UAB vs Georgia at Bartow Arena on the campus of UAB in Birmingham, Ala., Saturday, November 21, 2009. UAB's Elijah Millsap goes to the hoop under pressure from Georgia's Trey Thompkins, 33, and Jeremy Price, 50, in the first period. (Birmingham News Photo / Jeff Roberts)

UAB vs Georgia at Bartow Arena on the campus of UAB in Birmingham, Ala., Saturday, November 21, 2009. UAB's Elijah Millsap breaks aorund the defense of Georgia's Jeremy Price in the first period. (Birmingham News Photo / Jeff Roberts)

UAB vs Georgia at Bartow Arena on the campus of UAB in Birmingham, Ala., Saturday, November 21, 2009. UAB's Elijah Milsap goes to the hoop under pressure from the Georgia defense including Drazen Slovaric, far right, in the first period. (Birmingham News Photo / Jeff Roberts)

UAB vs Georgia at Bartow Arena on the campus of UAB in Birmingham, Ala., Saturday, November 21, 2009. UAB's Kenneth Cooper breaks aorund the Georgia defense in the first period. (Birmingham News Photo / Jeff Roberts)

UAB vs Georgia at Bartow Arena on the campus of UAB in Birmingham, Ala., Saturday, November 21, 2009. Georgia's Albert Jackson attempts to block the first period shot by UAB's George Drake. (Birmingham News Photo / Jeff Roberts)

UAB vs Georgia at Bartow Arena on the campus of UAB in Birmingham, Ala., Saturday, November 21, 2009. UAB's George Drake brings the ball down court under pressure from Georgia's Ricky McPhee in the first period. (Birmingham News Photo / Jeff Roberts)

UAB vs Georgia at Bartow Arena on the campus of UAB in Birmingham, Ala., Saturday, November 21, 2009. UAB's Jamarr Sanders brings the ball down court with pressure from DeMario Mayfield in the first period. (Birmingham News Photo / Jeff Roberts)

UAB vs Georgia at Bartow Arena on the campus of UAB in Birmingham, Ala., Saturday, November 21, 2009. UAB guard Aaron Johnson goes to the hoop in the first period. (Birmingham News Photo / Jeff Roberts)

UAB vs Georgia at Bartow Arena on the campus of UAB in Birmingham, Ala., Saturday, November 21, 2009. UAB guard Aaron Johnson, 1, breaks away with team mate Elijah Millsap in the first period. (Birmingham News Photo / Jeff Roberts)

UAB vs Georgia at Bartow Arena on the campus of UAB in Birmingham, Ala., Saturday, November 21, 2009. UAB coach Mike Davis works the sideline during the first period. (Birmingham News Photo / Jeff Roberts)

UAB vs Georgia at Bartow Arena on the campus of UAB in Birmingham, Ala., Saturday, November 21, 2009. Georgia coach Mark Fox works the sidelines in the first period. (Birmingham News Photo / Jeff Roberts)

UAB vs Georgia at Bartow Arena on the campus of UAB in Birmingham, Ala., Saturday, November 21, 2009. UAB's Elijah Millsap pulls in a rebound as team mate Howard Crawford backs him up in the first period. (Birmingham News Photo / Jeff Roberts)

UAB's Jamarr Sanders brings the ball down court against Georgia's DeMario Mayfield. (The Birmingham News / Jeff Roberts)UAB men's basketball team ended a frustrating day of the university's athletic program with a 72-56 victory over Georgia at Bartow Arena.

Howard Crawford had a game-high 21 points, Jamarr Sanders had 16 points, Elijah Millsap had 14 points and six rebounds and Aaron Johnson had nine points, five assists, three steals and three rebounds.

UAB shot 8-of-16 from 3-point territory. Sanders was 3-of-4 on 3-pointers and Crawford hit all three of his 3-point attempts.

It was the only UAB victory of the day. The women's basketball team dropped a 70-54 decision to Miami (Fla.) and the football team lost to East Carolina, 37-21.

 

Jeff Burton's pit crew works on his car during Saturday's Nationwide race at Homestead. (NASCAR / Getty Images)Jeff Burton has a reputation for driving clean and is known as the mayor of the garage for his thoughtful comments on a wide range of subjects.

So Burton, who finished third Saturday in the Nationwide race at Homestead, was asked after the race what he thought of Denny Hamlin deliberately spinning out Brad Keselowski.

"I thought Denny did the right thing," Burton said. "When you constantly get spun out by the same car, there comes a time where you've got to put your foot down and not take it.  The next time Keselowski  thinks about spinning him out, he'll think about it."

"People are going to get together and you're going to have times that you're mad," he said. "And you've really got to sit back and have a conversation and really think about it because we're prone to think people do it on purpose all the time, and I don't think that people normally do it on purpose; it does happen.
 
"But when it continually happens with one guy, you can't take it.  There comes a point where you just no longer can take it.  And I've seen Carl (Edwards) have to put his foot down and I've seen me have to put my foot down; I've seen every driver in the garage at one point say, 'You know what, I'm not going to tolerate it anymore.'  And that's okay.
 
"It's a self-policing sport," Burton said. "It's hard for NASCAR to get involved in it because it's hard for them to really know everything that went on.  But if NASCAR can't make the call, then put it in our laps and we'll do it."  

AUBURN -- Auburn All-American swimmer Jordan Anderson added another impressive chapter to his college career Saturday when he was named a Rhodes Scholar, the first for Auburn since 1980.

Jordan Anderson"This is an amazing accomplishment and I'm very proud to have him as the team captain and leader in the classroom and in the pool,'' said Auburn coach Brett Hawke. "He is a fantastic kid and is very deserving.''

Anderson will enroll in a master's degree program in global health science at the University of Oxford in England after he receives his undergraduate degree in pre-dentistry from Auburn in May.

"The long-term goal is to give me a better understanding of the problems in countries that I want to one day work in," Anderson said. "With the help of a future dental degree, I'd like to develop medical solutions from a dental perspective.

"This is a huge honor and goes without any kind of question that I'm extremely happy.''

He is the fourth Auburn student to be named a Rhodes Scholar.

Anderson was a member of last year's Auburn national championship team, is a two-time SEC runner-up in the 100 fly and was a finalist in the 100m fly at the 2009 U.S. Senior National Championships.

The Roanoke, Va., native is also a College Swim Coaches Association of America Academic All-American and a two-time SEC Academic Honor Roll member. Anderson has a 3.91 grade-point average.

Other Auburn students to be awarded Rhodes Scholarships were Hugh Long (1949), Ed Gentles (1975) and Susan Karamanian (1980). Anderson is one of 32 to be awarded a Rhodes scholarship this year.