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WEDNESDAY. MAY 10. 2006
2B THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
CALENDAR
TODAY
Baseball at Missouri State, 7 p.m.
Springfield, Mo.
THURSDAY
Softball vs. Baylor in the Big 12 Tournament, 11 a.m., Oklahoma City
Stanley
Player to watch: Heather Stanley. The senior had a hand in all three runs scored in Kansas' 3-6 victory against Iowa State on Senior Day, Sunday, as she want 2-3 with two runs scored and an RBI.
Softball at Big 12 Tournament, time TBA, Oklahoma City
Women's golf at NCAA Regionals, time TBA, location TBA
FRIDAY Baseball vs. Bradley in Jayhawk Classic, 7 p.m., Hoglund Ballpark
FRIDAY
Softball at Big 12 Tournament, time TRA. Oklahoma City
Women's golf at NCAA Regionals, al.day, logation TBA
Truck, Big 12 Outdoor Championship
days, Waco, Texas
SATURDAY
Baseball vs. Northern Colorado in Jayhawk Classic, 7 p.m., Hoglund Ballpark
Softball at Big 12 Tournament time TBA, Oklahoma City
- Women's golf at NCAA Regionals, time TBA, TBA TUBA
Track, Big 12 Outdoor Championships, all day, Waco, Texas
Rowing,NCAA South/Central Regional,time TBA, Oak Ridge, Tenn.
SUNDAY
SUNDAY Baseball vs. Northern Colorado in Jayhawk Classic, 1 p.m., Hoglund Ballpark
SPORTS
Bulldog Track, Big 12 Outdoor Championships, all day, Waco, Texas
Rowing, NCAA South/Central Regional, time TBA, Oak Ridge, Tenn.
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MEN'S GOLF Woodland to play in 2006 NCAA regionals
The NCAA selection committee chose this week to include Kansas golfer Gary Woodland in the 2006 NCAA regionals. Woodland, a junior, averaged just more than 73 strokes per round this spring to lead the Jayhawks.
in the NCAA regionals by finishing tied for 7th at the Big 12 Championship. Woodland was included in the Central regional, which means he will travel to the Sand Ridge Golf Club in Chardon, Ohio, to compete from May 18 to 20.
Woodland secured a spot
from May Woodland has flourished in the past at the Sand Ridge Golf Club, posting a dominant score of 202 to take first place in a tournament played at the course last fall. The tournament was the strongest of Woodland's career.
As a team, Kansas was on the bubble heading into the selection process, but was not chosen by the selection committee. Before this season, Kansas had made a team appearance in the NCAA regionals every year since 1997.
— Asher Fusco
FOOTBALL Former defensive end signs with Browns
Former KU defensive end Jermial Ashley was signed by the Cleveland Browns Monday. Ashley was one of seven players to attend the Browns rookie minicamp as a tryout candidate. The Browns signed him after a strong weekend performance.
of former KU wideout Brandon Rideau, who made the Browns roster last season as a tryout player. Rideau was promoted to the active roster part of last season and is still with the team.
long weekend performances Ashley is following the trail
Ashley will join former KU defensive end Charlton Keith, who signed with the Browns as an undrafted free agent April 30, and David McMillan, a former Kansas defensive end who has seen time at linebacker for the Browns.
— Drew Davison
Kings fire coach despite winning reign
BY GREG BEACHAM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Adelman, whose 752 career victories are the fourth-most
SACRAMENTO — Rick Adelman was fired by the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday despite leading the club to eight consecutive playoff appearances as the most successful coach in franchise history.
Geoff Petrie, the Kings' president of basketball operations, gave only murky reasons for the decision, which probably was caused by clashing egos and the empty trophy case of owners Joe and Gavin Maloof, who are widely thought to be behind Adelman's departure.
the San Antonio "I came to the conclusion that continuing this way just wasn't feasible," said Petrie, who also hired Adelman — his former roommate from their playing days — when both worked in Portland. "The dynamic that needed to be there to help it move forward just wasn't there."
Audeman's departure
Sacramento was eliminated
from the playoffs on Friday by
the San Antonio Spurs.
The Kings also declined to renew the contracts of Adelman's four assistants: Elston Turner, T.R. Dunn, Bubba Burrage and Pete Carril, the Hall of Fame former Princeton coach who spent nine of the last 10 years as a Sacramento assistant.
among active NBA coaches, spent this season as a lame duck, but still got the Kings into the playoffs at 44-38 with a tremendous late-season surge after the arrival of Ron Artest.
The family tentatively courted Phil Jackson last summer while Adelman still was under contract, perplexing and angering Adelman. This spring, the brothers could be heard yelling advice at the Kings' bench from their courtside seats when things went poorly on the court.
His departure ends the most successful tenure of any coach in the franchise's 21 seasons in Sacramento — but although Petrie steadfastly refused to acknowledge it, the Maloof brothers have been dissatisfied with Adelman's leadership for at least two seasons.
court.
Petrie plans to meet with Joe and Gavin Maloof late this week to begin a coaching search. The brothers were in Las Vegas on Tuesday and unavailable for immediate comment.
"In theory, you would like to find someone as quickly as possible because of the draft
Adelman had far more success than all of the coaches in Sacramento's two decades of NBA experience combined, but his sometimes-prickly meanor and his failure to win a championship left him less than beloved.
and whatever trade opportunities can come your way," Petrie said.
Adelman is 752-481 in 16 seasons as an NBA coach, the last eight in Sacramento, where he won 395 games.
The Kings transformed themselves into a defense-oriented team when Artest arrived in a late-January trade for Peja Stojakovic. Sacramento won 25 of its final 36 regular-season games and pushed San Antonio in the first round of the postseason, eventually losing in six games.
the wolf 53 games and the Adelman's streak of five consecutive 50-win seasons ended this year when the Kings got off to a terrible start. But Adelman might have done the most impressive coaching of his Sacramento tenure this season, molding a cohesive team with just two holdovers from the 2002-03 season.
eventually losing both Adelman and the Maloofs made it clear they wouldn't discuss the coach's future until after the season. Adelman met with Joe Maloof on Monday.
Monday.
"We knew that it was going to be a looming issue." Petrie said.
"We put it aside and concentrated on the job at hand."
Adelman led the Kings to the playoffs in each of his seasons, starting with his surprising one-year revitalization of a longtime loser in the strike-shortened 1999 season.
Steve Yeater/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sacramento Kings coach Rick Adelman reacts to an official's call during an NBA Western Conference basketball playoff game against the San Antonio Spurs in Sacramento, Calif., on Friday. Adelman will not return for a ninth season as coach of the Kings.