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Friday, April 2,1993
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE BENCH
STEVE WOODBERRY
6-4 180 Forward Wichita, Kan.
though he comes off the bench, Steve Wood
berry is one of the most productive Kansas
players.
Basketball commenta- ___
Basketball commentators across the nation,
including ESPN's Dick Vitale, picked Woodberry as the nation's top sixth man.
Woodberry has been praised all season long by his coach and teammates for his versatility. In five different statistical categories, he ranks in the top five for the Jayhawks.
Aside from being the team's leading
Ask them to bring the ball down from free throw shooter at 87.9 percent, he is second in steals with 44, third in assists with 97, fourth in rebounding with 148 and fifth in scoring with a 10.3 average.
This weekend will mark Woodberry's second Final Four in his three year career. He played just six minutes in his first game against North Carolina and scored two points. His minutes played per game, however, have nearly doubled since then.
Rex Walters said that Woodberry, who is usually quiet, had more than one side to him.
"Off the court, he's a clown." Walters said. "He's always very loose. On the team, he's like the control. When things start getting bad, he kind of settles everyone down."
After the Jayhawks defeated Indiana Saturday, Kansas fans gave Woodberry a loud ovation after he could not think of anything to say.
Career notes
1993 second team All-Big Eight
1993 second team All-Big Eight
1993 Big Eight All-Defensive Team
1993 Big Eight All-Underrated Team
1993 Big Eight All-Bench Team
1993 Golden Harvest Classic Most
Valuable Player
1992 Big Eight All-Bench Team
1992 Big Eight All-Bench Team
Roy's remarks
"Steve is just a fantastic player. What he gives us with his versatility is just so hard to measure. He knows how to play, and he has great court sense and savvy."
Patrick RICHEY
6-8 190 Forward Lee's Summit. Mo
early this season, Patrick Richey left the team's locker room for practice. On his way,
he banged his knee against a table.
The accident turned ___.
The accident turned but to be harmless,but
Richely clearly felt the pain as he sopped out to the court in frustration.
"My luck with injuries hasn't been the greatest," Richey said. "But for some reason I end to heal faster than most people. I guess that's because I'm hurt so often."
Richey has missed 13 games in his career because of injuries. But since the Kansas City Golden Harvest Classic in mid-December. When he missed two games with a sprained knee. Richey has left the injuries behind him.
He is averaging a career best 6.8 points a game, is the layhawks' most accurate three-point shooter and plays nearly 20 minutes a game.
Despite weighing only 190 pounds, Richey usually comes off the bench for 215 pound Richard Scott at the power forward position.
Roy Williams permanently moved Richey to the front-court after the transfer of sophomore forward Ben Davis in November.
Richey scored a career high 23 points against Oral Roberts on Jan. 14. He made 10 of 13 field goals and had eight rebounds.
"It's tough to go out there and compete how you want to compete when you're hurt." Richey said. "It feels good to put the injuries behind me."
Career notes
1993 Big Eight All-Bench Team 1992 Palmer Scholarship Award 1991 Big Eight All-Freshman Team 1991 Big Eight All-Bench Team 1991 Palmer Scholarship Award
"Patrick's role has depended on his health for huge portions of his two years. He's done well for us this year, and he's gotten a lot of extra possessions for us by diving for loose balls."
Roy's remarks
GREG OSTERTAG
Duncanville, Texas
7-2 270 Center
reg Ostertag said that he loves going on the road, especially when fans from other schools make fun of him or taunt him.
"At Nebraska, I was Osterfag," he said after
Missouri. "Today, I was Bryant Reeves' evil twin.
"I just love listening to the fans and listening to the different things they can come up with."
Asude from being amused by fans, Ostertag said he loved to do his own entertaining.
Roy Williams," the 7-footer sang his own rendition of Garth Brooks' country song, "Friends in Low Places."
At this season's "Late Night," the theme centered around Halloween. Ostertag promised he would again go solo. He entered a darkened Allen Field House as Frankenstein.
Ostertag also has entertained on the court. Against Rollins, he had to leave the game when a referee saw blood on his uniform. As he approached the Kansas bench, he began to remove his "00" jersey in front of the field house crowd.
A glare from Roy Williams, however, forced Ostertag off the court to change.
just thought I would give the fans a thrill or a laugh," he said.
Ostertag, who missed seven games in December with a stress fracture, scored a career-high 21 points and grabbed eight rebounds Jan. 14 against Oral Roberts.
Career notes
1993 Big Eight All-Bench Team Has a reach of 9 feet,6 inches Can touch the top of the rim while standing on his toes Has made two career starts
Roy's remarks
"His strength is much better and his vertical jump is much better. Sometimes I yell at him a lot because I want him to realize his potential to be a big-time player."
GREG GURLEY
6-5-185 Guard Leawood, Kan.
e rooms with starter Rex Walters. Lately Greg Gurley also has been supported for him. Gurley who graduated from Shawnee Miss.
Gurley, who graduated
South High School in
1991, came to Kansas
after averaging 25
points and seven rebounds a game as a senior.
In 1990, he hit a 25-foot shot at the buzzer in the 64 championship game against Steve Woodberry, who was then playing for Wichita South.
Although he averages only two points a game this season, he has come off the bench during the NCAA tournament timing to Walt.
tournament at times to give Walters a break
On Jan. 14, he scored a career high 16 points against Oral Roberts. Two weeks later, he dished out a career high four assists against Missouri.
Or us 22 field goals entering tomorrow's game, 11 are three-pointers.
Gurley said his skills have improved and that rooming with honorable mention All-American Walters has helped. "We sometimes talk about what I should and shouldn't be doing on those." Gurley said.
doing on there. You can say.
his helms however are not limited to basketball.
The business administration major made the All-Big Eight Honor Roll this season.
Gurley said he would be happy with more playing time, but he understood his role as a reserve. Next season, he probably will move up the depth chart behind Steve Woodberry.
Career notes
1993 Academic All-Big Eight Honor
Ball
1991 Gatorade Circle of Champions Player of the Year in Kansas Attended Roy Williams' summer camp in 1990 Scored seven points on March 7 in final regular season game
Roy's remarks
"I've been very pleased with the way Greg has been working in practice. He's worked very hard, particularly on the defensive end of the floor."
Matt Doherty Assistant Coach (North Carolina'84)
Although Matt Doherty was an assistant at Davidson College in 1991 during the first Final Four of the Roy Williams era, the first-year Kansas assistant is no stranger to the event.
In 1982, Doherty played for North Carolina in the Final Four, which, like this year, was in New Orleans. That season the Tar Heels went on to win the National Championship against Georgetown.
During his senior season in 1984, he started at the small forward spot alongside current NBA players Michael Jordan, Brad Daugherty, Sam Perkins and Kenny Smith.
Doherty, 6-foot-8, tried out for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the NBA the next year but fell victim to injury during the trout.
With a degree in business administration, Doherty worked for Kiddler and Peabody in New York City as a government bond salesman.
He worked as an assistant coach at Davidson College
Coaching Experience
1989-92
1992-
Davidson College assistant coach University of Kansas assistant coach
until Williams offered him the Kansas restricted-earnings assistant coach position.
Williams was an assistant coach at North Carolina when Doherty played there.
Steve Robinson Assistant Coach (Radford'81)
This season, Doherty has assisted with recruiting and has compiled scouting reports about other teams. He also conducted the preseason conditioning program before regular practice sessions began.
Steve Robinson came to Kansas along with Roy Williams in 1988. Before coming to Kansas, Robinson had served as an assistant coach at Cornell.
This season, aside from being the academic coordinator for the Jayhawks, he also served as the junior varsity coach.
sity coach Because the NCAA dropped the
"Because of recruiting and the varsity's own schedule, we just couldn't run the program like we did last year," Robinson said. "But I will put as much effort into the practices and games as I do for the varsity program."
Because number of full-time assistants from three to two, the J.V. program had to cut back from a 23-game schedule to a five-game schedule.
Robinson said he volunteered for the job because he wanted the opportunity to do even more coaching
Coaching Experience
1981-82 Lincoln (Pa.) University assistant coach
1982-83 Albemarle High School
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1983-85 Radford University assistant coach
1986-88 Cornell University assistant coach
1988 University of Kansas assistant coach