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South Dakota State releases its women's basketball schedule for 2005-06. Here it is. Times/dates subject to change:

DATE(S)	OPPONENT/EVENT	LOCATION	TIME
Nov. 4	Minnesota-Crookston (exhib.)	Frost Arena	7 p.m.
Nov. 11	Upper Iowa (exhib.)	Frost Arena	7 p.m.
Nov. 19	Nebraska	Lincoln, Neb.	Noon
Nov. 20	Drake (Iowa)	Des Moines, Iowa	2:05 p.m.
Nov. 25, 27	Coors Rocky Mountain Invitational	Fort Collins, Colo.
Nov. 25	at Colorado State	Moby Arena	7 p.m. MT
Nov. 27	UC Irvine	Moby Arena	2 p.m. MT
Dec. 2	Middle Tennessee State	Frost Arena	7 p.m.
Dec. 4	Wisconsin-Milwaukee	Frost Arena	2 p.m.
Dec. 8	Wisconsin	Madison, Wis.	7 p.m.
Dec. 10	Southern Illinois	Carbondale, Ill.	TBA
Dec. 16	Texas State	Frost Arena	7 p.m.
Dec. 18	Alabama	Frost Arena	2 p.m.
Dec. 21	Marquette (Wis.)	Milwaukee, Wis.	7 p.m.
Dec. 28	Colorado	Boulder, Colo.	7 p.m. MT
Dec. 30	Long Beach State (Calif.)	Long Beach, Calif.	5 p.m. PT
Jan. 2	Idaho State	Pocatello, Idaho	TBA
Jan. 10	Kennesaw State (Ga.)	Frost Arena	7 p.m.
Jan. 14	San Jose State (Calif.)	San Jose, Calif.	7 p.m. PT
Jan. 19	IPFW	Frost Arena	7 p.m.
Jan. 22	Brown (R.I.)	Providence, R.I.	TBA
Jan. 26	Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	Frost Arena	7 p.m.
Jan. 28	Florida International	Miami, Fla.	7 p.m. ET
Feb. 1	Southwest Minnesota State	Frost Arena	7 p.m.
Feb . 4	North Dakota State	Frost Arena	7 p.m.
Feb. 11	Texas-Pan American	Edinburg, Texas	TBA
Feb. 13	Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	Corpus Christi, Texas	TBA
Feb. 18	North Dakota State	Fargo, N.D.	TBA
Feb. 24	IPFW	Fort Wayne, Ind.	TBA
Feb. 28	UC Riverside	Riverside, Calif.	7 p.m. PT
Mar. 3	Central State (Ohio)	Frost Arena	7 p.m.

The Lady Vols have posted their schedule. Times/dates subject to change:

Date	Day	Opponent	Location	TV	Outcome/Time
11/06/2005	Sun	Dalhousie - Canada (Exh.)	Knoxville, Tenn.		3:00 PM
11/10/2005	Thu	Carson-Newman (Exh.)	Knoxville, Tenn.		7:00 PM
11/20/2005	Sun	Stetson	Knoxville, Tenn.		3:00 PM
11/21/2005	Mon	UT-Chattanooga	Knoxville, Tenn.		7:00 PM
11/24/2005	Thu	Gonzaga/Maryland/Mich. State	St. Thomas, V.I.	FSN	TBA
11/25/2005	Fri	Gonzaga/Maryland/Mich. State	St. Thomas, V.I.	FSN	TBA
11/26/2005	Sat	Gonzaga/Maryland/Mich. State	St. Thomas, V.I.	FSN	TBA
12/01/2005	Thu	Texas	Knoxville, Tenn.	ESPN2	7:30 PM
12/04/2005	Sun	Stanford	Palo Alto, Calif.	ESPN2	3:30 PM
12/07/2005	Wed	George Washington	Washington, D.C.		7:00 PM
12/15/2005	Thu	Louisiana Tech	Knoxville, Tenn.		7:00 PM
12/20/2005	Tue	Princeton	Knoxville, Tenn.		7:00 PM
12/28/2005	Wed	Temple	Philadelphia, Pa.		7:00 PM
12/31/2005	Sat	Notre Dame	South Bend, Ind.		2:00 PM
01/02/2006	Mon	Old Dominion	Knoxville, Tenn.		7:00 PM
01/05/2006	Thu	South Carolina	Columbia, S.C.		7:00 PM
01/07/2006	Sat	Uconn	Knoxville, Tenn.	CBS	2:00 PM
01/12/2006	Thu	Georgia	Knoxville, Tenn.		7:00 PM
01/15/2006	Sun	Mississippi State	Starkville, Miss.		3:00 PM
01/19/2006	Thu	Vanderbilt	Nashville, Tenn.		8:00 PM
01/23/2006	Mon	Duke	Durham, N.C.	ESPN2	7:30 PM
01/26/2006	Thu	Kentucky	Lexington, Ky.		7:00 PM
01/29/2006	Sun	Alabama	Knoxville, Tenn.		3:00 PM
02/02/2006	Thu	Mississippi	Oxford, Miss.		8:00 PM
02/05/2006	Sun	Arkansas	Knoxville, Tenn.		3:00 PM
02/09/2006	Thu	LSU (Rivalry Week)	Knoxville, Tenn.	ESPN2	7:30 PM
02/12/2006	Sun	Vanderbilt (February Frenzy)	Knoxville, Tenn.	ESPN2	5:00 PM
02/16/2006	Thu	Georgia	Athens, Ga.		7:00 PM
02/19/2006	Sun	Alabama	Tuscaloosa, Ala.		3:00 PM
02/23/2006	Thu	Auburn	Knoxville, Tenn.		7:00 PM
02/26/2006	Sun	Florida	Knoxville, Tenn.		3:00 PM
03/02/2006	Thu	SEC Tournament	N. Little Rock, Ark.	FOX	TBA
03/03/2006	Fri	SEC Tournament	N. Little Rock, Ark.	FOX	TBA
03/04/2006	Sat	SEC Tournament	N. Little Rock, Ark.	FOX	TBA
03/05/2006	Sun	SEC Tournament	N. Little Rock, Ark.	ESPN2	TBA
03/18/2006	Sat	NCAA Tournament	Campus Sites	ESPN/ESPN2	TBA
03/19/2006	Sun	NCAA Tournament	Campus Sites	ESPN/ESPN2	TBA
03/20/2006	Mon	NCAA Tournament	Campus Sites	ESPN/ESPN2	TBA
03/21/2006	Tue	NCAA Tournament	Campus Sites	ESPN/ESPN2	TBA
03/25/2006	Sat	NCAA Tournament (Regional)	Campus Sites	ESPN/ESPN2	TBA
03/26/2006	Sun	NCAA Tournament (Regional)	Campus Sites	ESPN/ESPN2	TBA
03/27/2006	Mon	NCAA Tournament (Regional)	Campus Sites	ESPN/ESPN2	TBA
03/28/2006	Tue	NCAA Tournament (Regional)	Campus Sites	ESPN/ESPN2	TBA
04/02/2006	Sun	NCAA Final Four	Boston, Mass.	ESPN	TBA
04/04/2006	Tue	NCAA Final Four	Boston, Mass.	ESPN	TBA

Snookums and I will try to make the Connecticut game and the LSU/Vanderbilt weekend.

Another grand slam dooms the Royals to their thirteenth straight loss, a franchise record.

Royals manager Buddy Bell kept the clubhouse closed for 30 minutes after the loss.

"When they got the four runs, we can't stop playing," Bell said. "We've got to keep playing. The nature of the game is to keep going. I didn't think the focus was there at the end after they got the four runs. That can't happen. I'm kind of running out of answers."

Royals need to go 43-5 to finish .500, 25-23 to avoid 100 losses, 1-47 to avoid losing all of their remaining games.

Indians 6, Royals 1.

The game was winding toward a quiet conclusion in the top of the ninth when Bell got ejected for arguing balls and strikes with home-plate umpire Tim Tschida.

It was Bell’s fourth ejection in 63 games.

“I think it was more of a misunderstanding than anything,” he said. “Two long nights for both of us.”

Perhaps we could have the entire Royals team ejected and have the T-Bones put on the blues for a game or two. They'd still get beat but maybe at least the Lemonade Guy would come back to Kauffman Stadium. Royals need to go 43-6 to finish .500, 25-24 to avoid 100 losses, 1-48 to avoid losing all of their remaining games.

Kansas City Royals blow a 7-2 lead in the 9th, give up 11 runs, lose 13-7.

As manager of baseball's worst team, Buddy Bell is forced to watch bad baseball on many nights. But he had never seen anything like he did in the ninth inning, which began with his team holding a 7-2 lead.

Can it get worse? We'll see--Snookums and I have tickets for tonight's debacle--er--game. Royals need to go 43-7 to finish .500, 25-25 to avoid 100 losses, 1-49 to avoid losing all of their remaining games.

Royals put up no fight against the Oakland Athletics.

Kansas City needs to go 43-8 to finish .500, 25-26 to avoid 100 losses, 1-50 to avoid losing all of their remaining games.

On the other hand, Filbert was on the Big Screen and correctly answered the Midwest Airlines trivia question, winning cookies for the entire row, three DVD's, and a CD, so the afternoon did have an upside.

Can it get worse?

"Losing is never easy," Royals catcher John Buck said. "It ruins your day."

The Royals (38-72) own the worst record in the majors and made eight roster moves before the game, but played one of their worst games of the season.

"In the nine games, we're doing everything wrong that we were doing right when we were winning," Royals manager Buddy Bell said.

Royals need to go 43-9 to finish .500, 25-27 to avoid 100 losses, 1-51 to avoid losing all of their remaining games.

Florida State to challenge ban.

Starting in February, any school with a nickname or logo considered racially or ethnically "hostile" or "abusive" by the NCAA would be prohibited from using them in postseason events. Mascots will not be allowed to perform at tournament games, and band members and cheerleaders will also be barred from using American Indians on their uniforms beginning in 2008.

The University of North Dakota ("Fighting Sioux") has a problem:

Ralph Engelstad Arena, on the UND campus, will be the host site for the NCAA's West Regional men's hockey tournament in March. The $100 million facility, built as a shrine to UND hockey, has more than4,500 Indian-head logos and references to the nickname.

Are You Ready For. . . well, you know.

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