|
|
PREVIOUS NUGGETS |
08.07.05: Texas
Tech's Knight getting real about tryouts ... Stokes' ties to
Wake prodigies sway ECU recruit |
08.06.05: Stokes'
ties to Deacon prodigies sway recruit ... Holtz: ECU must
make up ground before opener |
08.05.05: "Pirate
Talk" gets more time, more stations ... Pirate Radio 1250
launching expanded lineup |
08.04.05: College
life still suits Heisman winner just fine |
08.03.05: NIT
battles NCAA in court instead of on court |
08.02.05: C-USA
to feel impact of imported WAC teams |
08.01.05: Demand
swamps supply of Gamecock tickets |
07.31.05: After
C-USA raid, restocked WAC plows ahead |
07.30.05: BCS
pushing for instant replay in all 28 bowls |
07.29.05: Bower
suspends two players, bids adieu to 4 more ... S.C. prep
coaches blast Spurrier scholarship moves |
07.28.05: Pirate
Radio Network evolves to 27 stations ... Acquittal leads to
reinstatement of UC assistant |
07.27.05: At
East Carolina, Saturday is all about the ladies ... ACC
stockpiling future postseason destinations |
|
|
|
|
News Nuggets, 08.08.05
— — — — —
NOTES FROM ECU AND BEYOND...
Previous Day Nuggets...
Next Day Nuggets...
Compiled from staff reports
and electronic dispatches
Charlotte, UNC-Wilmington selected to BCA field
Charlotte, the favorite to win the
Atlantic 10 in its first season in the league after moving from Conference
USA, headlines the eight-team field for the BCA Invitational, to be played
Nov. 13-15 at the University of Wyoming.
The 49ers, who in 2005 made their 7th
NCAA tournament in the last nine years, will play Coppin State in one of the
four opening-round games at the Arena-Auditorium.
Northwestern and Lehigh meet in the
other first-round game in Charlotte's half of the bracket.
The other half has Wyoming against
Alabama State and North Carolina-Wilmington playing Butler.
The semifinals are Nov. 14, and the
championship game is Nov. 15.
North Carolina State won last year's
Black Coaches Association Invitational.
Former Bucs steer kids toward
better FUTURE
|
Former East Carolina
football stars Troy Smith and Kevin
Monroe took 40 eastern North
Carolina children to the campus of
N.C. A&T as part of FUTURE Inc.’s
annual historically black college
and university “tour.” The group
visited the campus and then took in
a water park for a day of community
and academics. Monroe's and Smith’s
organization has been granted 501
(c) (3) tax status, allowing for
donations to the private charitable
organization to be treated as
tax-deductible. Contributions to the
undertaking, which focuses on
children in eastern N.C. who are
most in need of role models and
adult support, can be made by
calling Monroe at 252-355-8412 or
Smith at 252-258-2814, or by mailing
donations to: Future Inc., 1035
Spring Forest Road Suite D-4,
Greenville, NC 27834.
|
News Nuggets are
compiled periodically based on material supplied by staff members; data
published by ECU, Conference USA and its member
schools; and reports from Associated Press and
other sources. Copyright 2005
Bonesville.net and other publishers. All rights reserved. This material may not be
published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
|