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04.08.06: Purple-Gold
stage is set ... Davis returns to native state as UAB coach
... Army women's basketball coach dies at age 28 |
04.07.06: 1070
airing Purple-Gold Game programming ... SMU dismisses Tubbs
... Tulane hoops star invited to Portsmouth event ...
Colorado College becomes C-USA women's soccer affiliate |
04.06.06: Pirates
hold final session before Purple-Gold ... Pressler resigns
as Duke lacrosse coach ... Division I athletes face summer
drug tests |
04.05.06: Thirteen
C-USA alums in big leagues ... UAB interviews Davis ...
Rondo departs Kentucky |
04.04.06: ECU
hurler Taylor earns league's weekly honor ... Pirates
prepare for Purple- Gold Game ... Wooden watches final from
hospital |
04.03.06: Bruins
go for record 12th NCAA hoops title ... Throng watches Texas
spring game ... Pirates make strong showing in Florida |
04.02.06: Sendek
may become a Sun Devil ... Brownell departs UNCW for Wright
State ... San Diego State star opts for NBA |
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 |
03.31.06: ECU
golfer shares C-USA honor ... UAB's Johnson to face
Globetrotters ... Rockne to be remembered across the globe |
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 |
03.28.06: Duke
president speaks out on lacrosse scandal ... USM, Houston
off to unbeaten league starts ... Auburn sweeps NCAA
swimming |
03.27.06: UConn
shocked, by George! ... ECU's Frasure earns outdoor
qualifications ... Winona State takes Division II hoops
title |
03.26.06: Bruins
end Memphis' run ... Scrimmage moves Pirates toward two-deep
.. East Carolina cagers to transfer |
03.25.06: Orsini
jumps from Central Florida to SMU ... Orr walks the plank at
Seton Hall ... USC's Booty sidelined, may face surgery |
03.24.06: Western
Carolina to retire LeClair's No. 23 ... Memphis reaches
Elite Eight, Duke bounced ... Cincinnati at hub of coaching
moves |
03.23.06: Pirates
fine-tune for Friday night scrimmage ... Alford seeks to
defuse Indiana speculation ... Citadel forms hoops coach
search committee |
03.22.06: Southern
Miss hurler shares national honor ... Iowa State finds its
man ... Sweet 16 teams sweeten the conference pot |
03.21.06: VanSant
family visitation, memorial announced ... ECU makes strong
start in outdoor season ... Webcasts supplement CBS tourney
ratings |
03.20.06: Memphis
marches on ... Former Holland aide leads team into Sweet 16
... Cowboy grapplers lasso NCAA title |
03.19.06: Morgan
in charge after Hampton coach quits ... Virginia Wesleyan
wins Division III crown ... Report on Title IX goes to
Congress |
03.18.06: The
Big Dance ... literally ... DePaul legend Meyer succumbs at
92 ... Morgan out at Iowa State |
03.17.06: Jackie
Robinson tops NCAA list ... UTEP out of NIT ... Bomb scare
delays San Diego regional |
03.16.06: Dean
Dome designer dies ... Buckley bounced at Ball State ...
Westphal dismissed at Pepperdine ... C-USA Hoops Tournament
wrap-up |
03.15.06: Seahawk
cagers getting it done in classroom ... Title IX update due
from government agency ... C-USA Tournament Wrap-up |
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
...
C-USA Tournament Wrap-up |
03.12.06: Memphis
reigns as conference champ ... Pirates' Frasure 7th in NCAA
weight throw ... Arizona State ousts basketball coach ...
C-USA Tournament Scoreboard |
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 |
03.10.06: Koonce
accepts position with Packers ... ECU spring football taking
spring break ... K-State shows Woolridge the door ... C-USA
Tournament Scoreboard |
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 |
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 |
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 |
03.05.06: 49ers
experience technical difficulties ... Huggins returns for
Cincinnati's seniors ... C-USA Scoreboard & Tournament
Schedule |
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 |
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 |
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News Nuggets, 04.09.06
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NOTES FROM ECU AND BEYOND...
Previous Day Nuggets...
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Compiled from staff reports
and electronic dispatches
Holtz
laments spring game deficiencies
Senior quarterback James Pinkney hooked
up with an ex-understudy for an aerial score while sophomore running back
Dominique Lindsay and senior kicker Robert Lee gave solid efforts in the
running and special teams games, respectively, to help propel "East
Carolina" to a 23-15 win over the "Pirates" in the annual spring football
game Saturday at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium.
Pinkney completed 13-of-23 passes for
154 yards and connected with redshirt sophomore quarterback-turned-tight end
Davon Drew on a nine-yard touchdown pass to open the game's scoring.
Lindsay rushed for 100 yards and a
touchdown and senior kicker Robert Lee added three field goals that
accounted for the final margin in the game-like scrimmage that saw both
teams produce similar statistics.
The scrimmage's positives were not
enough to divert attention from the negatives for second-year head coach
Skip Holtz, who expressed dissatisfaction with several aspects of the
performance and indicated the team has much to work on before the 2006
season.
"I think we're a long way away from
where we need to be to be able to compete next year," Holtz said. "I think
it's hard when you don't have all the pieces to the puzzle to be able to put
it together yet but I was disappointed in a lot of things today.
"We had over 100 scrimmage reps a week
ago and didn't have a bad snap and we come out here today and we throw the
ball over the quarterback's head three times and probably lost 80 yards. I
didn't think our quarterbacks played very well. I didn't think they were
focused on their reads very well. I think across the board, youth and
inexperience showed up today."
Holtz divided the team into "East
Carolina" and "Pirates" squads in lieu of the traditional Purple-Gold
lineups in order to foster a competitive matchup. The East Carolina unit
featured the program's first offensive unit and the non-first-stringers on
defense, while their opponents, the Pirates, fielded the top defensive unit
and the backup players from the offensive depth chart.
The teams played to a virtual
statistical draw as East Carolina picked up 261 yards and a pair of TD's
while the Pirates produced 260 yards and two scores.
East Carolina used 33-, 22- and 35-yard
field goals by Lee to secure the victory.
Lindsey aided Pinkney's effort by
picking up 100 yards on 19 carries, an average of 5.3 yards per attempt. His
two-yard scoring run with 7:29 to play in the fourth quarter extended East
Carolina's existing five-point lead to 20-8. Redshirt freshman Rob Kass
added an 18-yard passing performance by completing 4-of-9 throws.
Pirates redshirt freshman quarterback
Brett Clay was 7-of-19 through the air and finished with 81 yards, but was
picked off twice by sophomore cornerback J.J. Milbrook. Sophomore Patrick
Pinkney added 10-of-17 passing for 72 yards while senior running back
Brandon Fractious gained 73 yards on the ground and scored on a pair of
fourth-quarter TD's of four yards and one yard.
The squads combined for four turnovers,
two of which led directly to touchdowns. James Pinkney's TD toss to Drew
capped a 16-play, 96-yard drive after Milbrook stepped in front of a Clay
pass at the ECU four-yard line with 4:21 to play in the first quarter.
Senior safety Kyle Chase picked off a James Pinkney pass at the Pirate
40-yard line early in the fourth quarter which set up Fractious's four-yard
TD run which closed trimmed the deficit to 13-8 at the 11:37 mark.
The teams were whistled a combined 13
times for 114 yards.
Trailing 13-0, the Pirates tallied
their first points of the afternoon on a safety when junior tackle Mark
Robinson sacked James Pinkney in the end zone on a third-and-19 play at the
ECU nine-yard line. After Fractious added his first score of the day to
narrow the margin to five at 13-8, Lindsey ended a 10-play, 75-yard march
with a two-yard scoring run to push the lead to 20-8. Fractious contributed
a one-yard scoring plunge with just 5:00 left to pull the Pirates to within
five again but Lee closed out the scoring and secure the victory with his
longest field goal of the day, a 35-yarder, with 1:11 remaining.
The squads combined for 521 yards on
139 plays, an average of 3.7 yards per snap.
Drew posted a team-best four catches
(26 yards) for East Carolina while senior Will Bland logged four catches (33
yards) to lead the Pirates.
Defensively, the junior linebacker
Durwin Lamb topped all Pirates tacklers with 11 stops while senior safety
Jamar Flournoy turned in nine. Junior transfer linebacker Orlando Farrow
finished with a team-high nine tackles, two for lost yardage, to lead East
Carolina. Sophomore defensive end Zach Slate came up with six stops and
recorded the game's only fumble recovery.
"I was disappointed watching it from a
fan's standpoint above, but I'm sure I'll find a lot of great individual
efforts and positives out there when I watch the film," Holtz said. "Just
looking at the big picture, I was hopeful that we were farther along than we
are right now but maybe I put too many high hopes on players that haven't
played yet for us and that's my fault. Again, we've got a long way to go and
we're going to have to learn from this if we are going to play the schedule
we have in the fall."
From an
ECU Athletics release and staff reports
Camels announce return to the gridiron
After more than a five-decade absence,
Campbell University plans to once again field a varsity football program in
2008. The Fighting Camels will compete on the NCAA Division I-AA
(non-scholarship) level, according to the university's web site,
gocamels.com.
University President Dr. Jerry M.
Wallace made the announcement Friday afternoon in a campus-wide gathering at
Turner Auditorium. Fred Taylor, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, and Bob
Barker, Chairman of Executive Committee of Board of Trustees were also
present at the announcement.
“Throughout the years, a continuing
request from students, alumni, and university friends has been to consider
the return of football to the athletic program of the university,” said Dr.
Wallace, an East Carolina alumnus. “After a very careful feasibility study,
which included faculty, students, alumni, trustees, and athletic staff, the
trustees have approved the addition of football to Campbell’s athletic
program. Therefore, I am delighted to announce the Fighting Camels will be
back on the gridiron in the fall of 2008.”
A member of the NCAA Division I ranks
since 1977 and of the Atlantic Sun Conference since 1994, Campbell will
compete against similar non-scholarship programs on the Division I and non-I
levels. Home games will be played at a yet to be constructed on-campus site.
“This is a very exciting day to be a
Fighting Camel with the return of football after an over 50-year absence,”
said Director of Athletics Stan Williamson, who has been heavily involved
with football programs at Georgia Southern, Houston and Nicholls State.
“College football is one of the most exciting events in our country. The
atmosphere that on-campus intercollegiate football brings to a campus is
exhilarating. The addition of football at Campbell will certainly enhance
the student life aspect of Buies Creek. Most of my professional career has
included college football and I am thrilled that we have the chance to bring
that excitement to Campbell University.”
According to Williamson, the decision
to compete as a Division I-AA non-scholarship program allows Campbell to
enjoy campus life enhancements without the financial burden tied to
providing scholarships to be competitive at the scholarship level. Fellow
Atlantic Sun Conference member Jacksonville University added non-scholarship
football in 1998 and competes in the Pioneer Football League along with
Davidson, Butler, Dayton, Drake, Morehead State, San Diego and Valparaiso.
Other Division I-AA programs with similar non-scholarship philosophies are
Duquesne, Iona, Marist, La Salle and St. Peter’s.
“We believe Campbell will develop a
competitive non-scholarship football program and we hope to be able to
compete in the Pioneer Football League as early as the 2008 football
season,” said Williamson.
The search for a head football coach
will begin immediately.
“We will be seeking an individual with
strong leadership abilities, who will be a good fit for the mission and
purpose of Campbell University. This individual will need to have a good
understanding of NCAA Division I-AA non-scholarship football and a vision of
bringing this football program to a solid competitive level,” Williamson
said.
The school indicated it will add
competitive practice and other football-related facilities on campus over
the next two years.
Gonzalez to lead Pirates
basketball
Bobby Gonzalez has been named the 18th
head coach in Seton Hall basketball history, it was announced on Friday by
Director of Athletics Joe Quinlan.
Gonzalez, 42, comes to the Pirates
after a tremendous seven-year run as the head coach at Manhattan College. He
led the Jaspers to four 20-win seasons and two NCAA Tournaments in seven
years, including finishing .500 or above in the league in each season. His
record at Manhattan was 129-77, and his team won the MAAC regular season
championship three times and the tournament title twice, according to
shupirates.com.
“We are very excited to add Bobby
Gonzalez as our head coach to an already storied basketball tradition at
Seton Hall,” Quinlan said. “Our search process was very thorough and we
talked with extremely talented candidates, but in the end we felt Bobby
stood out as the best coach to represent the university and lead our
student-athletes. He has an established presence in the metropolitan area
and his teams have been perennial winners on the court. His passion and
determination to succeed will generate excitement among our alumni, fans and
students and give the Seton Hall community a source of great pride.”
Gonzalez is widely viewed as one of the
top up-and-coming coaches in the NCAA, an intense competitor, outstanding
game coach and tireless recruiter.
Manhattan went 20-11 this past year and
Gonzalez was named the MAAC Coach of the Year.
The Citadel
selects Conroy
The Citadel Athletics has announced
that Ed Conroy will be its new head basketball coach.
Conroy, a 1989 Citadel graduate,
recently completed his first season as an assistant coach at Coastal
Carolina University under Buzz Peterson. He joined Coastal after spending
four years on Peterson's staff at Tennessee, the last two as an assistant.
Prior to being named an assistant coach, Conroy served as the director of
basketball operations for the Volunteers during the 2001-02 and 2002-03
seasons after holding the same position on Peterson's staff at Tulsa in
2000-01.
"We are very proud to announce Ed
Conroy as our basketball coach at The Citadel," athletic director Les
Robinson said. "Having known Ed for more than 20 years, I can attest to the
fact that he represents the model of what we want our graduates to become.
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