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News Nuggets, 05.30.04
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NOTES FROM ECU AND BEYOND...
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Compiled from staff reports
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Golden Eagles and Horned Frogs square off for crown
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05.27.04: Clear
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05.26.04: Bearcats
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05.25.04: College
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05.24.04: Weekend
in the limelight for Pirates and Bunn ... .. C-USA
Tournament Vitals & Schedule ... .. Final regular season
standings... ..
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05.23.04: C-USA
standings & postseason schedule ... .. Potential
class-action suit filed on behalf of walk-ons ... .. Father
of Tar Heels basketball coach passes... ..
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05.22.04: Big
season means big bucks for Blazers basketball coach... ..
Hamrick snags spot on NCAA baseball panel... ..
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05.21.04: ECU
assistant Herenda in UVA sights... .. Eustachy inks juco
backcourt star... .. Upgrade in store for Saturday nights in
Baton Rouge... ..
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05.20.04: ECU,
UNC-CH visions sail through early tests... .. C-USA maps out
new alignments... .. USM- Cal game shifts to Thursday for
ESPN... ..
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No Nuggets 05.19.04
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05.18.04: Purple
Alert issues first call to arms... .. College baseball
polls... .. New UC baseball stadium set for debut... ..
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05.17.04: Pirates
on the brink... .. C-USA Standings, Scoreboard, Schedule...
.. ECU-connected duo helps Berlin clinch World Bowl berth... ..
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05.16.04: C-USA
Scoreboard... .. Would-be Spetman successor backs out at Air
Force... .. Mixed verdict for Hokies' QB Vick... ..
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05.15.04: C-USA
Scoreboard... .. Beer tabs spell more scrutiny for Colorado
coaches... .. Paterno locks in until octogenarian years...
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Southern Mississippi and Texas Christian emerged
from the loser's bracket Saturday to claim their places in today's
Conference USA Tournament championship game in Houston.
The Golden Eagles, who lost their Wednesday tourney
opener 10-5 to Memphis, put together four straight victories — including a
pair of Saturday wins over UAB — to advance to a Sunday afternoon battle for
the title with the Horned Frogs.
TCU, which lost to Houston 9-5 on the first day of
the tournament, extended its own run to four straight triumphs — capped off
by back-to-back revenge wins over the Cougars on Saturday — to earn its spot
in Sunday's winner-take-all game.
USM advanced to the championship game for the second
straight season with its 9-7 win over UAB in the second match-up of the day
between the teams. Jason Lowery hit a grand slam, Marc Maddox had a home run
and three RBI's and Jarrett Hoffpauir hit his third homer of the day to
ignite the Golden Eagles.
TCU extended its life until at least Sunday the hard
way, when Kyle Dahlberg's singled up the middle in the bottom of the ninth
to score Shelby Ford and topple tournament host Houston in Saturday night's
final game. Austin Adams, who had only three home runs in the regular
season, hit his fourth homer of the tournament in the game.
A pair of seventh inning rallies earlier in the day had set up the nighttime
rematches.
Trailing 3-1, Austin Adams launched a towering grand
slam that helped lift TCU to an 8-3 win over Houston. Ryan Weems starred on
the mound for the Horned Frogs, throwing a complete-game.
In the day's first game, USM erased a 10-5 deficit
with an 11-run seventh inning to defeat UAB, 16-10. Hoffpauir led the
offensive fireworks with two home runs and six RBI's. Jason Lowery added a
pair of hits and three RBI's.
Houston and UAB entered the final day of the
double-elimination phase of the tournament without a loss.
According to a C-USA announcement, the championship
game will be televised live in Eastern N.C. on WITN-TV 7 and in the Piedmont
on UNC-Charlotte Cable TV, Channel 22. It scheduled to be carried on a
tape-delay basis at 4 p.m. by WGSR-TV, Channel 39 in Greensboro, and at a
time to be determined by Fox Sports Net South.
Southern Miss won last year's regular season and
tournament titles.
View the C-USA Tournament schedule &
scoreboard page.
Yale basketball player dies in auto accident
NEW HAVEN, CN — Yale center Joshua Hill was killed
in a car accident in New Jersey, school officials said Friday.
The 22-year-old Hill died Thursday when his car crashed in Estelle Manor
Township, N.J. Hill missed most of the 2002-03 season and all of last season
with injuries but planned to play as a senior this fall.
"Josh Hill was the inspirational leader of the men's basketball team," coach
James Jones said. "His energy and attitude were major factors in our run to
an Ivy League championship during the 2001-02 season. He had a great respect
and love for children of all ages and had a strong involvement during Yale's
youth day events."
The Ivy League school was shaken by a similar tragedy 15 months ago when
four Yale students, including two members of the baseball team, were killed
in a crash on Interstate 95 in Fairfield.
News Nuggets are
compiled periodically from staff, ECU, Conference USA and its member
schools, and from Associated Press and
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