This last ranking is horrible! How in the world is Michigan ahead of Duke, Alabama, and Columbia?

There must be someone on the committee and politics are being played. They should never have been ranked that high all season. They have won nothing all season

Let's look at some data:

1st race: Michigan V8 loses to Oklahoma and Alabama. Their 2V8 loses to Alabama.

2nd race: Michigan V8 loses to Texas. Michigan 2V8 loses to Texas . Michigan V4 loses to Texas .

3rd race: Michigan V8 loses to UCLA and Rutgers and others. 2V8 loses to Rutgers and others. V4 loses to Rutgers and others.

4th race: Michigan V8 loses every race to Princeton and Syracuse.

5th race: Michigan V8 loses to UCLA again! And then on Day 2...they lose to UCLA a third time! Can't blame early season training anymore. And Ohio State. And Rutgers and Washington and Indiana ALMOST beat them at only a second behind.

Someone explain these rankings and this committee's decision. This really seals to me that the committee plays favorites and is not looking at data.

when i first started following cbb in 2022-23, there was so many upsets in the tourney. Princeton made the sweet 16. #9 fau made the final four. # sdsu made the championship. #5 miami made the final four. FDU beat Purdue. Kennesaw almost beat Xavier. Now that transfer portal and NIL stuff means that stuff will never happen again. Cinderella win!=cinderella run

Gainsville beat writer reveals what UC Irvine is getting with Olivier Rioux

Who is your favourite and least favourite college basketball team?

Favourite: Kentucky

Least Favourite: Duke

Hi all,

I’m a parent from the UK trying to help my daughter make a decision about swimming and studying in the US this year, and I’d really appreciate some honest outside opinions from people who understand NCAA swimming and college life.

She is a high-level competitive swimmer in the UK (on a national performance pathway level) and is currently being recruited by several US universities. She also wants to study Economics.

At the moment, we are considering the following full scholarship offers / strong interest:

·         University of Minnesota

·         Florida Southern College

·         University of the Incarnate Word (UIW)

·         University of Indianapolis

Her priorities are:

·         Competing at the highest possible swimming level and improving towards international standard

·         Studying Economics

·         Good team culture and coaching environment

·         A positive lifestyle adjustment from the UK (weather, campus life, etc.)

·         A university where she will develop rather than just “survive” as an athlete

We are trying to understand:

·         Relative strength of these swim programmes (D1 vs D2 but also actual performance levels)

·         Quality of coaching environments

·         Campus life / safety / culture for international students

·         Weather and general lifestyle differences (north vs south US)

·         Long-term development potential vs immediate competition level

We are slightly torn between:

• A more elite D1 environment (Minnesota / UIW) vs
• A potentially better development and lifestyle fit (Florida Southern / others)

We are also trying to balance a few concerns and preferences:

·         Minnesota is extremely strong from a swimming perspective, but we are slightly concerned about the very cold climate and whether that would affect long-term happiness and adjustment from the UK

·         We like the idea of a southern US lifestyle and warmer weather, but we are unsure whether some of the D2 programmes may be strong enough from a performance and development standpoint for her level

·         Ultimately we are trying to find the right balance between elite competition, development, and overall wellbeing

Any honest experiences or insights from swimmers, parents, or students would be massively appreciated — especially anything you wish you had known before committing.

Thanks in advance.

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We are trying to spread a story and don’t know how to get in contact with the larger organizations. Does anyone have any tips with how to get in contact with these larger groups? I attached the story to this.

I wanted to pass along a story that is drastically affecting our community, collegiate student athletes and the integrity of Olympic sports. California Baptist University decided to cut the programs on January 2nd based upon the statement "positioning Lancer Athletics more competitively for the future" and "factors including community impact, Title IX, house settlement and available resources." Additionally they just cut a Women’s sport but aren’t making a public statement as they are afraid of the backlash.

   The student athletes at California Baptist University have been under direct scrutiny and had repeated reports of having their voices silenced. They have reported that there have been active faculty/staff who have threatened them with eliminating their season and taking away opportunities that these athletes have worked hard to achieve. In one of the links posted below CBU administration reportedly belittles the wrestlers in regards to their peaceful protest.

   Our coliliton has raised over 1.2 million in the past 2 months and has spread awareness to thousands of people nationwide. Through-out countless requests for a meeting or connecting CBU administration has repeatedly ignored them. Our fight is simple, as Dr. Ellis (president of CBU) continuingly states, "Everyone has a seat at the table" and we are just wanting that. We are hoping for an opportunity to sit with the administration and show how this decision is monumentally a bad decision from a sport and university standpoint. Our goal is to spread continued awareness of our fight and encourage people to stand saying that this decision is wrong. We need to protect Olympic sports as they are directly under attacl. We have also filed a petition to reform Title IX as the last time it was addressed was when it was released in 1979. Lastly a Lawsuit has been filed against the school for sex-discrimination.

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