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02.16.06: Nation's
champs meet nation's chief ... Mizzou officials deny Snyder
was forced out ... Report: Indiana hoops coach on the way
out ... Ousted Ohio State coach O'Brien wins lawsuit ...
Cowboys switch Suttons ...
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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 ...
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02.13.06: Marshall
assistant heading for Louisiana Tech ... Missouri, Snyder
reach settlement ... C-USA Basketball Scoreboard & Schedule |
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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
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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 |
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02.10.06: East
Carolina steps up football schedule ... Play ball! Pirates,
Terps open baseball season ... C-USA Basketball Scoreboard &
Schedule |
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02.09.06: Circuitous
journey finds Erickson back in Idaho ... Colorado State
athletic director steps down ... C-USA Basketball Scoreboard
& Schedule |
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02.08.06: Carter
joins East Carolina football staff ... C-USA Basketball
Scoreboard & Schedule |
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02.07.06: Key
suspensions deplete Pirates' ranks ... ACC officiating crew
benched for botched call ... C-USA Basketball Scoreboard &
Schedule |
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02.06.06: Ole
Miss coaching legend Vaught dies ... C-USA guards in running
for Cousy Award ... C-USA Basketball Scoreboard & Schedule |
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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 ...
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02.04.06: Here
come Cougs and fully-cognizant Penders ... Wolfpack bats
light up for A-Rod ... History of the NCAA now in print ...
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02.03.06: FSU
blue chipper says analyst advocated Irish ... Golden Eagles
work the home front ... Pirate softball hurler gets
preseason honor ...
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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 ...
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News Nuggets, 02.17.06
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Compiled from staff reports
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NCAA panel aiming to shorten football games
USAToday.com has reported that changes
proposed this month by the NCAA football rules committee include several
aimed at shortening games, including a recommendation that halftime be cut
from 20 minutes to 15.
The committee has noted that games
routinely exceed 3½ hours and often run longer than four hours. During the
2005 season, three conferences — the Big 12, Mountain West and Western
Athletic — reported average lengths of more than 3½ hours for TV games.
The new guidelines, however, would
allow for a longer halftime if both participating schools agree.
In addition to reducing halftime, the
committee proposed:
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Following a change of possession,
the clock will start when the ball is marked for play rather than on the
snap.
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On kickoffs, the clock will start
when the ball is kicked instead of when it is touched by the receiving
team.
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The kicking tee will be reduced to
1-inch high in an effort to limit touchbacks.
The measures were announced at the same
time as a uniform instant replay system, a potential game-lengthener.
Wolfpack star diagnosed with ligament sprain
Tony Haynes of
gopack.com reported that the good news for Ilian Evtimov and the
N.C. State basketball team is that a late night MRI taken on Wednesday
confirmed the results of an X-ray taken earlier: there is no fracture in his
injured foot.
The senior forward left Wednesday night's game against Florida State late in
the first half, complaining that he felt a pop in his foot while trying to
chase down a rebound.
In an update provided on Thursday
morning, Evtimov has been diagnosed with a sprain of the Lisfranc ligament
in his foot. His status for future games is undetermined and will continue
to be evaluated.
At the time Evtimov removed himself
from the line-up on Wednesday, N.C. State was in the process of doing most
of the damage that would lead to its 86-64 victory.
The native of Bulgaria, an excellent
defender and a deadly 3-point shooter, is averaging 11.5 points and four
rebounds per game.
C-USA Basketball Standings, Scores & Schedule
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(Updated
through Thursday, Feb. 16, 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 -----
THURSDAY, FEB.
16
No games
scheduled.
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 -----
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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