First Podcast of the Year

I try not to pollute my main page with podcast information. You can find the podcast link on the left for those on computers or in the pull-down for other devices. Since this is the first podcast I’ve done this year I thought I would break my rule and mention it. Give it a listen……

JWU Denver Ends all Athletic Programs

As reported Thursday, JWU Denver will be closing its doors in 2021. In a press release today, the decision was also made to end all athletic programs. I wondered on Thursday if they would continue playing for this last year but it just didn’t make much sense. Today’s announcement confirms that thought. The press release……

Realignment Update

Yesterday, the NCAA announced that they have approved how regional rankings will work in the new realignment. In summary, they are going with a 20% rule, which means that for the West Region (or is that the new X Region?) we’ll still be doing 8 teams (out of the anticipated 39). I’ve written extensively on……

JWU Denver Closing

More sad news as the Providence Journal has a story out that Johnson & Wales will be closing their North Miami and Denver campuses in 2021. This obviously means that this will be the last volleyball season for JWU (Denver). JWU (Denver) moved from NAIA to DIII in 2018 and was promptly admitted into the……

NCAA Mock Championship Selection Presentation

A year or so ago I had a couple of coaches told me about a presentation that Jan Gentry (NCAA Associate Directory of Championships and Alliances) gave at the convention that dealt with how teams are selected for the NCAA championships. I never got the coaches to send me a link to the presentation but……

SCIAC Scheduling Update

Update! I jumped the gun on this post. I believe the SCIAC is still working through things so I’m taking down my words that probably would have won a Pulitzer. Oh well. What I left in: In other news, our New England correspondent, Ned, has informed us that Bowdoin, which is out of the NESCAC,……

SCIAC Scheduling News

The SCIAC has decided that their conference will be conference-only this fall season. That means all tournaments that were previously planned, including the East/West Challenge, have fallen victim to Covid-19 in Southern California. The conference-only option has certainly been a topic in my previous posts so it shouldn’t be a surprise that a conference has……

Thursday Musings

Almost a month since my last post so let’s take a look around and see if there is any news. I tweeted out that the NCAA DIII Administrative Committee approved an earlier start to the fall preseason. August 10th is the new date unless your school begins earlier in which case you can start on……