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News Nuggets, 02.16.04
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Compiled from staff reports
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New Houston Bowl owners aim for BCS inclusion
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02.15.04: Rain
defers looming Pirate sweep of UNCA... .. FSU revokes offer
to one-time ECU verbal... .. Big East losing ground with
bowl executives... .. Billikens bring 49ers down to earth... ..
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02.14.04: Valiant
effort by ECU's Willis not enough... .. Schedule for ECU-UNCA
series tweaked... .. Favorite son Williams leaves angst at
Grambling... ..
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02.13.04: 49ers
slay another giant... .. Lady Pirates search for karma vs.
TCU... .. Big Ten gets OK to try instant replay... .. Brand
plans crackdown on recruiting practices... ..
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02.12.04: C-USA
football schedules held up... .. Stripper agency boss
backpedals on claims... .. Green Wave adds two to football
staff... .. Wake's Strickland banished for Clemson game... ..
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02.11.04: Houston,
Rice 'exposed' in burgeoning strippers saga... .. Florida
A&M slams brakes on move to I-A... .. Two dead in crash
involving basketball team... ..
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02.10.04: Louisiana
Tech preens for C-USA courtship... .. List of defendants
pared in Big East-ACC suit... .. Associated Press basketball
poll... ..
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02.09.04: ECU
to help christen new Bearcats' baseball stadium... .. Wave
baseball team edges CWS alums/pros... .. Colorado NOW
activist slams female on recruiting scandal panel... ..
C-USA basketball standings & schedule... ..
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02.08.04: Marquette
prefers exit fee over scheduling pact... .. Pot keeps
boiling in Buffs' recruiting scandal... .. Gophers join
Colorado in strip joint spotlight... ..
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02.07.04: Conference
USA name change on the docket?... .. Buffalos'
recruiting/sex scandal gets sleazier by the day... ..
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02.06.04: Conference
USA football recruiting lists... .. NFL gates swing open for
underclassmen... .. Zook shakes up Gators' offensive staff... ..
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HOUSTON — The group that runs Reliant Park,
which includes Reliant Stadium, gained controlling interest in the EV1.net
Houston Bowl Friday, a Houston television station reported.
The group, SMG-Reliant, reached the
agreement to buy the bowl game from its founder, Jerry Ippoliti. The
four-year-old bowl hosted Texas Tech and Navy in December.
It is currently under contract to match
teams from the Big 12 and Southeastern conferences.
"We bring a lot of financial resources and
organizational resources," Reliant Park president and general manager Shea
Guinn told Houston television station KRIV.
"Our goal is when the BCS is up in 2006,
when the music stops, we will have a seat at the table."
When the bowl was founded in 2000, it was
called the galleryfurniture.com Bowl and matched selections from Conference
USA and the Big 12 against one another.
East Carolina defeated Texas Tech 40-27 in
the inaugural game.
Huggins returns to work just in time for loss
WINSTON-SALEM — Cincinnati coach Bob
Huggins arrived in North Carolina hours before tipoff between his
13th-ranked Bearcats and No. 20 Wake Forest on Sunday.
Huggins missed practice Friday and did not
travel with the team Saturday because he is suffering from fatigue,
assistant athletic director Brian Teeter said.
Associate head coach Dan Peters ran
practices in Huggins' absence.
Huggins arrived in Winston-Salem by private
plane in the morning and coached in what turned out to be a losing effort
against the Demon Deacons.
Freshman Chris Paul scored a career-high 30
points to lead Wake to its first win in six all-time meetings with
Cincinnati.
Tony Bobbitt had 23 points for the Bearcats
(17-4), who lost for the third time in five games.
Pitt seeks to give Nike the boot
PITTSBURGH — The University of
Pittsburgh wants to drop Nike as the supplier of its football uniforms and
equipment.
The university filed a lawsuit
last week, asking an Allegheny County judge to determine whether a
2-year-old arrangement with the Beaverton-based company is a valid contract.
Pitt argues it never signed a deal with Nike to provide 100 free uniforms
and other gear for three years.
Nike officials, however, say
that because the school accepted its products, a contract does exists, and
they accused Pitt of trying to get out of deal so it can look for more
lucrative offers from other manufacturers.
C-USA basketball standings, scoreboard & schedule
STANDINGS THROUGH 02.15.04
Conference All Games
Team
W L PCT W L PCT
Memphis
9 2 .818 18 4 .818
Cincinnati 8
2 .800 17 4 .810
UAB
8 2 .800 15 6 .714
DePaul
8 3 .727 15 7 .682
Louisville 7
3 .700 17 4 .810
Charlotte 7
3 .700 15 6 .714
Saint Louis 5 5
.500 12 9 .571
Texas Christian 5 5 .500
9 12 .429
Marquette 4
6 .400 13 8 .619
Southern Miss 4 6 .400
11 10 .524
Tulane
3 7 .300 10 11 .476
Houston
2 9 .182 8 14 .364
South Florida 1 9 .100
7 14 .333
East Carolina 1 10 .091
9 12 .429
WEEKEND SCOREBOARD
Saturday:
Saint Louis 46, Charlotte 45
Tulane 67, Texas Christian 66
DePaul 66, Houston 54
UAB 72, East Carolina 69
Memphis 89, Marquette 71
Sunday's Games:
Wake Forest 91, Cincinnati 85
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THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE
Tuesday:
Louisville at Texas Christian
Wednesday:
Cincinnati at UAB
Houston at Southern Miss
Marquette at Saint Louis
South Florida at Charlotte
Tulane at East Carolina
Saturday:
Charlotte at Southern Miss
Louisville at Cincinnati
Saint Louis at DePaul
South Florida at Houston
Texas Christian at East Carolina
Tulane at Marquette
UAB at Memphis
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