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March
5, 2006
From Bonesville.net
-BVL:
USM deals Pirates bottom seed
-BVL:
East Carolina 4, Stony Brook 0 (Box Score)
-Nuggets:
Notes from ECU, C-USA and beyond
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49ers experience technical difficulties
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Huggins returns for Cincinnati's seniors
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C-USA Scoreboard & Tournament Schedule
From
ecupirates.com
-Men's
Basketball To Face UCF In Tournament Opening Round
No. 12 ECU Plays No. 5 UCF Wednesday At 9:30 EST
-Men's
Basketball Drops 74-56 Decision to Southern Miss
Courtney Captain scores 13 points for the Pirates.
-Smith
Homers Twice As ECU Holds Stony Brook Scoreless Again
Sasser and Harrell combine on three-hit shutout as ECU wins
4-0
-Lady
Pirate Tennis Blanks Appalachian State 7-0
-Pirates
Turn In First Full-Pad Workout
The contact session was the first of 12 which will be
conducted in full gear, including a pair of scrimmages and the
Purple-Gold Spring Game on April 8.
Pirates pick
up the pace
ECU gets in first contact session of spring football
drills.
Raleigh News & Observer
From the Greenville
Daily Reflector
-ECU
breaks out pads for first time in 2006
There were both successes and failures for the East
Carolina football team on the third day of spring drills.
-ECU
softball team wins two games at Clash
-Smith,
Sasser prove too much for Stony Brook to handle
East Carolina's battery came out fully charged on Saturday
afternoon during the Diamond Bucs' baseball game against Stony Brook.
-Pirates
finish up in cellar
The first-ever basketball victory against East Carolina for
Southern Miss was a convincing one.
-Pirates
looking to hit better against lefties
Today is Sunday and, of course, the East Carolina baseball
team will be batting against a left-handed pitcher.
From the Washington Daily News
-Smith
continues power surge against Seawolves
Jake Smith could probably hit a home run in his sleep right
now.
-Wilson,
Muhwezi, Farrow look to make an impact next year
As the Pirates donned the full gear for the first time this
spring, it was the first chance for the mid-year transfers to show their
coaches in person what they were made of.
-ECU
to be 12th seed in C--USA Tourney
Smith�s homers pace Pirates
New Bern Sun-Journal
Pirates win big over Stony Brook
Kinston Free Press
Basketball Closes Out Regular Season With 74-56 Victory Over East
Carolina
SouthernMiss.com
2 seniors help USM escape last place
For Jason Forte and Tyler Quinn, Saturday turned out to be a day
neither will forget.
Jackson Clarion-Ledger
Eagles finish strong
The University of Southern Mississippi men's basketball
team went from first to worst during the Conference USA season.
Hattiesburg American
USM avoids last place with East Carolina win
Southern Miss avoided a last place Conference USA finish
Saturday with a solid 74-56 win against East Carolina on Senior Day at
Reed Green Coliseum.
Biloxi Sun Herald
March
4, 2006
From Bonesville.net
-BVL:
Cavs set to move to house that Holland built
-BVL:
East Carolina 12, Stony Brook 0 (Box Score)
-Nuggets:
Notes from ECU, C-USA and beyond
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Pirates to strap on pads today
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Lady Pirates eliminated by Tulsa
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Briefs: More coaching exits; Tourney action
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C-USA Basketball Scoreboard & Schedule
From
ecupirates.com
-Men's
Basketball Tournament Seeding At Stake Against Southern Miss Saturday
The two teams are currently tied for 11th place in
Conference USA with identical 2-11 league records.
-Pirates
Pound Stony Brook, 12-0
Dale Mollenhauer hits 2-for-4 with a season-high four RBI
-ECU
Football Completes Second Practice
Pirate head coach Skip Holtz and his staff will direct the
Pirates' first full-pad session Saturday morning before taking Sunday
off.
-Lady
Pirates Level Liberty After Falling To Delaware
-Lady
Pirates Fall To Tulsa At C-USA Tournament 77-60
Jasmine Young recorded a team-high 16 points
Pirate Game Day
Gametracker/CSTV
Media Link
Men's Baseball vs. Stony Brook
1:00 pm ET - Greenville, NC
Men's Basketball vs. Southern Miss
7:00 pm ET - Hattiesburg, MS
From the Greenville
Daily Reflector
-ECU
men take aim at Eagles
The East Carolina men's basketball team still has something to
play for.
-Drawing
a blank- Pirates pitch shutout against Stony Brook
The difference in Friday afternoon's college baseball game at
Clark-LeClair Stadium was pretty simple.
From the Washington Daily News
-Pirates
sink the Seawolves
-ECU�s
Roach excited about spring ball
Hose paces East Carolina in 12-0 romp over Stony Brook
New Bern Sun-Journal
USM, ECU have lot to play for- Not finishing dead last
... The only thing at stake when Southern Miss hosts East
Carolina today at 4 pm is which team will finish ahead of the other at
the bottom of the final Conference ...
Jackson Clarion-Ledger
Eagles end regular season today
Those who make their way to Reed Green Coliseum this
afternoon will bear witness to a first and last all rolled into one.
Hattiesburg American
USM closes with Pirates
The Golden Eagles return home to close the regular season
today against East Carolina in a battle of last-place C-USA teams on
Senior Day.
Biloxi Sun Herald
Basketball To Host East Carolina In Home Finale
SouthernMiss.com
TU Women
Cruise To Win In CUSA Tournament
The University of Tulsa women's basketball team posted an
easy 77-to-60 win over East Carolina today in the quarterfinals of the
Conference USA tournament in Dallas, Texas.
KTUL.com
East Carolina,
Campbell team fall short of NCAA score
ECU�s men�s basketball team and Campbell�s wrestling team fell
short of a desired score in the new Academic Progress Rate measurement
Fayetteville Observer
March
3, 2006
From Bonesville.net
-O'Brien:
Slam Dunks No. 4
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Contenders aplenty as Madness approaches
-Nuggets:
Notes from ECU, C-USA and beyond
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Lady Pirates nip UAB in C-USA Tournament
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UAB stuns Memphis to boost dance prospects
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Mile High hosting in-state rivals
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C-USA Basketball Scoreboard & Schedule
From
ecupirates.com
-Pirate
Gameday Central
ECU will face No 1 seed Tulsa at 2 p.m. (EST) in the the
quarterfinal round of the 2006 Conference USA Women's Basketball
Championship.
-Lady
Pirates Defeat UAB For First Tourney Win
Freshman LaCoya Terry scored a team-high 13 points
-Holtz,
Pirates Open Spring Football Practice
East Carolina welcomes back 18 returning starters, 42
lettermen
Tulsa Women Opens 2006 C-USA Tournament against East Carolina this
Friday
tulsahurricane.com
From the Greenville
Daily Reflector
-Spring
into action- Pirates hit the gridiron for first practice
Despite the dozens of newcomers with names taped across the
fronts of their helmets, there was likely a great deal more familiarity
Thursday than in ECU springs previous.
-Batts
goes from playing on the pitch to swinging at pitches
If East Carolina's baseball team gave a surprise performer
of the year award thus far, Stephen Batts would certainly be in the
conversation for the honor.
-ECU
women advance in C-USA tournament
East Carolina women inch by UAB
Greensboro News-Record
Spring practice important to coaches
To many on the outside, spring football is just more
practices. But to the coaches, it provides valuable information on the
status, progress and areas of concern for the coming season.
Kinston Free Press
From the Washington
Daily News
-Smith
coming back with a vengeance
It seems every news organization wants to talk with Jake
Smith following each East Carolina game. And for good reason, as the
senior catcher is enjoying a career year.
-Cool,
breezy day for Pirates� first spring football practice
Day 1 of spring practice is in the books, and the East
Carolina football team couldn�t have asked for a better day to kick off
its camp
March
2, 2006
Read Across America Day
From Bonesville.net
-Myatt:
View From The 'ville
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Positions up for grabs as spring drills kick off
-BVL:
Academic hammer falls on hoops
 BVL
Audio:
Skip Holtz Pre-Spring Press Conference
WNCT:
Talk of The Town
-Nuggets:
Notes from ECU, C-USA and beyond
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Lady Pirates Young, Mills collect accolades
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Cover boy Redick and Duke tripped by hex
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Marlins need 9th-inning rally to edge Miami
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C-USA Basketball Scoreboard & Schedule
From
ecupirates.com
-Pirate
Gameday Central
For the third time this season, the East Carolina women's
basketball team will square off against UAB when the two meet in the
first game of the 2006 Women's Conference USA Championships in Dallas,
Texas.
-Young
and Mills Bring Home Hardware At C-USA Tournament
-Don
Yanowsky Re-Joins East Carolina Football Staff
Twenty-year collegiate coaching veteran returns to ECU
after earlier stint in 2001-02
-Skip
Holtz' 2006 Spring Football Press Conference Transcript
From
espn.com
-Freshman
ineligibility would silence diploma mills
East Carolina athletic director Terry Holland wants the
student in student-athlete. Always, there will be abuses. Always have
been, and always will be.
-APR
punishes the have-nots of college sports
NCAA reforms
will cost ECU 2 scholarships
65 schools cited over academic issues
Raleigh News & Observer
Pirates open spring football
Not as many question marks for Holtz this time around
New Bern Sun Journal
Different attitude at ECU spring practice
What a difference a year makes.
Kinston Free Press
Holtz, Pirates ready for spring camp
For his second pre-spring-season press conference, East
Carolina head coach Skip Holtz got right down to business.
Washington Daily News
From the Greenville
Daily Reflector
-Talking
the talk
From tossing chairs to impolite stares, college basketball
coaches are always looking for ways to get their messages to officials.
-ECU
men's basketball team penalized by NCAA
East Carolina University's men's basketball team was one of
99 Division I sports teams at 65 colleges and universities penalized
-ECU
begins spring football practice Thursday
Perspective has changed drastically since East Carolina
football coach Skip Holtz saw his team for the first time in uniform
last March.
-Pirates
hire Yanowsky as new special teams coach
Donnie Yanowsky's first tour of duty with the Pirates was
with former coach Steve Logan, and after a stint with Duke, he's back
and hoping to help carry the momentum started last season by coach Greg
McMahon.
-ECU
women prep for conference tourney
When the East Carolina women's basketball team steps onto
the court at Moody Coliseum in Dallas today for the start of the
Conference USA tournament, it will see some familiar faces.
UAB Women's Basketball Travels To Dallas For Conference USA Tournament
Blazers face East Carolina in opening game
uabsports.com
Blazers have shown improvement
UAB and East Carolina split a pair of games this season.
Birmingham News
2006 NFL Scouting Combine Recap
Guy Whimper of East Carolina and Jeromey Clary of Kansas
St. also clocked in at under 5.00
gotitans.com
March
1, 2006
Ash Wednesday
From Bonesville.net
-BVL:
Pirates bombard Devils again
-Nuggets:
Notes from ECU, C-USA and beyond
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Golden Hurricane starts spring workouts
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Tulane's 'refugee' grid team returning home
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Cage coaching merry-go-round speeds up
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C-USA Basketball Scoreboard & Schedule
From
ecupirates.com
-Smith's
RBI Barrage Continues As East Carolina Destroys Duke, 17-4
Senior catcher hits grand slam; collects six more RBI
-Pirate
Golf Finishes 11th At Wexford Plantation Intercollegiate
-Twenty-Two
ECU Student-Athletes Earn All-Conference Honors At Swimming And Diving
Championships
Not enough is being done for ALS, Coach LeClair
More money needs to be raised to battle ALS
The East Carolinian
Bass committed NCAA violation
Former Mississippi State athletic official Jimmy Bass
committed a secondary NCAA violation before resigning, The
Clarion-Ledger's Ian Rapoport reported Sunday.
MSU Reflector Online
From the Greenville
Daily Reflector
-Spring
arrivals
It sure will be tough to know who's who on Thursday when
the Pirates unveil their annual spring line
-ECU
dehorns Blue Devils
The likes of Jake Smith, Jay Mattox and Brandon Henderson
provided plenty of highlight quality performances during East Carolina's
resounding non-conference baseball victory against Duke on Tuesday.
However, what delighted ECU coach Billy Godwin most was the effort by
starting pitcher Brody Taylor.
From the New Bern Sun Journal
-Pirates
continue dominance of Duke
East Carolina�s domination of Duke continued on a sunny
mild day at Clark-LeClair Stadium on Tuesday.
-Pirates
need a better home
the Pirates are stuck in a conference that is spread out,
covering nine states and two time zones.
Long season for Pirates hoops ends Saturday
It�s been a long and frustrating year for first-year East
Carolina head basketball coach Ricky Stokes and his team.
Kinston Free Press
February 28, 2006
Mardi Gras (Link)
From Bonesville.net
-Batten:
Football Recruiting Report
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Defensive recruiting effort plugged gaping holes
-Bailey:
From The Anchor Desk
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Prep teams relish limelight in Greenville
-Nuggets:
Notes from ECU, C-USA and beyond
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ECU's Smith captures C-USA hitting honor
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Cravens forced out as Wildcats hoops coach
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MRI brings positive news for 'Nova star
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C-USA Basketball Scoreboard & Schedule
Jake Smith Named C-USA Hitter of the Week
ecupirates.com
From the Greenville
Daily Reflector
-ECU
looks for repeat against the Blue Devils
Last week, the East Carolina baseball team immediately
washed away the memory of a loss by playing Duke. The Diamond Bucs will
find out this afternoon if the same formula works again for the same
scenario.
-Out
of the Pocket- ECU's other Pinkney hopes to make his dent at quarterback
this year
Injured players on the East Carolina football team don't
get a sideline pass for Saturday games. Instead, they sit in the
bleachers among the fans.
Pirates to battle Duke Blue Devils
Led by Conference USA Hitter of the Week, Jake Smith, the
East Carolina Pirates will look to knock off the Duke Blue Devils for
the second time in a week.
Washington Daily News
Pirates welcome Duke for rematch
For the second time in the last eight days, East Carolina
looks to bounce back from a loss against the Duke Blue Devils at 4 p.m.
today at Clark-LeClair Stadium.
Kinston Free Press
February 27, 2006
Carnival
From Bonesville.net
-Hinton:
Another political fight brewing?
-Peele:
Woody's Ramblings
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Overachieving Lady Bucs broaden their horizons
-Hinton:
Henry's Highlights
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Pirates prospering, except on Sundays
-BVL:
Virginia Tech 5, East Carolina 1 (Box Score)
-Nuggets:
Notes from ECU, C-USA and beyond
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Diamond Deacs stun top-ranked Gators
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Pairings set for C-USA women's tournament
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Davis wins last home game at Indiana
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C-USA Basketball Scoreboard & Schedule
From
ecupirates.com
-Pirates
Fall To Hokies Sunday in KLC Action, 5-1
VT's Kennedy allows just one run in seven innings of work
-N.C.
State, West Virginia Winners Sunday
-Lady
Pirate Basketball Earns No. 8 Seed In Conference USA Tournament
ECU Will Face No. 9 UAB at 2:00 pm (EST) On Thursday, March
2
-Lady
Pirate Seniors Go Out With 65-44 Win Over UCF
Young and Days Each Score 13 Points
-Softball
Rally Comes Up Short Against College Of Charleston
-Softball
Picks Up 1-0 Victory Over Dayton
ECU Takes Advantage Of Dayton Miscue To Score Game's Only
Run
From the
Greenville Daily Reflector
-Lady
Pirates explode in Senior Day blowout
Senior Day for the East Carolina women's basketball team
turned into Career Day at Minges Coliseum on Sunday.
-Hokies'
lefty prevails
East Carolina came into Sunday afternoon's ballgame fresh
off its second largest offensive output of the young season. Conversely,
Virginia Tech had been shutout the previous night at the Keith LeClair
Classic.
East Carolina Second Half Rally Defeats UCF
ucfathletics.com
Pirates collared by Hokies
If the East Carolina Pirates can avoid playing on Sundays,
they just may not lose another game.
Washington Daily News
Green Wave adjusting to post-Katrina life
Tulane hands ECU loss in Pirates� 2006 home finale
New Bern Sun Journal
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March
5, 2006
From the
Winston Salem Journal
-No.
7 George Washington slips by UNC Charlotte in OT 86-85
The Colonials got a break in the final 10 seconds of
overtime when UNC Charlotte was assessed with a technical foul.
-Deacons
get first win over ranked foe this season
Wake Forest took out a season's worth of frustrations on
short-handed N.C. State in yesterday's cathartic 76-63 victory on Senior
Day at Joel Coliseum.
-Bad
Blood- Deacons, Wolfpack just can't seem to get along
From the
Charlotte Observer
-Winthrop
hooks NCAA invite
-Winthrop's
march of the big wins
Of course Buzz Peterson is gray. All the coaches who come
out of North Carolina are gray, from Dean Smith to Roy Williams to Matt
Doherty. George Karl? Who can tell? If Buzz Peterson weren't gray when
his team ran into Winthrop Coliseum, he would be when Coastal Carolina
ran off it.
-State
of Va. Union- CIAA champion again
From the
Raleigh News & Observer
-Pack
limps into ACC Tournament
Regular season ends with three straight losses, injuries
and many questions.
-MEAC
building a future
-Victory
costly for Canes
Cole hospitalized after vicious hit.
Tar Heels knock
off No. 1 Duke
Durham Herald Sun
From the
Columbia (SC) The State
-Baseball:
USC
sets controls to Cruse for long haul
Right-hander holds top-ranked Tigers at bay during
career-long relief stint in Gamecocks� series-opening win
-USC
remembers how to win
Gamecocks revert to old habits but rally past Auburn to
snap losing skid
-Clemson
seniors have their day
Behind Robinson, other seniors, Tigers cap season in style
by whipping Tech
Fulfilling a dream
It has been 10 years since Hampton University's athletic program
moved up to Division I. The two men responsible, and most of the
university community, say the move was worth it
Hampton Roads Daily Press
March
4, 2006
From the Columbia (SC) The State
-Rivalry
renewal spices up season
USC, Clemson both bring lofty rankings into first
installment of annual series
-Clemson
continues centuries-old dominance of Charleston
Homers down Charleston, now 0-16 against Clemson since 1899
-Gamecocks
focused on Auburn, not postseason
With the SEC tournament on the horizon, USC hopes for some
momentum
From the Greenville (SC) News
-Clemson,
USC crank up baseball rivalry
Nationally ranked teams get early gauge on progress
-Clemson
football shapes up
Familiar names highlight roster as 17 starters return
From the
Raleigh News & Observer
-Saving
the best for last
The regular-season finale between these two rivals could
come down to one key late possession -- again.
-Gauging
programs' success
Whether Duke is a better team than North Carolina@ Chapel
Hill will be tested tonight at Cameron Indoor Stadium, but the outcome
will only partly answer a broader question: Which is the better program
now?
From the
Durham Herald-Sun
-Duke
seniors' last game at Cameron against rival UNC-CH
-Notebook-
Coach K- Foul talk puts wrong focus on Shelden
Difficult challenge awaits Charlotte
Charlotte's Atlantic 10 Conference regular-season finale at
No. 6 George Washington today provides a daunting task for the 49ers.
Charlotte Observer
For Eagles, it's simple- Survive and advance
Winthrop, 22-7, and Coastal Carolina, 20-9, meet at noon
today in the Winthrop Coliseum for the title and the NCAA Tournament bid
that goes with it.
Rock Hill Herald
UNCW will tap its BCA experience
The UNC-Wilmington men's basketball team has yet to fully
reap the rewards from its season-opening Black Coaches Association
Invitational tournament championship. Now, nearly four months later, the
Seahawks may not have much longer to wait.
Wilmington Star News
Hall of
memories
Starting next season, Virginia's basketball programs will
play in the new 15,000-seat John Paul Jones Arena, and leave University
Hall, hub of UVa's athletic programs for the past 40 years.
Roanoke Times
Groh settles on staff with son as offensive coordinator
The Virginian Pilot
March
3, 2006
Hokies QB suspended by Beamer after arrest
Whitaker will be a redshirt freshman in the fall and, with
spring practice beginning in two weeks, figured to battle for the
starting quarterback job left vacant by Marcus Vick.
The Virginian Pilot
5 Clemson, USC teams get NCAA warning
The programs considered at risk, according to the NCAA's Academic
Progress Rate, are football, basketball and baseball at USC and
basketball and baseball at Clemson.
Greenville (SC) News
USC, Clemson teams make NCAA grade
Tweaks save some sports, but scholarship losses still a threat
Columbia (SC) The State
From the
Raleigh News & Observer
-K-ville
evicts traitor
Bidding out ticket a no-no in tent city
-Prepare for
stormy night in Cameron
North Carolina at Chapel Hill's men's basketball team will enter
a fondue pot Saturday night at Duke.
-Swofford
comments on crowd
ACC commissioner John Swofford called it "unfortunate" that fans
stormed the court near the end of Wednesday's Duke-Florida State men's
basketball game
-UNC-CH
opens spring football drills
From the
Winston Salem Journal
-Hines
sparks UNCG past Western 69-65
-ASU
wins in SoCon tourney
Clayton's field goal with 2.2 seconds left gives Apps 66-65
win
-WSSU
out of CIAA Tournament
From the Charlotte Observer
-Eagles
top Panthers, survive
Winthrop Advances to tournament final
-NFL
business comes to a halt
With the start of an NFL calendar year hours away, the
clock stopped suddenly. For three days anyway.
-Charlotte
native joins UNC-CH football staff
Tigers look for calmer spring practices
Buzz around the Atlantic Coast Conference has the Clemson
football team as a division title contender this fall.
Anderson Independent
March
2, 2006
From the
Durham Herald-Sun
-FSU hands
top-ranked Duke another road loss
For Duke's older players, Florida State fans' exuberant
court-storming celebration after a victory over the Blue Devils was
nothing new.
-Noel finishes
strong with career-high 26 points as heels pound Cavs
-NHL:
Hurricanes 4, Bruins 3
A two-week break for the Winter Olympics did nothing to
change the Carolina Hurricanes' third-period magic.
From the Charlotte Observer
-NCAA
hits 99 sports teams with penalties
In the Carolinas, Gardner-Webb football could lose nine
scholarships, and East Carolina and S.C. State men's basketball could
lose two each.
-NFL:
Davis, Buckner hit by cap
Although they still don't know how much the salary cap will
be, the Carolina Panthers began the process of crunching numbers, and
releasing players, Wednesday.
-Focused
Withers wallops Duquesne
-I'm
a fun guy; why can't I come to your party?
Leaving the CIAA basketball tournament Wednesday, I heard a
guy talk about a party Magic Johnson is going to have.
-NBA:
Bobcats dismiss talk about Tubby
From the Columbia (SC) The State
-NCAA
BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT - Marching orders
-March
Madness preview (pdf)
-Clemson
adds to Hokies� heartache
Southern Conference title seems ripe for picking
Winston Salem Journal
Eat your wheaties- Cheek featured on cereal box
Greensboro News-Record
NCAA mandate costs HU scholarships
Three Pirates programs take scholarship hits as the NCAA
releases its academic progress figures.
Hampton Roads (VA) Daily Press
Bassin'
growing at State
On March 18, N.C. State University will take on South
Carolina, Eastern Kentucky and the University of Kentucky. The
competition won't be on the hardwood or wrestling mats or golf links or
any other standard sports venue.
Hampton Roads (VA) Daily Press
March
1, 2006
Basketball issues at USC now center on Odom's future
Only a miracle finish, the kind you see in the movies, will
get the University of South Carolina's basketball team into the NCAA
tournament this year.
Greenville (SC) News
From the
Anderson Independent
-Gamecocks
let another close one slip away
The act is getting to be all too familiar for USC coach
Dave Odom
-Tigers
still thinking NCAA tourney
Right now, members of the Clemson men�s basketball team say
they can still see an opening for themselves in the NCAA Tournament.
In the Cellar- WFU will finish last in ACC after losing to Boston
College
Eagles rip Deacons; Boston College improves to 23-6 with
80-65 win
Winston Salem Journal
No Florida
vacation for Blue Devils
Two of the last four times that Duke has traveled to
Tallahassee to take on Florida State, the game ended with FSU students
sprinting onto the court to celebrate an upset of one of the nation's
top-ranked teams.
Durham Herald-Sun
Winthrop runs away with win
Six players scored in double figures and the top-seeded
Eagles pounded Liberty 93-52, setting up a semifinal game with No. 5
High Point on Thursday.
Charlotte Observer
February 28, 2006
From the Winston Salem Journal
-NASCAR
won't admit Charlotte is Hall favorite
Have bids from Atlanta, Daytona Beach fallen by the
wayside?
-WFU's
Prosser says well-wishers have helped him cope with tough season
Tigers' ACC season has been one big what-if
So here we are, last week of the regular season, and it
looks like Clemson making the NCAA men's basketball tournament is a
long-shot option, at absolute best.
Anderson Independent
From the
Durham Herald-Sun
-NHL Set to
Return From Olympic Break
-What if Duke
and BC faced off?
From the
Raleigh News & Observer
-MEAC
tourney outlook hopeful
Raleigh hopes for CIAA-like success.
-Cowher buys
in Raleigh
Coach's trust purchases home.
-Pack
promotes strength coach
-Buzz is
back, this time at the coast
Coach rebounds from Tennessee tenure.
-Krzyzewski,
on referees
The N&O's J.P. Giglio posed several questions to Duke coach
Mike Krzyzewski during Monday's ACC conference call about how he deals
with referees.
From the
Fayetteville Observer
-No detail too
small for Rozanski at State
As N.C. State�s associate athletic director for sports
medicine, you�d expect Charlie Rozanski to be busy taping ankles or
devising rehabilitation plans.
-Gaudio serves
as Prosser�s right-hand man
As a 22-year-old business teacher and junior varsity
basketball coach at Central Catholic High School in West Virginia, Dino
Gaudio realized fate was on his side when he first met his mentor, Skip
Prosser, in 1981.
February 27, 2006
From the Winston Salem Journal
-Baseball:
Deacs clip No. 1 Gators 4-0 in final
-Tough
Questions- Panthers designation of Foster as transition player is first
big move
Seahawks don-t care who they play next
Wilmington Star News
From the
Columbia (SC) The State
-USC
baseball | Smoak hits his stride
After chat with Tanner, prized freshman breaks out of his
early season hitting slump
-Tigers
wake up bats, salvage series
-Recruiting
| Geathers still weighing commitment
USC leads for athlete Michael Bowman (5-11 164) of
Wadesboro, N.C., according to his coach Jody Grooms. Bowman has
offers from USC, East Carolina and North Illinois
Tar Heels rout
Terrapins
Durham Herald-Sun
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March
5, 2006
From
conferenceusa.com
-2006
Conference USA Women's Basketball Championship presented by Aeropostale
- Semifinals
For just the second time in tournament history the top two
seeds will meet in the final of the 2006 Conference USA Women's
Basketball Championship
-C-USA
Men's Basketball Championship Pairings
Regular season champion Memphis will be the No. 1 seed
Outright conference title is Tigers' first since '94-95 season
Memphis Commercial Appeal
UCF surprises UTEP 66-55
Orlando Sentinel
Miners finally hit the wall in loss
Finally, for the first time all season, the tank seemed
empty.
El Paso Times
Blazers keep momentum going
The Bartow Arena crowd said good-bye to seven UAB
basketball seniors on Saturday night. More importantly, however, the
Blazers didn't say good-bye to momentum built by beating third-ranked
Memphis just 48 hours before in the same building.
Birmingham News
Marshall tripped up by UAB
Huntington Herald Dispatch
UAB stays hot,
hammers Herd
Charleston (WV) Gazette
USM 4, Illinois State 3
Southern Miss scored three runs in the eighth inning to defeat
Illinois State for a come-from-behind victory before 3,174.
Jackson Clarion-Ledger
From the Houston Chronicle
-Close
but no 'W' for UH against No. 3 Memphis
-Almond's
40 points drive Rice past SMU
-Rodriguez
delivers again for Rice with double in 8th
LSU�s Olvey
shuts Houston out
Baton Rouge Advocate
From the New Orleans Times Picayune
-Wave
finds enough timely hitting to win
When a team is struggling at the plate as Tulane has
lately, a two-run inning can seem like an offensive outburst.
-Wave's
rally falls short
Anthony Price had 19 points and nine rebounds, and Tulsa
held off a late Tulane rally for a 63-59 win Saturday in a Conference
USA game.
March
4, 2006
From
conferenceusa.com
-2006
Conference USA Women's Basketball Championship presented by Aeropostale
- Day Two
The quarterfinal round of the 2006 C-USA Women's Basketball
Championship presented by Aeropostale closed with the first
triple-overtime game in tournament history.
-And
The Nominees Are...
As the entertainment world focuses on golden statues,
Conference USA would like to present its nominees for the best in
college basketball
From the New Orleans Times Picayune
-Houston
ends LSU's nine-game win streak
Houston right-hander Brad Lincoln pitched eight innings and
held No. 17 LSU to a season-low five hits, as the Tigers saw their win
streak end at nine games with a 5-3 loss to the Cougars on Friday night
at Alex Box Stadium in Baton Rouge.
-Wave
squanders opportunities in loss to Jaspers
Manhattan did just about all it could to help Tulane on
Friday night, but the Green Wave failed to help itself to all that the
Jaspers offered.
From the Houston Chronicle
-UH
still has work to do to earn a Dance ticket
-Rodriguez's
rip carries Rice past Cal State Fullerton
UAB has plenty
on the line vs. Herd
Just to ratchet up Marshall�s degree of difficulty a few
notches, the Thundering Herd�s final regular-season opponent went out
Thursday and beat Memphis.
Charleston (WV) Gazette
From the Memphis Commercial Appeal
-Once
a source of doubt, Carney carved out a remarkable career
-Despite
a limited role on the floor, Williams has greatly impacted Tigers
4 UCF seniors set for home finale
Orlando Sentinel
Miners in search of 20th victory
El Paso Times
March
3, 2006
First loss in two months could keep Tigers from top seed
As the game grew later the crowd got louder, and it reached
the point where even at courtside the officials' whistles were tough to
distinguish thanks to a building that had been sold out for weeks
hitting a volume that is reserved only for big-time sporting events, and
perhaps rocket launches.
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Memphis blues
UAB's Squeaky Johnson flung the ball toward the Bartow
Arena rafters.
Birmingham News
Conference USA tournament seeds still up for grabs
Houston will be the fourth seed. Memphis, UTEP,
Alabama-Birmingham and Houston will get a bye on Wednesday night in
Memphis. After that, anything is possible.
El Paso Times
Herd gives top effort against Knights
Marshall and UCF didn't huddle together prior to their
postgame press conferences Wednesday night, but the talking points were
nearly identical.
Huntington Herald-Dispatch
2006 Conference USA Women's Basketball Championship - Day One
The higher seeds have all advanced to the quarterfinals
during day one action
conferenceusa.com
UH looks for
positives in series with Tigers
Thirteen games into another demanding nonconference
schedule, the University of Houston baseball team is 7-6 and looking to
make a move as conference play nears.
Baton Rouge Advocate
Owls roll out the red carpet for Fullerton
Series against perennial power Fullerton to be a good
measuring stick for Rice
Houston Chronicle
March
2, 2006
From
conferenceusa.com
-Men's
Basketball Notebook
-Conference
USA Announces 2005-06 Women's Basketball Awards
For the first time in C-USA history, a pair of players
share Freshman of the Year honors. East Carolina guard Jasmine Young and
Southern Miss Kendra Reed each earned a share after their impact debut
seasons.
-C-USA
Women's Basketball Student-Athletes Visit Texas Scottish Rite Hospital
-Houston
Gets Revenge Against Cross-Town Rival With 74-71 Victory Over Rice
-Marshall
Sweeps UCF in 73-61 Victory
-Tulane
Defense Holds Off Southern Miss
-Tulsa
Loses Battle to UTEP, 49-45
-Tiger
Bats Struggle in 5-3 Loss to Arkansas-Little Rock
-Dozier's
Ninth-Inning Triple Leads Southern Miss To Victory
-Michigan
Holds Off UCF, 6-3
-UAB
Rebounds Against Samford 10-5
Tigers oozing confidence as UAB awaits
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Stakes high in sold-out showdown
Nearly everyone with whom Squeaky Johnson has crossed paths
on the UAB campus during the past several days wanted to talk about
tonight's home basketball game against No. 3-ranked Memphis.
Birmingham News
Tulane outguns USM
The Golden Eagles close out the season at home Saturday
against East Carolina
Biloxi Sun Herald
Green Wave gets past Southern Mississippi
New Orleans Times Picayune
Golden Eagles lose 8-point lead, 20th game
Jackson Clarion-Ledger
From the Houston Chronicle
-Cougars
rally to end four-game skid against Rice
-Rice
laments not doing little things
Knights lose more than just a game
Marshall's 73-61 win spoils UCF's hopes for a first-round
bye in the C-USA Tournament.
Orlando Sentinel
Patton elevates Herd
Huntington Herald-Dispatch
Patton shakes
Senior Night jitters, leads Herd
Charleston (WV) Gazette
Home slate ends in victory
El Paso Times
March
1, 2006
From the
Birmingham News
-Sweet
on Swish
It's clear at this point that the University of Memphis'
-Blazers
look to put disappointing season behind them
It's clear at this point that the University of Memphis'
ranking has less to do with the Tigers and more to do with how other top
teams fare.
From the Biloxi Sun Herald
-Tulane
looks for revenge
Tonight's Southern Miss-Tulane game unlikely to affect
seedings
-Trio
in quarterback hunt
Four years ago, Southern Miss entered spring drills with no
clear-cut favorite at quarterback.
USM needs road win to delay 20th loss
Twenty was once a magical number in college basketball.
Jackson Clarion-Ledger
From the Houston Chronicle
-UH
looks to get over Rice hump
Losers of four straight in series, Cougars need win tonight
to boost NCAA chances
-UH
notebook- Cougars add home game
UTEP goes for win in home finale
UTEP will try to put together all the pieces for yet
another victory tonight when Tulsa visits the Don Haskins Center.
El Paso Times
Herd tips off at home for last time this season
Huntington Herald-Dispatch
Herd�s balance
made impression on UCF coach
In what seems like years since his team lost at home
to Marshall, Central Florida coach Kirk Speraw has one impression from
that game: When the Thundering Herd is on its game, you�re not sure
who�s going to beat you.
Charleston (WV) Gazette
From the
Memphis Commercial Appeal
-U
of M tweaking defense for tourney
-Tigers
whip UTM, improve to 4-1
February 28, 2006
From
conferenceusa.com
-Men's
Basketball Notebook
-Baseball
Notebook
-Softball
Notebook
-Football
Spring Practice Begins Tonight in C-USA
-Tulsa
Begins Spring Football Drills
-Southern
Miss Baseball Ranked As High As No. 28 in Latest Polls
-Golden
Knights Host Bethune-Cookman Tuesday at Jay Bergman Field
-Blazers
Set For Doubleheader Against Nicholls State
-Owls
Play First Road Game Tuesday Night In Corpus Christi
Shakeup has Tigers back in 3
It's clear at this point that the University of Memphis'
ranking has less to do with the Tigers and more to do with how other top
teams fare.
Memphis Commercial Appeal
From the Charleston (WV) Daily Mail
-Rollover
contract aids Jirsa
As it turns out, the season-long conjecture concerning
Marshall basketball Coach Ron Jirsa's contract was a moot point
-Marshall and
Southern Miss get physical
A skinned elbow here. A bruised knee there. Ice bags
everywhere. That pretty much summarizes Mark Patton's weekend
Rice notebook- Fullerton brings back memories for Rice duo
California-bred pitchers grew up in Titans' backyard
Houston Chronicle
UCF needs to
beat Herd to boost its bid for bye
They�ve taken the biggest jump of the six Conference USA
newcomers, and they�re the only team than can jump the gap between the
league�s �Big Four� and �Little Eight.�
Charleston (WV) Gazette
February 27, 2006
Around Conference USA - Basketball
USA Today
From
conferenceusa.com
-Men's
Basketball Weekend Roundup
-Weekend
Baseball Roundup
UCF Squeezes Past Stony Brook 5-4 for Series Sweep
ucfathletics.com
Baseball Completes Sweep of Monmouth on Sunday with 6-0 Win
uhcougars.com
USM 6, Birmingham-Southern 5
Southern Miss rallied from a five-run deficit after four
innings to beat Birmingham-Southern.
Jackson Clarion-Ledger
Navy Outlasts Memphis Baseball, 7-6 in Service Academies Classic Title
Game
gotigersgo.com
Rice Tops Texas State 3-2 For Fifth Win In A Row
riceowls.com
Men look to pick up steam in stretch run
Through 25 tip-offs, Marshall still is seeking its first
three-game winning streak.
Huntington Herald-Dispatch
Assistant recovering following hip-replacement surgery
Nate Poss -- UTEP's assistant athletic director for
football operations -- is recovering from left hip-replacement surgery
performed on Valentine's Day.
El Paso Times
C-USA needs less talk, more action - like Valley
Birmingham News (From Feb 25th)
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