Tuesday, February 22, 2000
The University Daily Kansan
Section B · Page 3
Baylor coach to retire this season
The Associated Press
WACO, Texas — Sonja Hogg, the outspoken coach who revived Baylor's struggling women's basketball program and led the Lady Bears to their first postseason appearance in 17 years, is retiring after the worst of her six seasons at Baylor.
The outspoken Hogg. 82-88 at Baylor, once was reprimanded for comments she made about officiating.
Hogg's surprise decision, effective at this season's end, followed a 6-17 season. The coach told team members and four incoming recruits Sunday night that she was leaving.
"It's been a fun run, but some people don't know when to get off the train." Hogg said in yesterday's edition of the Waco Tribune Herald.
Last in the Big 12 Conference with a 1-12 record, the Lady Bears beat Oklahoma State Feb. 15, 71-60, to end an 11-game losing streak — their longest in a decade.
However, Hogg, 54, said she wasn't leaving the game because of the worst losing streak in her 17-year college career.
"Sometimes the good Lord gives you a little nudge and says, 'This might be the
time,"" she said. "It's been a gut-wrenching decision, but it's not about winning and losing ballgames, I assure you."
Hogg, who won 307 games and an NCAA
Hogg, who won title in 11 years at Louisiana Tech, came to Baylor in 1994 and assumed leadership of a program that had endured 10 consecutive losing seasons under coach Pam Bowers.
Although the Lady Bears were 13-14 and 11-19 in her first two years — Baylor's last in the Southwest Conference — they improved to 15-13 in 1996-97, and 7-9 in their Big 12 debut.
Big Laundry.
"I have so much respect for her and the things she's done for women's basketball," said Texas Tech coach Marsha Marsha. "If you look back on some of the personalities who were so instrumental in taking women's basketball to a different level.
"The things she did at Louisiana Tech and the excitement she brought to Baylor will be a great legacy for her. It's a loss to our sport."
Sonia has to be included in that group.
Tom Stanton, Baylor athletics director,
said Hogg had built a solid foundation that
the school could build upon.
"This is a sad day for Baylor women's basketball because we have lost one of the true pioneers in the profession," Stanton said. "I respect and support Sonja's decision."
Stanton said Hogg had accepted a position in Baylor's development office. She held a similar position at the University of Texas from 1988-90.
At Louisiana Tech. Hogg led the Lady Techsters to six straight Final Four appearances, including consecutive national championships in 1981 and 1982.
Last year, Big 12 Commissioner Kevin Weiberg reprimanded Hogg for comments she made about officiating in a loss against Oklahoma State. Hogg had said after the loss, "You don't call an intentional foul in a one-point ballgame when someone's going after the ball and somebody falls down."
Missouri freshman among talented crop of newcomers
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kareem Rush has talent. Just wait until Missouri's freshman smoothie gets an attitude.
That's the way Quin Snyder sees it after a couple of sensational games that earned Rush Big 12 Conference newcomer-of-the-week honors.
The Associated Press
"He really does have a calm demeanor," said Snyder. "That's the knock on him, too. I'm encouraging him to play with more emotions."
The 6-foot-6 Rush spent his life playing in the shadow of his older brother JaRon Rush, who enrolled at UCLA two years ago. But now Kareem seems to be coming into his own, and people are wondering if he, not JaRon, is the family's biggest talent.
In victories last week at Texas Tech and Kansas State, Rush averaged 25 points per game, including an eye-popping 68.3 percent from the three-point line.
Putting more emotion into his game will help the still-developing kid raise his game to a much higher level. Snyder said.
Oklahoma State coach Eddie Sutton was impressed with the freshman sharpshooter.
sneeze. "He's definitely one of the bright young players we have in college basketball," he said.
The Big 12 is briing with outstanding freshmen. Kansas has Drew Gooden, Kirk Hinrich and Nick Collison, all who have started. And, among the others is Texas A&M's Bernard King who leads all conference freshmen in scoring.
A&M Coach Melvin Watkins said he knew King would have no
Rush: Earns Big 12 newcomer-of-week honors
King would have no trouble adjusting to college.
"We've asked him to be a scorer and a leader, and that's quite a big assignment to ask of a freshman," King said. "He's been amazing that way."
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