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02.15.06: D-III
slugger accomplishes cycle — times two ... Rice rookie gets
national hitting honor ... SIU coach Kill tells of kidney
cancer surgery ... C-USA Basketball Scoreboard & Schedule |
02.14.06: Frasure
rewriting ECU record book ... Another weighty matter for the
Pirates ... ECU softball duo gets C-USA honors ... Sutton
benched for season after DUI citation ...
C-USA Basketball Scoreboard & Schedule |
02.13.06: Marshall
assistant heading for Louisiana Tech ... Missouri, Snyder
reach settlement ... C-USA Basketball Scoreboard & Schedule |
02.12.06: ECU-Maryland
rainout spawns Sunday twinbill ... Spurrier staff undergoes
renovations ... Sutton misses game after auto accident ...
Throng flocks to Lambeau for college hockey ... C-USA
Basketball Scoreboard & Schedule |
02.11.06: McMahon
departing ECU for Saints ... NCAA may grant replay
challenges to coaches ... Snyder steps down, Watkins steps
up at Mizzou ... C-USA Basketball Scoreboard & Schedule |
02.10.06: East
Carolina steps up football schedule ... Play ball! Pirates,
Terps open baseball season ... C-USA Basketball Scoreboard &
Schedule |
02.09.06: Circuitous
journey finds Erickson back in Idaho ... Colorado State
athletic director steps down ... C-USA Basketball Scoreboard
& Schedule |
02.08.06: Carter
joins East Carolina football staff ... C-USA Basketball
Scoreboard & Schedule |
02.07.06: Key
suspensions deplete Pirates' ranks ... ACC officiating crew
benched for botched call ... C-USA Basketball Scoreboard &
Schedule |
02.06.06: Ole
Miss coaching legend Vaught dies ... C-USA guards in running
for Cousy Award ... C-USA Basketball Scoreboard & Schedule |
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 |
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News Nuggets, 02.16.06
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NOTES FROM ECU AND BEYOND...
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Compiled from staff reports
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Nation's
champs meet nation's chief
The University of Texas football team,
which claimed the Bowl Championship Series title with a 41-38 win over
Southern California, was honored by President George W. Bush at the White
House on Tuesday.
The national title was the first for
the Longhorns, guided by former North Carolina coach Mack Brown, since 1970.
The Rose Bowl win over the Trojans wrapped up a school record 13-0 season
and gave Texas the longest winning streak in the nation at 20.
Mizzou officials deny Snyder was forced out
The Columbia (MO) Dispatch reported
that former Missouri basketball coach Quin Snyder broke a four-day silence
on Tuesday night, saying he abruptly resigned because he was told he
wouldn’t be around after the end of the season.
Snyder repeatedly referred to his
"resignation," but the version of events he told during a news conference at
the Holiday Inn Select Executive Center suggested that it was more of a
firing and that top administrators knew about it ahead of time.
University officials were quick to
claim no such knowledge.
Snyder, 39, said he met with an unnamed
Athletic Department official — presumably Gary Link, a special assistant to
Athletic Director Mike Alden and the color analyst on basketball radio
broadcasts — in the locker room before Thursday afternoon’s practice.
Only a few minutes earlier, Snyder told
reporters he would not resign despite mounting pressure during his team’s
six-game losing streak.
Snyder said that the meeting with Link
was direct and that Link informed him his contract would be terminated at
the end of the season, regardless of how the season ended. It didn’t matter
whether he guided the struggling Tigers, then 10-11, to an improbable Big 12
Conference Tournament title to secure a berth in the NCAA Tournament — the
presumed litmus test for Snyder’s job security next season — Snyder said.
"It began with his expression that he
could come to me to communicate this information to me at the behest of the
athletic director," Snyder said. "I was inquiring as to a little more detail
into that, and he informed me that he had been told that both the president,
the chancellor and a key member of the Board of Curators had all approved
this decision."
President Elson Floyd, MU Chancellor
Brady Deaton and Curator Don Walsworth responded last night and this morning
that they had done no such thing.
Floyd issued a statement read to
reporters after last night’s news conference: "I am startled to hear that
anyone suggested the president of the University of Missouri had any role in
the events surrounding the discussion with Coach Snyder. I was never
consulted prior to this reported conversation."
Report: Indiana hoops coach on the way out
Seth Davis of
sportsillustrated.com has reported
that Mike Davis has resigned as coach at Indiana but will stay on for the
remainder of the season, according to a source in the school's athletic
athletic department with knowledge of Davis' situation.
The source added that the university
hopes to have a news conference in Bloomington to discuss details of Davis'
termination as early as Thursday.
The decision was made more than a week
ago and Davis' attorney and the university subsequently negotiated the terms
of his departure, which were finalized this week.
Davis' resignation brings an abrupt end
to his turbulent six-year tenure as Indiana's head coach. He spent three
years as an assistant before taking over the program after Bob Knight was
fired in September 2000.
Davis led the Hoosiers to the NCAA
championship game in 2002, where they lost to Maryland, but his support
among fans and boosters plummeted as IU failed to qualifty for the NCAA the
last two years.
Ousted Ohio State coach
O'Brien wins lawsuit
Former Ohio State basketball coach Jim
O'Brien, who gave a potential recruit a $6,000 loan should not have been
fired. That was the contention of the former Buckeyes boss, who won his
lawsuit against the university Wednesday, according to WBNS-TV-10's online
website.
O'Brien, who lost his job 20 months
ago, commented on the ruling via phone from Florida, the site reported.
"This has been on my mind," he said.
"Last thought at night, first thought in morning and a lot of hours in
between."
O'Brien defended himself on the witness
stand in December, saying he did nothing wrong in sending $6,000 to the
family of one-time recruit Alex Radojevic because Radojevic was not NCAA
eligible.
The judge ruled that O'Brien did breach
his contract by making the loan, but said that action was not so egregious
as to void the contract; thus, OSU did not have cause to terminate O'Brien's
employment.
O'Brien says he's thrilled with the
decision, though he wonders whether the damage from being fired is
permanent.
"My reputation has always meant a lot
to me and, without question, that has been soiled. I've always told my
players your credibility, once it's lost, it's hard to get that back. And
that's where I'm struggling right now," said O'Brien.
O'Brien wouldn't answer questions about
the specifics of the decision, because the money issue is still to come.
Reports have indicated that O'Brien could be awarded as much as $9 million.
He does say the cost of defending
himself has been a substantial financial burden.
Cowboys switch
Suttons
Eddie Sutton was expected to announce
his resignation as head coach of Oklahoma State's men's basketball team
effective immediately, a source close to the Cowboys program told ESPN's
Doug Gottlieb on Wednesday night.
Oklahoma State called a news conference
for 10:30 p.m. ET. Sutton was not expected to attend the news conference,
but was to be involved via conference call.
Sean Sutton, Eddie's son, had already
been designated to be the school's interim head coach and will take over on
a permanent basis.
According to the source, Sean Sutton
has agreed to a five-year contract that will pay him $750,000 annually
guaranteed.
C-USA Basketball Standings, Scores & Schedule
(Updated
through Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2006)
CONFERENCE USA STANDINGS
TEAM
C-USA ALL
Memphis
9-0 23-2
Texas-El Paso
9-1 16-6
UAB
8-2 18-5
Houston
7-3 17-6
Rice
5-5 11-12
Tulane
4-6 9-14
Central Florida
4-5 10-12
Tulsa
4-5 9-13
Southern Methodist 3-7 11-12
Marshall
3-7 10-13
Southern Miss
2-8 8-17
East Carolina
1-9 7-16
----- SCORES -----
WEDNESDAY, FEB.
15
Houston 78,
Central Florida 71
Marshall 75, Southern Methodist 72 (OT)
Rice 62, East Carolina 54
UAB 87, Tulane 82
TUESDAY, FEB.
14
Memphis 80,
Southern Mississippi 41
Texas-El Paso 60, Alabama A&M 44
----- SCHEDULE -----
THURSDAY, FEB.
16
No games
scheduled.
FRIDAY, FEB.
17
No games
scheduled.
SATURDAY, FEB.
18
UAB at Southern
Mississippi, 3 pm
Marshall at East Carolina, 7 pm
Tulsa at Houston, 8 pm
Central Florida at Southern Methodist, 8 pm
Memphis at Tulane, 8 pm
Rice at Texas-El Paso, 9:05 pm
SUNDAY, FEB.
19
No games
scheduled.
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