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Aburto
earns C-USA tennis player of the week honors
Sophomore
women’s tennis player Paty Aburto was named Conference USA
player of the week for her performance the past three dual matches
at the Texas Tech Invitational in Lubbock.
Aburto,
ranked No. 98 by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, upset two
higher ranked singles opponents during the tournament at the No.
1 singles spot. Her first upset came against 29th-ranked Katja Kovac
of Baylor, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 on Feb. 12. Aburto also defeated No. 94
Anneliese Rose of Florida International, 6-2, 6-4 on Feb. 17 as
a part of TCU’s 4-0 win against the No. 26 Golden Panthers.
Aburto
and doubles partner Rosa Perez, playing No. 1 doubles and ranked
No. 46 by the ITA, earned two wins over top-20 doubles teams during
the weekend.
Pacers
trade Rose, others to Bulls before deadline
INDIANAPOLIS
(AP) — Indiana Pacers president Donnie Walsh insisted he wasn’t
shopping Jalen Rose, but he would listen to offers.
He
heard one he liked Tuesday.
The
Pacers traded Rose, Travis Best, rookie Norm Richardson and a conditional
second-round draft pick to the Chicago Bulls for Brad Miller, Ron
Mercer, Ron Artest and Kevin Ollie, two days before the NBA trading
deadline.
“We’re
better along,” Walsh said. “We have some parts we didn’t
have and are hard to get. That’s why it calls for a Jalen Rose.”
Walsh
said the Bulls general manager, Jerry Krause, called him right before
he left for the All-Star break and made an offer for Rose. Walsh
discussed a potential trade with Chicago later in the week and the
deal was tentatively made Sunday.
Some
hang-ups developed — the Bulls substituted Mercer for forward
Charles Oakley — before Walsh agreed to the deal Tuesday morning.
Walsh
said he wanted Oakley in the deal but the Bulls pulled him off the
table because of salary-cap issues.
“He
would have been a good player to have here,” Walsh said. “They
felt they needed his mentoring for their two young big guys.”
Kansas
regains No. 1 ranking after Duke loss
NEW
YORK (AP) — Kansas, the only team besides Duke to be ranked
No. 1 in The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll
this season, moved back into the top spot Monday.
The
Jayhawks (23-2) took advantage of Duke’s loss at Maryland on
Sunday to reclaim the top ranking, receiving 48 first-place votes
and 1,745 points from the national media panel.
Maryland
(21-3) moved up one place to second following the 87-73 victory
over Duke.
The
Blue Devils had been No. 1 for all but one week this season, including
nine when they were a unanimous choice.
The
Terrapins were No. 1 on 19 ballots and had 1,713 points, 61 more
than Duke (23 2), which still received four No. 1 votes.
Kansas
moved into the No. 1 spot following Duke's only other loss, Jan.
6 at Florida State, but the Jayhawks held it for just the one week
as they lost at UCLA that weekend.
They
have won 10 straight since, all in the Big 12.
“Being
No. 1 later in the season is much better than earlier and it should
mean a little more because you have already accomplished something,”
Kansas coach Roy Williams said Monday. “If you’re there
the first week it’s what people expected. After a couple of
weeks
it’s about your nonconference wins.
“College
basketball is so different than college football where the polls
mean so much.
Everybody
has the goals you set as a team, that drive the team, but I can’t
remember a time I ever said one was to be No. 1 on Feb. 18.”
Maryland’s
No. 2 ranking is its third of the season. The Terrapins have held
that position more than any other school without ever reaching No.
1 — 21 weeks. Louisville is second on that list with 15 weeks.
This
is the first week of the season that Duke isn’t ranked No.
1 or 2, and the Blue Devils haven’t been below fourth since
the middle of the 1999-2000 season.
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