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Kansas guard Tyrel Reed drives past Pittsburg State guard Brandon Coleman (5) during the first half Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009 at Allen Fieldhouse.
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Prior to the opening tipoff of Kansas University’s exhibition basketball game against Pittsburg State on Tuesday night at Allen Fieldhouse, KU coach Bill Self presented Pitt State coach Gene Iba with a one-foot-square piece of the Allen Fieldhouse floor that was used from 1992 through 2005.
The gift was in recognition of Iba’s announcement that this would be the final season of his 30-year coaching career, a stint that has included stops at Baylor, Houston Baptist and Pitt State.
That generosity was the only thing Self and the Jayhawks gave Iba all night as KU cruised to a 103-45 victory.
Despite the lopsided loss, Iba, the nephew of legendary Oklahoma State coach Henry Iba, had nothing but good things to say about the Jayhawks.
“I can only try to express what that meant,” Iba said. “The people of KU have been nothing but tremendously gracious to us, and that thing tonight, my family, in particular, will remember for a long time.”
The game itself was one his players would just as soon forget. Despite hanging around for the first eight minutes, the Gorillas saw an early 16-11 deficit deteriorate into a 55-21 mountain of a setback by halftime. The Jayhawks doubled up the Gorillas (48-24) in the second half to set the final margin at 58 points. On Sunday, Pitt State fell, 89-53, at Kansas State, where Iba received a wooden basketball on a pedestal.
“You want to go out and have a good showing and play your best, but this was kind of embarrassing,” said PSU senior Spencer Magana, who tied with Rodney Grace to lead the Gorillas with 11 points. “But I think just seeing this kind of pressure defense is definitely going to help us in the long run. They’re very tall, very athletic, they’re long, they’re quick in all spots. They’re just really, really good. It’s enjoyable for any basketball player to come in here. It’s an awesome place to play.”
Iba said the Jayhawks hurt his team most in two areas. Midway through the first half, Kansas began to trap the high-post pick, which led to 33 PSU turnovers. And throughout the night, the bigger, stronger Jayhawks owned the rebounding edge.
“That really hurt us, and that broke the game open,” Iba said.
Iba’s connection to Kansas goes well beyond coaching against the Jayhawks a few times. When he was 8 years old, while his father was the head coach at the University of Tulsa, Iba remembers regular visits to his home from legendary KU coach Phog Allen.
“He was a chiropractor,” Iba recalled of Allen. “And back then they didn’t have trainers, so Dr. Allen came to the house to show my dad how to tape and how to do things. They didn’t have medical dummies back then, so they used me instead.”
Pittsburg State (0-2 in exhibition play) will wrap up its preseason schedule Saturday at UNLV. The Gorillas will open the regular season Nov. 17 at home against Sterling College.
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just_another_bozo_on_this_bus (Anonymous) says…
Iba remembers regular visits to his home from legendary KU coach Phog Allen.
“He was a chiropractor,” Iba recalled of Allen.
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He wasn't a chiropractor. He was an osteopath.
11 November 2009
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FREESTATEFAN (Anonymous) says…
Come on Bozo, they are almost the same thing! Plus Coach Iba was probably still shell shocked from the game! Maybe we can get Pitt St to play our football team, might be closer than you think! LOL
11 November 2009
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Ricky_Vaughn (Anonymous) says…
Can't believe the Hawks pulled out this one…what an upset!
C'mon Bill, you call that a schedule?
11 November 2009
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jonas_opines (Anonymous) says…
“C'mon Bill, you call that a schedule?”
I think it's actually called an exhibition game.
11 November 2009
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just_another_bozo_on_this_bus (Anonymous) says…
“Come on Bozo, they are almost the same thing!”
You are ill-informed.
11 November 2009
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rgh (Anonymous) says…
Roy Williams started the tradition of playing D-II schools within Kansas and I'm glad Bill is continuing the tradition. KU is going to play D-II schools anyway for exhibition games and they get a healthy paycheck to come to Lawrence. Why not give the money to fhsu, esu, psu, and Washburn.
Those kids appreciate playing in Allen more than most teams you would bring in from New Jersey, Florida, Washington, or where ever. I can tell you it means a lot to the coaches, fans, and administration of these schools as well being a Fort Hays grad myself and avid Jayhawk fan. For the most part these games are designed to be blowouts so they can play everyone and get a feel for the squad (especially the new players) playing outside competition.
Bozo, who really cares if he was an Osteopath or Chiropractor (there are some who actually double anyway). Gene Iba is a great person and the article was a nice one considering is career in basketball and his ties to Kansas. I think you and Ricky missed the entire point.
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just_another_bozo_on_this_bus (Anonymous) says…
I was merely clarifying a factual error. And you are as mis-informed about chiropractors and osteopaths as freestatefan.
11 November 2009
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rgh (Anonymous) says…
This just in:
Michigan State, the pre-season #2 team according to the AP and USA Today polls beat Northwood University of Michigan in an exhibition game this year. That's D-II Northwood U. by the way and NC beat up some school in North Carolina tonight. Come on Roy and Tom, start scheduling quality teams for your exhibition games.
Bozo, here's a link you can cut and paste in order to be better informed. http://www.osteopathic.org/index.cfm?…
And back to the article, who cares? The article was about Gene Iba not about Phog Allen.