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Veteran assistant to fill in
during Huggins 'sabbatical'
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Bob Huggins'
top assistant will coach the Cincinnati basketball team during the head
coach's indefinite suspension following an arrest for drunken driving.
Interim
coach Dan Peters will "have total authority with no outside interference to
run the basketball program," athletic director Bob Goin said in a statement
Monday.
Huggins was
placed on indefinite, paid suspension Saturday following his arrest last
Tuesday night. The arrest report said Huggins failed a sobriety test and had
vomit on the inside of his car.
Huggins
apologized over the weekend and promised to do whatever is asked of him so
he can return to coaching. Goin declined to set a length for the suspension,
saying Huggins could return once the athletic director feels he's ready.
Goin equated
Huggins' suspension to a sabbatical that will give him time to examine his
life. Huggins, 50, had a massive heart attack while recruiting 21 months ago
and his mother died from cancer last year, but he has not taken any
significant time off from coaching.
Peters, 49,
has been on Huggins' staff the past five years, working the last two as
associate head coach.
"I plan to
continue to build on the tradition of excellence that has been established
here," Peters said. "We expect UC basketball having another banner season,
one in which we compete for a conference championship and postseason play."
Huggins'
case is pending. His lawyer, Richard Katz, said he was not sure if Huggins
would attend a hearing scheduled for Wednesday.
Louisville transfer guard to transfer out
LOUISVILLE — Louisville guard Nate Daniels is
transferring to NAIA power Mountain State after playing only one season with
the Cardinals.
The 6-foot-7 Daniels appeared in all 30 games last
season, averaging 5.6 points and 1.6 rebounds. He went 40-for-97 from
3-point range, the highest percentage among Cardinals who started at least
one game.
Daniels transferred to Louisville in 2003 from Broward
Community College in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He will have one season of
eligibility remaining.
"He wants a much bigger role in his basketball life,"
Louisville coach Rick Pitino said. "We agree that it's in his best interest
to transfer to an NAIA school. He's a terrific young man and we wish him
nothing but the best."
Mountain State went 37-1 last season, winning the NAIA
championship.
College Baseball Polls
Following are the top 25 teams in the
Baseball America and Collegiate Baseball polls, with records through June 14 and previous rankings.
The Baseball America poll is voted on by the publication's staff. The
Collegiate Baseball poll, which includes each team's point total, is voted
on by coaches, sports writers and sports information directors:
[Conference USA teams, present and
future, and Carolinas teams in
bold.]
BASEBALL
AMERICA POLL
Rank/Team/Record/Last Week
1. Miami (FL) 49-11 1
2. Texas 55-13 2
3. South Carolina 50-15 3
4. Cal State Fullerton 40-21 6
5. Arkansas 43-22 8
6. Georgia 43-21 9
7. Louisiana State 46-17 10
8. East Carolina 51-13 5
9. Stanford 46-14 7
10. Georgia Tech 44-21 4
11. Rice 46-14 11
12. Arizona 35-25 21
13. Long Beach State 40-21 13
14. Florida State 45-23 12
15. Notre Dame 51-12 14
16. Florida 43-22 16
17. Vanderbilt 45-19 15
18. Oral Roberts 50-11 17
19. Tulane 41-21 18
20. Texas A&M 42-22 19
21. Washington 39-20 20
22. Arizona State 41-18 22
23. Mississippi 39-21 23
24. Virginia 44-15 24
25. Oklahoma 38-24 25
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COLLEGIATE
BASEBALL POLL
Rank/Team/Record/Points/Last Week
1. Miami (FL) (49-11) 493 1
2. Texas (55-13) 492 2
3. Arkansas (45-22) 487 4
4. Cal State Fullerton (42-21) 485 5
5. Georgia (43-21) 482 7
6. Louisiana State (46-17) 480 8
7. South Carolina (50-15) 479 9
8. Arizona (35-25-1) 473 18
9. Stanford (46-14) 469 11
10. Rice (46-14) 467 12
11. Georgia Tech (44-21) 466 3
12. Long Beach State (40-21) 465 6
13. East Carolina (51-13) 464 10
14. Florida State (45-23) 462 13
15. Tulane (41-21) 459 14
16. Texas A&M (42-22) 458 15
17. Vanderbilt (45-19) 456 16
18. Florida (43-22) 452 17
19. Notre Dame (51-12) 450 19
20. Virginia (44-15) 448 20
21. Washington (39-20-1) 446 21
22. Oral Roberts (50-11) 445 22
23. Arizona State (41-18) 442 23
24. Mississippi (39-21) 439 24
25. Central Florida (47-18) 438 25
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