Thursday, March 29, 2001
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Seton Hall's Amaker accepts Michigan job
The Associated Press
SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. Tommy Amaker has resigned as basketball coach at Seton Hall to rebuild the program at Michigan.
Amaker will replace Brian Ellerbe, who was fired two weeks ago after posting a 62-60 record in four seasons, including a 25-9 mark his first year. The Wolverines were 12-19, 15-14 and 10-18 the past three seasons and didn't finish better
than eighth in the Big Ten.
"We appreciate all that Tommy has done to position our bas
ketball program among the best in the nation," Seton Hall athletic director Jeff Fogelson said yesterday. "I'm sure that he will do the same for Michigan."
Leading candidates to succeed Amaker include Skip Prosser, who led Xavier to the NCAA tournament this season.
Amaker spoke to the Seton Hall players yesterday, said a source close to Seton Hall.
"He's going to be introduced at Michigan on Friday," added the source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
In Ann Arbor, officials at Michigan said final details were
being worked out to hire a replacement for Ellerbe.
"Bill Martin (Michigan athletic director) is currently working with UM legal counsel and is putting together a contract that we hope can be announced shortly," Michigan athletic department spokesman Bruce Madel said.
Amaker, who will be 36 in June, posted a 68-55 record in four seasons at Seton Hall. The former Duke star led the Pirates to four postseason appearances, the highlight being a surprising trip to the round of 16 in last year's NCAA tournament.
Amaker is leaving his first head coaching job after what has been perceived as his most disappointing season.
Seton Hall was ranked as high as No. 7 early in the season, but the team fell apart down the stretch and didn't qualify for the Big East postseason tournament until it beat Connecticut in its regular season finale.
The Pirates finished 16-15 after losing to Alabama in the opening round of the NIT, the team's third trip to that tournament under Amaker.
"We have already begun to identify candidates that we feel will lead Seton Hall's program into the future," Fogelson said, noting the Pirates had already begun a search for a new coach
HAINES CITY, Fla. — Kansas City catcher Gregg Zaun, who worked all winter overcoming shoulder surgery, tore a calf muscle during routine drills yesterday and could miss six weeks or more.
Royals lose catcher to injury
The Associated Press
Also yesterday, left-hander Jose Rosado had a cortisone shot in his surgically repaired left shoulder and will not even begin soft-tossing until later this week. When the two-time All-Star is ready to pitch at the major level team remains anyone's guess.
Doctors placed a walking cast on Zaun's left leg. His replacement, unless the Royals make a last-minute deal, will be backed Huytanc O
immediate deal, will be backup Hector of itz.
"This is very disappointing," Zaun said. "I worked
my tail off getting my arm OK, and I did. I came back two months ahead of schedule and I was read to go."
two months ahead of schedule and I was ready to go." Catching was already considered one of the Royals' most questionable positions. Zaun hit .274 with seven home runs and 33 RBIs in 65 games last year but threw out only 13 of 70 baserunners attempting to steal. A sprained right elbow put him on the 15-day disabled list in April and then he underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right shoulder in November.
Rosado, the Royals' only left-handed starter, missed almost all of last season after undergoing arthroscopic surgery on his left shoulder. The Royals had hoped he might be ready by Anril or Marl.
"My goal is to get Rosie back in the rotation some time before the season is over," Royals manager Tony Muser said. "If it's September, so be it. If it's August, so be it. If it's June, so be it. But we've got to get him going."
Tennis stars might help Hingis case
The Associated Press
MIAMI — Tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams and Lindsay Davenport might be called to testify next week at the trial of a man charged with stalking Martina Hingis.
The lawyer for Dubrovakra Rajecvic said yesterday he wanted the players to say Hingis was not emotionally distressed, as the prosecution claims, by his client's professed love for the 20-year-old Swiss star.
Hingis, the No.1 female tennis player in the world, is to be a prosecution witness.
Rajcevice frequently interrupted his lawyer in court before jury selection began yesterday.
Rajcevic, a 46-year-old Australian who was born in Croatia, is charged with one count of stalking and three counts of trespassing at the 2000 Ericsson Open on Key Biscayne near Miami. Each count carries a possible one-year sentence.
"You're going to have to control that impulse when you're in front of the jury," Judge Kevin Emas said.
Rajcevic has been in jail for a year, unable to post $2 million bond and unwilling to promise to stay away from his avowed love interest in exchange for his freedom.
Rajevic has sent love letters and flowers to Hingis and wants a romantic relationship with her. Three psychologists who evaluated him last July found him delusional about Hingis but mentally competent to stand trial.
Hingis and Davenport are to appear in person after completing play in the 2001 Ericsson Open. The finals are this weekend.
The Williams sisters plan to go to Europe after the tournament. Frank Abrams, the lawyer for Rajcevic, said they would appear by closed-circuit TV from Europe if called to testify.
Emas said he had received a letter from a lawyer representing the Williams sisters, asking that their subpoenas be quashed.
Opening statements were set for tomorrow. Hingis was expected to take the stand Monday, and the judge said the trial should finish next week
Maryland anticipating rematch against ACC rival Duke in Final Four
The Associated Press
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Maybe it was the unusual draw that got Maryland beyond the Sweet 16 hump
and into its first Final Four If so, the Terrapins could be in good shape heading into Saturday's semifinal against Duke
A series of subplots in its first three NCAA tournament games
helped deflect what had become almost an annual deathwatch for a school that hadn't made the final eight since 1975. George Mason was a neighboring school led by a Gulf War veteran, Georgia State was coached by former Maryland coach Lefty Driesell, and the meeting with Georgetown was a long overdue resumption of a local rivalry.
"It looks from here like the selection committee did a great job -- they put us in a region we could win," coach Gary Williams said.
"The first three games that we played made it a little different."
A victory against Stanford — no off-the-beaten-path stories there
A victory off the-beaten-pan won the West Maryland, leading to a fourth meeting this season with the Duke Blue Devils on Saturday in Minneapolis. The
Minneapolis. The awe of being a newcomer at the season's final party quickly dissipates with the
realization that the opponent is a very familiar one.
"That's what makes this more magical," forward Byron Mouton said. "This one is for all the bragging rights."
Thus the chance to play for a national championship has more of the familiar feeling of a bad-blood Atlantic Coast Conference game. It's a rematch the Terrapins started talking up even as they left the court following an 84-82 loss to Duke in the ACC tournament $2_{1/2}$ weeks ago.
The Terrapins are adjusting to
requests for tickets and the extra media attention this week, but at least there's no need for extra film sessions to study the tendencies of some unfamiliar team.
"We respect Duke probably more than anybody else because we've played them three times," Williams said. "But at the same time, we know we can play with them."
Maryland has won 10 of its last 11 games, while Duke has won 11 of 12. The only losses in those streaks have been to each other.
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