News and Notes from East Carolina, Conference USA and Beyond

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09.28.05: Storm-weary USM starts tough stretch at ECU ... ECU Letterwinners/Hall of Fame Weekend schedule

09.27.05: Paper: Liberty Bowl seals deal with C-USA, SEC ... Busted legs deplete Memphis quarterback corps

09.26.05: College football headliners: stars & storylines ... Conference USA standings, schedule & scores

09.25.05: Scoreboard: C-USA teams & ECU opponents

09.24.05: Big names helping UNC-P restore grid program ... Conference USA schedule, standings & scores

09.23.05: NCAA okays instant replay in all 28 bowl games ... Conference USA schedule, standings & scores

09.22.05: C-USA, NFL teams thrown off stride by Rita ... Conference USA schedule, standings & scores

09.21.05: Hurricane Rita threatens disruption of schedule ... Indian mascot ban extended to bowl games

SPRINGFIELD, MA — In a match-up of prominent teams from Conference USA and the Atlantic 10 Conference, UAB and Massachusetts will play in the Tip-Off Classic on Nov. 27.

UAB, which lost to Arizona in the second round of last season's NCAA tournament, will be making its first appearance in the game played at the MassMutual Center in downtown Springfield.

Massachusetts, led by first-year coach Travis Ford, will be making its second appearance in the game. The then third-ranked Minutemen beat No. 1 Arkansas 104-80 in the 1994 Tip-Off Classic. Massachusetts went to No. 1 after that game for the first time in school history.

STANDINGS

(Through games of Oct. 1, 2005)

EAST DIVISION

TEAM                  C-USA ALL
UAB                    1-0   3-1
Southern Miss          1-0   2-1
Central Florida        1-0   2-2
Memphis                1-1   2-2
Marshall               1-1   2-2
East Carolina          0-1   1-3

WEST DIVISION

TEAM                  C-USA ALL
Tulane                 1-0   2-1
Texas-El Paso          1-1   3-1
Houston                1-1   2-2
Tulsa                  1-1   2-3
Rice                   0-1   0-3
Southern Methodist     0-2   1-4

THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE

(Conference USA games in bold.)

Saturday, Oct. 8:

   Memphis at Central Florida 6:00 pm
   Houston vs. Tulane (Lafayette, LA) 6 pm
   Rice at East Carolina 6 pm
   Southern Methodist at UAB 7 pm
   Tulsa at Southern Mississippi 8 pm
   Marshal at Virginia Tech 12:00 pm

THIS PAST WEEKEND'S SCORES

(C-USA teams in bold; ECU opponents in red.)

Saturday, Oct. 1:

   Marshall 16, Southern Methodist 13 (OT)
   UAB 45, Rice 26
   Southern Miss 33, East Carolina 7
   Houston 30, Tulsa 23
   Memphis 27, Texas-El Paso 20
   Central Florida 24, Louisiana-Lafayette 21
   Tulane 28, Southeast Louisiana 21
   Wake Forest 31, Clemson 27
   Navy 28, Duke 21
   Virginia Tech 34, West Virginia 17

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