College teams are fleshing out and taking shape:Expectations for Duke are lower this year, despite the return of Elizabeth Williams.Coach Nikki Caldwell is looking to get LSU "back to what they were built on."Notre Dame guard Jewell Loyd has learned to embrace the spotlight.UConn coach Geno Auriemma … [Read more...]
Comparing Universities’ Response to Charges of Sexual Assault — What a Difference a Year Makes?
Last week, the day after he came off the bench to lead the University of Florida to a 10-9 victory over Tennessee, quarterback Treon Harris was accused of sexually assaulting a female student on campus in the early morning of Sunday, October 5. The following day, the University announced that … [Read more...]
Pac-12 Women’s Basketball Preview: the University of California - Berkeley
This is the third in an annual 12-part series previewing the Pac-12 teams for the upcoming season.This is Cal coach Lindsay Gottlieb's fourth season at the helm of the program, which has been punctuated so far by the Bears' trip to the 2013 Final Four. But this year may be the most challenging yet … [Read more...]
Pac-12 women’s basketball preview: the University of Washington
This is the second in an annual 12-part series previewing the Pac-12 teams for the upcoming season.The Huskies may be poised to see their resilience pay off this season.Hammered by injuries two years ago, and then seeing their coach hired away by Ohio State, Washington bounced back in 2013-2014 to … [Read more...]
NCAA Soccer - Bracket Projections v3.5
OK, I’ve decided to streamline the process a bit to eliminate some redundancy. The listed seeded teams are what was before my projected seeded teams, the seed candidates are the remaining RPI Top 25 teams ranked according to results against Top 50 teams. Teams in the “above the … [Read more...]
Women’s College Wrestling Continues Expansion with Five New Teams
Freshman Kiaya Van Scoyoc of Warner Pacific University The extraordinary expansion of women’s wrestling continues this year as five more colleges have added wrestling teams for this coming season. Among them: Eastern Michigan University Life University (Georgia) Lyon University … [Read more...]
Alabama reverses its stance, will grant Daisha Simmons waiver
The University of Alabama says it will support a waiver to allow Daisha Simmons to play at Seton Hall this season, reversing its previous denial:The Simmons situation had prompted criticism of Alabama from media outlets and social media in recent weeks.Initially, Alabama had given Simmons a release … [Read more...]
The other Summitt is out to re-shape the culture at Louisiana Tech
First-year Louisiana Tech coach Tyler Summitt pushed his team to the breaking point in their first practice today:RUSTON – Any doubts about Tyler Summitt changing the culture around Louisiana Tech's women's basketball program were put to rest Monday morning.Weight vests, not basketballs, … [Read more...]
NCAA Soccer - Non-Conference Review - WCC
It has not been the best of years for the WCC. A league used to having a handful of contenders for at-large bids in the NCAA Tournament may get just one if things break the wrong way in league play. The only team that can be confident in their spot right now is Pepperdine, who’ll be chasing … [Read more...]
NCAA Soccer - RPI Bracket, Bubble Ladder, Seed Projections v2.0
Seeded Teams 1 – Stanford – Pac-12* 2 – North Carolina – ACC* 3 – UCLA – Pac-12 4 – Texas A&M – SEC* 5 – Florida State – ACC 6 – Florida – SEC 7 – Penn State – Big Ten* 8 – Pepperdine – WCC* 9 – … [Read more...]