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12.05.05: Conference
USA teams corral six bowl berths ... C-USA Basketball
Standings, Scores & Schedule ... C-USA Football Standings,
Scores & Bowl Schedule |
12.04.05: GMAC
Bowl pairs 8-3 UTEP against 8-3 Toledo ...
C-USA Basketball Standings, Scores & Schedule ... C-USA
Football Standings (final), Scores & Schedule |
12.03.05: Dooley
expresses regret over heated remark ...
C-USA Basketball Standings, Scores & Schedule ... C-USA
Football Standings (final), Scores & Schedule |
12.02.05: Disney
picks storm- weary Tulane for Spirit Award ... C-USA
Basketball Standings, Scores & Schedule ... C-USA Football
Standings (final), Scores & Schedule |
12.01.05: Veteran
coach Hatfield steps down at Rice ... C-USA honors O'Leary
after turnaround season ... C-USA Basketball Standings,
Scores & Schedule ... C-USA Football Standings, Scores &
Schedule |
11.30.05: Pinkney
claims ECU's 5th player of week award ... C-USA Basketball
Standings, Scores & Schedule ... C-USA Football Standings
(final), Scores & Schedule |
11.29.05: Pinkney
claims ECU's 5th player of week award ... C-USA Basketball
Standings, Scores & Schedule ... C-USA Football Standings
(final), Scores & Schedule |
11.28.05: College
Football Headliners: Stars & Storylines ... C-USA Football
Standings, Scores & Schedule ... C-USA Basketball Standings,
Scores & Schedule |
11.27.05: C-USA
Football Standings, Scores & Schedule ... C-USA Basketball
Standings, Scores & Schedule |
11.26.05: C-USA
Football Standings, Scores & Schedule ... C-USA Basketball
Standings, Scores & Schedule |
11.25.05: Memphis
meets short-handed Duke for NIT title ... C-USA Basketball
Standings, Scores & Schedule ... C-USA Football Standings,
Scores & Schedule |
11.24.05: No.
16 Fresno State headed for Liberty Bowl ...
C-USA Football Standings, Scores & Schedule |
11.23.05: Ten
recruits to join Diamond Pirates' quest for Omaha ... C-USA
Football Standings, Scores & Schedule |
11.22.05: Monster
game earns weekly award for Rouse ... Kickoff set for first
'Xbox 360' C-USA title game ... C-USA Football Standings,
Scores & Schedule |
11.21.05: College
Football Headliners: Stars & Storylines ... Conference USA
Standings, Scores & Schedule |
11.20.05: C-USA
Football Standings, Scores & Schedule ... Falwell cleans
house to jumpstart drive to I-A |
11.19.05: Falwell
cleans house to jumpstart drive to I-A ... C-USA Football
Standings, Scores & Schedule |
11.18.05: Regional
cable network strikes deal with CSTV ... C-USA Football
Standings, Scores & Schedule |
11.17.05: NCAA
wraps up investigation of South Carolina ... C-USA Football
Standings, Scores & Schedule |
11.16.05: Fall
signing period nets tall timber for Pirates ... Tigers,
'Cocks to kiss and make up before game ...
C-USA Football Standings, Scores & Schedule |
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News Nuggets, 12.06.05
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Report knocks academics of bowl-bound teams
ORLANDO — This year's bowl-bound
college football teams are struggling to meet the NCAA's new academic
standards, with 41 percent falling below minimum requirements and almost
half lacking a 50 percent graduation rate, according to a survey released
Monday.
The 56 Division 1-A football teams
headed to bowl games have a lingering problem of too many student-athletes
failing to complete their studies, said Richard Lapchick, the University of
Central Florida professor who authored the annual report.
``The key is admitting students who are
qualified to be in that school,'' said Lapchick, who heads the DeVos Sport
Business Management Program at UCF.
This is the first year Lapchick has
used the NCAA's Academic Progress Rate, known as APR, to measure the
bowl-bound schools' academic progress. In past years, the study has relied
solely on graduation rates.
Developed last year, the NCAA's new
academic standard awards APR points based on how many scholarship
student-athletes meet academic eligibility standards. A cutoff score of 925
means an estimated 50 percent of those student-athletes are on track
graduate.
Starting this year, NCAA schools that
regularly fall below the 925 score can lose scholarships, face recruiting
restrictions and miss postseason play.
In a dry run of the system last year,
more than 90 percent of Division I teams across all sports had passing
scores. According to Lapchick's report, only 33 of the 56 bowl-bound teams —
59 percent — got above the 925 cutoff.
``Obviously we would like to see those
statistics higher,'' said NCAA spokesman Bob Williams. ``But this is a
process that the NCAA member institutions are going through to change
behavior and essentially ensure the student athletes, coaches and everyone
involved in collegiate athletics understands that academic achievement and
academic performance is just as important as athletic performance.''
While the APR figures give schools an
up-to-date assessment of how they're doing, the graduation rates are still
useful in showing the disparity in the graduation rates between black and
white student-athletes, Lapchick said.
Two-thirds of the bowl-bound schools
graduated less than half of their African-American football
student-athletes. By comparison, 49 percent of the bowl-bound schools failed
to have a 50 percent graduation rate overall for those players, according to
Lapchick's report.
Lapchick praised Northwestern
University and Boston College for doing the best job of graduating football
players. Both teams graduated at least 78 percent of all football
student-athletes and at least 74 percent of African-American football
student-athletes.
Two conferences, the Atlantic Coast
Conference and the Big East Conference, had every one of their bowl-bound
schools receive an APR score higher than 925, and all the teams in both
conferences were in the top 25 of APR rankings for bowl-bound schools.
The Pacific 10's five schools chosen
for bowl games scored less than 925.
The NCAA should be aiming to have
two-thirds of the schools make the 925 cut when the next round of APR
figures are released early next year, Lapchick said.
``I'm really hopeful that the next time
the APR scores come out, it will show the expected improvement because of
the sanctions that can be imposed on the schools,'' Lapchick said. ``The
APRs have gotten the schools' notice and attention.''
C-USA Basketball Standings, Scores & Schedule
(Through games
of Monday, Dec. 5, 2005)
CONFERENCE
USA STANDINGS
TEAM
C-USA ALL
Memphis
0-0 6-1
Central Florida
0-0 4-1
Texas-El Paso
0-0 4-1
Houston
0-0 3-1
UAB
0-0 3-1
East Carolina
0-0 3-2
Marshall
0-0 3-3
Southern Methodist 0-0
3-3
Rice
0-0 3-4
Southern Mississippi
0-0 2-4
Tulane
0-0 1-4
Tulsa
0-0 1-4
SCORES
MONDAY, DEC.
5
Texas 85, Rice 58
SUNDAY, DEC.
4
Marshall 73, Youngstown State
70
SATURDAY,
DEC. 3
Florida 80, Central
Florida 47
Rice 96, Utah 94 (3OT)
Memphis 91, Cincinnati 81
UAB 73, Nebraska 72
Southern Mississippi 83, New Orleans 78
Fairfield 80, Tulane 68
Houston 69, Arizona 65
Old Dominion 79, East Carolina 53
Oklahoma State 64, Southern Methodist 54
Oral Roberts 68, Tulsa 52
Texas-El Paso 82, Texas Southern 59
SCHEDULE
TUESDAY, DEC.
6
UNC-Greensboro at East
Carolina, 7 pm
Tulsa at Northern Arizone, 8 pm
UAB at DePaul, 8:30 pm
WEDNESDAY, DEC.
7
Southern Mississippi at
Sam Houston State, 8 pm
Texas Christian at Tulane, 8 pm
SATURDAY, DEC.
10
South Alabama at Southern Mississippi, 5 pm
Western Carolina at East Carolina, 7 pm
Memphis at Providence, 7:30 pm
Sam Houston State at Houston, 8 pm
Hardin-Simmons at Southern Methodist, 8 pm
Alcorn State at UAB, 8:30 pm
SUNDAY, DEC.
11
Southern Arkansas at Tulsa, 3:05 pm
Louisiana-Lafayette at Texas-El Paso, 4:05 pm
Tulane at Seton Hall, 8 pm
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C-USA Football Standings, Scores & Schedule
(Through games
of Saturday, Dec. 3, 2005)
CONFERENCE
USA STANDINGS
EAST DIVISION
TEAM
C-USA ALL
#Central Florida 7-1
8-4*
Memphis
5-3 6-5
Southern Miss
5-3 6-5
East Carolina
4-4 5-6
UAB
4-4 5-6
Marshall
3-5 4-7
WEST DIVISION
TEAM
C-USA ALL
#Tulsa
6-2 8-4*
Texas-El Paso
5-3 8-3
Houston
4-4 6-5
Southern Methodist 4-4 5-6
Tulane
1-7 2-9
Rice
1-7 1-10
NOTE: # Denotes
Division champion.
* Overall record includes
C-USA Championship Game.
SCORES
SATURDAY,
NOV. 26
East Carolina 31, UAB 23
Memphis 26, Marshall 3
Southern Mississippi 26, Tulane 7
Southern Methodist 40, Texas-El Paso 27
Houston 35, Rice 16
SATURDAY,
DEC. 3
Conference USA Championship Game
Tulsa 44, Central Florida 27
POSTSEASON SCHEDULE
The lineup of bowl games
involving C-USA teams:
Game/Location/Date/Time
TV/Payout
Teams/Opponent's Conference
New Orleans Bowl,
Lafayette, LA, Dec. 20, 8 pm
TV: ESPN; Payout: $750,000
Southern Mississippi vs. Arkansas State (Sun Belt)
GMAC Bowl, Mobile,
AL, Dec. 21, 8 pm
TV: ESPN; Payout: $750,000
Texas-El Paso vs. Toledo (Mid-American)
Fort Worth Bowl,
Forth Worth, TX, Dec. 23, 8 pm
TV: ESPN; Payout: $800,000
Houston vs. Kansas (Big 12)
Sheraton Hawaii
Bowl, Honolulu, HI, Dec. 24, 8:30 pm
TV: ESPN; Payout: $750,000
Central Florida vs. Nevada (Western Athletic)
Motor City Bowl,
Detroit, Dec. 26, 4 pm
TV: ESPN; Payout: $780,000
Memphis vs. Akron (Mid-American)
AutoZone Liberty
Bowl, Memphis, TN, Dec. 31, 1 pm
TV: ESPN; Payout: $1,300,000
Memphis vs. Fresno State (Western Athletic)
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