Press coverage (Articles about D3 players or D3 in general)

[Mr. Ypsi]

I didn't get the whole story on this, but I happened to be watching a local news program out of Minneapolis/St Paul, where one of the anchors, Don Shelby, was thanking one of the sports guys for taking the heat off him, as far as getting hate mail. One of the three assertions made by the aforementioned (I love that word) sports announcer that had gotten him in trouble was his saying that the teams in the Womens NCAA Final Four could beat either most, or many, D III men's teams. I don't know if he was joking or not, but Shelby went on to say that he was right about all three statements, including that one. If the guy really believes that, he shouldn't be a sports announcer. My contention is that, despite the VAST improvement of womens' college basketball, I think they would have trouble beating most high school boys teams.

I think that the great variable in that statement is how physical the officials permit the players to be.

If you call blocks, charges and handchecks by "Naismithian" standards, then Baylor's 6'8" center will give a lot of D3 teams fits.

If you're permitting a very physical style of play, then the men win.

While the sports announcer was undoubtedly speaking out of ignorance about d3 sports, I think the UConn women would beat 'many or most' d3 men's teams - conceivably even all of them.  I can't recall who it was, but a d1 men's coach said recently that there have been a handful of women players who could have started for most d1 men's teams.

I think it was Bruce Pearl, Tennessee's Men's BB Coach who said that.

Yeah, thanks, that was it.  He said several of Pat Summitt's players would have made his men's team, and that one (Candace Parker?) would have been a starter on his team.

[gordonmann]

Here's a relevant, though older, article on the topic:

http://www.nytimes.com/1997/02/20/sports/male-students-help-uconn-s-no-1-basketball-team-get-better.html?pagewanted=1

Note Auriemma's comments: ''The guys are stronger and quicker than our players,'' he said. ''They make it easier to simulate in practice what you want to work against.''

[Ralph Turner]

Here's a relevant, though older, article on the topic:

http://www.nytimes.com/1997/02/20/sports/male-students-help-uconn-s-no-1-basketball-team-get-better.html?pagewanted=1

Note Auriemma's comments: ''The guys are stronger and quicker than our players,'' he said. ''They make it easier to simulate in practice what you want to work against.''

Wasn't this (Using men as practice players) prohibited by recent NCAA legislation?  2008?  2009?

[Kira & Jaxon's Dad]

Using Male Practice Players for Women's Basketball Teams

In 2007, the NCAA's Committee on Women's Athletics tried to get rid of male practice players.  Their reasoning was that using male practice players decreases opportunities for women.  The group said that the use of males  "violates the spirit of gender equity and Title IX" and "to have talented, capable female student-athletes stand on the sidelines during official practice while the team's starters practice against 'more talented men' is a lost opportunity." The effort failed and the current NCAA rule is that male practice players must be enrolled full-time in classes and cannot be rewarded in any way for their practice time with the team.

[Kira & Jaxon's Dad]

Here's a recent article about UConn and Florida using 12 Man Practice Squads for scrimmaging:

Male Practice Players

[Ralph Turner]

Here's a recent article about UConn and Florida using 12 Man Practice Squads for scrimmaging:

Male Practice Players

"...It's definitely a job where you get no glory," said Justin Seitz, a junior history major. "Most practices we're playing defense most of the time, but I'll take what I can get. Being away from the game for a couple years makes you realize how much you like playing basketball."

Seitz had a few offers from small schools to continue his playing career after high school, but ended up at UF and now wants to be a basketball coach. He said playing for [UF Coach Amanda] Butler has afforded him the opportunity to learn a lot that will help him in the future.

"Getting in there and seeing how a coach runs a D-1 basketball program is good experience," Seitz said. "I try to take everything in and learn every time I go to practice.
..."

I can see the headline now...

Twenty years from now high school head coach Justin Seitz is being interviewed before the high school Final Four and says...

"Yes.  Most of what I know as a basketball coach, I learned from UF Coach Amanda Butler."

[Ralph Turner]

SI Faces in the Crowd



Louisiana College senior centerfielder Jodi Montagnino is featured in Sports Illustrated's "Faces in the Crowd" section for the April 19th edition. Montagnino becomes the first ASC student-athlete to be featured in SI since McMurry baseball standout Derek David was is June of 2008.

[PA_wesleyfan]

I also posted this on the ACFC page.

http://www.delmarvanow.com/article/20100606/SPORTS/6060342/Fleetwood-back-SU-coach-returning-to-Cambridge-SD

[retagent]

This may be about as obscure a reference as will ever be posted, but............

I just finished reading The Confession, a John Grisham novel. On page 26, he is giving a short biography of the victim of a murder in Texas. He ascribes to her the fact that she applied to two colleges, Baylor, and Trinity, in San Antonio, Texas.

[Kira & Jaxon's Dad]

Widener vs. Lebanon Valley on Sportscenter Top Plays this morning.  #3 was a 65 foot shot.

[Ralph Turner]

Colleges for the socially awkward...

http://www.insidecollege.com/reno/Schools-for-a-Socially-Awkward-Student/423/list.do

Adrian
Augsburg
Bard
Bethany WV
Carnegie Mellon
Clark MA
Curry College
Defiance
Earlham
Guilford
Harvey Mudd
Keene State
Mitchell
Moravian
Muskingum
Tufts
U Ozarks
Puget Sound
Rochester
Westminster
WPI

[AUPepBand]

Alfred's Nick Clark getting shot at NFL, set for March 9 NFL Combine in Akron, OH.

http://www.wetmtv.com/sports/story/AUs-Clark-Eyes-NFL-Career/cUAqv_nUAEyDha4wRSt-IQ.cspx

On Saxon Warriors!

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

Article on espn about some successful former Whittier coaches
http://espn.go.com/blog/playbook/fandom/post/_/id/20015/whittier-college-once-had-allen-coryell

[Ralph Turner]

Ronald Reagan's Boyhood Home Being Demolished by University of Chicago

[Mr. Ypsi]

Ronald Reagan's Boyhood Home Being Demolished by University of Chicago

What a non-story.  Wasn't born there.  Probably did not even remember it.  'Boyhood Home' is ridiculous hype.  They will even include a plaque 'commemorating' its very slight connection to St. Ronnie.

Must have been a slow news day.