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[Posted 03.29.03]
Doherty still on hold at UNC-CH
Associated Press
CHAPEL HILL (AP) � North Carolina has not made a
decision on the future of basketball coach Matt Doherty, athletic
director Dick Baddour said Friday.
Baddour held a group meeting with Tar Heels players on
Thursday and met with them individually all day Friday, talking about
the program and Doherty.
``I reiterate my support for Matt Doherty,'' Baddour
said late Friday night.
After the meeting Thursday, the players and Baddour
declined comment.
Freshman center Sean May told The News & Observer of
Raleigh that the players asked for the meeting ``just to talk.''
Doherty, however, said he started postseason player
meetings with Baddour last year.
``I initiated that,'' Doherty told the newspaper. ``I
wanted it to happen. I asked Dick to do that.''
Doherty did not return several messages seeking comment
Friday.
Baddour had said that he was continuing his evaluation
of the basketball program and Doherty, whose third season as Tar Heels
coach came to an end with Wednesday's loss to Georgetown in the National
Invitation Tournament.
The Heels finished 19-16 and missed the NCAA tournament
for the second straight season.
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