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News Nuggets, 02.24.04
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Bing rings up Player of Week accolade
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Erroyl Bing of East Carolina
was named the Conference USA Player of the Week for period ending Feb. 22,
the league office announced on Monday.
Bing played pivotal roles in
vital home wins by the Pirates last week over Tulane and Texas Christian. He
averaged a double-double of 15.0 points and 12.0 rebounds in the two games.
The victories kept the Pirates
in the thick of the scramble for one of the 12 berths in the 14-team
league's postseason tournament.
The senior forward from Largo,
FL, opened the week on Tuesday, Feb. 18, against the Green Wave with 12
points and 11 rebounds in ECU's 76-66 victory. He followed that performance
with an 18-point, 15-rebound outing versus the Horned Frogs on Saturday,
Feb. 21.
Bing's 15 rebounds against TCU
were a season-high. His pair of double-doubles were his fifth and sixth of
the season and the 24th and 25th of his career, third most among active
players.
Bing is just the second player
to earn the weekly honor since ECU joined Conference USA in 2001-02. Senior
Gabriel Mikulas, who was lost last month for the remainder of the season
with a broken arm, earned the award once last season.
West
named Tennessee coach of the year
Tommy West, who guided his
University of Memphis football team to a victory in the 2003 New Orleans
Bowl, has been named the Coach of the Year by the Tennessee Sportswriters
Association.
As head coach at Memphis, West
has generated a new enthusiasm and excitement for the Tigers football
program. He led the 2003 squad to an 9-4 record, including a 27-17 victory
over North Texas University in the New Orleans Bowl.
The postseason outing was the
U of M's first bowl appearance in 32 years and the team's nine victories
during the 2003 season were the most by a Tiger squad since the 1963 season.
Memphis placed nine players on
the All-Conference USA team and one on the All-Freshman squad.
AP Basketball Poll
The top 25 teams in The Associated
Press' men's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses,
records through Feb. 22, total points based on 25 points for a first-place
vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:
[Conference USA and Carolinas teams in
bold.]
Rank/Team/Record/Points/Previous
1. Stanford (64) 23-0 1,791 1
2. Saint Joseph's (8) 24-0 1,732 2
3. Pittsburgh 24-2 1,593 5
4. Gonzaga 23-2 1,536 6
5. Duke 22-3 1,507 3
6. Oklahoma State 21-2 1,499 7
7. Mississippi State 21-2 1,353 4
8. Connecticut 21-5 1,299 8
9. Kentucky 19-4 1,240 9
10. Texas 19-4 1,140 11
11. Wake Forest 17-6 1,007 15
12. North Carolina 16-7 785 16
13. Providence 18-5 745 19
14. N.C. State 17-6 716 13
15. Cincinnati 18-5 643 17
16. Southern Illinois 22-2 620 20
17. Arizona 17-7 587 14
18. Georgia Tech 19-7 566 18
19. Memphis 19-4 540 23
20. Kansas 17-6 474 21
21. Louisville 17-6 450 10
22. Wisconsin 17-6 445 12
23. Illinois 18-5 283 _
24. Utah State 22-2 141 _
25. Texas Tech 19-7 111 22
Others receiving votes: Syracuse 80,
Charlotte 78, Kent State 76, Michigan State 68, Air Force 55, Western
Michigan 45, South Carolina 39, LSU 28, Seton Hall 20, Dayton 15,
Vanderbilt 15, East Tennessee State 12, Manhattan 12, Boston U. 10, Florida
10, UAB 10, Oklahoma 8, Nevada 5, UTEP 5, Utah 3, Boston College 2,
George Washington 1.
Baseball America & Collegiate Baseball
Polls
The top 25 teams in the
Baseball America and Collegiate Baseball polls with records through Feb. 22 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
1. Stanford 10-2 4
2. Rice 5-2 1
3. Louisiana State 6-1 2
4. Miami (FL) 4-2 3
5. Georgia Tech 6-0 5
6. Texas 11-2 6
7. South Carolina 6-0 7
8. Long Beach State 7-2 8
9. Tulane 5-1 9
10. Auburn 5-1 10
11. Clemson 0-0 11
12. Arizona State 8-2 16
13. Cal State Fullerton 6-6 14
14. Wichita State 0-0 15
15. Baylor 3-4 12
16. Arizona 5-3 13
17. North Carolina 3-0 17
18. Mississippi 3-0 18
19. Notre Dame 2-0 19
20. Texas A&M 7-0 21
21. Florida Atlantic 10-0 22
22. Florida 6-3 20
23. Nebraska 3-0 23
24. North Carolina State 4-0 24
25. Florida State 7-3 25
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COLLEGIATE
BASEBALL POLL
Rank/Team/Record
1. Louisiana State 6-1 495 4
2. Stanford 10-2 494 6
3. Georgia Tech 6-0 492 5
4. Texas 11-2 490 1
5. Rice 5-2 489 2
6. South Carolina 6-0 487 8
7. Arizona State 8-2 486 7
8. Miami (FL) 4-2 484 3
9. Wichita State 0-0 475 9
10. Notre Dame 2-0 474 10
11. Long Beach State 7-2 472 12
12. Florida Atlantic 10-0 469 16
13. Tulane 5-1 467 13
14. Texas A&M 7-0 463 _
15. Auburn 5-1 459 18
16. Nebraska 3-0 456 21
17. Clemson 0-0 450 17
18. North Carolina 3-0 448 22
19. Arizona 5-3-1 446 14
20. Cal State Fullerton 6-6 445 15
21. Florida 6-3 444 18
22. Washington 5-1 442 23
23. Florida State 7-3 440 24
24. Lamar 6-2 438 _
25. Minnesota 0-0 432 25 |
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