tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5644587556919650515.post4645685413871160910..comments2023-10-11T11:02:06.245-04:00Comments on PROFANE: Grats to the Lady Commodores/Graduation DataProfanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05131628865279071396noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5644587556919650515.post-23002913407271593942007-04-17T13:03:00.000-04:002007-04-17T13:03:00.000-04:00You should look at the rankings for women's bowlin...You should look at the rankings for women's bowling:<BR/><BR/>Fairleigh Dickinson, <BR/>Nebraska, <BR/>Vanderbilt, <BR/>New Jersey City, <BR/>Central Missouri State, <BR/>Maryland Eastern Shore, <BR/>Sacred Heart, <BR/>Arkansas State, <BR/>Alabama A&M, <BR/>Texas Southern, <BR/>Minnesota State, <BR/>Southern, <BR/>Wisconsin-Whitewater, Bethune-Cookman, <BR/>Morgan State, <BR/>Fayetteville State, <BR/>Adelphi<BR/><BR/>Ouf of 17 schools ranked, there were eight HBCU's. Other than for Nebraska and Vanderbilt, I doubt if you would find the schools on any other top ten lists.Superdestroyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14708119879383713312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5644587556919650515.post-54692212802115743802007-04-17T10:33:00.000-04:002007-04-17T10:33:00.000-04:00Thanks for the thoughts SD. The softball schools (...Thanks for the thoughts SD. The softball schools (including my own Southern Illinois) do, however, represent a bit of an anomaly.Profanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05131628865279071396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5644587556919650515.post-72367049021310689842007-04-17T07:40:00.000-04:002007-04-17T07:40:00.000-04:00I believe that success in the revenue sports leads...I believe that success in the revenue sports leads to success in the non-revenue sports. <BR/><BR/>I looked at the standings in some non-revenue sports lookings for top 25 programs at schools with no or bad men’s football/basketball programs. <BR/><BR/>In women’s volleyball that would include Cal Poly, San Diego, New Mexico St. <BR/><BR/>In field hockey that would include Old Dominion, Richmond, James Madison, BU, and American. <BR/><BR/>In women’s lacrosse, that would include Northwestern, James Madison, Penn, Yale, Princeton, Dartmouth, Johns Hopkins, Denver, and Delaware. <BR/><BR/>In softball, it would include Baylor, Northwestern, Illinois State, Southern Illinois and Louisiana-Lafayette. <BR/><BR/>Women’s soccer would include Portland, Santa Clara, William & Mary, and Milwaukee-Wisconsin. <BR/><BR/>Women’s golf would include Pepperdine and Denver. <BR/><BR/>Just looking at top womens programs I would say the two best indicators of success in women's sports in success in men's sports and having a school that would naturally attract upper middle class white females who grew up in the suburbs.Superdestroyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14708119879383713312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5644587556919650515.post-62158207208734557242007-04-16T16:34:00.000-04:002007-04-16T16:34:00.000-04:00to what extent does success in the revenue sports ...<I>to what extent does success in the revenue sports ends up translating to success in other sports?</I><BR/><BR/>Very good question. Some of us VU fans have talked about the converse: Does sucess in the non-revs lead to success in the "ones that matter"?<BR/><BR/>From what I've heard of Chancellor Gordon Gee and effective AD David Williams, they certainly seem to think so. They've cited Stanford as an example of a school that's dominated the non-revs and baseball but also done very well in MBB and football. <BR/><BR/>I'm not as "utilitarian" as many of my fellow fans -- in other words, I'm proud of our bowlers regardless of whether their success propels our football team to work harder -- but it's still a question I care deeply about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5644587556919650515.post-63252133505514045272007-04-16T14:44:00.000-04:002007-04-16T14:44:00.000-04:00Thanks for stopping in SD. You make an interesting...Thanks for stopping in SD. You make an interesting obervation - one which I had not noticed.<BR/><BR/>I am going to be blogging every championship in every sport. The principle reason for this is so I can get my head around the question cognate to your point - to what extent does success in the revenue sports ends up translating to success in other sports?Profanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05131628865279071396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5644587556919650515.post-66466961448042170752007-04-16T14:09:00.000-04:002007-04-16T14:09:00.000-04:00Have you noticed that the HBU's have decide to try...Have you noticed that the HBU's have decide to try to be competative in women's bowling. The runner up last year was Alabama A&M. <BR/><BR/>The final eight schools did not list many schools that could be seen as sports powerhouses.Superdestroyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14708119879383713312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5644587556919650515.post-79946395163532094312007-04-14T20:45:00.000-04:002007-04-14T20:45:00.000-04:00Oh yeah, I'd be remiss to not point out that they'...Oh yeah, I'd be remiss to not point out that they're the Commodores. I believe Rutgers' teams are all known as the Scarlet Knights.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5644587556919650515.post-33737070295078365862007-04-14T20:35:00.000-04:002007-04-14T20:35:00.000-04:00Thanks for the kind words! For a school like VU ...Thanks for the kind words! For a school like VU that's never won an NCAA championship in anything (despite a theoretical football championship or two before the AP polls), this is a big deal!<BR/><BR/>And I agree, it's noteworthy that NJCU has that success at the D-I level with an otherwise D-III athletic program.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com