WVU Moves Up In Director's Cup
April 07, 2011 10:31 AM | General
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia University has moved up from its 24th place standing in the first phase of the 2010-11 Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup winter standings to No. 20 in the second phase, announced today.
As the second-highest ranked team in the BIG EAST, WVU has compiled 450.50 points to date, with 90 points coming from the rifle team as it earned a second-place finish at the 2011 NCAA Rifle Championships. In addition to rifle, the Mountaineers earned winter points from women’s indoor track and field, men’s swimming and wrestling in the first phase of the winter standings. Men’s and women’s basketball combined for an additional 100 points to the phase one total to push the Mountaineers up four spots from its previous ranking.
Seven BIG EAST schools rank in the top 50 with Notre Dame pacing the conference at No. 14 with 492 points. Just behind WVU, Connecticut is No. 21 with 438 points, while Louisville has 416.50 points for No. 22. Georgetown (No. 36), Villanova (No. 40) and Syracuse (No. 49) round out the BIG EAST schools in the standings’ top 50.
Stanford remains as the leading program with 902 points, followed by Ohio State (772), Penn State (740.75), North Carolina (717) and Florida State (670.50).
WVU has finished in the top 50 in the Directors’ Cup standings for three-straight years, including last season’s 37th-place finish. WVU finished a school-best 30th in 2009 and 50th in 2008.
The Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup was developed as a joint effort between the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) and USA Today. Points are awarded based on each institution’s finish in up to 14 sports – seven women’s and seven men’s.
As the second-highest ranked team in the BIG EAST, WVU has compiled 450.50 points to date, with 90 points coming from the rifle team as it earned a second-place finish at the 2011 NCAA Rifle Championships. In addition to rifle, the Mountaineers earned winter points from women’s indoor track and field, men’s swimming and wrestling in the first phase of the winter standings. Men’s and women’s basketball combined for an additional 100 points to the phase one total to push the Mountaineers up four spots from its previous ranking.
Seven BIG EAST schools rank in the top 50 with Notre Dame pacing the conference at No. 14 with 492 points. Just behind WVU, Connecticut is No. 21 with 438 points, while Louisville has 416.50 points for No. 22. Georgetown (No. 36), Villanova (No. 40) and Syracuse (No. 49) round out the BIG EAST schools in the standings’ top 50.
Stanford remains as the leading program with 902 points, followed by Ohio State (772), Penn State (740.75), North Carolina (717) and Florida State (670.50).
WVU has finished in the top 50 in the Directors’ Cup standings for three-straight years, including last season’s 37th-place finish. WVU finished a school-best 30th in 2009 and 50th in 2008.
The Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup was developed as a joint effort between the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) and USA Today. Points are awarded based on each institution’s finish in up to 14 sports – seven women’s and seven men’s.
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