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News Nuggets, 03.30.04
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Autumn in Greenville means
football and engineering
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03.29.04: C-USA
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football... .. 49ers' Withers named 3rd-team All-America...
.. Dukies bump off Cinderella to round out Final Four
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03.28.04: Xavier
not figuring on being Duke's cupcake... .. Memphis phenom
named to National All-Freshman Team... .. Tulane, LSU aim to
reclaim attendance mark... .. Horned Frogs placekicker nails
postgrad grant... ..
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03.27.04: Tubbs
succeeds fired ECU alum Dement at SMU... .. Jayhawks put out
fire in UAB's '40 Minutes of Hell' ... .. Viewers flock to
CBS tournament coverage... ..
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03.26.04: Humble
Eustachy seizes new chance at USM... .. NCAA seeks
protection for whistleblowers... .. Cincy catcher named to
Bench watch list... ..
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03.25.04: Eustachy
resurfacing at Southern Miss... .. Towe gains security at
New Orleans... .. Calipari cops regional coaching award...
.. Glantz-Culver lines for NCAA & NIT games... USC, LSU
cross paths at last at the White House... ..
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03.24.04: Marquette
breaks Broncos to advance in NIT... .. UAB coach brushes off
Auburn speculation... .. Penders envisions return to glory
for Houston... .. Women parallel men in TV ratings surge...
AP All-America Team... ..
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03.23.04: NCAA
to take over policing of grad rates... .. Tournament TV
ratings skyrocket... .. Irish reduce C-USA to one NIT
survivor... .. Pirates still anchored in baseball polls... ..
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03.22.04: 'Forty
minutes of hell' takes UAB to Sweet 16 ... .. All-talk,
no-walk Bearcats sent packing by Illini... .. Cowboys lasso
Tigers early and cruise to Regionals... .. Late Vandy flurry
extends State's round-of-16 drought... ..
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03.21.04: The
one that got away could haunt Huggins ... .. Former
Razorback Richardson backs Blazers... .. Calhoun-disciple
Leitao comes up short against mentor... .. Injury-plagued
Houston tight end gains 6th year of eligibility... ..
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03.20.04: Former
shortstop hits home run in pursuit of ECU chancellor job ...
.. UAB blazes path past Huskies to second round... ..
Memphis bombs Gamecocks from long range... .. Second-half
collapse eliminates Louisville... ..
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Football, which draws more than its share of
attention at East Carolina University each fall, will be sharing the
spotlight with another strategic program when the 2004-05 academic
year kicks off.
ECU plans to enroll about 30 students in its new
engineering program when classes begin in August, with a goal of expanding
admittance to the recently approved academic regimen to about 100 students
each year within the next few years.
Some of the details surrounding the debut of the
engineering program were unveiled in a Monday press release from the ECU
News Bureau.
Dr. Ralph Rogers, dean of the College of Technology
and Computer Science, which will be the home of the new program, said
admission will be competitive and graduates will be prepared "to survive,
thrive and lead in the 21st century global economy.
"We will have an environment to prepare students for
the world they will encounter when the graduate," Rogers said.
Earlier this month, the University of North Carolina
Board of Governors approved the new bachelor's degree in general engineering
with a concentration in systems engineering. It will be the first
engineering program in North Carolina east of Interstate 95 and the only
systems engineering concentration in the state.
Read the ECU New Bureau's comprehensive release...
Holtz a casualty in Gamecocks' scrimmage
COLUMBIA Coach Lou Holtz vowed to become more
involved next season in South Carolina's offense, but nobody expected him to
break a leg doing it.
Holtz sustained a hairline fracture to his lower left leg Saturday while
watching the offense practice goal-line situations, the university said
Monday.
Holtz was crouched down when running back Cory Boyd inadvertently knocked
him over.
The 67-year-old coach jumped right back up and continued practice, but later
learned the extent of his injury. The tibia doesn't bear weight, however, so
Holtz and his sore leg were back on the practice field Sunday.
Baseball America & Collegiate Baseball
Polls
The top 25 teams in the
Baseball America and Collegiate Baseball polls with records through Mar. 28 and previous rankings.
The Baseball America poll is voted on by the publication's staff. The
Collegiate Baseball poll, which includes each team's point total, is voted
on by coaches, sports writers and sports information directors:
[Conference USA teams present and
future and Carolinas teams in
bold.]
BASEBALL
AMERICA POLL
Rank/Team/Record/Last Week
1. Stanford 20-3 5-0 1
2. Texas 28-4 2-1 2
3. Louisiana State 21-4 3-1 3
4. Rice 20-6 4-0 6
5. Miami (FL) 22-5 3-1 5
6. South Carolina 21-4 2-2 4
7. Long Beach State 18-7 2-2 7
8. Mississippi 20-3 2-2 8
9. Texas A&M 23-6 2-2 10
10. Wichita State 12-2 4-2 11
11. Tulane 19-7 4-0 12
12. Notre Dame 17-3 4-1 13
13. Auburn 20-6 3-1 14
14. Arizona State 21-7 1-2 9
15. Southern Miss 20-4 3-1 16
16. Florida 24-5 4-0 17
17. UC Irvine 18-6 2-0 19
18. East Carolina 21-6 3-1 18
19. Nebraska 16-5 3-1 20
20. North Carolina 20-6 4-1 24
21. Florida State 21-7 1-2 15
22. Florida Atlantic 25-5 4-1 22
23. Central Florida 23-5 3-1 23
24. Tennessee 21-5 2-2 21
25. Vanderbilt 18-5 4-0 NR
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COLLEGIATE
BASEBALL POLL
Rank/Team/Record/Points/Last Week
1. Stanford (20-3) 496 2
2. Louisiana State (21-4) 495 1
3. Texas (28-4) 493 3
4. Mississippi (20-3) 490 5
5. Notre Dame (17-3) 486 6
6. Miami (FL) (22-5) 483 8
7. Rice (20-6) 482 10
8. Florida (24-5) 480 14
9. North Carolina (20-6) 476 16
10. Florida State (21-7) 475 12
11. South Carolina (21-4) 473 4
12. U.C. Irvine (18-6-1) 470 19
13. Long Beach State (18-7) 469 11
14. Wichita State (12-2) 467 7
15. Auburn (20-6) 464 17
16. Tennessee (21-5) 463 13
17. Arizona State(21-7) 460 9
18. Texas A&M (23-6) 458 15
19. Tulane (19-7) 453 20
20. Nebraska (16-5) 452 18
21. Southern Miss (20-4) 450 23
22. N.C. State (17-8) 444 21
23. Florida Atlantic (25-5) 443 22
24. Central Florida (23-5) 440 28
25. Col. of Charleston (20-5) 438
26. Oral Roberts (19-5) 436 26
27. East Carolina (21-6) 434 25
28. UNC Greensboro (19-5) 428 27
29. Birmingham So. (18-6) 420 30
30. Vanderbilt (18-5) 417
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Big Dance still
fueling CBS ratings bonanza
NEW YORK CBS Sports' telecasts of the first eight
days of the NCAA tournament are up 29 percent from last year.
The national average is a 5.8 rating and a 13 share, up from 4.5 and 9 in
2003.
The second broadcast window during the network's coverage Sunday of the
regional finals earned the highest ratings in that time slot since 1999. The
window (5:10-7:29 p.m. EST), highlighted by Duke defeating Xavier, earned an
8.6 and an 18. That represents a 28 percent increase from the 6.7 and 13 of
a year ago.
The rating is the percentage of all homes with TVs, whether or not they are
in use. The share is the percentage of in-use televisions tuned to a given
program.
Saint Joe's coach honored with Naismith Award
ATLANTA Saint Joseph's Phil Martelli and
Tennessee's Pat Summitt were honored Monday as the Naismith College
Basketball Coaches of the Year by the Atlanta Tipoff Club.
The awards are named in honor of the inventor of basketball, Dr. James
Naismith.
Last week, Saint Joseph's point guard Jameer Nelson was selected the
Naismith College Player of the Year, along with Diana Taurasi of
Connecticut, who won for the second year in a row.
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