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wednesday, january 28, 2004
Hinrich's dad still coaching teens
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — North Kansas City boys basketball coach Jim Hinrich gripped his purple blazer in one hand and tensely ran his other across the wild, curly hair that curves around a bald spot.
He knew his team was in jeopardy of losing to Winnetonka, which had managed just one win this year — by forfeit. Hinrich slapped the whiteboard where he previously scribbled "Rebound, Guard. Run O." He smacked his hand on the word "guard" twice more.
"You've got a freshman out there who scored 17 points on you," Hinrich screamed at half-time of a two-point game. "A freshman!"
Hinrich's shouts echoed off the concrete walls before silence settled in. Water trickled from a shower in the background.A
dozen teenage boys, packed together on four short benches, stared at him inside the cramped locker room.
At that moment, 530 miles away, fans piled in Chicago's United Center to watch the Bulls play the Dallas Mavericks. Hinrich could have been in that crowd, lounging in the second row. Hey, maybe he'd be sitting in a seat reserved for NBA brass. He took those tickets once when the seats were unused.
Instead of watching his son, Kirk, torch Dallas for 23 points, 11 rebounds and five assists on Friday night, Hinrich stressed over some freshman from Winnetka.
He really doesn't need this. He's 55 years old, receiving retirement pay from his teaching/coaching job in Iowa, and his son, a former KU guard, will earn $7 million during the next three years with the Bulls.
"You know that he cares," NKC senior forward William Carter said. "His son's a millionaire. What does he want to coach for? You can tell he really wants to be here. When we were going through the losses, he cared more than the players. He showed more emotion than any of the coaches we've had. We know he doesn't have to do it."
Nope. Hinrich easily could take his retirement pay, mooch a smudge from Kirk's seven-figure salary if needed and enjoy the life of an NBA father.
"My wife and I would never want to do that," Hinrich said. "We always felt we were doing fine before he became a pro player. We'll be OK after he's there. It's more important he takes care of himself. You never know how long it will last."
So here Hinrich stands in the bowels of a 50-year-old gym, waiting to take his team back out
to a crowd of 250, and he's explaining that two basketballs can fit in the hoop at once.
"Shouldn't we be able to get one in?" he asks.
Hinrich coached 29 years in Sioux City, Iowa, including the last 24 years as head coach of Sioux City West High School. After coaching four state-tournament teams and five Division I basketball players, Hinrich wanted a change. At 55, he became eligible to receive retirement pay from Iowa and take a job in another state for additional income.
His daughter, Jill, lives in Overland Park. He was familiar with Kansas City, thanks to Jill and Kirk both attending Kansas. And, let's be honest, this would be an easy place for him to land a job.
"It helped having Kirk's last name," Hinrich said. "He used to be known as my son. Now I'm known as his dad."
Cornhuskers' build streak with victory
LINCOLN, Neb.—Nebraska's resurgence under second-year coach Connie Yori took another big step Saturday.
The Associated Press
The Cornhuskers beat the highest-ranked opponent in school history with an 81-63 win over No.9 Kansas State. It also was their 10th straight home victory.
"This puts Nebraska women's basketball in the vicinity of the map," Yori said. "People have to
stand up and take notice that we're doing some things here."
The Wildcats (13-3, 4-1 Big 12) shot a season-low 33.3 percent and saw their 11-game winning streak end. It was Kansas State's first defeat since losing 69-56 to Penn State on Nov. 29 and its most lopsided since falling 88-62 to Old Dominion in the 2002 NCAA tournament.
Margaret Richards scored 21 points to lead four Nebraska players in double figures.
"I wouldn't have guessed in a
The Huskers (14-3, 4-2) were beaten by 34 and 17 points in their meetings with Kansas State last season, when they went 1-15 in the Big 12 and 8-20 overall.
million years that we would have beaten Kansas State by 20 points." Yori said.
"Last year was a layup drill for them," Richards said.
On Saturday, the Huskers dominated a team that returned all five starters from last season.
Nebraska outscored the Wildcats 50-20 in the paint, including
22-4 on fast breaks. The Huskers held a 42-32 rebounding advantage. Kansas State coach Deb Patterson said she was surprised her team showed so little effort defensively.
"I would be stretching it to characterize that our defense was even in the gym today," Patterson said. "We didn't defend today, and the great guards that Nebraska has took advantage."
The Huskers, who led 34-31 at halftime, made 12 of their first 14 shots in the second half to build a 59-41 lead.
Pats, Panthers prepare for game
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HOUSTON—With his crisply knotted blue power tie and sharply tailored blue blazer, Ty Law could've been mistaken for a CEO.
But no, he's just a CB — a cornerback on a business trip.
Law's New England Patriots and the surprising Carolina Panthers began the biggest business trip of the season Sunday when they arrived in Houston to start the weeklong countdown to the Super Bowl.
"We're here to do a job," Law explained. "We can go hang with the 'in' crowd when we're done playing."
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For the better part of the last three decades, the NFL's title game has been as much about the hoopla leading to kickoff as the game itself. The goal for the players and coaches has been figuring out how to handle the distractions and still be ready for the game.
Different coaches have handled things in different ways. Chuck Noll won four titles by rarely setting curfews and actually encouraging the Pittsburgh Steelers to soak in the atmosphere.
Bill Walsh dressed up like a bellman to loosen up the 49ers on their first Super Bowl trip. Other coaches, especially in more recent years, have preferred more
structure, less fun.
Both John Fox of the Panthers and Bill Belichick of the Patriots were using the business-trip mantra with their players, and neither was making any apologies for it.
"We're not here to go sightseeing, we're here to play Carolina," said Belichick, who led the Pats to the title two seasons ago. "I don't know how anyone could take this any other way."
Still, there are perks to making a Super Bowl. Near the top of the list for these teams was a respite from the weather.
The Patriots arrived in Texas about an hour behind schedule — "How late are we? A minute? Five minutes?" Belichick said but not before saying goodbye to about a month straight of cold, nasty weather. The temperature in Boston on Sunday: 2 degrees, about 68 degrees colder than in Houston.
The Panthers, meanwhile, were sent off by about 10,000 fans who braved a nasty sleet storm to line the streets of Charlotte and wish their team luck.
"I woke up this morning and was like, 'It's snowing?' linebacker Will Witherspoon said. "Then, to see all the people, all the fans, supporting you, you just tell yourself, 'Man, let's bring this home. Let's show them what they're out there in the cold for, what they're cheering for."
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