4C SPORTS/IElie Charlotte $oat Thursday, February 23, 2006 For t>« \ateK or Feb 21 - 27 2CX)6 LONG AWAITED OPENINGS BCSP Photo CROCKETT: One of three Virginia Union Panthers named to 2006 all-CIAA basketball team T PAYTON CENTER OPENS AT JSU; NIT OPENS TO REGULAR SEASON CHAMPS UNDER THE BANNER NIT logo ACCESS GRANTED: NIT to open Its tourney to regular season champs in MEAC and SWAC WHAT'S GOING ON IN AND AROUND BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS NIT TO TAKE CHAMPS: Regular season n>en's basketball champions in the Mid Kastern Athletic Conference and the Southwestern Athletic Conference will now be guaranteed postseason play ^ V National Invitational Tournament changed its rules to give automatic bids to regular season winners in the 31 NCAA Div. I conferences. The NCAA Tournament currently gives automatic bids to the MEAC and SWAC tournament winners and no team from the MEAC or SWAC has received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. That means that teams that do the work to win regular season titles hut are upset in conference tournaments are pretty much left with nowhere to go. That changes now. "The committee was unanimous in its view on this matter." said NIT selection committee chair. C.M. Newton. "It formali/es what postseason basketball should be - a reward for success throughout the regular season." Coppin Stale of the MEAC was the last black college team to participate in the NIT when it received a hid after winning the regular season MEAC title in 1995. The Eagles were upset by North Canillna A&T in the MEAC tournament (Inals. The Eagles defeated St. Joseph's in the first round of the NIT before falling to South Florida in the second round. This year’s Posts(^.wn NIT will tip off on March 14 of this year w ith opening-round play on campus sites. There will be a 4()-team field seeded by overall quality. Second-round action commences on March 17 and the quarterfinals begin on Mareh 21. Continuing with a tradition now in its 69th year, the championship round will take place in New York's Madist)n Square Garden w ith the semifinal doubleheader on March 28 and the championship game on March 30. The NIT selection committee, all former Division I men's basketball head coaches, is comprised of Hall of Earners Newton and Dean Smith, along with Don DeVoe. Reggie Minion. Jack Powers, and Carroll Williams. "We have as.sembled a com mittee that brings w iih them boundless amounts of expertise and integrity and I Ux>k forward to working with them," Newton said. The NIT Season Tip-Off and the National invitation Tournament are overseen by the NIT. LLC. which was acquired by the NCAA last year. CIAA ALL-CONFERENCE BASKETBALL SELECTIONS 2006 ALL-CIAA MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM NO HSMCttCHOOL KTcuPoe HOMETOWN 1 Denck Payrre BSU 6-5 Sf F V\to8hington DC 2 Chartes Clark JCSU 6-6 Sr , C Greenville. SC 21 John Futton JCSU 5-6 Sr F Manning. SC 22 Nichotas Kmg SAC 6-7. Jr F Philadelphia PA 4 Brad Byerson VUU 6-7, So, F Colonial Hts VA 20 Antonio Fitzgerald SAC 6-1, Jr. G DdnviNe VA 25 Claude Neeley SAC 6-2. Jr G/F TaHahassee FL 22 Trrstan Rankin SF>C 6-3. Jr. G Salisbury, NC 40 Danue Hargrove VUU 6-4 Sr G Warfield VA 3 Duan Crockett VUU 6^ Sr G/F Richmond VA 21 Santo* Martinez LC 6-5 Sr F Reeding, PA 34 Jame« Roeebud SU 6-9. Sr. F, St Petersburg, FL PLAYER OF THE YEAR Oanuc Hargrove VUU DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR John FuRon JCSU 2006 ALL-OAA WOMENS BASKETBALL TEAM MO MUaF/SOOOi. *rio.px HOMC’OWWI 34 Atysoo Swailee BSU 6-2 So C Silver Spnngs, MD 00 Celeete Trahan ECSU 6-2. So . C Stockton. CA 34 Trflany Smrth ECSU 5-11, Jr. F Cheverly. MD 4 Deanrsa Pnee ECSU 5-7 Jr G Wkrahington DC 23 Bnttany Sumpter JCSU 5-9. Jr F Orangeburg SC 1 TianaPope JCSU 5-6 Jr. G Albany GA 30 Caaaie Kirvg NCCU 6-0 Jr F WsndeN NC 20 LaConya Pok SAC 64) Jr F Menifee AK 31 \Msc« Brown SAC 5-9 Jr, G Riverdaie MO 1 Nrkki Bowen SPC 5-10 Sr G/F PmkHil NC 3 Nastassta Boucscauft SU 5-6 Sr G Brooklyn. NY 40 Shaktnda Carter WSSU 6-1 Jr F Fayettevrfla. NC PLAYER OF THE YEAR NMtBSS« BoucicauR SU OEFENStVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR Oaanna Pnea ECSU \ SX,9C£ OAA QAZEEZ Comnjncabont Inc VOL Xli NO 29 THE STAT CORNER WHO ARE THE BEST PERFORMERS IN BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS Athj'iC AMOcunoN DTV COHf ALI M P A P Me Eactehn ivil_/nv.f ATvtfTic Cqi«« eWA PUrEKS Of T»€ WEEK OAMEL JACK80M. U. S(.. F. SHAW. Uk* WMH, FI • Scored • iMtOA ngh 30 porre 8 reboundiindSMMttiKeMlofW On lMd«r X&n* ROOKC ANTHONY HUJARO. 8-1, Fi., F, EUZ. CTTY STATtF*y«Mvril«.NC-AwregM8eppg 78 fpg andlSipg nihretpBfntt CCWCH SHAWN WklKER. ElnAMh Ci^ SUM • GuM VkrgttDwraowNCCU OnwandW SM to rren fM« reeofd N 7*7 IM? ATHL£TIC CONFERCNCt CONF EOMSION w w w L W w L w 1 w L VdgnaUnKM 13 2 20 3 Otaware S«« 14 16 11 Btrtodct 16 1 20 4 Boww StM 9 6 16 10 Cbppm Stax 11 11 15 Pxne 14 17 7 Be OtyStatt 7 12 12 Bdihunb-Cookman 10 14 12 Stiman 13 16 9 Vrginw Statt 6 18 Hampton 9 11 13 Albert Stax 13 14 10 Shbw 5 10 19 SC Stax 6 10 14 Lane 12 14 9 SI PbuTi 4 12 10 15 Florida A&U 8 12 15 Uorthoute 11 14 11 IN DIVISION NorfokStax 8 16 KtfKuckyStax 10 10 12 12 St Augustind’i 12 17 6 NC A&T Stax 5 19 Fort Valty Stax 9 10 12 12 J C SmA 6 11 19 6 Morgan Stax 3 11 22 MiXt 6 14 18 N C Cdntral 7 IS Md E-Short 2 12 19 LtMoynt-Owtn 5 13 16 W-SbUmStM 9 16 9 Howard 2 12 20 Clark Adenx 3 16 22 fayettbvet StaM 5 13 11 Tuskegee 1 18 24 Lwwgdtona 0 2 13 19 MEAC PUYERS OF THE WEEK PLAYER DARRYL PROCTOR. M. So.. F. COPPIN STATE. Oretrici MO • AvtregM 225 ponM snd 7 riboufidt (I Mn* (Trer hanyion tnd NC A&T Sccred a uaacn^ 29 po«iii on 10 of 17 Nwatrg and 9 o( 12 torn iha kna aa We Eagita tocA ovar toM potaaiacm of aacond placaw«ivMno¥arH«np(on Hiiho(687%{ie of 24) tx M irea* ROOKIE TROY JACKSON. «-3, Fr., 0, UMES. Wllkat Batf. PA - Avaragad 15 poatt and 5 raboundi m aao gtfnaa lor tha Haaki ndudaig a gerna-Ngh 23 pomti tavan raboundi and fcwr aaijati vi FAMU Aryu'iC CowERBtcE CONF sue PLAYERS Of THE WEEK PLAYER BRANDON CNNJ)S. 8-1. St., 0. MOREHOUSE. Conyan, OA • Averaged 13 7 pomta 5 3 BMifta 2 aMaia and 1 Modi ■ mnt ow FVSU and CAu and a loat 10 Ataiy State OTH0R TOP PERFORMANCES -KandMRuAn FVSU - Avaregad 22 pM 4 raba 4 aaa«ta and 3 ataaN n tw gamaa • Frank Pnaon Albany St - Awaragad 196 ppg Srpg and2ataaliiittnag«naa -Bnan^iarpat Pane-Avaragad 183 ponta 53rabounda I ataaland 1 Median Mo gvnat ' Arnf'ic CoaiFBtENCC LDMSION Southern Grvnbkng State AJebeme Statt .tadiaon State M«e ValeySt AiabameAAM Ark Pne Bluff Alcom Staa Texas Southern Pr8X«V«wA&M W L W L 3 14 12 4 12 9 5 11 14 6 12 14 7 0 16 7 9 9 12 9 14 6 9 5 9 1 13 7 19 4 21 SWAC PUYERS or THE WEEK PLAYER AKIEM CLABORN, 8-7, $f.. F, ALABAMA STATE, Eufaia, AL • Avtragad a doubiMlouMa 21 poaSaand 10 5 raboundi aathtHornaa got MO «Mnt ID mewa rtD thrd placi n Wa SWAC Ha bad 25 pond 10 rebounda aa Wa ^^ornaia knocked off Soiahern and 17 pond and 11 boarda aa they bad Alcorn Sdd INDEPENDENTS WVb Staa Central State Cheyney Tennessee Sta# Savannah State Uw IX PUYERS OF THE WEEK TONY CORNEH, 84. Jr.. F, W VA. STATE, Cokmbui, OH - Lad Wtow Jacked to M Moak avtrageig 137pora par game and 9 raboundi par gerre CLARENCE MATTHEWS. 8-7, Jr., F. TEN NESSEE STATE. Beaumont. TX - MaOtwwi avaregad a doubd-douMa (14 7 ppgn30 ipg) wh4t halpvig Tannaaaaa Sted to a 2-1 iTwk dat Mtk IntoaTgfra'wnmarAuabn Paay thi junior totvwd puM dewn a carear-bgli 19 raboixtoa to go wdi 18 poaid and tva Mockad ahod Hi totn lolcwad diet w(h 11 poavi and 13 rebounda vtraua Murray Stad and a IS-poat tavtrvboard aftxt n a notKondrenca wn at Bal Stad Ha fineldd the week w« a totd of 10 Mocka aa asaod and ttirea dead wMe ifiootng 56 3 percent from the Mid (IBof- 32) Uatthem bat naded douMa-doubd tflorfa n aaven of tie leat 10 gamai and deda thf OVC wth «gbi overaf BCSP Notes All-CIAA Basketball Team named Virginia Union's talented swingman Darius Hargrove and Shaw point guard Nastavsia Boucicault were named Tuesday as the top men's and women’s play ers as the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association announced its 2006 all-conference honorees. (See STAT CORNER). Hargrove, a 6-4 senior from Warfield, Va.. averaged 16.4 points per game in leading the two-lime defending CIAA champion and defending NCAA Div. II champion Panthers to a 20-3 overall record, a top ten national rank ing and first-place finish in the conference's East Division. Hargrove, who’s .scoring average is sixth among league players, shoots 41.4% from the field and 84.7% from the line. Two other members of the Panthers' squad, senior forward Duan Crockett and sophomore center Brad Byerson were also named to the 12-man men's team. St. Augustine's also had three players named to the squad in guard Antonio Fitzgerald, power forward Claude Neeley and swingman Nicholas King. Six-six (6-6) Johnson C. Smith senior forward John Fulton, who finished third in the conference in rebounds (8.0 rpg.), leads the conference in defensive rebounding and is eighth in steals (1.8 spg.), claimed the 2005-2006 defensive player of the year award. Boucicault, a 5-6 senior guard from Brcxiklyn. NY, averaged 16.1 points. 5.2 assists and 3.3 steals in pacing the dominant Lady Bears who have won 72 straight CIAA games. The Lady Bears won the East Division title and have 19 straight overall wins this sea.son. Of the 12 players named to the team. Boucicault was the only mem ber of the Lady Bears named. Elizabeth City State placed three players on the 12-person squad. The Lady Vikings' 5-7 junior guard Deanna Price was named defensive player of the year. The all-CIAA teams and players of the year will be honored at the Women’s and Men's Tip-Off Banquets which will be held respectively at The Westin Hotel in , Charlotte on Sunday. February 26 and Tuesday. February 28 at 6:30 p.m. Hampton women, NSU men take MEAC Indoor Track titles Hampton’s women and Norfolk State's men cap tured the crowns at the 2006 Mid-Eastern .Athletic Conference (MEAC) Indoor Track and Field Championships at Prince George's Sports & Learning Complex. The Lady Pirates earned 44 points on day one and finished with a new MEAC Indoor Championship record 168 points. The 1986 Delaware Stale team held the pre vious record (155). Hampton finished 82 points ahead of second place Norfolk State (86), while Morgan State finished third with 61 team points. Hampton’s Yvette Lewis earned Outstanding Performer honors for the sec ond consecutive year with 48 points, breaking her own previous record of 46 points at last year's indoor champi onship. "We had three goals coming in: to win our fourth consecutive title, to break the team points reewd and to have Yvette Lewis win the individual points title again," said Hampton head coach Maurice Pierce. Norfolk Slate compiled 133 points to earn its first men's MEAC Indoor Title since 2(X)1. The Spartans also captured this .season’s MEAC Cross Country Championships. Hampton finished with 86 points and North Carolina .A&T had 74 to round out the top three. HARGROVE BOUCICAULT Y. LEWIS "We exceeded our expectations." explained NSU head coach Kenneth Giles. "This win is for the seniors, we have a good group of student-athletes who have helped build this program. Giles earned Outstanding Coach hon ors on the men's side. North Carolina A&Ts Justin Byron earned OuLstanding Performer honors, the senior earned 20 points and won the 200m with a MEAC indoor championship record lime of 21.35. The previous record was held by cur rent NFL player Jerome Mathis of Hampton in 2003. St. Aug's sweeps CIAA Indoor Track Championships Saint Augustine's College dominated the field in winning both CIAA men's and women's indoor track championships Sunday at Christopher Newport University. Led by MVPs Joe Kindred and Edgar Bermudez, the Falcons scored 209 points to outdistance North Carolina Central, which finished second with 93 points. The Falcons' women, behind MVPs Kimberly Moore and Johnsie Liles, scored 149 points to finish ahead of Bowie State (92 points) and North Carolina Central (83 points). Kindred earned MVP honors in the men’s field events after winning the triple jump, finishing second in the high jump and placing fourth in the long jump. Bermudez of the Falcons won the one-mile run and 800-meter run to win the MVP award in track events. He also was a member of the winning men’s distance medley relay team. In the women’s events, the Falcons' Moore finished second in ihe long jump, and third in both the triple jump and high jump to gamer MVP honors in the field events. Liles was named MVP of the track events after winning both the 200-meter and 4(X)-meler dashes. Wtolhest C«Pt»r - Opereng • Feb 16 Walter Payton Center opens at Jackson State The $12.3 million Walter Payton Recreation and Wellness Center opened Thursday at Jackson State University as the centerpiece of a $25 million complex named after the school's most famous alumnus. The native of Columbia, Miss., starred at Jackson Slate in the early 1970s and played 13 years with the Chicago Bears, retiring after the 1987 season with 16.726 yards rushing. The Hall of Fame running back died of cancer in 1999 at age 45. "[The center] is a tribute to a life that meant so much to this community and this university." said Eddie Payton, Waller's older brother and the golf coach at Jackson Stale. The building houses three basketball courts, three racqueiball courts, three aerobics studios, a squash court, plus dozens of exercise bikes and weight benches. School officials said Jackson State is the first historically black college or university to open such a center. 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EC6t62W^a$7 LwvgaantT? aAugtS SMw74 X;Srn*i6e UEAC CrefvasoNCAiTs HaT«r65 DMSMW56 htH«d67 BCooiffrer63 UCS75 Aurtse Uag«a6e SCStM3e BAC BtrttaK SMiar56 FVSL 60 Nbaira 66 OT iMhS4 XSU 46 Paw 74 TjikcgM63 AA4US6 Sou6wrS6 At: a so AMMm a $1 MVBLTOTSUSO GAMES THIS WEEK SAT., FEB. 25 QAA Bowie State @ Columbia Union Eliz Crty State @ W Union Fayetteville St @ Livmgstone NC Central @ JC Smith Virginia St @ St. PauTe MEAC Norfolk St @ NC AAT Coppin St @ Howard Delaware St @ Florida A&M Hampton @ SC State Morgan St @ UMES SIAC Benedict @ Pame Ft Valley St @ C:iark Atlanta Kentucky St @ Tuekegee Lane @ Stilman Miles @ LeMoyne-Owen SWAC Alabama St @ Tex Southern Alabama A&M @ Prairie View Southern @ Aicorn St Ark PB @ Grambling St M»8 VaHey St @ Jackson St MON., FEB. 27 CIAA Women's Tournament (1st Round) MEAC Hampton @ NC A&T Coppin St @ UMES Delaware St @ B-Cookman Norfolk St @ SC State Morgan St @ Hampton SIAC Men's and Women's Tournament SWAC Alabama St @ Prairie View Alabama A&M @ Tex Southern Ark P6 @ Jackson St Miss VaHey St @ Grambling St TUBS.. FEB. 28 CIAA Women's Tourney (Quarters) SIAC Men's and Women's Tournament WED., MARCH 1 CIAA Men's Tournament (1 st Round) MEAC Delawwe St. @ Morgan & Florida A&M @ Hampton Howard @NC A&T UMES @ SC State B-CC @ Norfolk St (ESPNU) SIAC M/W Tournament (1st Round) INDEPENDENTS Citadel @ Savannah St THURS.. MARCH 2 aAA Men's Tournament (Quarters) SIAC M/W Tournament SWAC Jackson St @ Alabama A&M Tex Southern @ /Ucorn St Grambling St @ Alabama St Praine View @ Southern INDEPENDENT Tenn State @ Morehead St W Wi St @ Bluebeld St 2005-06 BLACK COLLEGE BASKETBALL (Women's Results, Standings and Weekly Honors) f' I A A CCNTRAl INTB»C0LL£»ATE ArrexrcAseociAT'ON MCAf^ mcEasiwn IVl w ArHjETic Compere LOMSKW Shaw Bs Cy State WgnaUnen Bcmw State State St PauTs WOMSXM J C Sm«) 8 N C 0«ai 6 Fayaoevii State 4 St Kugusbna s i 3 Df¥ »Nf W L W L 15 0 11 3 7 6 5 9 3 to 1 12 12 2 11 3 7 7 7 9 4 11 3 12 ALL W L 22 4 16 6 t1 14 11 14 4 20 5 19 Ath^tic Conperencs CONF ALL 17 8 20 4 12 13 14 It 8 17 7 18 Coppri State Delaware State UUES Howard SC State NC A&T State Hampton FlondaA&U Morgan State Norfcit State Bethunt-Cool?nar 9 7 7 6 9 5 10 $ 10 4 11 W L 16 8 16 6 12 11 12 11 10 13 3 12 4 19 CMA PLAYStS OF nC WEEK “LAYPt ^ CELESTE TRAHAN. 8^ So. C QJL CITY $1. 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Hsmstwr^ PA • t»irigM 10 3 porw wto 9 rebourtoi tmi to 2-1 «mA Jetowop ttod 10 gM re Ceepr SMto • 19 ATHLETK COHTERgiCE CONF AU W L W L /toHfTx: (3o4werencc ' ALL FohS^ley State Benedort Pa>ne AaenyStatt T.-sfcegee Stimer Mies LaMoyne-Owen Kentucky StMe Lane CkrkAilarta 17 0 23 14 3 18 13 4 17 11 7 12 9 9 11 9 9 10 6 10 10 7 10 7 4 15 5 3 14 6 1 16 3 £.01VtSK)N Jackson Slate Southern Mas ValeySl Alaber^A&M Alabama Stitt Alcorr State Aik PneBUr Grambkng State PrartoVwwA&U "cxBs SexAhem W L 13 11 14 10 14 10 12 11 11 12 9 14 7 17 9 12 6 16 1 13 3 20 sue PLAYERS OF THE WKK ‘PUtYER KEMIMmA PRICE. 5-10. Sfr. G. ALBANY STATE. SNlNwsn. GA - fcwregid 225 portt 8 5 raboptos 15 iWaN vto 15 Hod* a M ODCt TOP PptFORAUNCES - Sereyw 3wne • tirigia 155 pgg 25 vg vtoMoitoWiRMDgBrwt - Dibenk Jonbs R 'Mtf Stow • Hid 18 goftt 9 rsboMtoi 2 WMN ond 2 Hoda to •dnd wiMk to If SMU: PLAYERS OF THE WEEK RAYP? SHEUTA BURNS. 8-1. Jr.. F. JACKSON STATE. Jicfcldn. MS - Arer^ Z3 5 po«es md 8 5 rebounds n he Ladf 'gire M Mo gvMS 3ura scored 34 ponw and pdtod do«n 10 reboundi M tto Lsdir Tgn downed jf»iWtng Stas Stu^ She bed 13 poeo srd 7 rebowtoi n I wi orer ''eas Soua«r INDEPENDENTS W Vs State Cer^ State UDC Cheyney Savannah Statt "ennessee Stax 14 12 10 11 6 17 4 22 3 23 0 25 PUYERS OF THE WEEK ASHLEY BLAKE. 84, So. G CHPY3CY. Phitodelphis. PA • Scored 21 po«4iM8to Ledjf Wiotoet dropped a decreon to W&trevie 3tok» connectod on 7 of 12 thoto tom t» Wd nduMrig 2 of 4 tom tm-porc range APRL STEVENSON. $4. Sr.. 6. W VML STATE. Batomore MO • Arereged 12 7 ponto am 5 3 rebcutos as !he Lad)! Yisloi' ds1-2«i«ali

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