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%ht 0amccock HHHHHHi Fogler stays at USC, but Kinloch goes Forward transfers to Tennessee Tech by Jeff Romig The Gamecock USC men's head basketball coach Eddie Fogler announced July 7 that he has withdrawn his name from consider ation for the men's head basketball coach ing position at the University of North Carolina. “Although I had one preliminary dis cussion with (North Carolina Athletics Director) Dick Baddour, the timing is not right for me to continue any fur ther discussions with the university,” Fogler said. “North Carolina has the pre mier basketball program in the country and I was honored to have this discus sion with them, but I know there are oth er outstanding candidates out there for the head coaching position at UNC.” USC Athletics Director Mike McGee was pleased with Fogler's decision to re main with the Gamecocks. “Obviously, we are pleased that coach Fogler will remain as South Carolina's head coach. We look forward to con tinuing our basketball program's devel opment under coach Fogler and expect to have a successful program under his leadership.” Fogler will have to deal with the loss of one of his forwards to transfer. After the commitments of Rolando Howell, Michael Boynton and Greg Tay lor last Fall, Fogler had a decision to make. Fogler would enter the 2000-01 sea son with 14 potential scholarship stu dent-athletes, but only 13 scholarships available. Damien Kinloch solved the problem. On May 19, Fogler announced that the sophomore forward had left the Game cock basketball program to transfer to Tennessee Tech where he will play for former USC assistant coach Jeff Lebo, who earned Ohio Valley Conference Coach of the Year honors last season. “We wish Damien Kinloch well,” Fogler said. “He was a major contributor to our team this past season but believes this transfer will enable him to better reach his goals.” Kinloch, a product of North Charleston High School, averaged 3.9 points and was fourth on the team with 4.2 rebounds per game. He played in all 32 games last season for the Gamecocks, rtnrtinrr 1 Q anrl ovnrirnnir 188 miniltOC H game. “I thank coach Fogler for being part of the basketball program at South Car olina,"'Kinloch said. “But I believe that -■ transferring will give me a better op portunity to reach my goals on the bas ketball court. I wish the teammates and coaching staff at South Carolina well.” Kinloch played in all but one USC game in his two years, playing in 60 con tests and averaging 3.1 points and 3.5 re bounds with 30 blocked shots for his Car olina career. Kinloch was expected to provide added depth to a Gamecock front court that boasts sophomores Marius Petravi cius and Tony Kitchings at center, seniors David Ross and Antonio Grant and sopho mores Ivan Howell, Calvin Clemmons, Travis Kraft at forward. Sean Rayford The Gamecock On July 7, Eddie Fogler took himself out of the running for the head coach’s opening at the University of North Carolina. Fogler became a leading candidate after Kansas head coach Roy Williams declined the position to coach the Tarheels. Kraft’s family joins him in SC The Associated Press North Dakota native Travis Kraft is a rising sophomore for South Carolina and his family doesn’t want to miss it. That’s why the Kraft family, including their two youngest children, Calvin, 12, and Taylor, 8, packed up their sweaters, coats and mittens and moved to balmy Columbia “It was harder for me than I anticipated,” Barb Kraft said of her son’s decision to play basketball 1,600 miles away at South Carolina Tim and Barb each made two trips to watch their 6-foot 7 son’s first season with the Gamecocks as a forward, but they wanted to give him more support. “There were a couple of times he’d call home after the game and he’d be sitting in his room having a sandwich or pizza and I’d say, ‘Where is everybody else?’ He’d say, ‘With their parents,”’ Bait Kraft said. “That broke my heart.” 1 lm ana Bam Man grew up in iNorrn uaKoia ana ineir parents were just a few hours-drive away from their town in May-Port, N.D., so it was not an easy decision to move their lives across the country. “As the winter continued to move on, we thought and | talked some more. It was two-fold, we liked the area and we wanted to follow (Travis) more often,” Tim Kraft said. Both Tun and Barb got a jobs in Richland County Dis trict 2 this fall. Tim will teach physical education at Bookman Road Elementary. Barb, who was honored with one of the four 1999 Milken Educator Awards for North Dakota, winning $25,000 and a trip to Los Angeles, will teach math at Dent Middle. Both were successful basketball coaches at May-Port High School, Tun making the regionals in each of his two sea sons, finishing third in the state during Travis Kraft’s junior year. Barb took her team to the regionals in each of her five seasons, reaching the state championship tournament in 1999 2000. They’re putting their coaching careers on hold so they can watch to watch their son play. “They’re still kind of wide-eyed right now,” said Travis Kraft’s teammate and roommate, David Ross. “Coming from the town they lived in, this is New York to them right But Columbia is becoming home. After going to a church 25 miles away their first weekend, they’ve now found one within five miles of their new home. '*< There’s a basketball hoop in the driveway. Only a few boxes remain in the garage, including one full of winter clothes. A Gamecock hat, pennant, stickers and pictures, includ ing one of his big brother in action last season, decorate 12 year-old Calvin’s room. Calvin also attended Fogler’s bas ketball camp last week. Travis Kraft says he will live in the dorms during the school year and he plans to live off campus next summer. He said he was ready move out of his parents’ home, but didn’t like being so far from his family. “It’s a perfect world now. They can cook me some food and wash my clothes,” he said. 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