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03.03.06: Lady
Pirates nip UAB in C-USA Tournament ... UAB stuns Memphis to
boost dance prospects ... Mile High hosting in-state rivals
... C-USA Basketball Scoreboard |
03.02.06: Lady
Pirates Young, Mills collect accolades ... Cover boy Redick
and Duke tripped by hex ... Marlins need 9th-inning rally to
edge Miami ...
C-USA Basketball Scoreboard |
03.01.06: Golden
Hurricane starts spring workouts ... Tulane's 'refugee' grid
team returning home ... Cage coaching merry-go-round speeds
up ... C-USA Basketball Scoreboard |
02.28.06: ECU's
Smith captures C-USA hitting honor ... Cravens forced out as
Wildcats hoops coach ... MRI brings positive news for 'Nova
star ... C-USA Basketball Scoreboard & Schedule |
02.27.06: Diamond
Deacs stun top-ranked Gators ... Pairings set for C-USA
women's tournament ... Davis wins last home game at Indiana
... C-USA Basketball Scoreboard & Schedule |
02.26.06: Stanford
will open new stadium against Navy ... UTEP men, Houston
women capture track titles ... C-USA Basketball Scoreboard |
02.25.06: Home
state honors K-State football icon ... Switzer endorse
Osborne for Neb. governor ... C-USA Basketball Scoreboard &
Schedule |
02.24.06: ECU
home hoops finales bring promotions ... Juco hoops coach
climbs to 1,000-win plateau ... C-USA Basketball Scoreboard |
02.23.06: Rape
charge filed against Navy football star ... Finn finished
with Musketeers ... C-USA Basketball Scoreboard & Schedule |
02.22.06: Scholarship
suit could be costly to NCAA ... Big C-USA hoops matchup on
tap tonight ... C-USA Basketball Scoreboard & Schedule |
02.21.06: Spurrier
plucks UNC-Chapel Hill assistant ... Hurricanes, Sooners to
clash in 2007, 2009 ... C-USA Basketball Scoreboard |
02.20.06: Producers
working on Marshall film title ... NCAA announces plush digs
at Final Four ... C-USA Basketball Scoreboard & Schedule |
02.19.06: Miami
brings back Olson to run offense ... Mississippi College
Choctaw mascot gets OK ... C-USA Basketball Scoreboard |
02.18.06: ECU
alumni take court prior to Marshall game Report: Top
three apparent for NFL draft ... DUI charge lodged against
Sutton ... C-USA Basketball Scoreboard |
02.17.06: NCAA
panel aiming to shorten football games ... Wolfpack star
diagnosed with ligament sprain ... C-USA Basketball
Scoreboard |
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 ...
C-USA Basketball Scoreboard |
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 |
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 |
02.13.06: Marshall
assistant heading for Louisiana Tech ... Missouri, Snyder
reach settlement ... C-USA Basketball Scoreboard |
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 |
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 |
02.10.06: East
Carolina steps up football schedule ... Play ball! Pirates,
Terps open baseball season ... C-USA Basketball Scoreboard |
02.09.06: Circuitous
journey finds Erickson back in Idaho ... Colorado State
athletic director steps down ... C-USA Basketball Scoreboard |
02.08.06: Carter
joins East Carolina football staff ... C-USA Basketball
Scoreboard |
02.07.06: Key
suspensions deplete Pirates' ranks ... ACC officiating crew
benched for botched call ... C-USA Basketball Scoreboard |
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 |
02.02.06: Bailey
heads for Starkville via Iraq ... Texas A&M gridders vie in
"Big Splash" ... C-USA Basketball Scoreboard |
02.01.06: Marshall
crash will become film theme ... Memphis soccer faces
professional team ... Green Wave gets Omaha rings ...
C-USA Basketball Scoreboard |
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News Nuggets, 03.04.06
NOTES FROM ECU AND BEYOND...
Previous Day Nuggets...
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Compiled from staff reports
and electronic dispatches
Pirates to
strap on pads today
East Carolina conducted its second
spring workout with a 2.5-hour practice late Friday afternoon, according to
a report from the university's media relations department.
After opening camp with a pair of
introductory workouts in shorts and helmets, Pirate head coach Skip Holtz
and his staff will direct the Pirates' first full-pad session this morning.
ECU continued to stress positional
fundamental work throughout Friday's practice, which was held in cool and
breezy conditions with temperatures hovering in the mid-50s, a stark
contrast to the 80-degree weather which greeted the Pirates during
Thursday's opener.
After opening the practice with
traditional individual work, both units engaged in team drills for the
remainder of the session and re-introduced concepts of Holtz' offensive and
defensive schemes.
"We got in a lot of reps in the two
days with shorts," Holtz said. "Things have moved very quickly but I expect
things to slow down a little beginning tomorrow when we come out in pads. I
think we're all excited to move on and get back to playing football again."
Before closing the practice with a
brief special teams kicking period, the Pirates wrapped up the team portion
of the workout with an 11-on-11 drill which featured all four quarterbacks
on the team's active roster and involved short-to-mid-range passing
exercises along with plays utilizing the running backs and receivers.
"Perhaps what has impressed me the most
so far has been all of the coaching that's been done on the field by our
seniors," Holtz added. "One of the keys to our success and chemistry will be
our leadership, and although it's awful early, I've been exceptionally
pleased with what I've seen in the first two days. This group appears to
have that ability, and that is special."
Saturday's session is set to begin at
10:00 a.m. The Pirates will begin their second week of workouts Monday
and will also conduct sessions Wednesday and Thursday before departing for
Spring Break next Friday.
Lady
Pirates eliminated by Tulsa
DALLAS Point guard Kara
Pongonis-Paslay tied a championship record with 10 assists and Tulsa's four
other starters all reached double figures as the top-seeded Golden Hurricane
defeated No. 8 East Carolina (17-12), 77-60, in the first quarterfinal of
the 2006 Conference USA Women's Basketball Championship at Southern
Methodist's Moody Coliseum on Friday.
Tulsa (23-5) forward Emily Jaskowiak
registered a double-double with game-highs of 20 points and 11 rebounds.
Jasmine Young, who moved into fourth
place on the single-season three-pointers made list (50), led East Carolina
with 16 points. LaCoya Terry added 12 points and a team-high six rebounds
for ECU.
Briefs: More coaching exits; Tourney action
Rod Barnes will not be returning as
basketball coach at Ole Miss, according to reports, and Danny Nee has
resigned as coach at 3-23 Duquesne, effective at season's end.
The Penn Quakers prolonged their
season with a 57-55 win over Yale for the Ivy League tournament championship
and an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament.
Eighth-seeded Appalachian State kept
its NCAA tourney hopes alive, stunning Southern Conference regular season
champion Georgia Southern in the league tournament quarterfinals on Friday
in North Charleston, SC.
C-USA Basketball Standings, Scores & Schedule
(Updated
through Friday, March 3, 2006)
CONFERENCE USA STANDINGS
TEAM
C-USA ALL
Memphis 12-1 26-3
Texas-El Paso 12-2 19-7
UAB
11-2 21-5
Houston
9-4 19-7
Central Florida
6-7 12-14
Tulane
6-7 11-15
Marshall
5-8 12-14
Rice
5-8 11-15
Tulsa
5-8 10-16
Southern Methodist 4-9 12-14
East Carolina
2-11 8-18
Southern Miss
2-11 8-20
----- SCORES -----
FRIDAY,
MAR. 3
No games scheduled.
THURSDAY,
MAR. 2
UAB 80, Memphis 74
WEDNESDAY,
MAR. 1
Marshall 73, Central
Florida 61
Houston 74, Rice 71
Tulane 50, Southern Mississippi 47
Texas-El Paso 49, Tulsa 45
----- SCHEDULE -----
SATURDAY,
MAR. 4
East Carolina at Southern
Mississippi, 5 pm
Southern Methodist at Rice, 7:05 pm
Texas-El Paso at Central Florida, 7:30 pm
Tulane at Tulsa, 8:05 pm
Marshall at UAB, 8:30 pm
Houston at Memphis, 9 pm
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