I had been hearing that schools were still having some difficulties scheduling for the fall 2021 season so I thought I would reach out to some coaches to see where they are at and whether they had experienced any unique issues. I certainly can understand how this upcoming season would prove difficult in scheduling. There…… Continue reading Scheduling Issues
Month: June 2021
ASC Scheduling
With the loss of Louisiana College upcoming for the Fall 2021 season, the ASC has decided to get rid of their 2 division setup that they used when they had 11 members. This was not unexpected as this format has been used in the past when the conference had 10 members. It also makes perfect…… Continue reading ASC Scheduling
Mills College PLAYING!
There has been a lot of drama at Mills College this year. There has been the bad (think Battlefield Earth) – the school announced in March that they were no longer accepting new students after this year and would likely confer its final degrees in 2023. There has been the good (think Toy Story) -…… Continue reading Mills College PLAYING!
Scheduling Haze
I reached out to my Latvian hackers the other day to see what schedules they could dig up for me as I work through the haze of what programs will be doing in the fall. It’s been hard to get much out of them lately as they seem to be concentrating on a ransomware project…… Continue reading Scheduling Haze
Saturday Musings
Musing on EADA data and recruiting this morning. There is probably more the EADA data doesn’t tell us or even stories on how it misleads us than what we can actually tell from the data but it hasn’t stopped me from wondering through the molasses. We have 4 schools that participate in Women’s Beach Volleyball.…… Continue reading Saturday Musings
EADA (2019)
The 2019 Equity in Athletics Data Analysis (EADA) is out. EADA is the public data that indicates how each school spends their money on sports. The data includes all divisions and all sports but, as always, we’ll focus on DIII volleyball here. The file I downloaded has 414 schools, which is pretty close to what…… Continue reading EADA (2019)