College Notes: No public tickets for Alabama-Tech

No public tickets for Alabama-Tech

ATLANTA - There will be no public ticket sale for the Sept. 5 Alabama-Virginia Tech game in the Georgia Dome. Fans of the two schools already have purchased all the tickets.

The Chick-fil-A Bowl committee, which organizes the annual season kickoff game at the Georgia Dome, announced yesterday each school has sold its full share of 31,200 tickets.

Chick-fil-A Bowl President Gary Stokan said the sellout is "a true testament to the passionate fans" of the two schools.

Cavaliers' O'Connor honored again

U.Va. baseball coach Brian O'Connor, who led the Cavaliers to a 49-15-1 record and an apperance in the College World Series, was named to the ABCA Atlantic Region coach of the year.

He also won the distinction in 2004, his first year at Virginia.

O'Connor was also named the 2009 National Coach of the Year by the National College Baseball Writers Association last month.

Elsewhere

• Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch urged the Justice Department yesterday to investigate college football's Bowl Championship Series for what he views as violations of antitrust laws.

Hatch made the comment after conducting a standing-room-only hearing in the Senate subcommittee with antitrust oversight.

• South Carolina has reported 14 NCAA secondary violations from the past six months, including one for an improper text message to a recruit and another for "impermissible snacks."

Five of the violations were from the first-year program of men's basketball coach Darrin Horn.

The school's athletic department released the violations this week. It discloses secondary violations twice a year because of open records requests made by The Associated Press and other media outlets.

The NCAA rulebook defines secondary violations as "isolated or inadvertent by nature," that give only a minimal recruiting or competitive advantage and that don't involve significant inducements or extra benefits. For instance, South Carolina was cited because "student-athletes were provided impermissible snacks during away-from-home contests."

Just one of the five men's basketball citations rose to Level I, the more serious classification where infractions are reported directly to the NCAA enforcement staff.

• Pat Summitt, C. Vivian Stringer, and a 6-7 freshman phenom highlight the fourth annual Maggie Dixon Classic.

The women's doubleheader will be played Dec. 13 at Madison Square Garden.

The two Hall of Fame coaches will meet for the seventh straight year when Tennessee and Rutgers will play in one game. Baylor and freshman star Brittney Griner will face Boston College in the other contest.

- From staff and wire reports