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4C SPORTS/El^e C(iarlottt Thursday, February 12, 2004 For the Week of Feb. 10 through Feb. 16, 2004 GETTIN’ THE BALL ROLLIN’ BCSP Photo MAHORN; Former NBA “Bad Boy" and Flampton star to tip off men's ClAATourney at Banquet on Feb. 24. T BCSP NFL PLAYERS OF THE YEAR; FAMU, VUU MAKE SOME MOVES; SWAC RESPONDS UNDER THE BANNER WHAT'S GOING ON IN AND AROUND BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS HUNT FOR CHANEY: Noted Philadelphia Tribune sportswriter Donald Hunt has penned a unique book about Bethune-Cookman grad and cur rent Temple University head coach, John Chaney. Chaney, a Basketball Hall of Fame inductee who got his 700th career win just two weeks ago, is the subject of Chaney, Playing for a Legend, an inside look at the coaching icon as told through the experiences of two of his most successful pupils, former Temple and current NBA players, Aaron McKie and Eddie Jones. Hunt made Cover Photo NEW BOOK: NBA stars talk of playing for Temple coach, B-CC grad. an appearance on ESPN's new morning show. Cold Pizza, last week to talk about the book and about the 72-year-old Chaney's outstanding accomplishments in his 32-year coaching career. The former 1950s B-CC small college All- American coached at Cheyney State for 10 years, winning an NCAA Division II national title in 1978 before taking over at Division I Temple in 1982. Chaney is the first African-American with most of his wins in Division I to reach the 700-win plateau. He has led the Owls to 17 NCAA tournament appearances, five regional finals, six Atlantic-10 championships and has been named A-10 Coach of the Year five times. The book is $24.95 and is available at Barnes & Nobles, Borders or Amazon.com. ANOTHER MILESTONE: Virginia Union head basketball coach Dave Robbins reached another milestone in his storied career Saturday when he claimed his 600th career win with a 88-67 victory over Virginia State. Robbins, in his 26th season leading the Panthers, has claimed ten CIAA Tournament titles and NCAA Div. II national championships in 1980 and 1992, while compiling a 600-171. career record. His .778 career win ning percentage is the third highest nationally among active Div. II coaches. His current VUU squad is 16-4 overall, 5-2 in the conference's East Division. NFL STARS: Former Alcorn State QB Steve McNair of the Tennessee Titans and former Fort Valley State DB Nick Harper of the Indianapolis Colts were selected as BCSP Black College NFL Players of the Year in voting on Black College Sports OnLine (Onnidan.com). McNair, in his ninth season, shared AFC MVP honors with Indy's Peyton Manning, throwing for 3,215 yards with 24 TDs and only seven interceptions. His 100.4 QB rating was the best in the entire NFL. Harper led the Colts with four interceptions, one returned for a TD, and was third on the AFC South champs with 98 tackles. Both Indianapolis and Tennessee made the playoffs. Over 1,000 votes were cast. Jerome Reid/All Pro Photo ROBBINS: 26-year VUU head coach gets his 600th win. BCSP BLACK COLLEGE NFL PLAYERS OF THE YEAR VOTING OFFENSE STEVE MCNAIR - TITANS - 479 (39%) Shannon Sharpe - Broncos - 93 (8%) Donald Driver - Packers -15 (1 %) Darnerian McCants - Redskins - 9 (1%) Troy Hambrick - Cowboys - 5 (0%) Jerry Rice - Raiders - 7 (1%) Jimmy Smith - Jaguars - 2 (0%) DEFENSE NICK HARPER - COLTS - 495 (40%) Marques Douglas - Ravens -11 (1%) Aeneas Williams - Rams - 64 (5%) Tyrone Poole - Patriots - 34 (3%) Michael Strahan - Giants - 8 (1%) Earl Holmes - Lions - 6 (0%) Rashean Mathis - Jaguars - 6 (0%) Greg Wesley - Chiefs - 2 (0%) TOTAL VOTES CAST: 1,236 McNAIR HARPER 2003-04 BLACK COLLEGE BASKETBALL (Men's Results, Standings and Weekly Honors) SCORES MONDAY, FEB. 9 MEAC CSC 65. BCC 52 FAMU B3. MSU 67 Hampton 85, NCA4T 58 UMES 56. Howard 55 NSU 88, SCSU 74 SWAC Alab. Si. 68. PVA&M 42 AASU 69. TSU 64 GSU 83. MVSU 69 JSU 66, UAPB48 Tx. PA 74, Alcorn St. 52 ’ SATURDAY, FEB. 7 CIAA BSU 96. Shaw 76 ECSU 70, SPC 69 FSU 85. SAC 83 JCSU 78, WSSU 56 NCCU9t,LC54 VUU 88. VSU 67 MEAC MSU 79, B-CC 84 CSC 66, FAMU 62 SCSU 83, Hampton 55 UMES 69. DST66, OT ! NC AAT 59, NSU 57 SWAC Alab. St. 70, TSU 51 AA&M 78. PVA&M 68 QSU 78, UAPB 55 MVSU 50, JSU 41 SU 84, Alcorn St 73 Athletic Association W L W L E. DIVISION Bowie Slate Virginia Union Shaw Eliz. City St. St. Paurs Virginia State W. DIVISION Fayetteville State J, C, Smith N. C. Central St. Augustine's W-Salem State Livingstone CIAA PLAYERS OF THE WEEK PLAYER LETHEAL COOK, Jr„ C, BSU, Omaha, NE • Averaged 24.5 pts., 13 rebs., 3.5 blocks in big wins over Va. Ui^ and Shaw. He had 28 points, 16 rebounds and four blocks vs. VUU. ROOKIE MICHAEL ASKEW, Fr., F, VSU, WoodbrIdge, VA • Averaged 16 points, live rebounds and three assists in three games. He had 21 pts.. 8 rebs.. In wm over JCSU. COACH DAVE ROBBINS, VUU • Got his 600th career win in victor over VSU, * Athletic Conference CONF ALL 6 18 3 SC State 9 12 9 Benedict 12 2 5 16 4 Coppin State 9 11 12 Morehouse 9 4 4 10 12 Delaware State 7 11 Lane 10 5 3 11 12 Rorida A&M 7 12 Tuskegee 9 5 2 18 Morgan State 7 11 Albany State 8 5 10 Hampton 7 14 Ft. Valley State 7 6 5 13 9 Norfolk Stale 6 14 Miles 7 7 5 12 11 Maryland-E. S, 4 15 Paine 6 8 5 10 10 Howard 3 15 Clark Atlanta 3 9 5 15 7 Bethune-Cookman 3 16 Kentucky State 3 12 2 14 9 NC A&T State 2 10 19 LeMoyne-Owen 1 12 3 19 MEAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK PLAYER THOMAS "TEE- TROTTER, Sr, G, UMES, Las Cruces, NM - Averaged 23 points in two thrilling wins. Got 20 in OT win over OelState and 26 including game-winning basket in one-point win over Howard. ROOKIE JUNIOR PEHOUA, Fr. G, Hampton, Germantown, MD -Had career-high 17 points off the bench in loss to SCSU and 11 in win over NC A&T. Avgd. 14 poinls and 3 rebounds. Athletic Conference CONF ALL W L W L 13 5 15 5 13 8 11 10 11 8 9 10 10 11 8 12 6 13 6 14 SIAC PUYERS OF THE WEEK Miss. Valley State Jackson State Alabama A&M Alcorn State Texas Southern Southern Alabama State Grambling State Prairie View Ark. Pine Bluff ’ Athletic Conference ALL W L 15 6 10 10 8 11 7 13 9 11 8 12 7 13 7 14 4 15 1 19 SWAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK PLAYER SOLOMON FORBES, Jr, F, MVSU, Jackson, MS - Averaged 24.0 ppg.. 3.5 rebounds, 2.5 steals and 1 assists in two wins for the Delta Devils. In his best game against Alabama State, he had 27 points, six rebounds, two steals including connecting on 8-9 from the free throw line. Other Notable Performances Terry Horton, AAiM • Averaged 26 pts., 9 reb., in 1-1 week. Had 12 rebounds vs. UAPB. K. C- Cavette, JSU • Averaged 24,5 ppg., 3.5 rpg., 2.0 apg., and 3.5 spg., as Tigers went M. INDEPEND. W, V. State Cheyney UDC Central St. Sav. St. Tenn. St. PLAYERS OF THE WEEK PUYER LEE THE STAT CORNER WHO ARE THE BEST PERFORMERS IN BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS BCSP Notes Movement at Florida A&M Florida A&M interim Athletic Director, Dr. J.R.E. Lee III, resigned his position Friday in what could be the first in a series of moves to reverse the Rattlers’ upgrade to NCAA Div. lA foot ball. Lee's resignation comes after FAMU President Fred Gainous voiced his dis pleasure with the progress of the move in a memo to Board of Trustees members. Gainous also questioned the wisdom of other decisions made by Lee since taking over the athletic department in November of 2002. Gainous announced Tuesday that he was appointing FAMU faculty member Joseph Ramsey to the position of Special Assistant to the President for Athletics to help him run the athletic department until a permanent person could be found by May 15. Lee's decision to pursue a move up from Div. I-AA and leave the Mid Eastern Athletic Conference was made five ^ months after he assumed the reins of Rattler athletics. As part of the upgrade. Lee and FAMU signed a five-year deal with Harlem-based Urban Broadcasting Company that was supposed to bring in a minimum $1.5 million for improving Bragg Stadium and other facilities. UBC broadcasted six FAMU football games this past season but none of those funds have materialized. Lee has refused comment on his resignation while Gainous says he cannot discuss personnel matters concerning Lee. The question of whether FAMU football will be return ing to the MEAC may have begun to be answered Tuesday at a meeting of the FAMU Board of Trustees. The school is facing a March 15 deadline to return its football program to the MEAC or have its entire athletic program expelled by June 30. Even if the decision is to return to the MEAC, FAMU will not be eligible for the 2004 grid title as most conference schools have completed their schedules without the Rattlers. Jones in at Va. Union Virginia Union Athletic Director Michael Bailey introduced Arrington Jones last Friday as the Panthers new football coach. Jones, 44. a Richmond (Va.) native, starred as a run ning back at CIAA-member Winston- Salem State from 1977-81 where he has spent the last three y?ars as offensive coor dinator. "It was a very easy fit for us," Bailey said of choosing Jones, who is getting his first head coach ing assignment. Jones also served as offensive coordinator at Virginia State in the 1999 and 2000 seasons. "He's familiar with the conference, and he’s proven on and off the field." Bailey said. Jones will be replacing Willard Bailey, the CIAA all- time winningest coach with 211 wins who was abruptly reassigned following this past season after winning the con ference’s East Division title before losing to Fayetteville State in the CIAA title game. Coach Bailey had reportedly sought his re-instatement to the position and had sought legal counsel in that pursuit. Bailey is scheduled to be inducted into the CIAA Hall of Fame at ceremonies during this year's basketball tournament. Michael Bailey thanked coach Bailey "for his contributions to the athletic depart ment, the student athletes and the university," before intro ducing Jones. CIAA Tourney Tip Hampton grad and former Detroit Pistons bad boy Rick Mahorn and former Virginia Union scholar-athlete. Trade Haygood will be guest speakers for the men's and women’s 2(X)4 CIAA Tournament Tip-Off Banquets at the Embassy Suites-RDU. HAYGOOD JONES Mark Coleman/All Pro Photography SPEED BURNER: Howard all-American hurdler David Oliver shows the form he used to capture the 60-meter hurdles title Saturday in the 2004 HBC Track Classic in Landover, MD. Oliver has already qualified for the NCAA Indoors and is a provisional qualifier for the Olympic Trials. He set a new meet record with a time of 7.88. The 6-9 Mahorn was the 1979 CIAA Player of the Year and three-time all- CIAA performer who went on to a stellar career which included two NBA champi onships with the Pistons. He is currently a radio color analyst with the Pistons. He will address the men's banquet on Tuesday night, Feb. 24. Haygood, who received a dual degree in math and chemical engineering from Virginia Union and Howard University, will share her insight on basketball and the business world Sunday night, Feb. 22. Haygood is a Market Development and Account Manager for DuPont Dow Elastomers in Houston where she is responsible for managing business development at chemical plants. HBCU Indoor Track Black college teams representing 22 men's and 19 women's programs participated in the second annual Historically Black College (HBC) Track Classic Saturday and Sunday at the Wayne K. Curry Sports and Learning Complex in Landover, Md., this past weekend. Over 2,000 spectators were on hand each day to wit ness the competition and watched as 15 meet records were broken or tied. The meet featured teams primarily from the CIAA, SIAC and MEAC. Only Jackson State from the SWAC was able to participate. The first day featured an address by Dr. Leroy Walker to the coaches and athletes. Dr. .Walker was the 22nd president of the U.S. Olympic Committee serving as the USOC’s first African-American president and was inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame in 1987. A' three-sport star in football, basketball and track and field at Benedict (S.C.) College, he earned All-American football honors in 1'940 and later went on to become head track coach at North Carolina Central University and head track coach of the U. S. Olympic Team. "We want to make this meet important to the athletes and they are working to be legends", said Dr. Walker. Scheduling Flap Southwestern Athletic Conference Commissioner Robert Vowels says in a release Friday that he was disap pointed that Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner Jon A. Steinbrecher chose to publicly air his problems with Alabama A&M’s handling of a scheduling conflict with Jacksonville Slate. In an internal memo that was leaked to the Anniston Star newspaper, Steinbrecher called for all OVC schools to boycott A&M. a SWAC school, and not schedule them for any spons after the school got out of its contract to play Jacksonville State of the OVC in the 2004 football season. The release from Vowels said "A profes sional courtesy call by the Ohio Valley Conference Office to the Southwestern Athletic Conference Office would have been appropriate .before the demeaning and scathing memorandum recommending a boy cott was sent. Any possibility of resolving the issue ended with the public circulation of the memorandum." The SWAC release also said upon review of the scheduling issue the conference supported Alabama A&M’s decision to cancel the agreement, which had a remedy clause that the school agreed to abide by. GAMES THIS WEEK CIAA NCCU @ VUU 7;30pm WSSU @ FSU 7:30pm VSU @ ECSU 7:30pm JCSU @ Shaw 7:30pm SPC @ BSU 4:O0pm SAC @ LC 7:30pm MEAC FAMU ® HAM 4:00pm B-CC @ NSU 4:b0pm NC A&T @ UMES* 4;00pm DSU @ CSC 7:30pm HOW @ MSU 7:30pm SWAC Alab. St @ AA&M 7:30pm MVSU @ Alcorn. St. 7:30pm JSU @ PV 7:30pm UAPB @ SU 7:30pm GSU @ TSU 7:30pm MON., FEB, 16 MEAC DSU @ MSU 7;30pm HOW @ CSC 7:30pm SCSU @ UMES’ 7:30pm FAMU @ NSU 8:00pm Howard @ CSC 8:00pm B-CC @ HAM 8:00pm SWAC AA&M @ Sav. St. 7;30pm Alcorn St. @ UAPB 7;30pm GSU @ PV 7:30pm MVSU @ SU 7:30pm JSU @ TSU 7:30pm TUES., FEB, 17 CIAA WSSU @ NCCU 7:30pm VSU @ Shaw 7:30pm SAC @ Morris FSU @ JCSU 7;30pm ECSU @ BSU 7;30pm LC @ Claflin 7;30pm SPC @ Barber-Scotia 7:30pm WED., FEB, 18 MEAC B-CC @ Sav. St. 7:30pm THUR., FEB. 19 CIAA WSSU @ Longwood 7:30pm FSU @ VSU 7:30pm SAC @ Allen SPC @ NCCU 7:30pm Times are for men's games. Women's games usually start two hours before men's contests. 2003-04 BLACK COLLEGE BASKETBALL (Women's Results, Standings and Weekly Honors) SCORES MONDAY, FEB. 9 MEAC NSU 65. SCSU 56 CSC 62, see 60. OT FAMU 76. MSU 61 Hampton 72, NC A&T 60 Howard 88. UMES 74 Sav. St. 62. DSU 59 SWAC Alab. $1. 79. PVA&M55 QSU 71, MVSU 61 JSU 68. UAPB 54 TSU SO, AA&M 49 SATURDAY. FEB. 7 CIAA Shaw 85. BSU 75 ECSU 59, SPC 53 FSU 86,-SAC 64 XSU 79, WSSU 60 LC 62. NCCU 59 VUU 79, VSU 61 MEAC B-CC 70, MSU 30 FAMU 65, CSC 48 DSU 64. UMES 58 Kan^ion 76. SCSU 36 NSU 65. NC A&T 55 SWAC GSU 85, UAPB 77 JSU 57, MVSU 50 SU 76. Alcorn St. 68 Alab. St. 73. TSU 66 AA&M 56. PVA&M 53 E. DIVISION Shaw Virginia Union Eliz. City State Bowie State Virginia State St, Paul's W. DIVISION Fayetteville State J. C. Smith W-Salem State Livingstone N. C. Central St. Augustine's Athletic Association DIV ALL W L VY L 0 21 2 1 19 3 4 8 12 5 10 13 4 6 13 8 1 20 11 10 12 10 11 10 9 14 10 11 11 11 CIAA PLAYERS OF THE WEEK PLAYER KIARSHA CURTIS, Jr.TG. Shaw, Capital Hts., MD - Avgd. 22 pts.. 5 reb., and 2 stls., In SO week. Scored a career-high 33 points, ndudmg five Bvee-pointers vs. Umor. ROOKIE CAS5IE KING. Fr, F. NCCU, Wendell, NC • Avgd. 17.3 ppg.. 13.6 rpg.. 4 spg.. and 2.3 apg.. in three games. Had career-htgh 19 rebounds. iSpocisvs. Livingslone. COACH JACQUES CURTIS, Shaw • Took soie posses sion ol 6^ place m E. Div. with rout of Va. Union. * Athletic Conference CONF ALL MEAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK PLAYER KIESHA BEARD. Jr., F. Hampton. Missouri City, TX - In two wins, averaged 13 points end 16.5 r^ounds with league-high and stiiool- record 22 boards vs. NC AiT ROOKIE SHAREMA DEAN, Fr., G. Hampton, Brooklyn, NY • Repeats as ROW averaging 19 ppg., 5.5 rpg.. 3.0 apg.. and 3.0 spg. Scored a career-high 23 points VS- SC State. Athletic Conference , CONF ALL W W L w W L W L W L W, Vi. St, 16 5 Delaware State 10 15 5 Albany State 10 11 9 Jackson State 2 16 5 Central St. 11 8 Florida A&M 9 13 7 Clark Atlanta 9 17 3 Alabama State 3 11 8 UDC 11 12 Coppin State 8 12 9 Ft. Valley State 10 17 4 Grambling State 4 10 Cheyney 5 17 Hampton 8 12 Tuskegee 9 15 6 Southern 4 10 Sav. St. 6 16 Bethune-Cookman 7 10 9 Paine 9 12 8 Alabama A&M 5 11 Term. St. 1 19 Howard 7 13 Benedict 8 10 8 Alcorn Stale 5 12 SC State 5 13 Miles 3 15 Texas Southern 11 PUYERS OF THE WEEK Norfolk Stale 4 16 Kentucky State 3 10 15 Miss. Valley State 14 PLAYER NC A&T State 3 16 LeMoyne-Owen 1 11 17 Prairie View 14 NA Maryland-E. S. 2 10 14 Lane 0 13 18 Ark. Pine Bluff 10 18 ROOKIE Morgan State 1 11 20 NA SIAC PUYERS OF THE WEEK SWAC PUYER OF THE WEEK SWAC Athletic Conference! INDEPEND. PLAYER AMIE WILUAMS, Sr.. C, JSU. Cleveland, MS - Averaged 26.5 points, 9.0 rebounds, 1.0 assists. 1.5 steals and 3.0 blocks in1-1 week. In her best game VYitliams had 27 points, li boards and 2 blocks vs. Alcorn State. Other Notable Performances • - Shawonda Boston, GSU ■ Averaged 29 points. 2.5 rebounds. 4.0 assists and 3.5 steals in a 2-0 week. - Crystal Kitt, Alab. Si. - Posted double^Joubie for week In two wins. Averaged 19 points. 13.5 rebounds and 2.5 blocks. OAZEEZ Communications, Inc, VOL. X. NO. 27
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