05/08/2008

No worries for Texas A&M's Childress

FILE PHOTO 2007

A series victory over Nebraska would get Rob Childress' Aggies closer to a top-eight national seed in the NCAA Tournament.

Pressure-packed situations simply don't bother Texas A&M baseball coach Rob Childress, writes Brian Davis. Cool Hand Luke was at it again Thursday, downplaying the significance of this weekend's blockbuster matchup against Nebraska, which likely will determine the Big 12 championship.
Big 12 standings (from big12sports.com)
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05/11/2008

Baseball: Oklahoma 10, Kansas State 2
J.T. Wise homered and drove in four runs as Oklahoma beat Kansas State 10-2 Sunday to move ahead of the Wildcats in the Big 12 standings.

Baseball: Nebraska 9, Texas A&M 8
Nebraska scored five runs in the ninth to rally to a 9-8 win over Texas A&M in the first game of Sunday's doubleheader.

Texas A&M wins Big 12 softball title
Megan Gibson threw a three-hit shutout and also drove in one run as Texas A&M beat Nebraska 5-0 Sunday to win its first Big 12 championship.

05/10/2008

Baseball: Oklahoma State 13, Texas Tech 3
Rebel Ridling homered and had four RBIs and Oklahoma State had 18 hits as the Cowboys beat Texas Tech 13-3 on Saturday.

Baseball: Texas A&M 6, Nebraska 3 (16)
Dane Carter hit a three-run double in the top of the 16th inning, giving Texas A&M a 6-3 victory over Nebraska on Friday night.

05/09/2008

SMU basketball signee asks for his release
Men's basketball signee Jarred DuBois, a 6-3, 170-pound guard from Westchester High in Los Angeles, has asked to be released from the national letter of intent he signed with SMU in November.

Baseball: Oklahoma State 3, Texas Tech 2
Jordy Mercer hit the game-winning single as Oklahoma State edged Texas Tech 3-2 in a Big 12 Conference game on Friday.

Oklahoma reserve QB Nichol to transfer
Oklahoma backup quarterback Keith Nichol said this morning on a Michigan radio station that he plans to transfer to another school.

05/08/2008

Notre Dame, Arizona State set for 2013 game at Dallas Cowboys stadium

JIM MAHONEY / DMN

The new Dallas Cowboys stadium, currently under construction in Arlington, is scheduled to open in the summer of 2009.

Notre Dame and Arizona State have finalized a contract to play a nonconference game at the new Cowboys stadium in Arlington on Oct. 5, 2013.
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Texas QB transfers to Tulsa
Quarterback G.J. Kinne, who was fourth on the depth chart at Texas, transferred to Tulsa on Wednesday.

05/06/2008

North Texas football hit hard by APR release

AP

Coach Todd Dodge's North Texas football program was one of the hardest hit with NCAA penalties in the country.

North Texas will lose five scholarships in football and one in men's basketball after the NCAA released its annual report on Academic Progress Rates for its member institutions Tuesday. The APR is a four-year look at graduation rates culminating with the 2006-07 academic year.
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05/08/2008

Penn State's Paterno to help raise money for Texas
Penn State coach Joe Paterno will give the keynote address, and Hall of Fame receiver Lynn Swann will emcee a dinner to raise money for a UT chair being endowed in football coach Mack Brown's name.

05/07/2008

Oregon point guard signs with SMU men's team
Paul McCoy, a 5-11 point guard rated the No. 10 at the position by Scout.com, has signed a national letter of intent with SMU.

North Texas women's basketball assistant coach hired
Johnetta Hayes has joined the UNT women's basketball team's staff as an assistant coach, head coach Shanice Stephens confirmed Tuesday.

05/06/2008

Texas A&M lands highly-rated guard
Naji Hibbert, a 6-6 guard from DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville, Md., said Monday he has orally committed to Texas A&M.

UNT will lose men's basketball scholarship
The UNT men's basketball team will lose one scholarship when the NCAA's Academic Progress Rate report is released today, a source close to the situation said Monday.

05/05/2008

Baseball: TCU 6, Utah 4
In Fort Worth, Clint Arnold hit a two-run home run, and Trent Appleby pitched five scoreless innings in relief for the Horned Frogs (33-16, 16-5 Mountain West), who completed a series sweep against the Utes (16-24, 5-12).

Baseball: Nicholls State 6, UT-Arlington 5
In Arlington, the Mavericks' bullpen blew a 5-1 lead when it allowed five runs on five hits and four wild pitches in the decisive seventh inning, and the Colonels (9-39, 4-20 Southland) dropped UTA (21-27, 12-12) back to .500 in conference play.

01/01/2008

Colleges blog: SMU basketball recruit asks for release

AP

Memphis fans greet their team arriving on the court for the first game.

Saturday's Final Four games will pit Memphis against UCLA in the first game, while Kansas-North Carolina will follow. Keep up with all the action on our Colleges blog.
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