NOTEBOOK: UCLA BACK IN TOP 25 BUT GADZURIC LIKELY TO MISS NEXT GAME.Byline: Daily News Staff and Wire Services On the strength of impressive road victories over Stanford, USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. and DePaul, the UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX men's basketball team has returned to the Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Top 25 rankings. The Bruins, ranked 24th, are in the Top 25 for the first time in 11 weeks. UCLA (15-6) fell out of the poll after a stunning home loss to Cal State-Northridge left the Bruins 1-2. Making the Top 25 is good news, but staying there might be tough. UCLA, which plays No. 8 Arizona at Pauley Pavilion Edwin W. Pauley Pavilion, informally and commonly known as Pauley Pavilion, is an indoor arena located on the campus of UCLA in Los Angeles, California. It is home to the UCLA Bruins men's and women's basketball teams. The men's and women's volleyball teams also play here. on Thursday, will probably be without Dan Gadzuric Dan Gadzuric (Gadžurić in Serbian, pronounced /ɠɑːdʒʊɹitʃ/ (born February 2, 1978 in The Hague) is a Dutch professional basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks in the NBA. . The center is doubtful after suffering a sprained left ankle in the victory at DePaul on Saturday. However, X-rays after the game were negative. ``They're continuing to give him treatments for the ankle, but he's on crutches,'' UCLA spokesman Marc Dellins said. --Degregorio won't return: Jerry DeGregorio announced he will not return as the Rhode Island Rhode Island, island, United States Rhode Island, island, 15 mi (24 km) long and 5 mi (8 km) wide, S R.I., at the entrance to Narragansett Bay. It is the largest island in the state, with steep cliffs and excellent beaches. men's basketball coach next season after compiling a school-worst 10-44 record the last two years. DeGregorio, in the second year of a three-year contract, will finish the season with the Rams while the school looks for a new coach, athletic director Athletic director (commonly, "athletics director") is a position at many American colleges and universities, as well as in larger high schools and middle schools, which oversees the work of the coaches and related staff involved in intercollegiate or interscholastic athletic Ron Petro said. DeGregorio, whose previous head-coaching experience was at the junior college and high school levels, was signed in April 1999 when Jim Harrick Jim Harrick (born July 25, 1938 in Charleston, West Virginia) is a former college basketball head coach who coached at Pepperdine University, UCLA, the University of Rhode Island and the University of Georgia. left for Georgia. The Rams are 5-19 this season, including 1-10 in the Atlantic 10, and have lost 11 of their last 12. The Rams were 5-25 last season, the worst record in 25 years. That losing season came after the school had played in three consecutive NCAA tournaments. --Naismith finalists announced: Shane Battier of Duke and twins Coco and Kelly Miller of Georgia's women's team are among the finalists for the 2001 Naismith college basketball player of the year awards. The finalists were selected by a national advisory board of coaches, journalists and administrators. The winners will be announced April 7 in Atlanta. The other finalists for the men's award include Charlie Bell and Jason Richardson of Michigan State, Jarron Collins and Casey Jacobson of Stanford, Joseph Forte and Brendan Haywood of North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. , Troy Murphy of Notre Dame and Jason Williams of Duke. EXPERTS' consensus: WITZ'S PICKS Daily News Staff Writer Billy Witz is an Associated Press top-25 voter this season. Here's how he voted this week: 1. North Carolina 2. Stanford 3. Duke 4. Michigan State 5. Illinois 6. Iowa St. 7. Kansas 8. Boston College 9. Florida 10. Arizona 11. Syracuse 12. Virginia 13. Tennessee 14. Wisconsin 15. UCLA16. Alabama 17. Fresno State 18. Providenc 19. Notre Dame 20. Oklahoma 21. Kentucky 22. Mississippi 23. Xavier 24. Cal 25. Gonzaga CAPTION(S): 2 boxes Box: (1) EXPERTS' consensus: WITZ'S PICKS (see text) (2) AP TOP 25 |
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