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SPORTS/The Charlotte Post Thursday, January 23,1997 For the Week of January 21 through January 27, 1997 NCAA APPROVES PIONEER BOWL CIAA Sports Photo KERRY: CIAACommish says bowl game brings Div. tl to par with Div. I. T CIAA AND SIAC REPS TO PLAY IN DIV. II POSTSEASON BOWLGAME IN ATLANTA Howard Sports Photo OUTTZ: Point guard, leading scorer lost for the season. UNDER THE BANNER WHAT'S GOING ON IN AND AROUND BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS OUTTZ OUT: Howard University sophomore guard Jabari Outtz (pronounced, oots), the Mid Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) 1995 Co-Rookie of the Year, has been lost to the Bison for the remainder of the season for academic reasons. Outtz was leadingthe Bison in scoring(14.4 ppg.) and assists (3.0 apg.) this sea son. In hisfirst year out of Wheaton's (MD) Good Counsel High School, Outtz led all conference rookies av eraging 17.5 points and finished sec ond in three-pointers at 2.5 per game. He was the fifth leading scorer among all Div. I freshmen in the nation last year. Howard head coach Mike McLeese said, "It's obvious that Jabari Outtz is a big loss to us. He had some first semester academic problems but we are confident he will regroup from this and comeback." Howard, in their third game without Outtz, won their first game of the season against Maryland-Eastern Shore, 86-83 on Saturday. The Bison are now 1-10. STAT STUFFERS: Top individual statistical performances among black college players: Grambling guard Kevin Howard leads (Div. I) in steals (3.9 pg); St Paul's center Marco Harrison is second (Div. II) in blocks with 3.9 per game. Tennessee State guard Kareem Gilbert is second in assists (Div. I) at 7.7 per game. ROSE0ORO OUT: Winston-Salem state University Athletic Director A1 Roseboro has announced his resignation effective June 30. Roseboro took over the reins of the Rams athletic program four years ago after legendary basketball coach, Clarence "Big House" Gaines was forced to give up the position. Roseboro has served as women's basketball coach and women's volleyball coach as well as faculty athletic chair before becoming athletic director. Roseboro isalso widely known as the voice of the CIAA Basketball tournament. CIAA Photo ROSEBORO: Giving up AD job at WSSU. BLACK COLLEGE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT DATES AND SITES MEAC 910-275-9961 March 5-8 Echois Memorial Hall (7,600) Norfolk State University, Norfolk, VA CIAA 804-865-0071 Feb. 24 - March 1 Lawrence Joel Memorial Coliseum (14,000) Winston-Salem, NC SIAC 404-659-3380 February 25 - March 1 South Commons Civic Center (8,000) Columbus, GA SWAC 504-523-7574 March 5-8, Loos Fieldhouse (7,500) Dallas, TX Tickets still available. ©AZEEZ Communications, Inc. VOL. Ill, NO. 23 BLACK COLLEGE BASKETBALL (Men's Standings, Results and Weekly Honors for men and women) SCORES JAN. 16 Albany State 57, Paine 55 Norfolk State 69, Virginia Union 68 Samt Paul's 81, Virginia State 78 Shaw 79, Livingstone 74 St. Augustine's 80, Fayetteville St. 71 JAN. 18 Alabama St. 95, Miss. Valley 91,20T Clark Atlanta 83, Savannah State 73 Coppin State 81, Hampton 61 E!i2, City State 73, Norfolk State 64 Fayetteville State 89, Shaw 70 Howard 86, MD-Eastern Shore 83 Jackson State 74, Grambling State 65 J. C. Smith 77, W-Salem State 75 Kentucky State 80, Morris Brown 70 Lynn 71, Paine 61 Mansfield 118, Cheyney 103 Miles 95, Fort Valley State 63 Morehouse 76, Albany State 75 Morgan State 77, Delaware State 60 NC A&T 79. Florida A&M 66 NC Central 72, St. Augustine's 62 Prairie View A&M 81, Alcorn State 80 SC State 79, Bethune-Cookman 69 Southern 73. Texas Southern 70 St, Paul's 92, Dist of Columbia 67 Tenn, State 81, Austin Peay State 70 CIAA NORTH St Paul's Elizabeth City Norfolk State Virginia State Bowie St Virginia Union SOUTH St. Augustine's 5 1 NC Central Fayetteville St Shaw JC Smith Livingstone Winslon-Salan St. 1 3 2 2 4 1 2 1 3 1 4 W L 9 2 e 3 8 5 5 10 4 10 7 9 10 3 11 2 7 9 7 10 5 10 4 11 6 8 CIAA PLAYERS OF THE WEEK ANTWAIN SMITH - Soph., F, SL Paul's - Had 21 points and 17 retwunds in win over Va State. In three games, 70 points, 28 ret>ounds. MICHELLE SESSOMS • Sr., C, Norfolk SL -62 points, 30 rebounds, 7 assists and 15 steals in three games. 26 & 9 vs. Livingstone. MEAC CONF ALL W L W L NC A&T SC State Bethune-Cookman CoppIn State Rorida A&M Hampton Morgan State Howard Delaware State Maryland-ES 2 10 3 11 1 4 MEAC PUYERS OF THE WEEK JONATHAN RICHMOND - Soph., G, NC A&T - In three victories over Howard, Coppin State and FAMU, had 63 points hitting on 8-16 three point- USABRIGGS-Sr., F, Coppin State - In two wins, Briggs had 34 points, 26 rebounds, six assists and four steals. SIAC CONF ALL W L W L 5 0 9 2 6 2 11 4 4 3 7 7 13 5 7 1 5 1 11 EAST Clark Atlanta Albany State Savannah State Paine Morris Brown Fort Valley State 0 7 2 12 WEST Alabama A&M 6 19 3 Kentucky State 5 3 8 4 Morehouse 5 4 9 6 LeMoyne-Owen 4 4 8 7 Miles 3 4 5 6 Tuskegee 0439 SIAC PUYERS OF THE WEEK MICHAEL DOUGUS • Sr., G, Ky. Stale • In three games averaged 15 points, 4.6 rebounds and 3 assists and steals. UTREESHA MOON - Jr., F, Ala bama A&M - Averaged 13.6 points, 10.2 rebounds in three wins. SWAC Miss Valley Jackson State Prairie View Texas Southern Grambling Alcorn State Alabama State Southern CONF ALL W L W L 4 19 6 3 2 5 12 3 2 4 11 2 2 7 9 2 2 7 9 2 a 4 10 2 '3 3 12 14 4 9 SWAC PUYERS OF THE WEEK NA BCSP HOOP RANKINGS 1. Clark Atlanta (9-2) 2. St. Paul's (9-2) 3. Miss. Valley (9-6) 4. NC Central (11-2) 5. Coppin State (4-6) 6. St. Augustine's (10-3) 7. Alabama A&M (9-3) 8. NC A&T (6-4) 9. Albany State (11-4) 10. Elizabeth City (8-3) CIAA, SIAC get Pioneer Bowl approval The Central Intercollegi ate Athletic Association (CIAA) and the Southern In- ter-coilegiate Athletic Con ference (SIAC) are in the Bowl business. By an overwhelming vote on Tuesday, Jan. 14, the NCAA approved Proposal 124, grant ing a Div. II contest exemption to the two conferences to en gage in a postseason football bowl game - The Pioneer Bowl. Commissioners Wallace Jackson (SIAC) and Leon Kerry (CIAA) pushed through the legislation, effective imme diately, at last week's NCAA Convention in Nashville, Ten- The measure amends By Law 17.11.5.2, allowing a team from each of the conferences to play an extra game provided they did not participate in the Div. II postseason cham pionship. This year, for example, it would have allowed Virginia State, the CIAA champion that did not make the Div. II playoff field, to play SIAC runner-up Fort Valley State. SIACcham- pion Albany State was the only school from the two conferences to advance to the playoffs this year. "What we sought to do was provide some additional oppor tunities to student athletes in both conferences," said Jackson, whose office is in Atlanta, the proposed site of the game. "We believe it's an opportunity for more publicity, more revenue and more tele vision exposure." "We think it puts Div. II schools more in line with Div. I," said Kerry, speaking from his office in Hampton, Virginia. "It gives kids an opportunity at postseason play other than the (Div. II) playoffs. We just need to 1 i ne up the sponsors and make it happen." The game will be played in mid to late Decem ber and Jackson said he has a tentative contract to play the game Dec. 20 this year at Morris Brown's new 18,000-seat stadium. A press conference will be called in the next 30 days to out line the particulars, he said. Jackson counted eight votes against the proposal of the 135 voting members at the confer ence. Speaking in support of the proposal were Virginia Union Athletic Director, Janies Battle, ClarkAtlanta Athletic Clark Atlanta Photo COSBY: Spokein support of the pro posal. Sparse crowd watches 13-13 tie Sports View Photo HOWARD: Miles QB was South MVP. Southern placekicker Carlos Leach's two second half field goals (37 and 31 yards) enabled the South to tie the North 13-13 in the renewal of Xht Free dom Bowl Black College All- Star Game at Texas Stadium. With a crowd of less than 1,000 and only a do^en or so professional scouts' in atten dance, the game, which returned after a seven-year hiatus, fell well below expectations. But former MEAC Commissioner Ken Free, who wanted a crowd nearing 15,000, said the effort was worth it. "We accomplished what we wanted to do," Free said. "By opening this door we pro vided opportunities for these players to be seen and that off sets whatever financial losses." The two teams were com prised of players from 30 black colleges and were coached by Hampton's Joe Taylor and Grambling's Eddie Robinson. Taylor's North team jumped out to a 13-0 lead be hind a 2-yard TD run from Vir ginia State RB Bo Morgan and a 66-yard blocked kick return by Norfolk State linebacker Robert Johnson. Miles QB Michael Howard hit Texas Southern tight end Nakia Edwards with a 19 yard scor ing toss to get the South on the board in the second half before Leach's heroics. Director, Richard Cosby and Cheyney State Athletic Direc tor, Andy Henson, chairman of the Div. II championship foot ball committee. No one spoke in opposition to the proposal. The proposal mirrored leg islation which permitted theMid Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) and Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) to create The Heritage Bowl seven years ago. But Jackson made it clear that the Pioneer Bowl was not created to become a prelimi nary to the Heritage Bowl or affect that game in any way. The Heritage Bowl has been played for the last four years in Atlanta's Georgia Dome in late December. Kerry and Jackson said the move has been under consideration for several years. "When we drafted this pro posal we didn't have the Heri tage Bowl or the Peach Bowl (a Div. 1 bowl game also played in Atlanta) in mind," Jackson said. "We (the SIAC and CIAA) were the first two (black coIlege)con- ferences to play football," he said. "Tuskegee has won more football games than any other black college and I believe Vir ginia Union is next." THE STAT CORNER WHO ARE THE BEST PERFORMERS IN BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS BLACK COLLEGE PLAYERS IN SUPER BOWL XXXI NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 87 TE Ben Coates (6) Livingstone 72 DT Devin Wyman (R) Kentucky State GREEN BAY PACKERS 28 CB Roderick Mullen (2) Grambling 46 CB Mike Robinson (R) Hampton 85 WR Terry M tokens (3) Florida A&M BASKETBALL THIS WEEK JANUARY 21 Elizabeth City State at Bowie State - 7:30p Albany State at Georga Southwestern - 8:00p Rust at LeMoyne Owen - 7:30p Morris at Livingstone - 7:30p Clark Atlanta at Miles - 8:00p JANUARY 22 Philander Smith at Arkansas-Pine Bluff - 8:00p St. Augustine's at Barber-Scotia - 7:30p West Chester at Cheyney - 8;00p Elizabeth City State at Columbia Union - 7:30p Hampton at Delaware State - 7;30p Paine at Morris Brown - 8:00p Virginia Union at St. Paul's - 7:30p Virginia State at Winston-Salem &ate - 7;30p JANUARY 23 Morehouse at Alabama A&M - 8:00p Lincoln at District of Columbia - 7:30p Florida A&M at Howard - 8:00p Fayetteville State at Johnson C. Smith - 7:30p Albany State at LeMoyne Owen - 8:00p Tuskegee at Miles - 7:30p Bethune-Cookman at Morgan State - 7:30p Livingstone at N.C. Central - 7:30p Shaw at Norfolk State - 7:30p Tennessee State at Tennessee Tech - 7:45p Kentucky State at Wilberforce - 7:30p JANUARY 25 Jackson State at Alabama State - 7;30p Lyons at Arkansas-Pine Bluff - 8:00p Virginia Union at Bowie State - 7:30p East Stroudsburg at Cheyney - 8:00p Florida A&M at Coppin State - 8:00p N.C. A&T at Delaware State - 4:00p St. Paul's at Elizabeth City State - 7:30p Miss. Valley State at Grambling State - 7:30p Morgan State at Hampton - 7:30p Bethune Cookman at Howard - 4:00p Shaw at Johnson C. Smith - 7:30p Morehouse at Kentucky State - 7:30p Fort Valley State at LeMoyne-Owen - 7:30p Albany State at Morris Brown - 8;00p Fayetteville State at N.C. Central - 7:30p Virginia State at Norfolk State - 7:30p Augusta State at Paine - 8;00p Clark Atlanta at Savannah State - 8:00p Alcorn State at Southern - 7:30p Barber-Scotia at St. Augustine's - 2:00p Morehead State at Tennessee State - 7:45p Prairie View A&M at Texas Southern - 7:30p Alabama A&M at Tuskegee - 7:30p JANUARY 27 Fort Valley State at Alabama A&M - 7:30p Clark Atlanta at Albany State - 8:00p St. Paul's at Bowie State - 7:30p Fayetteville State at Claflin - 7:30p Bethune-Cookman at Coppin State - 7:30p S.C. State at Delaware State - 7:30p Hampton at Howard - 7:30p St. Augustine's at Livingstone - 7;30p N.C. A&T at MD-Eastern Shore - 7:30p LeMoyne Owen at Miles - 7:30p Ark.s-Pine Bluff at Miss. Valley State - 8:00p Florida A&M at Morgan State - 7:30p Savannah State at Morris Brown - 8:00p Kentucky State at Paine - 8:00p Eastern Kentucky at Tennessee State - 7:45p Norfolk State at Winston-Salem State - 7:30p Streakin' The teams that have vaulted to the top of black college conference basket ball races are on hot streaks. Clark Atlanta (9-2) sits atop the SIAC East and has a win in the last week over West Division leader Alabama A&M (9-3). North Carolina A&T (6- 4) has a six-game winning streak includ ing a win over MEAC favorite Coppin State, 76-70, breaking the Eagles 42- game home court winning streak. St. Paul’s (9-2) leads the CIAA Northern Division after posting wins over tradi tional conference powers Va. Union, NorfolkState and North Carolina Cen tral (11-2) all in the span of one week. NCC (4th), St. Augustine's (16th) and Alabama A&M (13th) were ranked in the last week's Div. II national poll. No top NFL draft picks in class of '97 SC State Sports Photo ROUNDTREE: Two-time All- MEAC offensive lineman. After five years with at least one NFL first round draft choice, black colleges may be shut out in 1997. No black college player is currently rated among the top 50 prospects by most scouts and prognosticators though outstanding workouts or Combine performances could vault them ahead. And, just as last year, a sleeper with unusual talent may emerge to nab a first round slot. North Carolina A&T'sJamain Stephens kept the streak alive last year as the Pittsburgh Steelers plucked him with the next to last pick (29th) in the opening round of the draft. A 6-7, 320 pounder with speed was just too much to resist for the Super Bowl runners up. Though Stephens spent the year learning the ropes for a veteran Steelers team, he is projected to play more next season. Among this year’s prospects only Jackson State safety Sean Woodson (6-1,212), Central State defensive tackle Myron Elzy 6-6,300) and South Carolina State offensive lineman Raleigh Roundtree (6-5,305) are generally rated among the top ten at their respective positions. SWAC defensive MVP Woodson, rated by ESPN draft analyst Mel Kiper as the third best safety in the draft, performed well in postseason workouts and all-star performances and may have moved as high as the second round. Kiper rates Elzy as the sixth best defensive tackle in the draft and says he may also have moved up to the second round. Roundtree is graded as the eighth best offensive tackle. Others with the sleeper tag are: Tennessee State line backer Michael Holcey (6-2, 250), Delaware State line backer Ronnie Wilkerson, Jackson State linebacker Ri chard Alvarado (6-2,242) and Bethune-Cookman wide receiver Antwuan Wyatt. Kiper gives special mention to Virginia Union defensive end Dwaine Robinson (6-3, 280) who Kiper says has 4.7 speed and could be a future NFL star. What does it mean to be a first round NFL draft pick? At least a cool $1 million signing bonus and a total contract of around $4 million for four years. Last year Stephens took home a signing bonus of $1.2 million and a $4.6 million total contract over five years. Stephens followed a black college three- ball that landed in the first round of the 1995 draft. Alcorn State's Steve McNair(3rd, Hous ton), Central State's Hugh Douglas (16th, New York Jets), and Fort Valley State's Tyrone Poole (22nd, Caro lina) have each distinguished themselves in their short NFL careers. Douglas was the 1995 AFC defensive Rookie of the Year after posting 11 sacks from his defensive end position for the Jets. Poole, a cornerback and the second pick ever of the Carolina franchise, has been a cornerstone of the Panthers defense that took the expansion team to the NFC Finals this year in only their second year of play. McNair, who was the highest drafted (third) of the three, has bided his time nicely behind Chris Chandler for most of his first two seasons but took over the reins of the Oilers offense late this year and is projected as the starter for next year. Alcorn State linebacker John Thierry was the only black college first rounder in 1994, taken by the Chicago Bears. Jackson State offensive lineman Lester Holmes was taken by Philadelphia with the 19th first round pick in 1993 and S. C. State defensive lineman Robert Porcher went to Detroit with the 26th pick in 1992. NFL DRAFT NEWS NFL DRAFT ORDER 1. New York Jets 2. New Orleans Saints 3. Atlanta Falcons 4. Baltimore Ravens 5. Detroit Lions 6. St. Louis Rams 7. New York Giants 8. Tampa Bay Buccaneers 9. Arizona Cardinals * 10. Oakland Raiders * 11. Chicago Bears 12. Seattle Seahawks 13. Hcxjston Oilers 14. Cincinnati Bengals 15. Miami Dolphins 16. San Diego Chargers 17. Washington Redskins 18. Kansas City Chiefs 19. Indianapolis Colts 20. Minnesota Vikings 21. Jacksonville Jaguars 22. Philadelphia Eagles 23. Buffalo Bills 24. Pittsburgh Steelers 25. Dallas Cowboys 26. San Francisco 49ers 27. Carolina Panttiers 28. Denver Broncos 29. New England Patriots # 30. Green Bay Packers # NFL COMBINE Feb. 6-10 Indianapolis RCA Dome DRAFT DAY April 19-20 * Coin flip K OeckleO by Super Bowl outcome
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