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#10: Lake Superior State Men’s Basketball HC Steve Hettinga inks a decade-long contract extension. (link) |
#9: Central Oklahoma and Southern Nazarene will face off in a spring game next month in Edmond, OK. (link) |
#8: Wayne State (NE) Women’s Basketball HC Brent Pollari resigns after seven seasons. (link)
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#7: MSU Denver names Denver (DI) AC Katie Hooker as the Roadrunners’ next Women’s Soccer HC. (link) |
#6: Central Missouri rolls out its NIL collective, The Central Stable Collective, alongside a partnership with Opendorse, which will assist in building the collective’s infrastructure and an NIL marketplace. AD Matt Howdeshell: “For UCM to be competitive at the highest level of Division II, NIL support is required to retain and attract the best student-athletes. We have updated our giving model to reflect this need. While your direct support of our department, by joining the Cardinal & Black Fund, purchasing tickets, being a corporate partner and giving to sport-specific Excellence Funds remains critical to our growth and well-being, a strong NIL collective is also critical to providing opportunities for our student-athletes. […] All our head coaches agree that NIL opportunities through the Central Stable Collective are imperative for future success. We feel the need to adapt to the modern era of college athletics and align ourselves with the most competitive sector of NCAA Division II.” (link)
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#5: Central Oklahoma hires Mid-America Christian (NAIA) Women’s Basketball HC Hannah Moeller as the Bronchos’ new HC. (link)
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#4: Georgia Southwestern hires Cameron Men’s Basketball HC Kevin O’Connor for the same role with the Hurricanes. (link) |
#3: The latest Men’s Golf regional rankings are led by Gannon, Central Oklahoma, St. Thomas Aquinas, West Florida, North Georgia, Colorado Christian, Cal State East Bay and Grand Valley State. (link); Central Missouri, Findlay, Anderson and Dallas Baptist sit atop their respective Women’s Golf regions. (link)
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#2: The DII Championships Committee is recommending changing the team sport championship access ratio from 4.25:6 to 4:6. The committee is also recommending expanding the Football Championship to 32 teams starting in 2025, citing new exceptions to the triennial budget process and the new AQ legislation that both passed at the 2025 NCAA Convention. The “mid-range estimate” for the expansion on travel and per diem is $545K. Pending this change, the DII Football Committee is proposing to modify how teams in the four super regions are bracketed, with the top four seeds to be seeded as such in their super region and the remaining teams to be unseeded and placed in any super region “if doing so reduces the number of flights in the first/second round.” The priorities for pairing teams will be as follows: 1) Unseeded teams will be placed into the bracket to maximize reduction of first-round flights. 2) Unseeded teams will be placed into the bracket in a fashion that will reduce the likelihood of second-round flights. 3) Repeating regular-season matchups in the first round of the championship should be avoided, provided that doing so does not increase the number of flights (per Priorities 1 and 2). 4) Teams shall be paired accordingly based on what their seed would have been prior to being listed as ‘unseeded.’” Of note, teams that qualify via AQ that are not in the top eight of the final ranking will be paired with a number one seed. Other recommendations include allowing football officiating crews to continue using the same number of referees as they use during the regular season and adding one Women’s Golf rules official at each regional site. Lots more. (link)
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#1: Tampa taps Collegiate Sports Associates to assist with the Spartans’ AD search. (link)
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