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02.05.06: Bass
may be in line for new ECU post ... SMU AD Copeland calling
it quits ... Bunting experiences technical difficulties ...
C-USA Basketball Scoreboard & Schedule |
02.04.06: Here
come Cougs and fully-cognizant Penders ... Wolfpack bats
light up for A-Rod ... History of the NCAA now in print ...
C-USA Basketball Scoreboard & Schedule |
02.03.06: FSU
blue chipper says analyst advocated Irish ... Golden Eagles
work the home front ... Pirate softball hurler gets
preseason honor ...
C-USA Basketball Scoreboard & Schedule |
02.02.06: Bailey
heads for Starkville via Iraq ... Texas A&M gridders vie in
"Big Splash" ... C-USA Basketball Scoreboard & Schedule |
02.01.06: Marshall
crash will become film theme ... Memphis soccer faces
professional team ... Green Wave gets Omaha rings ...
C-USA Basketball Scoreboard & Schedule |
01.31.06: Signing
Day extravaganza looms for ECU fans ... C-USA Basketball
Scoreboard & Schedule |
01.30.06: Wolfpack
sends cash to Southern Miss athletes ... C-USA Basketball
Scoreboard & Schedule |
01.29.06: Diamond
Bucs assign LeClair's No. 23 to Witter ... C-USA Basketball
Scoreboard & Schedule |
01.28.06: Tigers
eye UCF as next victim in climb up polls ... C-USA
Basketball Scoreboard & Schedule |
01.27.06: Fun,
not money, motivating DeAngelo Williams ... C-USA Basketball
Scoreboard & Schedule |
01.26.06: Marshall
springs shocker on No. 9 West Virginia ... C-USA Basketball
Scoreboard & Schedule |
01.25.06: Loaded
stogie nets trouble for Memphis player ...
C-USA Basketball Scoreboard & Schedule |
01.24.06: C-USA
slams refs for upholding 'T' on Penders ... NCAA to release
RPI ratings for first time ... C-USA Basketball Scoreboard &
Schedule |
01.23.06: Epic
upset makes long bus ride home a journey of joy ... C-USA
Basketball Scoreboard & Schedule |
01.22.06: Memphis
auction includes trip to Dowdy-Ficklen ... Houston coach's
collapse leads to technical ... C-USA Basketball Scoreboard
& Schedule |
01.21.06: Bush
summons '66 Miners to watch Glory Road ... C-USA Basketball
Scoreboard & Schedule |
01.20.06: Innovative
creator of I-formation passes at 92 ...
C-USA Basketball Scoreboard & Schedule |
01.19.06: Southern
Miss extends Bower pact through '09 ... C-USA Basketball
Scoreboard & Schedule |
01.18.06: Holtz,
Moore, Whimper team up for Hula Bowl ... ECU reaches
wide-ranging deal with ISP Sports ... C-USA Basketball
Scoreboard & Schedule |
01.17.06: Katrina
blows friendly faces into UAB crowd ... C-USA Basketball
Scoreboard & Schedule |
01.16.06: C-USA Basketball Scoreboard & Schedule |
01.15.06: Hawaii
on itinerary of ECU's Moore, Whimper ...
C-USA Basketball Scoreboard & Schedule |
01.14.06: Former
ECU assistant Berry joins staff at Miami ... C-USA
Basketball Scoreboard & Schedule |
01.13.06: Southern
Miss punter wins prestigious award ... C-USA Basketball
Scoreboard & Schedule |
01.12.06: I-A
coaches ponder replay, Friday night games ...
C-USA Basketball Scoreboard & Schedule |
01.11.06: Fan
day signals approach of baseball season ... Area radio
stations announce T-shirt promotion ... C-USA Basketball
Scoreboard & Schedule |
01.10.06: Injuries
take toll on East Carolina hoops squad ... Tulane shifts
baseball games to Zephyr Field ... C-USA Basketball
Scoreboard & Schedule |
01.09.06: National
title game drew blowout TV ratings ...
C-USA Basketball Scoreboard & Schedule |
01.08.06: Memphis
faces Winthrop in tune-up for ECU ... C-USA Basketball
Scoreboard & Schedule |
01.07.06: N.C.
Hall to enshrine ECU grad Charlie Adams ... Pirates announce
'2-for-$20' hoops ticket deal ... C-USA Basketball
Scoreboard & Schedule ... Final C-USA Football Postseason
Scoreboard |
01.06.06: College
baseball icon Rod Dedeaux dead at 91 ... C-USA Basketball
Scoreboard & Schedule ... Final C-USA Football Postseason
Scoreboard |
01.05.06: Former
C-USA chief Slive takes reigns of BCS ...
C-USA Basketball Scoreboard & Schedule ... Final C-USA
Football Postseason Scoreboard |
01.04.06: College
career over for injured UAB star Eddins ... C-USA Basketball
Scoreboard & Schedule ... Final C-USA Football Postseason
Scoreboard |
01.03.06: Pirates,
Deacs face off for first time since 1986 ... C-USA
Basketball Scoreboard & Schedule ... Final C-USA Football
Postseason Scoreboard |
01.02.06: Rice
lures Tulsa defensive guru as head coach ... Final C-USA
Football Postseason Scoreboard ...
C-USA Basketball Scoreboard & Schedule |
01.01.06: C-USA
Basketball Scoreboard & Schedule ... Final C-USA Football
Postseason Scoreboard |
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News Nuggets, 02.06.06
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Ole
Miss coaching legend Vaught dies
John Howard Vaught, 96, who left an
indelible mark during his 25 seasons as the head coach at Ole Miss, passed
away Friday night at his residence at Hermitage Gardens of Oxford, MS.
"With the death of John Vaught, we lose
an epic figure of Twentieth Century college football," said Ole Miss
Chancellor Robert Khayat, who played for Vaught. "Universally recognized as
one of the great coaches in American football history, he brought dignity,
intellect, creativity and vision to the game.
"The University of Mississippi has been
shaped and influenced by Coach Vaught and we are a better place as a result
of his leadership. His players admired and respected him, University
administrators and faculty appreciated his commitment to academic excellence
and football fans loved him. His was a life well-lived. He will be missed."
Vaught's first 24 teams won 185 games,
lost 58 and tied 12, and that record — up to the time of his heart seizure
in October of 1970 — was second-best nationally among active major college
coaches.
He returned as the Rebels' head coach
three games into the 1973 season when asked to replace Billy Kinard. Ole
Miss went 5-3 during the remaining eight games to finish the year 6-5. When
Vaught finally stepped down for good, his overall coaching record at the
University of Mississippi stood at 190-61-12.
Vaught's teams won six Southeastern
Conference championships from 1947-70 and only one other coach in the league
had claimed that many titles at that time. He was selected SEC Coach of the
Year six times by the Associated Press, twice by United Press International,
twice by the Nashville Banner, and twice by the SEC Coaches.
In 1993, he was chosen by Ole Miss fans
as the "Coach of the Century" (1893-1993) when the University of Mississippi
celebrated the school's first 100 years of football.
His name is still a part of football
Saturdays in Oxford. In 1982, Hemingway Stadium, the historic home facility
of the Rebels, was renamed Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.
C-USA guards in running for Cousy Award
A pair of Conference USA point guards
are among the 16 finalists named for the 2006 Bob Cousy Award. The award is
given to the nation's top point guard. UAB's Squeaky Johnson and Memphis'
Darius Washington, Jr., are under consideration.
Johnson ranks 10th nationally in
assists per game (6.3), second in assist-to-turnover ratio (3.64) among
players with 50 or more assists and eighth in steals per game (3.1). He
leads Conference USA in three-point field goal percentage, hitting on 52.9
percent (27-of-51). Johnson averages 7.9 points and 2.9 rebounds per game as
well for the Blazers.
Washington, Jr., has helped lead the
Tigers to a No.3 national ranking. The sophomore is averaging 13.8 points
per game (7th) and 3.8 assists per game (9th). He was the C-USA Freshman of
the Year last season and was a preseason all-league selection entering this
year.
The winner will be announced at an
April 3 press conference during the Final Four. Fans can vote at
www.cousyaward.com.
C-USA Basketball Standings, Scores & Schedule
(Updated
through Sunday, Feb. 5, 2006)
CONFERENCE USA STANDINGS
TEAM
C-USA ALL
Memphis
7-0 21-2
UAB
6-1 16-4
Texas-El Paso
6-1 13-6
Houston
5-3 14-6
Central Florida
3-3 9-10
Tulane
4-4 8-12
Southern Methodist 3-4 11-9
Rice
3-4 9-11
Marshall
2-5 9-11
Tulsa
2-5 7-13
Southern Miss
1-6 7-15
East Carolina
1-7 7-14
----- SCORES -----
SUNDAY, FEB.
5
No games
scheduled.
SATURDAY,
FEB. 4
UAB 75, Central
Florida 68
Houston 64, East Carolina 60 (OT)
Memphis 84, Rice 79
Southern Methodist 58, Southern Miss 53
Texas-El Paso 69, Tulsa 62
Tulane 61, Marshall 36
----- SCHEDULE -----
MONDAY, FEB.
6
No games
scheduled.
TUESDAY,
FEB. 7
Loyola (LA) at
Tulane, 8 pm
Houston at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 8 pm
WEDNESDAY,
FEB. 8
Rice at
Marshall, 7 pm
Tulsa at Southern Methodist, 8 pm
Central Florida at Southern Mississippi, 8 pm
UAB at Texas-El Paso, 10 pm
THURSDAY,
FEB. 9
No games
scheduled.
FRIDAY, FEB.
10
No games
scheduled.
SATURDAY, FEB.
11
Rice at Tulsa,
3:05 pm
Memphis at Marshall, 4 pm
Texas-El Paso at Southern Mississippi, 5 pm
Tulane at Central Florida, 7:30 pm
Southern Methodist at Houston, 8 pm
East Carolina at UAB, 8:30 pm
SUNDAY, FEB.
12
No games
scheduled.
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