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COLUMBIA, Mo. - The NCAA has accused Missouri men's basketball coach Quin Snyder of recruiting violations and providing meals and gifts of clothing for his players, documents obtained by the Associated Press show.
Snyder is named in 17 allegations, dating from 1999 to last year, in the NCAA's formal notice of alleged rule violations.
Last week the school released the list of allegations with names of school employees and students blacked out. In response to an AP request under Missouri's open records law, the university Saturday named staffers but not students, citing federal privacy law.
BASEBALL: Anthony Cupps pitched a career-high eight innings in Mississippi's 3-1 win over host Florida. Cupps held the Gators to five hits. ... Eddy Martinez-Esteve had a home run and five RBIs to lead host Florida State to a 10-7 win over Duke. ... Roger Tomas scored when Jim Burt was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the ninth, giving host Miami a 4-3 win over North Carolina. ... Cory Helms scored the winner with a home run in the third as host UAB beat USF 8-5. The Bulls scored one in the eighth and two in the ninth, but their rally fell short.
FOOTBALL: Kentucky is investigating claims by a contractor that an assistant coach's wife traded game tickets for work on the couple's house, trustees chairman Steve Reed said. George Laferte said he received six tickets and that his employees worked at the home of offensive coordinator Ron Hudson for about two weeks last summer. Laferte said a booster asked him to install shelves and do other work and that Hudson's wife, Melissa, arranged for him to get the tickets. That does not violate NCAA rules, but UK president Lee Todd has said the practice worried him. Laferte said he was supposed to receive money, too, but didn't.
SOFTBALL: Jessica van der Linden struck out eight as Florida State shut out North Carolina 8-0 in five innings to advance to the ACC championship final.
TRACK: USF's Dayana Octavien won consecutive female athlete of the year awards at the C-USA Championships in Louisville, Ky. With two first-place finishes, the Bulls were third with 1031/3 points, 172/3 behind winner Houston. Amber Delpino won the 400-meter hurdles in 58.55 seconds, and Chandra Brewer defended her shot-put title with a toss of 51 feet, 23/4 inches. The USF men finished ninth with 48 points. Cincinnati scored 159.50 to take the title. The Bulls' Jonathon Miller set a school and C-USA record in the pole vault, winning his second straight title with a vault of 17-41/2. ... The Florida men had 10 athletes advance to the final day of the SEC Championships in Oxford, Miss. Steve Zieminski led the Gators, setting a stadium record in the 3,000 steeplechase with a time of 8:53.01. UF is sixth with 24 points and trail first-place Auburn by 24. Arkansas leads the women with 68. The Gators are third with 35.