Southern Miss Highlights the Top of the World: The field for the Top of the World Classic, hosted by Division II Alaska-Fairbanks, has been released. Southern Mississippi will be the highest profile participant, representing Conference USA. The realigned C-USA, however, may equal the Mountain West in strength. San Diego State, a Mountain West participant, joins Southern Miss and the rest of the field, which includes Montana State, Illinois-Chicago, Kennesaw State, Denver and Lamar. Kennesaw State will be making its Division I debut in the pre-season tournament. [7/20/05]