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News Nuggets, 07.24.03
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Tranghese disputes Swofford apology claim
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Big East commissioner Mike
Tranghese said that before his conference begins courting other teams, he
will give his counterpart a courtesy call — something he said the Atlantic
Coast Conference never did when it decided to increase its membership at the
expense of the Big East.
The manner in which the raid
was carried out led Tranghese to strongly criticize the ACC and its
commissioner, John Swofford.
Swofford said Tuesday that
Tranghese had apologized. But on Wednesday, Tranghese said the only thing he
was sorry for was talking to a reporter about his views on expansion before
telling Swofford.
"I have nothing to apologize
for," Tranghese said at the Big East's annual football media day. "My
conference has nothing to apologize for."
Banowsky articulates league's posture
In an apparent response to an announced Sept. 8 meeting between the newly
formed
Presidential Coalition for Athletic Reform
and leaders of the Bowl Championship Series, Conference USA Commissioner
Britton Banowsky has issued the following statement:
“Conference USA is pleased
that the Presidents and Chancellors representing all of Division I-A
athletics have agreed to participate in a dialogue concerning the future of
postseason football. We are also encouraged that Dr. Myles Brand, President
of the NCAA, will be a participant.”
“It is our hope that all
participants will approach the discussions in a cooperative way and that
meaningful outcomes can be achieved.”
The Presidential Coalition is
an initiative of
Tulane President Scott Cowen, who
has organized presidents of non-BCS schools to seek structural and economic
changes in Division I-A football, which they contend is arbitrarily skewed
to the benefit of BCS member institutions.
Billikens maintain monopoly on brains
ST. LOUIS — Conference USA has named Saint
Louis University as the recipient of the league's Institutional Excellence
Award for the eighth-consecutive year. The award is given to the member
school with the highest cumulative grade point average during the academic
year for all student-athletes in conference-sponsored sports. Members of the
Billikens sports teams compiled a 3.24 GPA during the 2002-03 academic year.
SLU has won the award every year of C-USA's existence.
Books fell promising USF basketball player
TAMPA — Yusuf Baker was dismissed from the University of South Florida
basketball program earlier this week. According to a statement from his
coach, the rising sophomore apparently didn't hit the books as energetically
as he hit the hardwood.
"Yusuf’s approach toward academics fell
short of the standards and expectations of both our basketball program and
of USF," said USF head basketball coach Robert McCullum. "His actions were
not indicative of a desire to be a part of our basketball program. We
appreciate his contributions to the USF basketball program over the past
year and wish him well in his future endeavors."
Baker, a promising forward from Orlando’s
Evans High School, started the final 17 games of his freshman season. He
averaged 4.9 points and 4.8 rebounds overall, led the team in scoring twice,
in rebounding six times and had three double-doubles.
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