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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 2002
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Watkins trust fund: A Douglas County District Court judge ruled that Bank of America must begin paying for renovations and repairs to Miller and Watkins scholarship halls each year with money from a trust designated for improvements to the halls.
Tuition update: University of Kansas officials unveiled a proposal that would increase the cost of tuition and fees 21 percent in Fall 2002.
New engineering dean: Stuart R. Bell, professor of mechanical engineering and director of the Center for Advanced Vehicle Technologies at the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa will replace Carl E. Locke as dean on Aug.1.
Summer sports offer little relief
By Levi Chronister Kansan columnist
Levi Chronister
lchronister@kansan.com
COLUMNIST
School is back in session and students are back on campus, but there's precious little athletic news for Jayhawks to sink their beaks into this summer.
Scott Russell proved that he's head and shoulders above everyone else, not just with his 6-foot-9 inch frame but with his victorious 262-foot javelin throw in the NCAA Championships last weekend.
Houston has the top choice, but has a glut of forwards so Gooden probably won't
One bit of Kansas sports info you can find out in real-time, though, is where Drew Gooden will go in the NBA draft on June 26.
He and other Kansas track athletes will be taking part in the US Open and USA Championships this summer, but unless you have a satellite TV system you're likely to have to rely on a newspaper or web site to find out those results.
Kansas is searching for a new baseball coach to replace Bobby Randall, who resigned after five straight losing seasons and back-to-back finishes at the bottom of the Big 12 Conference, but you won't know who the new coach is until after athletics director Al Bohl makes his decision.
The draft begins at 6:30 p.m. on TNT and you better tune in early because, barring an avalanche of trades. Gooden is likely to go in the first four picks.
be wearing those ridiculous blue pinstripes anvtime soon.
Assuming Houston keeps the pick and takes 7-foot-5 inch Chinese center Yao Ming, Chicago would likely draft Duke's Jay "Don't Confuse Me With Some Accused Murderer" Williams. Bulls general manager Jerry Krause needs someone to get the ball inside to giant teenagers Tyson Chandler and Eddy Curry, and with those two up front and Eddie Robinson and former Iowa State star Marcus Fizer at small forward, there's not much room for Gooden in Chicago, which he should probably consider a blessing.
Chicago may seem like heaven compared to the hell that is Gooden's likely destination — the Golden State Warriors.
The Warriors are close to Gooden's hometown of Richmond, Calif., but they haven't had a prayer of making the finals since breaking up Run TMC (Tim Hardaway, Mitch Richmond and Chris Mullen)
after the 1990-91 season.
Golden State, 21-61 last season, is in desperate need of a point guard to get the ball to Jason Richardson and Antwan Jamison, but Williams will likely be off the board by the third pick.
If the Warriors — and Gooden — get lucky, the Memphis Grizzlies, who have the number four pick, will trade with Chicago to guarantee getting Duke product Mike Dunleavy, who Memphis GM Jerry West could mold in his own image, which would leave Williams for Golden State at number three.
Gooden is likely to be chosen by a team that finished in the bottom of its division last year and won't be in playoff contention for at least a year, making it likely that Gooden will have to become accustomed to more than just the professional game — he'll have to learn to deal with a lot of losing.
Gooden is the obvious choice if the Warriors don't trade down because Golden State's five frontcourt players average 7.88 points per game for their careers, and Gooden can add a scoring presence down low.
Gooden could drop as low as number seven, where the Knicks would scoop up Gooden to play next to and for the oftinjured Marcus Camby.
Chronister is a Pittsburg senior in journalism.