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04.02.06: Sendek
may become a Sun Devil ... Brownell departs UNCW for Wright
State ... San Diego State star opts for NBA |
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04.01.06: J.P.,
ECU air game in high gear ... Jury awards no dough in suit
against Petrino ... Redick reaps AP player of the year honor
... Lightning strikes Tigers twice |
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03.31.06: ECU
golfer shares C-USA honor ... UAB's Johnson to face
Globetrotters ... Rockne to be remembered across the globe |
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03.30.06: Pirate
Club leader moving up to new position ... ECU tennis duo
gathering accolades ... Ex-Tar Heel gridder charged with sex
crime ... Hoosiers tap N.C. native to guide hoops |
03.29.06: Lou
Holtz speaks to East Carolina gridders ...
C-USA baseball on television ... Duke lacrosse in limbo ...
Redick, Morrison unanimous choices |
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03.28.06: Duke
president speaks out on lacrosse scandal ... USM, Houston
off to unbeaten league starts ... Auburn sweeps NCAA
swimming |
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03.27.06: UConn
shocked, by George! ... ECU's Frasure earns outdoor
qualifications ... Winona State takes Division II hoops
title |
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03.26.06: Bruins
end Memphis' run ... Scrimmage moves Pirates toward two-deep
.. East Carolina cagers to transfer |
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03.25.06: Orsini
jumps from Central Florida to SMU ... Orr walks the plank at
Seton Hall ... USC's Booty sidelined, may face surgery |
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03.24.06: Western
Carolina to retire LeClair's No. 23 ... Memphis reaches
Elite Eight, Duke bounced ... Cincinnati at hub of coaching
moves |
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03.23.06: Pirates
fine-tune for Friday night scrimmage ... Alford seeks to
defuse Indiana speculation ... Citadel forms hoops coach
search committee |
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03.22.06: Southern
Miss hurler shares national honor ... Iowa State finds its
man ... Sweet 16 teams sweeten the conference pot |
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03.21.06: VanSant
family visitation, memorial announced ... ECU makes strong
start in outdoor season ... Webcasts supplement CBS tourney
ratings |
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03.20.06: Memphis
marches on ... Former Holland aide leads team into Sweet 16
... Cowboy grapplers lasso NCAA title |
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03.19.06: Morgan
in charge after Hampton coach quits ... Virginia Wesleyan
wins Division III crown ... Report on Title IX goes to
Congress |
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03.18.06: The
Big Dance ... literally ... DePaul legend Meyer succumbs at
92 ... Morgan out at Iowa State |
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03.17.06: Jackie
Robinson tops NCAA list ... UTEP out of NIT ... Bomb scare
delays San Diego regional |
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03.16.06: Dean
Dome designer dies ... Buckley bounced at Ball State ...
Westphal dismissed at Pepperdine ... C-USA Hoops Tournament
wrap-up |
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03.15.06: Seahawk
cagers getting it done in classroom ... Title IX update due
from government agency ... C-USA Tournament Wrap-up |
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03.14.06: Tulsa
draws Wolfpack in women's regional ... Henderson out at
Delaware ... Temple icon Chaney says it's time to step down
... C-USA Tournament Wrap-up |
03.13.06: Memphis
gets No. 1 seed ... Villanova's Ray expected to bounce back
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C-USA Tournament Wrap-up |
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03.12.06: Memphis
reigns as conference champ ... Pirates' Frasure 7th in NCAA
weight throw ... Arizona State ousts basketball coach ...
C-USA Tournament Scoreboard |
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03.11.06: Special
days designated for football season ... Tulsa scrimmages
under Thursday night lights ... Tigers' Carney, Calipari
sweep C-USA honors ... C-USA Tournament Scoreboard |
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03.10.06: Koonce
accepts position with Packers ... ECU spring football taking
spring break ... K-State shows Woolridge the door ... C-USA
Tournament Scoreboard |
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03.09.06: Frasure
throwing his weight around ... Pirates top Tar Heels in
softball ... O'Leary planning to stay at Central Florida ...
C-USA Scoreboard & Tournament Schedule |
03.08.06: Hinnant
makes All
C-USA freshmen team ... ESPN nixes Vitale's commentary on
CBS ... Seahawks are dancin' ...
C-USA Scoreboard & Tournament Schedule |
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03.07.06: Rouse
earns C-USA distinction ... Spring drills: Depth chart
two-plus weeks away ... Marshall, Rice players share hitting
honors ... C-USA Scoreboard & Tournament Schedule |
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03.06.06: Tourney:
Bucs set for late-night joust with UCF ... ECU spring
drills: pads on, snap exchange off ... C-USA Scoreboard &
Tournament Schedule |
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03.05.06: 49ers
experience technical difficulties ... Huggins returns for
Cincinnati's seniors ... C-USA Scoreboard & Tournament
Schedule |
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03.04.06: Pirates
to strap on pads today ... Lady Pirates eliminated by Tulsa
... Briefs: More coaching exits; Tourney action ... C-USA
Basketball Scoreboard & Schedule |
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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 |
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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 |
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News Nuggets, 04.03.06
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NOTES FROM ECU AND BEYOND...
Previous Day Nuggets...
Next Day Nuggets...
Compiled from staff reports
and electronic dispatches
Bruins go for record 12th NCAA hoops title
UCLA (32-6) and Florida (32-6) will
meet for the NCAA Tournament basketball championship tonight at the RCA Dome
in Indianapolis.
The Bruins have won more basketball
championships than any other program and are 11-1 in title games, the only
loss coming to Louisville in 1980.
UCLA reached the final by defeating LSU
59-45 on Saturday night after the Gators had stopped the Cinderella run of
11th-seeded George Mason, 73-58.
Conference USA was represented in the
tournament by Memphis and UAB. Memphis lost in the Oakland Regional title
game to UCLA while the Blazers fell to Kentucky in a first round game in the
Washington, DC, bracket.
Throng watches Texas spring
game
Defending national champion Texas
capped off the 2006 spring season Saturday as the Orange team (offense)
defeated the White team (defense), 31-16, in front of a spring scrimmage
record 41,200 fans.
"I felt like we had a great spring,"
Longhorns coach Mack Brown said in a scrimmage summary on
www.texassports.com. "You are not sure how young people will respond after
the excitement we had on January 4. People have talked to them about how
great they are for a couple of months now and that is a dangerous thing for
young student-athletes and I am really proud of the attitude this bunch has
taken to continue to work. As you could see tonight they are very physical
and it has been that way all spring."
Quarterbacks Colt McCoy and Jevan Snead
had a successful night, with McCoy completing 7-of-11 passes for 75 yards,
and Snead completing 9-of-13 for 97 yards and a touchdown. Tight end
Jermichael Finley led the receivers with four catches for 73 yards and a TD,
while running back Jamaal Charles led the running game with 36 yards on nine
carries.
Pirates make strong showing in Florida
East Carolina men's track athletes
posted a total of 13 new personal records while the Pirates' 4x100 relay
squad and a pair of throwers earned NCAA Regional qualification during
action at James G. Pressly Stadium in Gainesville, FL, over the weekend,
according to a release from the ECU athletic media relations department.
ECU's 4x100 unit, consisting of
freshman Jerek Hewett, senior DeAndre Hyman, freshman David Rucker and
senior Reggie Williams, Jr., bested the NCAA Regional qualification mark of
40.66 with a third-place finish of 40.20.
Junior Eric Frasure (second-place) and
junior Terrance Myers (sixth) also earned post-season qualification in their
event, the hammer throw, with efforts of 60.17 and 57.97 meters,
respectively.
Frasure added another qualifying mark
in the discus with a school-record toss of 51.81 meters for sixth place
after finishing eighth in the shot put (15.44).
Pirate runners tallied 12 of the 13
career-bests with seven coming in the sprint events. Freshman Kevin Thompson
(10.66/ninth), Williams (10.69/12th) and Rucker (10.76/16th) all contributed
new marks in the 100-meter dash, while Thompson (21.78/11th) and Rucker
(22.26/19th) also added personal-records in the 200 meters.
Freshman Brandon Small came just .06
away from NCAA qualification after booking a career all-time best clip of
47.32 for fourth in the 400-meter dash while senior Bryson Bowling picked up
a 15th-place finish with a time of 48.77.
ECU had at three athletes post new
personal-bests in the 800-meter run as freshman Jarrett Newby
(1:53.07/seventh), freshman Aaron Mabry (1:55.63/10th) and sophomore Jason
Diehl (1:57.41/14th) contributed top 15 finishes. In addition, freshman
William Collins (PR of 3:58.26) and sophomore Matthew Dennish (3:59.46)
tallied fourth- and sixth-place finishes in the 1,500-meter run.
Other performances of note include a
ninth-place result by senior Hector Cotto in the 110-meter hurdles (14.36),
a seventh-place standing by freshman Christopher Belfiore in the 3,000-meter
steeplechase (career-best 10:03.83) and a seventh-place effort by freshman
Melvin Chestnut in the long jump (6.49).
The Pirates will be back in action next
weekend with split-squad participation at the Clemson Invitational and Texas
Relays.
News Nuggets are
compiled periodically based on material supplied by staff members; data
published by ECU, Conference USA and its member
schools; and reports from other sources. Copyright 2006
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