Wednesday, July 12, 2000
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 3
2000-2001 Men's Basketball Schedule
Nov. 1 — EA Sports California All-Stars, J-TV, 8:05 p.m.
Nov. 4 Emporia State J-TV. 8:05 p.m.
Nov. 9 — Coaches
Cancer Classic (v. UCLA,
Kentucky or St. John's) at
New York, ESPN, 6 p.m.
Nov. 10 — Coaches v.
Cancer Classic (v. UCLA,
Kentucky or St. John's) at
New York, ESPN, TBA
Nov. 17 — North Dakota,
J-TV, 7:05 p.m.
Nov. 20 — Boise State, JTV 7:05 p.m.
Nov. 25 — Washburn, J-
TV, 7:05 p.m.
Nov. 27 Middle
Tennessee State, J-TV, 7:05
p.m.
Nov. 30 Illinois State LTV 7 pm
Dec. 7 -- at Wake Forest, ESPN, 6 p.m.
Dec. 12 — at DePaul, ESPN.8 p.m.
Dec. 16 — Tulsa, ESPN,
8:05 p.m.
Dec. 23 — at Ohio State, CBS, 3 p.m.
Dec. 30 — Sprint Shootout v. Southwest Mississippi State at Kansas City, Mo., J-TV, 8 p.m.
Jan. 6 — at Texas Tech, ESPN+. 8 p.m.
Jan. 13 — at Oklahoma, ABC.noon
Jan. 17 — Nebraska.
ESPN+. 8 p.m.
Jan. 20 Texas A&M, ESPN+ 3 p.m.
Jan. 22 - at Colorado ESPN. 8 p.m.
Jan. 27 - Kansas State ESPN+, 3 p.m.
Jan. 29 — at Missouri, ESPN. 8 p.m.
ESPN, 8 p.m.
Feb. 2 Texas CBS noon
Feb. 3 — Texas, CBS, noon
Feb. 5 — Iowa State,
ESPN. 8 p.m.
Feb. 10 Oklahoma State. ESPN+. 3 p.m.
Feb. 12 — at Baylor,
ESPN2, 8 p.m.
Feb. 17 - at Iowa State, CBS, noon
Feb. 21 — Colorado, J-TV,
7 p.m.
Feb. 25 — at Nebraska,
ABC, 3 p.m.
Feb. 28 - at Kansas State, ESPN+. 8 p.m.
March 4 - Missouri, CBS,
1 p.m.
March 7-10 Big 12
ESPN+/ESPN, TBA
March 7-10 - Big 12 Conference Tournament at Kansas City, Mo., ESPN+/ESPN TBA
*All times are central
*Home games in bold
J-TV is Jayhawk Television Network (ESPN Regional)
ESPN+ is ESPN Regional/Big 12 TV
Jacque Vaughn and Jerod Haase, former Kansas basketball players, talk to Roy Williams at Memorial Stadium after Williamspress conference Thursday night. Williams' wife, Wanda, is shown at center. Photo by Aaron Lindberg/KANSAN
Former players revel in Roy's resolution
By David Perico
Special to the Kansan
Former Kansas basketball players Ryan Robertson and Jerod Haase said they were relieved to hear that coach Roy Williams would stay at Kansas.
Robertson said it meant a lot to see Williams make his players a top priority when faced with such a tough decision.
Robertson said the team's future looked
brighter in every respect and that Williams' decision would have a big impact on recruiting. Recruits looking for someone to teach them about basketball and life will find their way to Kansas, Haase said.
He said he was ecstatic when he heard Williams' decision.
"I'm on his staff," he said. "I'm a KU player, and I'm also a huge KU fan."
That gave him three reasons to be excited about Williams' announcement, he said.
Haase said Williams' decision said a lot about his integrity and his loyalty to the program — two characteristics that attracted Haase to Kansas when he was a student at Berkeley.
He said he could tell that Kansas players believed in their coach and played unselfishly for him.
"Coach Williams is extremely honest and loyal to his players." Haas said.
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was a man of his word.
Ben Murray, Elkhart senior, said he had no idea what Williams' decision would be before the press conference.
"I had a hunch that Roy would stay because he would have a chance to establish his own legacy right here in Lawrence," Matthews said.
"I kept changing my mind," Murray said. "But once I heard about the press conference, I didn't think he would say he was leaving."
Murray said he was glad the wait was over because Williams had been under a lot of pressure. It didn't bother him that Williams took a week to make a decision.
"The timing was not his fault," Murray said. "He had no control over Guthridge's decision."
Murray also said he thought there would be mass hysteria at Allen Fieldhouse when Williams walks onto the court next season.
"Allen Fieldhouse is already one of the toughest places to play in college basketball," Murray said. "Seeing how much loyalty he has to his school, his fans and his players will increase the madness at the games."
UNC basketball could be in dire straits
Edited by Mindie Miller
By Will Kimmey
wk@unc.edu
University of North Carolina Sports Editor
Basketball fans, write this date down: July 6. 2000.
That was the day Roy Williams turned down an offer to coach North Carolina and remain at Kansas. That is the day that the college basketball landscape changed forever.
Commentary
But the issue is not whether
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North Carolina when it needed him most. His decision is one that should be respected. He broke the mold of college coaches who jump at the first opportunity for more money and more power, leaving their players an enormous way to die
The developments in Chapel Hill could have adverse effects on recruiting. Will second-guessing prospects have the same thoughts as Williams did when the Tar Heels recruit them?
But Baddour doesn't see it that way.
"This program has been built as
Williams did not do that to Kansas. And he is not the issue.
Kansas. And he is not the issue. The issue is that somebody turned down North Carolina.
Perhaps Smith, who has orchestrated the program's every move, has lost a step. He failed to deliver.
That's a big deal. It's like shrugging off an offer to become the CEO at Microsoft or passing on a date with a supermodel. It's just not done.
standing in the country, and there's nothing changed today about that," Baddour said at the press conference following Williams' decision to stay at Kansas.
Except that something
is drastically different. For the first time in nearly 50 years, North Carolina was without a coach. Not since 1952 had the Tar Heels been pressed to bring in a new head man. That's the same year Smith won a national title as a player.
Where did he play? At Kansas, of course.
Frank McGuire was hired by the Tar Heels in 1952 and called upon Smith to serve as his assistant in 1958. Smith accepted, then took
over in 1961 when McGuire left for the NBA.
After 36 years, Smith handed the reigns to his assistant, Bill Guthridge. It was always expected that Williams was the next in line for the North Carolina throne. But without Williams, the university was in a mad scramble to find a coach — fast.
Baddour and Smith both knew the implications of having been snubbed by Williams. But they wouldn't admit it.
"No, we don't feel desperate at all," Baddour said. "We're going to find us a good coach."
Yeah, Dicky, we believed you. Just like we believed Eddie Fogler, the South Carolina coach who worked under Smith. Fogler withdrew his name from consideration Friday.
Philadelphia 76ers coach Larry Brown and Milwaukee Bucks coach George Karl both decided to remain with their NBA clubs.
He didn't want to be in the running and not chosen, so he turned things around and put on his best impression of a little kid, saying "Well, I don't want to coach there anyway."
The pickings were slim for the Tar Heels, and the situation was a desperate one. Notre Dame's Matt
Roy Williams addresses the crowd at Memorial Stadium Thursday night after announcing that he will stay at Kansas. Photo by Aaron Lindberg/KANSAN
Doherty, a member of UNC's 1982 national championship team and a former Kansas assistant under Williams, was the top candidate. Doherty pulled in a good recruiting haul during his first season under the Golden Dome. But people will wonder if a man with just one year of head coaching experience can get the job done in Chapel Hill.
When North Carolina settled on Doherty, the program did just
that—it settled. And for less. It's not often that a top program has to settle for a second choice, or in this case maybe third or fourth or fifth, to fill a coaching vacancy.
The concern in the Tar Heels camp is that maybe that's a sign that North Carolina's time as one of the nation's top programs might be nearing an end. It all started on July 6, 2000.
Remember that date.