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News Nuggets, 03.08.04
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C-USA final regular season standings, tourney pairings
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03.06.04: Deliberations
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03.05.04: DePaul
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03.04.04: Latest
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03.03.04: Former
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03.02.04: ECU
football campaign starts in Morgantown, ends in Charlotte...
.. Jones nabs weekly hitting honor... .. Kent State elevates
Martin to head coach... .. Baseball polls... .. Hoops poll... ..
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03.01.04: Pirates
sail through LeClair tourney towards Top 25... .. National
pitching honor named after 'Rocket'... .. Bulls AD Selmon
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02.29.04: Pirates
launch LeClair Invitational in style... .. Ex-ECU assistant
takes over U of L defense... .. Houston jockeys to drop LSU
for Oklahoma... .. Sycamores retire Larry Bird's No. 33... ..
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02.28.04: Delayed
LeClair Invitational schedules first pitch for today... ..
SMU dismisses ECU alum Dement... .. Hot Tigers stalk cold
Cardinals... .. Coaches rebuked after frostbite incident... ..
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02.27.04: Sponsors
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basketball standings, scoreboard & schedule... .. NCAA gives
green light to instant replay for Big Ten... ..
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02.26.04: Martin
prime candidate for Kent head coaching job... .. USM
elevates Derrick Nix to tight ends coach... .. Great West
Football Conference born... .. Whaley quits Bearcats... ..
Latest C-USA scoreboard, standings, schedule... ..
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CONFERENCE USA FINAL REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS
Conference All Games
Team
W L PCT W L PCT
#Cincinnati 12 4
.750 21 6 .778
#Memphis 12
4 .750 21 6 .778
#Charlotte 12
4 .750 20 7 .741
#DePaul
12 4 .750 19 8
.704
#UAB
12 4 .750 19 8
.704
#Louisville 9
7 .563 19 8 .704
#Saint Louis 9 7
.563 16 11 .593
#Marquette 8
8 .500 17 10 .630
#Texas Christian 7 9 .438
11 16 .407
#Southern Miss 6 10 .375
13 14 .481
#East Carolina 5 11 .313
13 13 .500
#Tulane
4 12 .250 11 16 .407
Houston 3 13
.188 9 18 .333
South Florida 1 15 .063 7
20 .259
Note: # appears beside the name of each of the teams which
qualified for this week's 12-team C-USA Tournament.
KELLY TIRES C-USA TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
Wednesday, March 10 (First Round):
(5) Charlotte vs. (12) Tulane (ESPN 2) 1:00 PM
(8) Marquette vs. (9) TCU (ESPN 2) 3:30 PM
(6) Louisville vs. (11) ECU (ESPN Plus) 7:00 PM
(7) St. Louis vs. (10) USM (ESPN Plus) 9:30 PM
Thursday, March 11 (Quarterfinals):
CHA/TUL vs. (4) UAB (ESPN Plus) 1:00 PM
MAR/TCU vs. (1) DePaul (ESPN Plus) 3:30 PM
LOU/ECU vs. (3) Cincinnati (ESPN Plus) 7:00 PM
SLU/USM vs. (2) Memphis (ESPN Plus) 9:30 PM
Friday, March 12 (Semifinals)
Semifinal No. 1 (ESPN) 4:30 PM
Semifinal No. 2 (ESPN Plus) 7:00 PM
Saturday, March 13
Championship Game (CBS) 11:41 PM
All times Eastern.
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Cards ink Pitino, Petrino to long-term pacts
LOUISVILLE — Louisville basketball coach
Rick Pitino and football coach Bobby Petrino got contract extensions through
2010 Thursday, and athletic director Tom Jurich was given a raise.
Pitino is 63-27 in three years with the Cardinals, who are 19-7 and ranked
25th. When he was hired in March 2001, he signed a six-year contract that
included a $5 million bonus if he stayed until the end of the deal.
Jurich called Pitino the "economic engine" of the athletic department. Since
Pitino's arrival, donations to the school's general fund have gone up $2
million.
Petrino, who flirted with an offer to coach Auburn in December, also got a
three-year extension. The Cardinals were 9-4 in his first season, reaching a
bowl game for the sixth straight year.
Jurich signed a 12-year contract in August 2002 that will keep him at
Louisville through 2016.
The university is facing a fiscal crisis expected to result in job cuts and
a tuition increase. Louisville president James Ramsey defended the contract
moves.
"This is the right time for us to be making these announcements," Ramsey
said. "For me to devote every ounce of energy I have to moving the academic
mission of this campus forward, it's very important we have stability in our
athletics program."
Ramsey said the money for the contracts comes from sources that are
independent from what can be used to solve the school's budget problems.
JMU coach steps down after poor season
HARRISONBURG — Sherman Dillard resigned as
basketball coach at James Madison University on Sunday.
Dillard led the Dukes to a 7-21 record, including a 3-15 mark in the
Colonial Athletic Association. His contract ran through the 2004-05 season,
but his resignation is effective immediately, athletic director Jeff Bourne
said.
"Coach Dillard has been very dedicated to our program and to JMU's
student-athletes and their success, both on and off the court," Bourne said.
"He gave our team and program his total commitment. His efforts have been
appreciated and valued, unfortunately the team's performance is not where it
needs to be."
Dillard, who completed his seventh season for the Dukes with a 44-41 loss to
N.C.-Wilmington on Friday in the first round of the CAA tournament, compiled
a 93-106 overall record and was 50-68 in regular-season conference games.
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