Doherty out at UNC, Howland in at UCLA
Andrew Bagnato
Chicago Tribune (KRT)
CHICAGO — Kansas fans
cheered reports Tuesday that Ben
Howland has accepted the UCLA
men’s basketball coaching job,
meaning Jayhawks coach Roy
Williams won’t be leaving for West
wood. But then Matt Doherty re
signed at North Carolina and the
Williams watch kicked into over
drive in Lawrence, Kan., and
Chapel Hill, N.C.
On an eventful day in major-col
lege basketball, Howland reported
ly decided to leave Pittsburgh to
take over at UCLA, which fired
Steve Lavin last month. The Los
Angeles Times reported the univer
sity would introduce Howland, a
Southern California native, as ear
ly as Wednesday.
A few hours later Doherty abrupt
ly resigned, stirring speculation
Williams might be prepared to an
swer his alma mater’s call this time
after spuming it three years ago.
For now, Williams wants to keep
his mind on Saturday’s national
semifinal showdown against Mar
quette in New Orleans. Speaking
at a Lawrence news conference
Tuesday afternoon, Williams told
reporters he had only heard the
same rumors they had: that Do
herty was out.
“That’s all I know,” Williams said.
“There is one other thing I know:
This is a very satisfying and exciting
time for me and our players and
Kansas basketball.
“I’m going to enjoy this week
and I’m not going to allow anybody
to bother me with any junk about
anything,” he said. “That’s the ex
tent of my conversation about any
other job, whether it’s North Car
olina or anybody.”
But Williams can expect to face
far greater scrutiny when the Jay
hawks arrive in New Orleans.
Questions keep coming up be
cause Williams is a self-described
“North Carolina guy” who rarely
passes a microphone without ut
tering a compliment to the univer
sity or his mentor, former coach
Dean Smith.
Three summers ago, when Bill
Guthridge announced his resigna
tion, Williams spent a week decid
ing whether to take the job. He
didn’t, and North Carolina imme
diately lured Doherty away from
Notre Dame, where he had spent
one year.
Doherty, another Smith disciple
and former Williams assistant, went
26-7 his first year at North Carolina.
But the Tar Heels slipped to 8-20
last year, the worst record in the
storied program’s history.
This year, despite inexperience
and a season-ending injury to for
ward Sean May, the Tar Heels fin
ished 19-16 but missed out on the
NCAA tourney.
As the Tar Heels struggled, play
ers and parents raised questions
about Doherty’s intense style.
Players voiced those concerns in
meetings last week with Baddour,
who invited dean of students
Melissa Exum to attend. Baddour
met for several hours Monday
night with Doherty.
Baddour said in a statement that
Doherty’s resignation “is a not a re
sult of the number of wins and loss
es we achieved this year or in the
past three years. (The Tar Heels) ac
complished a great deal for which
we are very proud and thankful.
“The resignation is also not just
a result of the meetings we had
with current players,” Baddour
said. “It would be extremely unfair
to those players and it would be an
unqualified mistake to say the res
ignation was a result of only their
concerns and questions. It is unde
niable there has been some tur
moil regarding the status of play
ers in the program for some time.
Coach Doherty worked hard to get
beyond that turmoil and at times
was successful.”
Doherty had three years remain
ing on a contract paying #850,000
per year.
Baddour said a search for an
“outstanding coach” would begin
immediately. Many coaches with
North Carolina ties fit that de
scription. But the leading candi
date is taking his team to New Or
leans on Thursday
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by Knight Ridder/Tribune Information
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Senior Becky Holliday anchors a strong vault squad that includes Niki McEwen, whose best is two inches below Holliday's.
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10 feet shy of her career bests.
Sauvage will lead Oregon in the
hammer, as she just broke the
school record at the Stanford Invi
tational with a mark of 188-3. She
also will back Etter in the discus
with a season best of 147-3.
Oregon’s pole vaulting trio of red
shirt seniors Becky Holliday and
Niki McEwen and junior Kirsten Ri
ley will also be on hand in Texas.
Holliday won the vault last year
in Texas while receiving an NCAA
automatic bid at 13-7 1/4. In her
2003 campaign, Holliday has vault
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McEwen trails Holliday by just two
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last week’s Stanford competition.
Riley has a personal best of 13-5
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In distances, senior Eri Macdon
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ter missing last year’s NCAA invite
by .03 seconds. Senior Carrie Zo
grafos holds the school record in
the steeple chase after finishing
cross country as an All-American.
Oregon finished the outdoor sea
son last year in 27th, the best placing
since 1995. The Pacific-10 Confer
ence is as heated as ever as UCLA
and USC finished in the top three at
last year’s NCAA Championships.
With a talented and deep
squad, and a coach who knows
the ropes better than any, Oregon
women’s track hopes to do big
things in 2003.
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