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#10: Tampa AD E.J. Brophy chats with the Tampa Bay Business Journal’s Breanna Williams about a number of topics, including following long-time AD Larry Marfise: “I’m following a legend, and that’s challenging because you’ve got big shoes to fill. The positive is that anytime you have fresh eyes on things — even though everything here is very strong — you can look at something through a different lens and tweak it and enhance it a little bit. For the first time in my career, I’m coming in and there are many, many things I look at and say, ‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.’” Brophy’s priorities are growing attendance for Spartans events and supporting Tampa’s current programs, adding: “Right now, we’re focusing on making the sports we have the best we can possibly be. The wins follow the money. The more money you raise, the more money you spend — in a responsible way, of course — the more you pay your coaches and the more scholarships you have, typically the wins follow that money. ... Here at UTampa, we already have elite facilities and an elite team. I think we focus on bringing in more fundraising dollars and more corporate sponsorship dollars, and we’ll drag even more W’s into the win column.” (link)
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#9: St. Cloud State selects West Florida VP of Academic Engagement and Student Affairs Dr. Gregory Tomso as its 26th president. (link) |
#8: Northwestern Oklahoma State parts ways with Football HC Ronnie Jones. (link) |
#7: Auburn-Montgomery parts ways with Men’s Basketball HC Michael Cheaney after 11 seasons, effective immediately. AC Joe Brooks will serve as Interim HC. (link, link)
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#6: West Florida Football HC Kaleb Nobles takes to X to sound off on potential roster poaching: “I know January 2nd D1 Transfer window seems far away but let's at least make it to Thanksgiving before the roster poaching begins on the top D2 players! D1 Coaches Let us enjoy the playoffs please 😅” (link)
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#5: Concordia-St. Paul parts ways with Football HC Shannon Currier. (link) |
#4: Eastern New Mexico parts ways with Football HC Kelley Lee. (link) |
#3: Ahead of last Saturday’s final football game, Valdosta State self-reported using an ineligible student-athlete. The issue stemmed from incorrect participation and statistical information from the student-athlete’s previous institution. VSU had to give up a conference win over West Alabama and review all transfer student-athletes’ eligibility as a result. (link)
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#2: Postseason Updates…
➤ Southern New Hampshire, Palm Beach Atlantic, Fort Hays State and Stanislaus State are the teams atop each super region in the 40-team Men’s Soccer field. (link)
➤ The 56-team Women’s Soccer bracket is set with Shepherd, Minnesota State, Saint Anselm, Grand Valley State, West Florida, Catawba, Dallas Baptist and Western Washington as the eight one seeds. (link)
➤ The top of the final Women’s Volleyball rankings remain the same, with Gannon, Nebraska-Kearney, Bentley, Missouri-St. Louis, Tampa, MSU Denver, Wingate and Point Loma atop their respective regions ahead of Monday night’s selection show. (link)
➤ The Heritage Bowl will feature Arkansas Tech and West Texas A&M. (link)
➤ Hillsdale and Upper Iowa will square off in the first Albanese Candy Bowl. (link)
➤ East Central and Northeastern State will participate in the inaugural First Americans Bowl. (link) |
#1: The 28-team Football bracket is here with Kutztown, Ferris State, Albany State and Harding as the top seeds. (link) |
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