Tennessee, #6, In the Updated Directors Cup

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UTsports - Directors Cup


Tennessee's best showing in the Directors' Cup was a ninth-place finish two seasons ago
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Strong showings from indoor track and field and swimming and diving, in addition to basketball, vaulted Tennessee atop the Southeastern Conference and nearly into the top five nationally in the latest U.S. Sports Academy Directors' Cup Division I standings.
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UT is sixth overall with 605.75 points, just one quarter-point behind fifth-place North Carolina (606). Stanford (837.5) leads the division, followed by Wisconsin (753.5), California (659) and Texas (623). Behind Tennessee, Florida (603), Michigan (561), Ohio State (551.5) and Penn State (545) round out the top 10.
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I am surprised Florida is not in the Top 5 atleast.

Here is the Top 10.

1) Stanford
2) Wisconsin
3) California
4) Texas
5) North Carolina
6) Tennessee
7) Florida
8) Michigan
9) Ohio State
10) Penn State

I really don't put much into these rankings, but still...

Its good to see UT up there.
 
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A cup like this that doesn't even have Florida in the top 3 should be disregarded. Football, basketball, and maybe even baseball should carry more weight than the minor college sports.
 
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Stanford gets too much love in the Directors Cup.

They win it every year.

What kind of Championships are they winning?

Seriously...
 
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Thre off the Cali schools in the Pac-10, California, Stanford and UCLA all focus heavily on high levels of success in all sports. It's definitley a worthwhile effort. It may not bring the notoriety of national championships in football or basketball, but their success in all sports does manage to translate to extremely high academic standards and success, which in turn makes the Pac-10 the best academics conference in D-IA. Washington, UC-Berkeley, Stanford, UCLA, USC and Arizona are all top-notch institutions. Oregon, Oregon State and Washington state have their own strengths as well. Arizona State... Well, that's the typical big-school stuff.

But, as a sports fan, I really don't care.
 
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hatvol96 said:
I think your question is a perfect indicator of how important the Director's Cup in fact is.
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Exactly. This "cup" is a water cooler subject for all the fans of the "loser" schools to make them feel better about themselves.
 
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hmanvolfan said:
Exactly. This "cup" is a water cooler subject for all the fans of the "loser" schools to make them feel better about themselves.
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Loser schools? Go back and look at that list. Stanford is the only one on there who is terrible at football and men's basketball.
 
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Well, that's how it worked out.

I wonder what it would be like if Stanford, Cal and UCLA actually took the attention they pay to all sports and aimed it directly at success in football and men's basketball.
 
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milohimself said:
Well, that's how it worked out.

I wonder what it would be like if Stanford, Cal and UCLA actually took the attention they pay to all sports and aimed it directly at success in football and men's basketball.
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Guess that would be directly proportional on their ability to get the tree huggers out of the way.. :crazy:
 
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Berkeley is the only campus of those three with any real number of tree-huggers around. UCLA is full of rich people, and Stanford is simply the Harvard of the west coast.
 
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milohimself said:
Berkeley is the only campus of those three with any real number of tree-huggers around. UCLA is full of rich people, and Stanford is simply the Harvard of the west coast.
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So we come full circle. All those schools are mentioned as "cup" schools because they can't legitimatelly compete in the "real" college sports... :neener:
 
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