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News Nuggets, 02.23.04
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WVU football player charged with gun-dealing
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02.22.04: Race
for C-USA tourney berths tightens... .. Just call him 'Coach
Harbaugh'... .. Report: Honor code violations get four BYU
players booted... ..
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02.21.04: Marquette
assistant progressing after lung transplant... .. Stumbling
C-USA heavyweights collide... .. Saban officially hits the
jackpot... ..
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02.20.04: Rimpf
recognized for off-the-field deeds... .. Wells leaving SID
post... .. Bonnies sentenced to three years... .. Ex-players
speak up for beleaguered Barnett... ..
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02.19.04: C-USA
basketball standings & scoreboard... .. Aggies added to
revised Wake football slate... .. Little Vick faces multiple
charges... ..
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02.18.04: Cowen's
group sets session with BCS big-wigs... .. TCU preps for ECU
with shocker over Cards... .. Ailing Spoonhour steps down at
UNLV... .. Switzer stars at Thorpe Banquet... ..
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02.17.04: Bunn
recognition caps roaring start by Pirates... .. ND alumni
group calls for change... .. AP Basketball Poll... ..
Baseball America Poll... ..
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02.16.04: New
Houston Bowl owners aim for BCS inclusion... .. Huggins
returns to work just in time for loss... .. Pitt seeks to
give Nike the boot... .. C-USA standings, schedule... ..
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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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An over-enterprising player
for one of East Carolina's 2004 non-conference football opponents has
allegedly been purchasing firearms and illegally vending them to others.
West Virginia linebacker
Muhammad Howard was arrested last week on federal charges of selling guns
without a license.
Howard was released on bond
Friday after appearing before U.S. Magistrate John S. Kaull. Howard faces a
preliminary hearing Wednesday in Clarksburg.
Mountaineers coach Rich
Rodriguez said Sunday that Howard would be suspended pending the outcome of
the federal investigation.
The complaint accuses Howard
of buying more than 20 firearms between March 26 and June 2, 2003, from a
Morgantown dealership, and says Howard told Monongalia County sheriff's
deputies he sold guns without a license.
Howard could not be reached
for comment Sunday. Assistant U.S. Attorney Shawn Morgan and West Virginia
athletic director Ed Pastilong declined comment.
East Carolina is scheduled to
play WVU in Morgantown next fall.
Tar Heels coach has near-fainting episode
North Carolina coach Roy
Williams said he nearly fainted during the 16th-ranked Tar Heels' 78-71
victory over Florida State on Saturday.
Williams said he has had
occasional spells of dizziness since he was "in Little League," and they
usually happen when he is yelling or jumping up quickly from a crouching
position.
"I've had every kind of test
you can have," Williams said. "It's a blood rush. It takes about five
seconds then things are fine. I've had great assistant coaches who have
usually caught me if I start slipping a little bit. I've never fallen
completely. I can always see. It's no big deal, it really isn't."
Williams did not say when
exactly the spell occurred and North Carolina sports information director
Steve Kirschner said he didn't know either.
Cards' Garcia makes finalists' cut for Naismith Award
Louisville's Francisco Garcia is one of
five players from Conference USA and the Carolinas among 20 nationwide to be
selected as finalists the 2004 Naismith College Basketball Player of the
Year Award.
Garcia, C-USA's Preseason Player of the
Year, has helped the Cardinals hang on to a spot in the Top 25 for much of
the season.
The Naismith Board of Selectors, which
includes some of the country's leading basketball coaches, journalists, and
administrators, began the selection process earlier this year. They have
reduced the number of finalists by a vote to the 20 top male and female
players they feel most deserving of the award.
The Naismith Awards program, now in its
36th year, honors outstanding college basketball players in the United
States. The awards program was founded by the Atlanta Tipoff Club, an
organization dedicated to recognizing the achievements of excellence in
basketball for student-athletes.
Here are the 20 men's finalists, with C-USA
and Carolinas players denoted in bold:
Josh Childress,
Stanford
Ike Diogu, Arizona State
Chris Duhon, Duke
Andre Emmett, Texas Tech
Raymond Felton, North Carolina
Matt Freije, Vanderbilt
Francisco Garcia, Louisville
Ryan Gomes, Providence
Ben Gordon, Connecticut
Devin Harris, Wisconsin |
Julius Hodge, NC
State
Luke Jackson, Oregon
Jameer Nelson, Saint Joseph's
Emeka Okafor, Connecticut
J.J. Redick, Duke
Lawrence Roberts, Mississippi State
Wayne Simien, Kansas
Ronny Turiaf, Gonzaga
Hakim Warrick, Syracuse
Bracey Wright, Indiana |
C-USA basketball standings, scoreboard & schedule
STANDINGS THROUGH 02.22.04
Conference All Games
Team
W L PCT W L PCT
Memphis 10
2 .833 19 4 .826
Cincinnati 9
3 .750 18 5 .783
Charlotte 9
3 .750 17 6 .739
UAB
9 3 .750 16 7 .696
DePaul
8 4 .667 15 8 .652
Louisville 7
5 .583 17 6 .739
Saint Louis 7 5
.583 14 9 .609
Texas Christian 6 6 .500 10
13 .435
Marquette 5
7 .417 14 9 .609
Southern Miss 5 7 .417
12 11 .522
Tulane
3 9 .250 10 13 .435
East Carolina 3 10 .231
11 12 .478
Houston
3 10 .231 9 15 .375
South Florida 1 11 .083
7 16 .304
WEEKEND SCOREBOARD
Saturday:
Marquette 81, Tulane 69
Cincinnati 66, Louisville 61, OT
Saint Louis 69, DePaul 62
Charlotte 78, Southern Miss 72
Memphis 73, UAB 66
East Carolina 75, Texas Christian 70
Houston 53, South Florida 52
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THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE
Tuesday:
Southern Miss at Memphis
Wednesday:
Charlotte at Texas Christian
DePaul at Louisville
Saint Louis at Cincinnati
UAB at Tulane
Thursday:
Marquette at South Florida
Saturday:
Cincinnati at Charlotte
Houston at Texas Christian
Marquette at UAB
Memphis at Louisville
Saint Louis at Tulane
South Florida at East Carolina
Southern Miss at DePaul
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