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News Nuggets, 02.15.05
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Fresh off another week of eye-popping
performances, East Carolina sprinter LaShawn Merritt was named Monday by the
United States Track Coaches Association as the Athlete of the Week for NCAA
Division I track and field.
It is the second week in a row the
freshman from Portsmouth, VA, has been selected as the recipient of the
national honor.
Merritt won the 400 meters in a
collegiate indoor record time of 44.93 seconds at the
Powered by Tyson Invitational in
Fayetteville, Ark. on Friday.
The performance also set a new world
indoor junior mark and is the third-fastest indoor 400-meter time in
history. Michael Johnson's world record of 44.63, set in 1995, and Johnson's
subsequent 1996 time of 44.66 were the only two occasions on which faster
times have been posted.
On Saturday, Merritt went on to win the
200 meters in 20.40 seconds which also set a new indoor world junior record.
Merritt's times in both events met the
NCAA automatic qualifying standard.
The USTCA honor went to Merritt the
previous week after he turned in what was then the fastest 400-meter dash
time (45.94) in the world so far this season at the Gator Invitational in
Gainesville, FL, on Feb. 6.
East Carolina's track and field team
will take this weekend off in preparation for the Conference USA
Championships, which will be held on the University of Houston campus Feb.
26-25.
Compiled from
ECU and
C-USA reports.
AP basketball poll: Charlotte
cracks Top 25
Illinois was a unanimous No. 1 in The
Associated Press' college basketball for the third straight week Monday,
while Charlotte moved into the Top 25 for the first time in six years.
The Fighting Illini (25-0) beat
Michigan and Wisconsin last week to remain the only unbeaten team in
Division I. Illinois received all 72 first-place votes from the national
media panel to stay No. 1 for the 11th consecutive week.
Charlotte (17-4) moved into the
rankings at No. 23 after five wins in its last six games, with the 49ers'
only loss during that stretch coming at East Carolina. The 49ers' other
losses this season were to Rutgers, Alabama in triple overtime and
Cincinnati.
The last time Charlotte was ranked came
in the final week of the 1998-99 season when it was 24th.
The Top 25 was also dotted with several
other teams from Conference USA and the Carolinas:
North Carolina (20-3), which lost at
Duke and won at Connecticut last week, dropped from second to fourth.
Wake Forest moved up one place to fifth
while Duke was ranked No. 7.
Louisville came it at 12th and
Cincinnati hung onto a spot in the rankings at No. 24.
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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 Feb. 14, 2005.
Conference USA team, including future members, and Carolinas teams in
bold; East Carolina opponents in red.]
1. Illinois (72) 25-0 1800 1
2. Kansas 20-1 1710 3
3. Kentucky 19-2 1592 5
4. North Carolina 20-3 1576 2
5. Wake Forest 21-3 1553 6
6. Boston College 20-1 1365 4
7. Duke 18-3 1348 7
8. Oklahoma State 19-3 1329 10
9. Syracuse 22-3 1219 8
10. Arizona 21-4 1140 12
11. Michigan State 17-4 1008 13
12. Louisville 21-4 965 9
13. Gonzaga 19-4 889 14
14. Utah 21-3 827 15
15. Washington 20-4 811 11
16. Alabama 19-4 737 17
17. Pittsburgh 17-4 717 18
18. Connecticut 15-6 602 19
19. Pacific 20-2 360 24
20. Wisconsin 16-6 342 20
21. Oklahoma 17-6 263 16
22. Maryland 15-7 231 33
23. Charlotte 17-4 225 27
24. Cincinnati 18-6 130 21
25. Villanova 14-6 118 22
Others receiving votes:
Florida 105, Georgetown 48, Texas
46, Texas Tech 46, DePaul 45,
Old Dominion 44, Mississippi State
33, Nevada 29, Notre Dame 28, Georgia Tech 27, Southern Illinois
21, Wichita State 21, Vermont 19,
Memphis 7, Wisconsin-Milwaukee 7, Miami (FL) 6,
George Washington 5, St. Mary's 2, Texas A&M 2, Holy Cross 1,
Minnesota 1.
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Tulane still reigns over
Baseball America poll
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DURHAM The top 25
teams in the Baseball America poll with records through Feb. 13
and previous ranking. Voting is done by the staff of Baseball
America:
[Conference USA team,
including future members, and Carolinas teams in
bold; East Carolina opponents in red.]
Rank / Team / Record /
Previous
1. Tulane 3-0 1
2. Louisiana State 2-0 2
3. Cal State Fullerton 4-1 3
4. Texas 7-0 4
5. Miami (FL) 7-0 5
6. Stanford 7-2 6
7. South Carolina 3-0 7
8. Baylor 3-0 10
9. Georgia 0-0 9
10. Arizona 6-0 11
11. Arizona State 6-4 12
12. Washington 0-3 8
13. North Carolina 0-0 14
14. Texas A&M 1-2 13
15. Florida 2-1 15
16. Mississippi 0-0 16
17. Rice 3-1 19
18. Vanderbilt 0-0 18
19. UC Irvine 5-1 _
20. Long Beach State 5-3 17
21. Georgia Tech 2-1 20
22. Notre Dame 0-0 21
23. Texas Christian 3-0 22
24. Oral Roberts 3-0 24
25. Winthrop 4-0 25
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ECU's next foe, Clemson, 21st
in Collegiate Baseball poll
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The Top 30 teams in
Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Div. I Poll as of Feb. 14,
2005:
[Conference USA team,
including future members, and Carolinas teams in
bold; East Carolina opponents in red.]
Rank /Team / (Record) / Points / Previous
1. Texas (7-0) 497 1
2. Miami (FL) (7-0) 496 2
3. Cal State Fullerton (4-1) 494 3
4. Tulane (3-0) 493 4
5. Louisiana State (2-0) 487 5
6. Stanford (7-2) 484 6
7. North Carolina (0-0) 480 7
8. South Carolina (3-0) 478 8
9. Georgia (0-0) 475 9
10. Arizona (6-0) 470 11
11. Rice (3-1) 467 14
12. Texas A&M (1-2) 465 10
13. Baylor (3-0) 462 25
14. Georgia Tech. (2-1) 459 13
15. Florida State (8-1) 457 15
16. Mississippi (0-0) 456 16
17. U.C. Irvine (5-1) 452
18. Southern California (3-0) 449
19. Mississippi State (0-0) 447 19
20. Notre Dame (0-0) 445 20
21. Clemson (0-0) 442 21
22. Long Beach State (5-3) 441 12
23. Arizona State (6-4) 440 18
24. Arkansas (4-0) 439
25. Wichita State (3-0) 438 26
26. Winthrop (4-0) 435 28
27. Florida (2-1) 434 22
28. Oklahoma State (4-2) 432 23
29. Florida Atlantic (3-0) 425 29
30. Central Florida (5-1) 423 24
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