The other team: Falcons need title for elusive tourney berth
BOWLING GREEN - Bowling Green hockey coach Buddy Powers likes to challenge his players - to a scrimmage.
A couple of times a week after practice, Powers and his three assistants take on four of their players in a friendly half-ice contest until they get kicked off the ice by figure skaters.
Supreme effort required by Bowling Green seniors
BOWLING GREEN - A quick glance at Bowling Green's hockey stat sheet reveals a familiar trend.
Much like Michigan, the core of the Falcons' production is concentrated among the upperclassmen.
'Cats hire O'Neill to replace Byrdsong
EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) - Kevin O'Neill, intense, loud, blunt and tenacious, has built a basketball coaching reputation by recruiting top players and rebuilding floundering programs.
Now he has his toughest assignment of all. Yesterday, he accepted the challenge at Northwestern, a school that has never been invited to the NCAA tournament.
UConn's Wolters becomes repeat selection to All-America team
Starbird, a second-team pick last year, was voted to the first team on 38 of 40 ballots from a national media panel and had 196 points. Wolters also was placed on all 40 ballots, was a first-team pick on 34 and had 184 points in the voting.
Harrick accepts UCLA's offer: Former Bruins men's basketball coach will not sue university
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jim Harrick, fired as UCLA basketball coach for lying about an expense report, has accepted the school's offer to settle the remaining four years of his contract and will not sue, Athletic Director Peter Dalis said.
Blaney fired from the Hall
SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. (AP) - George Blaney was fired as Seton Hall's basketball coach and athletic director Larry Keating resigned Monday, less than a week after the team finished its second straight losing season.
Keating's resignation was submitted only after he refused a directive from the university president to fire Blaney, who was hired three years ago after P.J. Carlesimo left to coach the Portland Trail Blazers.
Army joins Conference USA; Navy only independent academy
WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) - After more than a century as an independent, Army broke with tradition on Monday and joined Conference USA.
Army will begin conference play in 1998, giving the league eight teams. Cincinnati, Houston, Louisville, Memphis, Southern Mississippi and Tulane are the current members, with East Carolina to begin play this fall.
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