Thursday, April 5, 2001
Sports
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Section A·Page 7
Track at Texas Relays. All day
Sports Calendar
Baseball at Texas A&M. 7 p.m.
Track at Texas Relays.
All day.
Baseball at Texas A&M. 7 p.m.
Softball at Texas Tech. 1 p.m.
Track at Texas Relays. All day.
Men's Tennis vs. Colorado. 2 p.m.
Women's golf at Indiana Invitational. All day.
Soccer in KU Spring Classic.
vs Colorado Rush Soccer Club. 9 a.m.; vs.
Tulsa, noon.; vs. Southwest Missouri. 4 p.m.
KANSAS TRACK
Texas Relays await Jayhawk competitors
The Kansas track and field team is preparing to compete at the 74th Annual Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays in Austin, Texas, after a two-week break.
Because Andy Morris, a senior and multievent athlete, is redshirting, the Jayhawks did not compete in any of yesterday's opening day events at the Texas Relays. The Relays will feature 5,000 high school, collegiate and elite athletes in 117 events.
Running events will begin today with the men's and women's 3,000-meter runs, and end Saturday with the 1600 relay.
Coach Stanley Redwine said the team was ready to resume competition after a successful showing at the Oklahoma State meet.
"The athletes were coming off spring break two weeks ago and we thought as coaches we needed time to prepare for this meet." Redwine said. "Now we are back on routine for the outdoor season and we are looking for some great performances from our athletes." Redwine also said the meet was
Redwine also said the meet was special for the team.
"The Texas Relays is a great competition for our athletes," Redwine said. "The competition at a meet like this is strong and we want our athletes to compete in the best field possible."
Michael Sudhalter
NCAA BASKETBALL
Ex-Nebraska coach Nee takes job at Duquesne
PITTSBURGH — Danny Nee, fired by Nebraska a year ago, is leaving Robert Morris after one season to replace Darelle Porter as Duquesne's basketball coach, sources told The Associated Press.
Nee, 7-22 at Robert Morris this season following a messy firing at Nebraska, met yesterday with Duquesne athletic director Brian Colleary to formalize a contract
Nee: former Nebraska coach hired at Duquesne
worth about $250,000 a year.
Nee will have only to walk down the street to change schools. Robert Morris' primary campus is in Moon Township, near the Pittsburgh airport, but it
also has a downtown campus only a block away from Duguese's.
Porter, a former Pitt player,
resigned under pressure last month
after going 9-21 in his third consecutive
20-loss season. The Dukes
have had seven consecutive losing seasons and haven't appeared in the NCAA tournament since 1977.
Nee was 11-19 overall and 4-12 in the Big 12 Conference in his 14th and final season at Nebraska in the 1999-2000 season, before he was fired amid falling attendance and criticism his program had slumped.
Nee's experience — he coached seven NCAA tournament teams at Nebraska and Ohio — apparently was the deciding factor in his hiring.
Former UMass coach Flint will lead Drexel
PHILADELPHIA — Bruiser Flint, who resigned at Massachusetts after a 15-15 season, has taken the Drexel coaching job and will return to his hometown.
He replaces Steve Seymour, who was fired last month after a 15-12 season.
Flint said the deal would be worth about $200,000 a year for four years. He was to be introduced today at Dexrel.
Drexel was upset by sixth-seeded Northeastern in the America East tournament quarterfinals this season. The Dragons are moving to the Colonial League next year
Flint, 35, was a coach at UMass for 12 years and resigned under pressure March 12 with one year remaining on his contract.
Now he's back in the city where he graduated from St. Joseph's in 1987.
Flint, an assistant under John Calipari for seven seasons at UMass, became coach on June 8, 1996, two days after Calipari's departure for the New Jersey Nets. It was Flint's first head coaching job.
At UMass, Flint went 86-72,
making the NCAA Tournament in
his first two seasons
This season, Umass failed to earn an invitation to the NCAA tournament or the NIT after losing to Temple 76-65 in the Atlantic 10 tournament final.
MLB
Rockies acquire Leiter in six-player trade
MILWAUKEE — Mark Leiter is on the move again.
Acquired by Colorado last week in a trade with the New York Mets, Leiter was part of a six-player trade between the Rockies and Milwaukee Brewers yesterday.
Leiter, a right-handed setup man who missed last season after a right shoulder operation, was sent to Milwaukee along with pitcher Mike DeJean and infielder Elvis Pena.
In exchange, the Rockies got pitchers Juan Acevedo and Kane Davis, and minor league infielder Jose Flores.
Leiter, 37, last played a full season in 1998 in Philadelphia, where he went 7-5 with a 3.55 ERA and 23 saves. He's also pitched for the Yankees, Tigers, Angels, Giants, Expos and
Mariners in his career.
In 315 career games, Leiter is
63-72 with a 4.60 ERA and 26
saves.
NBA
Chinese player signs contract with Dallas
DALLAS — Wang Zhizhi's next task is to watch NBA players slam each other around, something that doesn't seem to happen in China.
And, when he's not play ing, to feast on Texas steak, a dish he's already learned to enjoy.
The NBA's first Chinese player signed a two-year contract with the Dallas Mavericks yesterday, and now will take his 7-foot-1, 255-point frame to the bench to watch what he called the "cruel" style of American basketball.
"Mentally, I have to be ready because the NBA is a very physical game," he said.
"I'm very excited," Wang, 23,
said through an interpreter.
A second-round draft pick in 1999, Wang will get very few minutes this year as the Mavericks, who clinched their first playoff berth in 11 years Tuesday, try to get the best seeding possible for the postseason.
I very excited, Wang. 23 said through an interpreter. Wang's arrival in the United States was delayed by his commitment to the Chinese Army. He recently completed his season in China's professional league, leading his team to its sixth straight championship.
After a news conference at the team's training facility, Wang was to practice with the team for the first time. He could play as early as tonight at home against Atlanta.
The Associated Press
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