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News Nuggets, 11.21.03
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TCU at Southern Miss TV capsule... .. Holiday Saturday full
of sports in store for Pirate fans... .. Thundering Herd
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11.19.03: Bowden
still under the gun at Clemson... .. Holtz detractors
overruled by Gamecocks AD... .. Tonight's Marshall at
Central Florida TV capsule... .. More suspensions rock UCF
football program... ..
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11.18.03: Holtz
catching flack over 'bonehead' play... .. Southern Cal, TCU
slip in BCS standings... .. Players of the week... ..
Associated Press basketball poll... ..
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11.17.03: College
football weekend: The good, the bad, the ugly... ..
Conference USA standings, scores and schedule... .. AP and
Coaches poll... ..
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11.16.03: Game
briefs from around Conference USA... .. Main cog in
Cardinals' ground game out of action... .. North Texas locks
in bowl bid versus C-USA foes... ..
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11.15.03: Saturday
TV capsule: N.C. State at Florida State... .. Snapshot of
the Heisman chase... .. Signing Day nets three for Lady
Pirates... ..
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11.14.03: Tackling
books gains recognition for Rimpf, Hourigan... .. Parker
shines in midseason scrimmage... .. Pirates ring up another
exhibition hoops rout... .. Boy Scouts join USM in Battle
for the Bell... .. Surgery no problem for Deacs' Downey in
win over Memphis... ..
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11.13.03: Pirates
welcome Holcomb-Faye and Stars... .. Deacs limp into Garden
to face Memphis... .. Heisman chase still motivates Rivers... ..
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11.12.03: Billikens
bolt on heels of 49ers... .. Revived Clemson takes lesson to
heart... .. Seven C-USA, Carolinas teams land in preseason
basketball rankings... ..
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11.11.03: C-USA
wins academic realignment war... .. 49ers headed to A-10,
Billikens set to follow... .. Coach of beleaguered UCF
football program dismissed... ..
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Two mid-Atlantic frontcourt players whose
verbal commitments to East Carolina were reported by Bonesville.net in
recent months have followed through on their pledges.
ECU head coach Bill Herrion announced
Thursday that
Mike Castro, a 6-8, 235-pound
forward at Allegany (MD) College and
Charles Bronson, a 6-10, 220-pound
center from Philadelphia have signed letters-of-intent to play for the
Pirates in the 2004-05 season.
Castro averaged 8.1 points and 6.9 rebounds
and helped Allegany to a conference championship last season, while Bronson
averaged 17.0 points and 10.0 rebounds per game at Philadelphia Lutheran
High School in 2002-03.
Read a comprehensive report on ECUPirates.com...
49ers' haul includes hometown
All-American
Charlotte basketball coach Bobby Lutz has
announced the signing of prized recruit and Charlotte native E.J. Drayton to
a letter of intent to play with the 49ers beginning in 2004-05.
Drayton, a preseason first team junior college All-America out of Colby (KA)
Community College, is ranked as the top junior college combo forward by
NBADraft.net. The 6-8 Drayton averaged 17.8 points and 7.6 rebounds last
season, helping Colby to a 26-7 record.
Drayton, who formerly attended Vance High
School, joins 6-8 junior college post player Chris Nance from Redlands (OK)
Community College and 6-3 point guard Leemire Goldwire, a product of Palm
Beach Gardens (FL) Dwyer High School in the 49ers fall recruiting class.
Cards ink two-game football pact with
Miami
LOUISVILLE — The University of Louisville
and Miami (Fla.) have agreed to a two-game series in football beginning next
season, according to U of L Director of Athletics Tom Jurich.
The Cardinals will visit Miami in 2004
while the Hurricanes are scheduled to return to Louisville for a game in
2006. Next season's meeting is tentatively scheduled for October 9,
"We're excited to have a home-and-home
series with a program as prestigious as the University of Miami," said
Jurich.
The Cardinals and Hurricanes have met on
nine other occasions with Miami holding an 8-0-1 series advantage. However,
next season's meeting will be the first between the two programs since 1985,
when the Hurricanes defeated the Cardinals, 45-7, in the Orange Bowl.
Louisville (7-3, 3-3 Conference USA) is
guaranteed its sixth straight winning season and is also bowl eligible for
the sixth consecutive year. The Cardinals host Houston this Saturday in
their final home game of the season.
Marquette's Matthews suspended to shore up academics
MILWAUKEE — Marquette freshman forward
James Matthews has been suspended from basketball-related activities to
concentrate on academics, coach Tom Crean said Thursday.
Crean said he and Matthews had agreed from the start that ``there are
standards for this program which are nonnegotiable.''
``At this point, James has been suspended from all team activities so that
he can concentrate on his academic responsibilities,'' Crean said in a
statement. ``We both want what is best for James now and in the future.''
The 6-foot-8 Matthews did not play in the Golden Eagles' season-opening win
over St. John's in the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic.
News Nuggets are
compiled periodically from staff, ECU, Conference USA and its member
schools, and from Associated Press and
other reports. Copyright 2003
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