News Nuggets, 01.28.05
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Six C-USA, Carolinas teams on baseball Top 35 list
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Three Conference USA teams earned spots
in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association's preseason poll.
NCBWA voters selected Tulane as the
nation's No. 3 team and picked Texas Christian and East Carolina as 22nd and
30th, respectively.
Carolinas schools other than ECU which
made the Top 35 were South Carolina (7th), North Carolina (8th) and Clemson
(23rd).
Future C-USA teams that make the
rankings were Rice (13th) and Central Florida (25th).
NCBWA Preseason Top 35:
Rank / Team / Record / Previous
2. Cal State Fullerton 47-22 1
3. Tulane
41-21 15
4. Miami (FL)
50-13 4
5. Stanford
46-14 12
6. Louisiana State 46-19 7
7. South Carolina 53-17
3
8. North Carolina 43-21 32
9. Arizona State 41-18
28
10. Georgia
45-23 5
11. Georgia Tech 44-21
11
12. Texas A&M
42-22 18
13. Rice
46-14 13
14. Arizona
36-27 6
15. Washington
39-20 23
16. Florida State 45-23
17
17. Mississippi
39-21 27
18. Long Beach State 40-21 9
19. Mississippi State 35-24 -
20. Notre Dame
51-12 14
21. Florida
43-22 16
22. Texas Christian 39-26 -
23. Clemson
39-26 -
24. Wichita State 49-16
20
25. Central Florida 48-17 25
26. Winthrop
37-23 -
27. Oklahoma State 38-24 34
28. Florida Atlantic 47-17 29
29. Arkansas
45-24 8
30. East Carolina 51-13
10
31. Stetson
36-23 -
32. Virginia
44-15 22
33. Baylor
29-31 -
34. Vanderbilt
45-19 19
35. Oral Roberts 50-11
21
Others receiving votes (listed
alphabetically):
Auburn, Coastal Carolina, Fresno
State, George Mason, Hawaii, Michigan, Minnesota, N.C. State, Ohio State,
Oklahoma, Pepperdine, Rhode Island, Southern Miss, Tennessee, UC Irvine,
Nevada-Las Vegas, South Florida.
Compiled from
ECU Athletics and wire reports.
Bearcats get little resistance from Bulls
TAMPA — Cincinnati coach Bob Huggins
shrugged off another lopsided victory over South Florida.
``It's the time of the year, man, you
just want to win and go home. We've got another game on Saturday,'' Huggins
said Thursday night after the 21st-ranked Bearcats beat the Bulls 74-48 to
retain a share of first place in Conference USA.
Eric Hicks had 19 points and 11
rebounds, and Cincinnati rebounded from last Saturday's four-point loss to
No. 5 Wake Forest by playing stifling defense, holding South Florida to 26
percent shooting and a season-low point total.
``That's really what we've done all
year,'' Huggins said. ``This is not one of our best offensive teams, but
considering our lack of size inside we've really done a good job
defensively.''
Cincinnati (16-3, 5-1) improved to 14-0
against South Florida under Huggins, a streak that began in December 1991.
South Florida (8-9, 1-5) has lost five straight after an 8-4 start, and the
results are getting progressively worse.
Since losing to UAB, Marquette and
Memphis by a total of nine points, the Bulls have been held to their two
worst offensive performances of the season, scoring 50 in a 12-point loss to
Houston and struggling even more against Cincinnati.
DePaul
winning streak ends in Memphis
MEMPHIS — Anthony Rice scored 16 points and Duane Erwin added 13 points and
nine rebounds Thursday night to lead Memphis to a 68-55 victory over DePaul.
Memphis (11-9, 4-2 Conference USA)
didn't hit a field goal in the final 5:45 but connected on 13 of 19 free
throws as DePaul was outscored 22-8 after holding a one-point lead with 8:38
remaining.
The loss snapped a four-game winning
streak for the Blue Demons (12-5, 4-2).
Jeremy Hunt and Darius Washington
scored 11 each for Memphis, with Washington dishing out seven assists.
Sammy Mejia led DePaul with 15 points
and eight rebounds, while Quemont Greer had 14 points but hit only five of
19 shots from the field. Drake Diener finished with 12 points for DePaul.
Memphis squandered a 12-point lead in
the first half, but held on for a 32-31 advantage at the break.
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