Friday, February 26, 2016

scanning the south Feb 26

SunBelt: Arkansas -Little Rock has the regular season crown locked up but the question is who can  upset them in the  conference tourney and get the Dance ticket.. ULL has been playing well and got a monster night  (29 points, 20 reb) from  Shawn Long last night.. ULM has a balanced squad who've won six straight.
CUSA
 Dirk Williams hit four treys in UAB(13-2,23-5) win over Marshall (11-4,15-13)
Louisiana Tech(10-5,21-7) beat North Texas
Middle Tennessee(10-5,18-9) collapsed in the final minute and lost to WKU.
Charlotte(11-17,7-8) may be the most improved team in the CUSA, and got 21 points each from Uchebo & Davis in a high scoring 114-108 win over UTSA.
Aug 15, 2023
While leafing through some stat books I discovered that John Matusak(Oilers rd1-1973) played at Tampa U, which played 4 years(1971-74). as a 1a Independent. Freddy Solomon was also on those teams. December 29, 1972 Tangerine Bowl TU  21– Kent St 18. Head coaches in the game : Earle Bruce (TU). Don James (Kent St).BTW, Jack Lambert was on the Kent St team that lost to Tampa U and Tooz in the Tangerine Bowl.

The school ended football in 1974 due to an overall enrollment of only1300 students.

It's had a highly successful 1AA baseball team for a long time.
August 17, 2023
Completely forgot that Noah Jackson (Tampa U)  was drafted by the Baltimore Colts in 1975 and played 8 seasons with the Bears.
March 10, 2024
Cecil Howell Travis played his entire career in MLB as a shortstop and third baseman for the Washington Senators from 1933 to 1947, The frostbite he suffered during his stint as a soldier WW2 weakened him on his return to the MLB. He led the AL in hits in 1941 and his career BA of .314 ranks third among all shortstops behind Honus Wagner (.327) and Arky Vaughan (.318).
He declined a scholarship to Georgia Tech to attend a baseball training school. I can't find much info on this.


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