods are 117-18 in Lee Arena since the 1997-98 season.
Up next for the Ichabods
Washburn will continue its Big 12 tour when it travels to Kansas State Saturday for an 8 p.m. match. The game will mark the beginning of Wildcat coach Bob Huggins’ career at KSU and will be a homecoming for WU coach Bob Chipman. Chipman was a 1973 graduate of KSU and earned two letters as a guard under coach Jack Hartman.
Sisk returns as leading scorer
Washburn junior Brady Sisk returns to the Ichabod lineup as the team’s leading scorer. He led the Ichabods and finished eighth in the MIAA with 14.4 points per game. He was also 10th in the league with 5.7 rebounds per game. Sisk started 13 of the 23 games he played in and reached double figures in 17 of those games, passing the 20-point mark six times.
Byers climbs WU career block chart after strong freshman season
Returning for his sophomore season is forward Paul Byers. Playing all 26 games with 19 starts, he led the Ichabods last year with 31 blocks, the seventh highest single-season total at WU and 14th highest career total. He can get near the Washburn top-five with a repeat performance this year.
Fisher is lone returning senior for Ichabods
Senior Kyle Fisher will be the only senior on WU’s squad with Ichabod playing experience. Though he only started seven games last year, Fisher started all four in China. During his junior year he averaged 5.1 points per game and 1.8 rebounds. He reached double figures three times and had a career-high 14 points against Newman.
Forward Frank Phifer is a senior who transferred to WU last year and then took a medical redshirt before the season started. Michael Williams, a senior guard, comes to WU after a year at Northern Iowa.
Meile looks to lead Washburn offense
Junior Andrew Meile comes back for his third year as the only returning starter at guard. Meile averaged 8.6 points per game last year with 4.5 rebounds and 2.8 assists. He reached double figures 10 times and had a career-high of 20 against Central Missouri. He led the team with 43 3-pointers and finished second shooting .426 from behind the arc. He finished the season strong, averaging 17.3 points per game in the final four games.
2006-07 Season Preview
With four players returning with starting experience, including their leading scorer, the Ichabods will enter 2006-07 hoping they can put last year behind them and return to the glory days of Washburn basketball.
Last year’s 10-16 record marked the first losing season since 1976-77 and the first of head coach Bob Chipman’s 27-year career. Coming into the season, the Ichabods had won three straight MIAA titles and had been to the NCAA tournament four of the last five years. Their 4-12 conference record last year kept them out of the postseason for the first time since joining the MIAA and NCAA II in 1989-90.
Bringing back seven letterwinners and two redshirts and adding six newcomers, the Ichabods will hope that 2006-07 can be a year to build themselves back into a championship contender in the conference, region and nation. And with just one player returning as a senior, Washburn will look to remain strong for years to come.
Another positive the Ichabods have entering the new season is that they have already played together as a team. Chipman, an experienced world traveler, brought the ’Bods on a 10-day summer trip to China. As the Ichabods experienced the country with a mix of ancient history and Western modernization they managed to win four games against Chinese universities by an average of 50 points, outscoring them 107-57. The last time Chipman took his team overseas, they visited Paris, France, and played in the NCAA II national title game later that season.
Ichabods looking for a solid starting five
Last year the Ichabods started 11 different players and used nine different starting lineups. Their best combination managed just three wins. Guard Andrew Meile started 24 of the 26 games, the most for any returner, and the team picked up nine of its 10 wins when he started. Washburn returns seven letterwinners, including four with a lot of starting experience. Forward Paul Byers returns after starting 19 games and going 8-11 when starting.
2005-06 Season Review
The memories of three straight MIAA titles and four NCAA tournament trips in five years were fresh on the Ichabods’ minds when they opened 2005-06. In the end, those memories seemed like the distant past after Washburn suffered its first losing season since 1976-77.
Washburn started the season strong, winning six of its first nine games, but a series of injuries and roster changes left the Ichabods without their expected starting five.
Lone senior Kris Milburn was given the task of leading the young Ichabod team through the rest of the year. At the High Desert Classic in Las Vegas, Nev., the Ichabods opened with a win against Texas A&M-Commerce but then only managed 51 points, their lowest total as an NCAA II school, in a loss to Central Arkansas. That defeat started a streak of six losses that led into the MIAA season. The Ichabods snapped the streak with a pair of conference wins against Pittsburg State and Missouri Southern but were sitting at 2-5 in the conference as they struggled to keep from being the lone MIAA team not to make the postseason tournament.
Washburn went 2-7 in the last nine games to finish 10-16 overall and last in the MIAA at 4-12. The Ichabods missed out on their first postseason tournament since joining the league and head coach Bob Chipman suffered his first losing season.
The Ichabods put just one player on the all-MIAA team last year. Forward Dylan Channel made the honorable mention squad last year after shooting 59 percent from the field and averaging 10.1 points per game. He was second on the team with 4.6 rebounds per game.
Chipman will enter 2006-07 needing just one win to move alone into second in wins coaching in the MIAA. He currently has 379 wins since Washburn joined the conference in 1989-90.
Bods and Ends
• Chipman is tied for the second most wins as a coach in the MIAA. He has 379 wins since WU joined the league in 1989-90.
• In 17 seasons as an NCAA II school, the Ichabods have 10 NCAA tournament appearances and nine MIAA titles. Last year snapped a streak of three straight conference championships.
• The Ichabods suffered their first losing season since 1976-77 and first of head coach Bob Chipman’s career. They also failed to advance to the MIAA tournament for the first time since joining the league in 1989-90.
• Kansas’ 25 point win against WU in 1996-97 was the third largest defeat WU suffered since becoming an NCAA II school
• The Ichabods lost six games in a row last year for the first time since they lost 12 straight in 1976-77 and they went to 0-5 in the MIAA for the first time since joining it.
• The KU and KSU games aren’t the only DI opponents on Washburn’s schedule. The Ichabods will play a regular season game at Nevada-Las Vegas November 21. Last year the two schools met in an exhibition. Chipman and UNLV coach Lon Kruger are both K-State graduates with Chipman getting his degree in 1973 and Kruger getting his in 1975.
• Washburn kicks off the regular season November 15 against Kansas Wesleyan at Lee Arena. The Ichabods are 25-2 in openers under coach Bob Chipman and 21-1 in home-openers at Lee Arena. Wesleyan, a member of the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference, is the only NAIA opponent on WU’s schedule this year.
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