University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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A KU basketball fans faced a new malady following March Madness + a bad case of the Mondays. Mondays in April brought Ta lost Championship game, goodbyes to a well-loved coach, and anew coacThing.staff. T The whole season was kind of a roller coaster ride, and April was no different, Danielle Hillix, Camden Point, Miss., sopho- more, said. From getting to the national championship to losing our coach, as well as our athletic director, it was a wild ride. lt all began Monday April 7, when the Jayhawks fell a three- pointer short of a national championship. T A The team returned Tuesday to a hero's welcome from over 7,500 fans at Allen Fieldhouse, despite their 81-78 loss to Syracuse. The next day, Chancellor Robert Hemenway fired Athletic Director TAlT BoThl. T e l encouraged Al to resign. l thought it would be better for him and for the institution for him to resign, Hernenway said at a press conference onApril 9, g Bohl, however, wouldn't cooperate., . l would not res.iTgTn,.Tl BoThTlTsaid.T, lT . T T was,fiTredT. T T T T .T T .T T Rumors had been circlingf forTsoTme T T T time that T ohlTTdTiTdTnT'Tt get aloingwith T A T it basketball coach TWilllams. ,Mahyt 'W Trnu.udTiiTghBuhi,T 5awpiTrs,firi1Ttgfas a p j, A p , deSPCrate QllemTPt.tQT keeTpyWilliams at T FFFTF' Tl proud basketball program. He refused to comment on the situation during the Final Four, even when the press hounded him. When CBS reporter Bonnie Bernstein asked him what his decision would be only minutes after losing to Syracuse, his response was finally, I could give a sh-- about North Carolina. l have thirteen kids in that locker room that l love. His heartfelt statement in the heat of the moment gave many KU fans hope that the beloved coach would stay Some believed he could never leave the fans that loved him so much. Others doubted he could resist the siren's call of North Carolina baby blue or refuse his mentor, Dean Smith, again. On Monday April 14, fans, players and recruits were put out A of their misery Williams met with his players, quietly flew to Chapel Hill, and .r lil' .Ti W T ,TT W. then told the layhawk faithful, l've never stopped loving North Carolina, and now no one will ever pull harder for the University of Kansas than l will. ,T, But that wasn't enough for some. Ti W1 mx Tilwvlr' All' T .TW . T ' i When I heard that Coach Roy left, I felt betrayed because he said he would TT T Tim y T I T TTTTTT TTTTT I stay at KU last time, Kevin Faddis, Piper ,M 5 . W Wm, A freshman, said. But l could never fault a kT ll i' A man for following his dream and putting p ' f' his family above his job. the University. After .receiving his. pink, sliip, Bohl offered his .oTpTiTnTiTonT Tin .aupress ToonfereTnoeTTTiTnT..hTisTTTdriveway T T , T T TTTTt'TThTisT'isTTTaT,sadT dayTTfoTrTTcoTlTl1egeTathletics when Ta'TbasTketbalTIT T 'coTaohT ThTasrTTthe TWTT poweTr'toT Thire'andT fire taluTntiversTityT'lsp athletic ,T-T .T TT TTIT .TTT1TTTTT. :T T . TT T TTTTTTT dt'l'?9f9VT' T ECN fffld. Will? ET 9'f'VeWaY TPVF55 Collfefelm He.had theochoiceto either me with hispower of influence or let Tfly,,with,,mypvisipns.fgr,pa ,bettertotal program.. He chose to crushTme.,'l.1,. .T.T. T , T. T . .TTTSpeakinTgTT TtoTutheTpTressT from TTHTadTl Auditorium., Hemenway said Not everyone was so forgiving. Roy- .. hating t-shirts, sidewalk chalking and Free-For-All comments appeared all over campus. Some T labeled him as a traitor who bailed for the money. KU players expressed shock and sadness, recruits were uncertain what their future held. Exit Roy Williams. , interim Athletic Director A. Drue lennings told news media that the search for a new coach would begin immediately and hopefully be concluded within a matter of days. But the athletic departments interest zeroed in on one man: Tthatlwas not the case: TllyT HT6'lS3lTdi'l'tT6' hadhbeen talking to people in T Fighting lllini Coach Bill Self. Fast-forvvard to Monday, April Zi. At the ?.llEhlilQWl'C TdepTartTmTent, TdonTorTspandT fansfor over six months, I .9Fft ll9f..flTfeflwlfhlf .?lfWl9ll.'Qll.fhC alhlfm FACPHVTMCUT- WSU? fl dTef'T5'QU-TTTT on the basis pf evalTuTation, of the situation, I of leadTeTrsThiTpT wasTTneedTeTclT at 'T TTT? .',' TT T'TTT T TT l TTT TTT TTTTT. TTT. TTTNA TTTTI TTATT 1' ,'.TTT T TT another press conference in Hadl Auditorium, lennings proudly introduced Self as the new men's head basketball coach. Self will probably not say dadgum every time he speaks with media, and his last name alone has provided headline writers with enough ammunition for several years. 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