Posted by Beach Patrol on 6/30/2009, 12:16 am, in reply to "Final 2008-09 NACDA Directors Cup Standings"
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IMHO you put a lot of weight into these standings. First of all it is a national competition, not just among the Big West, that involves all the Division 1 schools and sports. Secondly points are awarded to whats most important, NCAA post season play, not just conference titles. The UCI men's basketball program would trade all their regular season Big West championships to go dancing once.
I think how many teams a school fields is not that relevant. A school can field 30+ teams but if they're all mediocre they won't get any points. These standings award excellence in NCAA tournament play plain and simple. That's why in my eyes these standings are more prestigious than those of the Commissioner's Cup. The Commi Cup is flawed in excluding sports like men's volleyball, men's waterpolo, etc.
Long Beach finished top 3 among the Big West this year but again there's no release on the athletic website mentioning these standings.
If 49ers are not familiar with this competition it is only because Long Beach St. probably hasn't fared well in past standings. 
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: http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/nacda/sports/directorscup/auto_pdf/june29d1.pdf
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: Big West schools:
: #65 - UC Irvine
: #85 - Cal Poly
: #103 - Long Beach State
: #110 - UC Santa Barbara
: #150 - Cal State Fullerton
: #153 - UC Davis
: #197 - UC Riverside
: #235 - Cal State Northridge
: -- - Pacific
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: I don't know how much weight you put into
: this standing, but I tend to think that the
: formula works in favor of the schools that
: field a team in 30+ sports. Must explain why
: Stanford has topped this list every year
: except once.
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