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News Nuggets, 06.05.04
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Compiled from staff reports and electronic dispatches

Rain pushes back Kinston Regional, revises TV plans

Due to severe weather, the NCAA postponed Friday's Division I Baseball Championship regional games scheduled in Kinston, causing a shift in the broadcast schedule of WITN-TV 7.

The games have been rescheduled to begin Saturday with the entire schedule shifting one day. All games will be played at the same time on the new schedule.

WITN, which had committed to carry Friday's game involving East Carolina, has withdrawn its bid to televise the ECU vs. Stony Brook game now scheduled for Saturday, but the station announced it has arranged with the NCAA to televise the Regional Final on Monday — contingent upon ECU participation.

In short, if the Pirates are in the title contest, Channel 7 will carry the game, stated a WITN press release. Monday's game time is scheduled for 1 p.m. but may vary based on double elimination play.

"We regret we are unable to air the first contest with ECU on Saturday" said Mike Weeks, WITN General Manager. "We are pleased to announce our commitment to carry the Final Championship Game if the Pirates are playing."

Today's action at Grainger Stadium will pit No. 2 seed Tennessee against No. 3 seed UNC Wilmington at 3 p.m., followed by host and top seed East Carolina against fourth seed Stony Brook at 7 p.m.

All of the Pirates' games in the Regional will be broadcast by WGHB-AM Pirate Radio 1250 and the Greenville radio station's audio feed will be streamed live over the Internet by Bonesville.net.

Ticket booklets for the Regional were sold out as of Thursday.

TCU makes Lindy's preseason Top 25

Lindy's football magazine has the Texas Christian Horned Frogs ranked 25th in their pre-season Top 25 poll. The Frogs are the only team from Conference USA to make the Lindy's Top 25, which is listed below:

Ranking/Team (league/ranking within league)
 1. USC (Pac-10, 1)
 2. Oklahoma (Big 12, 1)
 3. Georgia (SEC, 1)
 4. Florida State (ACC, 1)
 5. Michigan (Big Ten, 1)
 6. LSU (SEC, 2)
 7. Texas (Big 12, 2)
 8. Miami (ACC, 2)
 9. Ohio State (Big Ten, 2)
10. Tennessee (SEC, 3)
11. Wisconsin (Big Ten, 3)
12. Auburn (SEC, 4)
13. Clemson (ACC, 3)
14. Kansas State (Big 12, 3)
15. West Virginia (Big East, 1)
16. Missouri (Big 12, 4)
17. Cal (Pac-10, 2)
18. Iowa (Big Ten, 4)
19. Florida (SEC, 5)
20.Utah (MWC, 1)
21.Virginia (ACC, 4)
22.Nebraska (Big 12, 5)
23.Oregon (Pac-10, 3)
24.Purdue (Big Ten, 5)
25.Texas Christian (C-USA, 1)

Expanding A-10 devises new schedule format

BOCA RATON — With the additions of Charlotte and Saint Louis for the 2005-06 season, the Atlantic 10 directors of athletics have adopted a revised scheduling model as it pertains to men's and women's basketball, the conference announced this week.

The directors, at their annual meeting at the Boca Raton Resort and Club, also adopted scheduling models in each sport in which regular season competition is conducted, and they voted to maintain a 16-game league basketball schedule, while eliminating divisional play in favor of one 14-team division.

"We compiled a number of scheduling models so the directors would have many options from which to choose," says Atlantic 10 commissioner Linda Bruno. "The directors were emphatic in their desire to play every team at least once. The model they adopted best meets that goal."

Under the new regular season basketball scheduling model, each team will play three opponents twice and the remaining 10 opponents once, creating a 16-game league schedule. After the 2005-06 season, the sites of the games will change with those played at home being played on the road in 2006-07 and vice versa.

Below is a list of which men's basketball teams will face each other in a home-and-home series in 2005-06 and 2006-07:

Charlotte - UD, GW, UR
Dayton - CHA, SLU, XU
Duquesne - FOR, LAS, SBU
Fordham - DUQ, URI SBU
George Washington- CHA, UR, SJU
La Salle - DUQ, UM, TU
Massachusetts - LAS, URI, TU
Rhode Island - FOR, UM, SLU
Richmond - CHA, GW, SBU
St. Bonaventure - DUQ, FOR, UR
Saint Joseph's - GW, TU, XU
Saint Louis - UD, URI, XU
Temple - LAS, UM, SJU
Xavier - UD, SJU, SLU

The format of the 2006 Atlantic 10 basketball championships will be discussed at further length when the directors of athletics meet in September.

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