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05.29.06: Rice
rolls in Conference USA baseball finale ... ECU 4x100 relay
qualifies for NCAA title dash ... Huggins takes disciplinary
action at K-State |
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05.28.06: O'Leary
gets lengthy deal at Central Florida ... City rivals set for
C-USA baseball showdown ... Duke women golfers defend NCAA
title |
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05.27.06: Alumnus
Wharton returns to lead Pirate Club ... Sampson subjected to
NCAA sanctions ... C-USA athletes selected for leadership
forum |
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05.26.06: SMU's
Turner to co-chair Knight Commission ... Blazers golf
recruit wins national juco title ... Former ECU player
Kilgore inks with UTEP |
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05.25.06: Large
Houston recruiting class becomes larger ... Duke women's
lacrosse supports men's team ... Wolfpack hands Heels ACC
Tournament loss |
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05.24.06: Jake
Smith headlines ECU's all-league picks ... ECU softball's
Krista Jessup inks pro deal ... SMU football gains award for
100% grad rate |
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05.23.06: Hart
may nix FSU recruit's grant after arrest ... Memphis, Rice
players take weekly awards ... Lady Vols coach rewarded with
fat new deal |
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05.22.06: Rice
hosting C-USA baseball; ECU starts early ... Inman gets
two-game suspension at UGa ... Tide linebacker booked on
multiple charges |
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05.21.06: 'Ride
with The Voice' fundraiser set for June ... Ga. Tech to host
Irish and ESPN Game Day ... Smith, Bowden, Paterno headed for
I-A Hall |
05.20.06: 'Big
House' set for $226 million makeover ...
C-USA lands seven on preseason football list ...
Decades-long coaching career ends for Sutton |
05.19.06: Holland
heads up hoops scheduling task force ... Houston, Rice
hurlers on
10-man Clemens list ... Tucker turns away from Texas,
retains agent |
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05.18.06: Navy,
NCSU limit tickets for ECU fans ... C-USA trio invited to
USA Baseball tryouts ... Wolfpack's Brackman to sit out rest
of season |
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05.17.06: Houston
hurler gets national pitching honor ... Former UVa grid
coach Blackburn dies at 93 ... Three players leaving Ole
Miss hoops program |
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05.16.06: Former
ECU slugger Tracy inks mega-deal ... C-USA announces weekly
baseball awards ... Third Duke lacrosse player indicted |
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05.15.06: Frasure,
Cotto pace ECU in C-USA track & field ... Tulsa headed to
Fresno softball regional ... Texas RB nabbed with pot-filled
backpack |
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05.14.06: Southern
Cal cager shot and killed ... ECU's Hewett moves into C-USA
sprint finals ... Tulsa wins softball crown on walkoff homer
... Black college football pioneer Robinson dies |
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05.13.06: ECU's
Eric Frasure wins C-USA hammer throw ... ECU's Jake Smith in
running for Bench Award ... Houston boots Pirates from
softball tourney ... Illini plan major renovations of
football stadium |
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05.12.06: Pirates
still alive in C-USA softball tournament ... ECU women tied
for 20th in golf regional ... St. John's receives ruling on
infractions |
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05.11.06: Harrell
makes first team All C-USA ... Danger of spearing in
football cited ... Prep star says dream led him to Jayhawks |
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05.10.06: Vols
sign multi-sport standout Mattingly ... 2006 College
Football Hall class announced ... Ducks tab Casey Martin to
guide golf team |
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05.09.06: ECU's
Harrell honored on eve of tournament ... Washington's Romar
to guide USA under-18's ... Cavs, Terps take aim on NCAA
lacrosse title |
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05.08.06: Mountaineers
to be recognized in Raleigh ... Towe to join Lowe at NCSU
... 'Noles edge Deacs in record setter |
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05.07.06: N.C.
State's long hunt officially over ... ECU gains berth in
C-USA Softball Tourney |
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05.06.06: Hoops
rule committee looks at 3-point distance ... Blue chipper
makes late commitment to Duke ... Colorado cage coach faces
season in limbo |
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05.05.06: Lowe
and behold, Pack fills its vacancy ... Horns, Sooners extend
deal with Cotton Bowl ... Mascot lands 7th-seeded Illini on
the road |
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05.04.06: ECU's
Harrell snares another C-USA award ... 'Bama okays hefty new
contract for Shula ... Downey heading from Bearcats to
Gamecocks |
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05.03.06: ECU's
Chris Moore signs deal with Saints ... NCSU represented on
World Cup team ... Politics: Shuler projected to face Rep.
Taylor |
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05.02.06: ECU's
Baker inks free agent pact with Steelers ... ECU women
golfers headed for East regional ... UAB's Hackney signs
with Browns |
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05.01.06: Giants
take ECU's Whimper in fourth round ... Memphis back Williams
selected by Panthers ... More names popping up in N.C. State
search |
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News Nuggets, 05.30.06
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NOTES FROM ECU AND BEYOND...
Previous Day Nuggets...
Next Day Nuggets...
Compiled from staff reports
and electronic dispatches
Rice leads four CUSA teams into NCAA playoffs
The field of 64 teams for the 2006
NCAA Division I baseball tournament was announced Monday at espn.com.
The national top eight seeds are
Clemson (47-14), Rice (50-10), Texas (40-19), Alabama (41-19), Cal State
Fullerton (43-13), Nebraska (42-15), Georgia (41-19) and Georgia Tech
(45-16).
The SEC leads all conferences in the
number of teams in the championship field with eight, followed by the
Atlantic Coast and Big 12 with seven each. The Pacific-10 and Conference USA
have four teams each. Other C-USA teams joining Rice in the field are
Houston, Tulane and Southern Mississippi.
Twenty-nine of the 64 teams were not
in the field last year, including Lehigh (automatic qualifier), UNC
Asheville (automatic qualifier), Prairie View (automatic qualifier), San
Francisco (at-large) and Sacred Heart (automatic qualifier), making the
championship for the first time. Manhattan was last in the field in 1957,
while St. Louis is in the field for the first time since 1966 and Ball
State's last appearance was 1969.
Miami is in the field for the 34th
consecutive year, extending its own record. Florida State is making its 29th
straight appearance, second all-time. Other long consecutive streaks:
Clemson (20), Cal State Fullerton (15), Stanford (13) and Rice (12).
East Carolina, which finished 33-26
overall and 10-14 in Conference USA, did not make the field, ending a streak
of seven straight berths in the event.
Of the 285 championship eligible
Division I institutions which sponsor baseball, C-USA champion Rice has the
most Division I wins with 49. Twenty-five other teams won at least 40
Division I contests and 24 are in the field.
Each of the 16 regionals features four
teams, playing a double-elimination format. The regionals are scheduled to
be conducted from June 2 to June 5. The 60th College World Series begins
play June 16, at Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, NE.
ECU's
Cotto hurdles to NCAA title meet
East Carolina senior Hector Cotto
qualified for the NCAA championship track and field meet by placing third in
the 110 meter hurdles at the regional competition in Greensboro with a
school record time of 13.66, shattering his own mark of 13.78.
The NCAA National Championships will
be conducted June 7-10 at Sacramento, CA.
The Pirates also will be represented
by the 4x100 meter relay team of senior DeAndre Hyman and freshmen Jerek
Hewett, David Rucker and Kevin Thompson. The quartet registered a
season-best time of 39.88 seconds in the regional for third place behind
Florida State and Clemson.
Longhorns'
title ring goes on, then off eBay
A ring from Texas' first undisputed
football national championship in 36 years was listed for sale on eBay, then
pulled from the site, according to espn.com.
Bids had reached more than $10,000 for
a 10K ring with an estimated value of $350, before the listing was pulled
from the online auction service.
The anonymous seller said the ring
belonged to a former Texas player but doesn't say whom. The name and jersey
number on the ring were blacked out in the photographs.
Athletic department spokesman Nick
Voinis said school officials don't know which player owned the ring or who
is selling it.
"It's disappointing," Voinis said.
"It's something you should be honored to receive. Every other player is
taking pride in theirs."
NCAA rules prohibit current players
from selling championship rings but former players aren't subject to those
sanctions.
Texas bought about 200 rings for
players, coaches and staff.
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
Bonesville.net and other publishers. All rights reserved. This material may not be
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