All four #1 seeds made the NCAA Division One Men’s Basketball Final Four this year. The last time that happened was in 2008. Malachi Van Tassell, the president of St. Francis University in Loretto, Pennsylvania, a team that made the […]
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Gino Auriemma on NIL and the transfer portal
The University of Connecticut women’s basketball coach is exactly right:
The NAIA: Only “student-athletes whose biological sex is female” may participate in women’s sports
Here is CNN: The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics voted to adopt a new policy Monday that effectively bans transgender women from participating in most of its women’s intercollegiate sports programs. The NAIA, an athletic association consisting of 241 mostly small member colleges and universities as of 2023, governs intercollegiate athletics for more than […]
What Christian universities prioritize
One might a expect a Christian university to prioritize (not merely have, but prioritize) things like: I am sure you could add more to this list. I should also add that a lot of Christian colleges are doing this well […]
Stanford and Cal in the ACC? It “all feels wrong.”
USC, UCLA, Washington, and Oregon in the Big Ten? Stanford and California in the Atlantic Coast Conference? Arizona and Arizona State in the Big 12? Oklahoma and Texas in the SEC? It’s the end of the world as we know […]
Nick Saban rips on “self absorbed” Alabama fans
In case you haven’t seen this yet: Saban is probably right. But as far as “self-absorption” in college sports is concerned, I think there is enough to go around right now.