|
----------
News Nuggets, 06.28.04
----------
NOTES FROM ECU AND BEYOND...
Previous Day Nuggets...
Next Day Nuggets...
Compiled from staff reports
and electronic dispatches
Tigers-Cards picked for Thursday prime-time
|
|
|
|
|
PREVIOUS NUGGETS |
|
06.27.04: C-USA
teams among leaders in hoops attendance ... .. Stars in
alignment for Burks on NBA draft day ... ..
More... |
|
06.26.04: Horns,
Titans have been there before ... .. Mizzou paid $63K to
former ECU aide ... ..
More... |
|
06.25.04: N.Y.
Times halts participation in BCS rankings ... .. FSU title
trophies snatched ... .. CAA invades Beantown ... ..
More... |
|
06.24.04: Cardinals
lose mammoth defensive lineman ... .. Southern Miss to study
wants of hoops fans ... ..
More... |
|
06.23.04: ESPN
to carry Bearcats-Buckeyes game ... .. Former Houston coach
signs on with Sooners ... ..
More... |
|
06.22.04: Diener,
Novak slated for All-Star trek to China ... .. Taco Bell
cooks up naming deal with BSU ... ..
More... |
|
06.21.04: Later
start for baseball season on NCAA agenda ... .. UAB set for
Friday, Saturday TV games ... .. 49ers pivotman pulls out of
NBA draft ... ..
More... |
|
06.20.04: Contender
for ECU AD position takes USU job ... .. Todd Turner hired
to quell turmoil at Washington ... ..
More... |
|
06.19.04: ECU's
Jones headlines trio of C-USA All-Americans ... .. C-USA
umps on the job in Omaha ... ..
More... |
|
06.18.04: Saturday
nights in Greenville in store for Fall ... .. Tidbit: Most
CWS appearances ... .. Kent State QB back on team after pot
plea ... ..
More... |
|
|
|
MEMPHIS — Officials at ESPN and
Conference USA have confirmed that the Memphis-Louisville football game will
be played on Thursday, Nov. 4 at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium, the Memphis
athletic department announced.
The game will be broadcast on ESPN, and
the time is yet to be determined. According to the announcement, early
indications are that ESPN's broadcast trio of Kirk Herbstreit, Mike Tirico
and former Louisville coach Lee Corso will provide the commentary.
The Tigers are slated to end the 2004
season with three of their final four games broadcast nationally by ESPN.
Following the Louisville matchup, Memphis will host Southern Miss on Friday,
Nov. 12, and will face USF in Tampa on either Nov. 26 or 27, with both games
set for TV.
Dougherty gets extended pact from TCU
Texas Christian and head basketball coach Neil
Dougherty have agreed on a multi-year contract extension, the school
announced last week. Specific terms of the new deal were not released.
"TCU recognizes the tremendous strides made by Coach
Dougherty and his staff both on and off the court," said Frogs athletic
director Eric Hyman. " ... The competitive strides, the huge improvements in
the classroom and positive role modeling of our young men are reflections of
the impact our basketball staff is having.
"The university is confident our program is headed in
the right direction. We know with Neil's leadership and coaching expertise,
TCU will be a nationally-prominent basketball program that wins with class."
Dougherty embarks on his third season at the helm of
the Horned Frogs' program in 2004-05. The 43-year-old coach is coming off a
year in which the Frogs more than doubled their league win total from the
previous season, recorded the program's first victory over a top-10 team
since 1990 and grabbed their first conference tournament win since 2000.
"I feel like we are headed in the right direction as
well," said Dougherty. "I feel good about the confidence that Eric Hyman and
the university have shown."
Dougherty owns an overall record of 21-36 in two
seasons with TCU, including a 10-22 mark in Conference USA. In 2003-04, the
Horned Frogs went 7-9 in Conference USA, which was one of just four leagues
in the nation to receive six bids to the 2004 NCAA Tournament.
The Frogs' win total was their most in league play
since joining C-USA, with the biggest victory being a 71-46 home upset over
the 10th-ranked Louisville.
TCU's three conference road victories matched the
second most by the program in the past 12 years.
On Dec 1, TCU set an all-time arena attendance record
when 7,267 fans crammed into Daniel-Meyer Coliseum to watch the Horned Frogs
play the top-ranked Kansas Jayhawks. In the first-ever visit to the facility
by a No. 1 team, the Horned Frogs trailed at halftime by just one point,
39-38, to a team that ultimately advanced to the NCAA Tournament's Elite
Eight.
Named to the position on March 25, 2002, Dougherty
previously served as an assistant coach at Kansas, South Carolina,
Vanderbilt and Drake. He began his coaching career as the head coach at his
alma mater, Cameron University, from 1984-88.
News Nuggets are
compiled periodically from staff, ECU, Conference USA and its member
schools, and from Associated Press and
other reports. Copyright 2004
Bonesville.net and other publishers. All rights reserved. This material may not be
published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
|
