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News Nuggets, 03.14.04
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Bearcats capture fourth tourney title
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03.13.04: C-USA
Tournament semifinals roundup... .. Hot action in Cincinnati
extends to band bus... .. Hanky-panky nets stiff discipline
for BYU players... .. Big 'D' ponies up to keep Red River
Shootout... ..
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03.12.04: C-USA
Tournament quarterfinals roundup... .. 49ers legend stepping
down as Texas A&M coach... .. LSU to meet Sooners, seeks
2005 home foe... .. Games on aircraft carrier scratched... ..
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03.11.04: C-USA
Tournament round one roundup... .. Burks, Anderson take home top
C-USA honors... .. Glantz-Culver Line for today's C-USA
games... .. C-USA TV schedule... .. Kentucky AD apologizes
to Gators... .. State's Sherrill doubtful for ACC Tournament... ..
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03.10.04: ECU's
Cook grabs spot on All-Freshman team... .. Badianne among
strong contingent of C-USA shot swatters... .. Glantz-
Culver Line for today's games... .. C-USA Tournament TV
schedule... ..
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03.09.04: Kelly
Tires C-USA Tournament schedule... .. AP Basketball Poll...
.. Baseball America & Collegiate Baseball Polls... ..
Cougars coach shifted to new job... ..
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03.08.04: C-USA
final regular season standings, tourney pairings... .. Cards
ink Pitino, Petrino to long-term pacts... .. JMU coach steps
down after poor season... ..
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03.07.04: Quarterback
killer Coleman hits jackpot with Falcons... .. Standing room
only at top of C-USA... .. Conference standings, scoreboard
& tournament seedings... .. Academic scandal costly for
Gardner-Webb... ..
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03.06.04: Deliberations
continue on ECU chancellor candidates... .. Tourney bid
secure for ECU, courtesy of SLU... .. C-USA standings,
scoreboard & schedule... .. USM coach steps down on eve of
ECU game... ..
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03.05.04: DePaul
ambushes Bearcats... .. C-USA standings, scoreboard &
schedule... .. Billikens star leaves team to be with ailing
Dad... ..
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03.04.04: Latest
C-USA basketball standings, scoreboard & schedule... ..
Former Hamrick competitor quits Montana... .. Hoops
doubleheader on aircraft carrier in the works..? ..
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CINCINNATI — Tony Bobbitt overcame
a punch to the groin, returning to make the decisive shots, and
leading Cincinnati to the Conference USA tournament championship.
The 13th-ranked Bearcats (24-6) survived a tumultuous second half --
a technical foul, an ejection, a wild last minute -- to get their
fourth tournament title. They also won a share of the regular season
championship.
Bobbitt left the game after LeVar Seals hit him in the groin with
8:22 left, drawing an ejection. When he recovered from the low blow,
Bobbitt returned and made a pivotal 3-pointer and a driving lay-in
that clinched it. He was voted the tournament's MVP, finishing with
a team-high 17 points.
DePaul (21-9) shot a season-low 35.3 percent from the field in its
second Conference USA tournament final.
Cop charged after gun-shot in tush
GREENSBORO — A concealed pistol carried by
an off-duty police officer fired while he sat in the audience at the
Atlantic Coast Conference tournament, wounding him in the hip.
No other injuries were reported from the gunshot during Maryland's 87-86 win
over Wake Forest in the quarterfinals Friday.
Baltimore police Detective Darren I. Sanders, 37, was treated at a local
hospital for non-life threatening injuries, said Greensboro police
spokeswoman Amy Frazier.
He was charged with carrying a gun into an assembly where admission is
charged, Frazier said.
Baltimore police will investigate and determine whether Sanders should be
disciplined, spokesman Troy Harris said.
"The most that he's going to look at is a citation," Harris said.
Sanders came to the game with Baltimore Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti. Chad
Steele, a Ravens spokesman, denied reports that Sanders was working as
Bisciotti's bodyguard.
"His friend is fine. It was an accident," Steele said.
Sanders was sitting two rows from the court near the Wake Forest bench when
the gun discharged about midway through the second half.
Coliseum officials said they will use metal detectors at the gates for the
rest of the tournament.
NCAA Tournament selection committee
members
Members of the NCAA tournament selection
committee with first year on committee in parentheses:
Karl Benson, Western Athletic Conference
(2002)
Bob Bowlsby, Iowa (2001)
Floyd Kerr, Southern University (2002)
Jonathan LeCrone, Horizon League (2004)
Craig Littlepage, Virginia (2003)
Jim Livengood, Arizona (2000)
Gerald Myers, Texas Tech (2004)
Les Robinson, The Citadel (2001)
Judy Rose, Charlotte (2000)
Gary Walters, Princeton (2003).
News Nuggets are
compiled periodically from staff, ECU, Conference USA and its member
schools, and from Associated Press and
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