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News Nuggets, 01.25.05
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Spurrier's South Carolina debut scheduled for prime-time

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COLUMBIA — Steve Spurrier will make his debut as South Carolina's coach before a national audience in a prime-time Thursday night game.

South Carolina has moved the season opener against Central Florida to Sept. 1. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. EDT and the game will be televised on ESPN.

The game was originally scheduled for Sept. 3.

Spurrier's Southeastern Conference debut will be Sept. 10 at Georgia.


Associated Press basketball poll

The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, record, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:

(Poll released Jan. 24, 2004. Conference USA team, including future members, and Carolinas teams in bold; East Carolina opponents in red.]

 1. Illinois (71) 19-0 1799 1
 2. Duke (1) 15-0 1704 4
 3. North Carolina 16-2 1574 6
 4. Syracuse 19-1 1530 7
 5. Wake Forest 16-2 1521 3
 6. Kansas 14-1 1425 2
 7. Kentucky 14-2 1356 8
 8. Boston College 16-0 1322 9
 9. Oklahoma State 14-2 1289 5
10. Washington 16-2 1123 10
11. Arizona 16-3 1030 13
12. Louisville 16-3 989 14
13. Oklahoma 15-2 930 18
14. Alabama 15-3 706 22
15. Michigan State 12-3 693 19
16. Texas 14-4 684 15
17. Gonzaga 14-4 534 11
18. Wisconsin 13-3 473 24
19. Connecticut 11-4 460 16
20. Pittsburgh 13-3 435 21
21. Cincinnati 15-3 411 20
22. Georgia Tech 11-5 405 12
23. Iowa 14-4 337 23
24. Mississippi State 16-4 259 17
25. Utah 16-3 117 33

Others receiving votes:

Villanova 77, Wichita State 40, Charlotte 23, Old Dominion 21, Pacific 19, Texas-El Paso 18, Texas Tech 15, Vermont 12, Texas A&M 10, Florida 8, Bucknell 6, George Washington 6, Marquette 6, Maryland 6, Southern Illinois 6, Georgetown 5, Nevada 4, Stanford 3, DePaul 2, Notre Dame 2, St. Mary's 2, Miami (FL) 1.


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