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01.01.06: C-USA
Basketball Scoreboard & Schedule ... Final C-USA Football
Postseason Scoreboard |
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12.31.05: C-USA
Basketball Scoreboard & Schedule ... C-USA Bowl Scoreboard &
Schedule |
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12.30.05: ECU
rolls out ticket promotion for UNCW game ... C-USA
Basketball Scoreboard & Schedule ... C-USA Bowl Scoreboard &
Schedule |
12.29.05: C-USA Bowl
Scoreboard & Schedule ...
C-USA Basketball Scoreboard &
Schedule |
12.28.05: C-USA Bowl
Scoreboard & Schedule ...
C-USA Basketball Scoreboard &
Schedule |
12.27.05: C-USA Bowl
Scoreboard & Schedule ...
C-USA Basketball Scoreboard &
Schedule |
12.26.05: C-USA Bowl
Scoreboard & Schedule ...
C-USA Basketball Scoreboard &
Schedule |
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12.25.05: Wolf
Pack clips UCF in OT in Hawaii Bowl ... C-USA Bowl
Scoreboard & Schedule ... C-USA Basketball Scoreboard &
Schedule |
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12.24.05: Jayhawks
hammer Houston in Fort Worth Bowl ... C-USA Bowl Scoreboard
& Schedule ... C-USA Basketball Scoreboard & Schedule |
12.23.05: C-USA
Bowl Scoreboard & Schedule ...
C-USA Basketball Scoreboard & Schedule |
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12.22.05: Toledo
thumps Texas-El Paso in GMAC Bowl ... C-USA Bowl Scoreboard
& Schedule ... C-USA Basketball Scoreboard & Schedule |
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12.21.05: USM
caps taxing season with GMAC Bowl win ... Conference USA
Postseason Bowl Scoreboard ... C-USA Basketball
Scoreboard |
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12.20.05: Conference
USA Basketball Scoreboard ... Conference USA Postseason Bowl
Scoreboard |
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12.19.05: Conference
USA Basketball Scoreboard ... Conference USA Postseason Bowl
Scoreboard |
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12.18.05: Thompson
caught up in Spurrier staff shakeup ... Conference USA
basketball scoreboard ... Conference USA football scoreboard |
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12.17.05: Bowl
tied to ECU football lore changes its name ... Conference
USA basketball scoreboard ... Conference USA football
scoreboard |
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12.16.05: $51
million on- campus stadium okayed for UCF ... Conference USA
basketball scoreboard ... Conference USA football scoreboard |
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12.15.05: Conference
USA basketball scoreboard ... Conference USA football
scoreboard |
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12.14.05: UAB
football coach relinquishes AD position ... Player who broke
teammate's jaw reinstated ... Basketball scoreboard
... Football scoreboard |
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12.13.05: Ex-Pirate
assistant named head coach at MTSU ... Basketball scoreboard
... Football scoreboard |
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12.12.05: Tulsa's
Kragthorpe: No interest in Colorado job ... Basketball
scoreboard ... Football scoreboard |
12.11.05: Heisman
trophy designer's family hits jackpot ... C-USA hoops
scoreboard ...
C-USA football scoreboard |
12.10.05: Contrite
UTEP hoops star accepts punishment ...
C-USA hoops scoreboard ...
C-USA football scoreboard |
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12.09.05: Mazey,
ECU put divorce settlement in writing ... C-USA Basketball
Standings, Scores & Schedule ... C-USA Football Standings,
Scores & Bowl Schedule |
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News Nuggets, 01.02.06
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NOTES FROM ECU AND BEYOND...
Previous Day Nuggets...
Next Day Nuggets...
Compiled from staff reports
and electronic dispatches
Rice lures Tulsa defensive guru as head coach
HOUSTON — Rice stayed within Conference
USA to fill its vacant head football coaching position, introducing Tulsa
defensive coordinator Todd Graham on Sunday to succeed longtime Owls coach
Ken Hatfield.
Graham's appointment came one day after
he helped the the C-USA champion Golden Hurricane win the Liberty Bowl.
Hatfield resigned on Nov. 30 after 12 seasons.
"This situation is one I've researched
quite a bit," Graham said. "There's no doubt in my mind we're going to build
a winner here."
Tulsa, in its third season with Graham
running the defense, was 37th overall in total defense — allowing 342 yards
per game. The Golden Hurricane was 42nd in scoring defense, yielding 23
points a game, and fourth in the nation in turnover margin at plus-17.
They defeated Fresno State 31-24 on
Saturday in the Liberty Bowl to finish 9-4, including a 41-21 win over Rice
in October.
"He has a challenge, but he's met
challenges before," said Rice athletic director Bobby May. "I'm just excited
to watch this develop."
Before he became a coach, Graham was a
two-time NAIA All-American defensive back at East Central University in
Oklahoma in the 1980s. He later served as defensive coordinator there,
helping East Central win the NAIA championship in 1993.
A native of Mesquite, TX, Graham
coached at Allen High School, north of Dallas, from 1995-2000 before
becoming the linebackers coach at West Virginia in 2001. He was promoted to
co-defensive coordinator there in 2002, then moved to Tulsa in 2003.
Rice went 1-10 in 2005, the team's
worst mark under Hatfield and the program's worst since the Owls lost all 11
games in 1988 under Jerry Berndt.
Rice lost 14 straight games between
2004-05 and ended what had been the nation's longest Division I-A winless
streak with a 42-34 win over Tulane on Nov. 12.
"It's not a program that I think is
decimated, that there's no talent and no hope," Graham said. "It's just one
of those things I feel like some new ideas and modernizing our approach and
what we're doing will get kids excited in recruiting."
The losing led to embarrassing
attendance levels at 70,000-seat Rice Stadium. Rice averaged 10,072 fans at
its five home games — an all-time low in 56 seasons. The home finale against
Central Florida on Nov. 19 drew only 8,267.
Final C-USA Football Postseason Scoreboard
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Day/Date/Time
Game/Location/Preview Link
TV/Payout
Teams/Opponent's Conference/Score/Recap Link
Tuesday,
Dec. 20, 8 pm
New Orleans Bowl, Lafayette, LA
[Preview]
TV: ESPN; Payout: $750,000
Southern Mississippi 31, Arkansas State (Sun Belt)
19
Wednesday, Dec.
21, 8 pm
GMAC Bowl, Mobile, AL [Preview]
TV: ESPN; Payout: $750,000
Toledo (Mid-American) 45,
Texas-El Paso 13
Friday, Dec. 23, 8
pm
Fort Worth Bowl, Forth Worth, TX
[Preview]
TV: ESPN; Payout: $800,000
Kansas (Big 12) 42, Houston 13
Saturday, Dec. 24,
8:30 pm
Sheraton Hawaii Bowl, Honolulu, HI
[Preview]
TV: ESPN; Payout: $750,000
Nevada (Western Athletic) 49, Central
Florida 48 (OT)
Monday, Dec. 26, 4
pm
Motor City Bowl, Detroit [Preview]
TV: ESPN; Payout: $750,000
Memphis 38, Akron (Mid-American) 31
Saturday, Dec. 31,
1 pm
AutoZone Liberty Bowl, Memphis, TN [Preview]
TV: ESPN; Payout: $1,500,000
Tulsa 31, Fresno State (Western Athletic)
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----- C-USA STANDINGS -----
EAST DIVISION
TEAM
C-USA ALL
#Central Florida 7-1
8-5*@
Southern Miss
5-3 7-5@
Memphis
5-3 7-5@
East Carolina
4-4 5-6
UAB
4-4 5-6
Marshall
3-5 4-7
WEST DIVISION
TEAM
C-USA ALL
#Tulsa
6-2 9-4*@
Texas-El Paso
5-3 8-4@
Houston
4-4 6-6@
Southern Methodist 4-4 5-6
Tulane
1-7 2-9
Rice
1-7 1-10
NOTES: # Denotes
Division champion.
* Overall record includes C-USA
championship game.
@ Overall record includes bowl
game.
SATURDAY, DEC. 3
Conference USA Championship Game
Tulsa 44, Central Florida 27
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C-USA Basketball Standings, Scores & Schedule
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(Updated
through Sunday, Jan. 1, 2006)
CONFERENCE USA STANDINGS
TEAM
C-USA ALL
Memphis
0-0 11-1
UAB
0-0 8-3
Houston
0-0 7-3
Southern Methodist 0-0
7-4
Texas-El Paso
0-0 7-4
Central Florida
0-0 6-5
Marshall
0-0 5-5
Southern Mississippi 0-0 6-7
East Carolina
0-0 5-6
Rice
0-0 5-6
Tulsa
0-0 4-7
Tulane
0-0 3-7
----- SCORES -----
SUNDAY, JAN.
1
Texas Tech 61, Texas-El Paso
60
SATURDAY, DEC.
31
East Carolina 82, UNC-Wilmington 69
New Orleans 50, Tulane 49
Houston 78, McNeese State 67
----- SCHEDULE -----
MONDAY, JAN.
2
Texas at Memphis, 2:30 pm
McNeese State at Southern Mississippi, 8:00 pm
Yale at Rice, 8:05 pm
Virginia Commonwealth at UAB, 8:30 pm
North Texas at Tulsa, 9:05 pm
TUESDAY, JAN.
3
Central Florida at
Kentucky, 7:00 pm
Houston at Centenary, 8:00 pm
Oklahoma at Southern Methodist, 8:00 pm
Tulane at Louisiana State, 8:00 pm
East Carolina at Wake Forest 9:00 pm (FSNS)
WEDNESDAY, JAN.
4
Southern Miss
at Auburn, 5:45 pm
Marshall at Appalachian State, 7:00 pm
Texas-El Paso at Syracuse, 7:00 pm
Middle Tennessee State at Memphis, 8:00 pm
THURSDAY, JAN.
5
Princeton at
Rice, 8:05 pm
Valdosta State at UAB, 8:30 pm
FRIDAY, JAN.
6
No game
scheduled.
SATURDAY, JAN.
7
St. Paul's at
East Carolina, 7 pm
George Washington at Marshall, 7:00 pm
Savannah State at Tulane, 8:00 pm
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at Houston, 8:00 pm
Tulsa at Texas-Pan American, 8:30 pm
SUNDAY, JAN.
8
Winthrop at
Memphis, 2 pm
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