Former Trine University women’s basketball standout Brandi Dawson has been named to the D3hoops.com All-Decade Team. This year’s list of honorees played at their respective schools from 2010-2020 and were selected from D3hoops.com All-American lists. After transferring to Trine from Division I Wright State, Dawson wore the navy and white from 2015-19 and ended her […]
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Otterbein University has published an open letter to the student athletes that attend the institution in light of the Ohio Athletic Conference’s decision to postpone all sports. Otterbein is a private university in Westerville, Ohio. According to their website, the institution offers 74 majors and 44 minors as well as eight graduate programs. The university was […]
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The Presidents Council of the Ohio Athletic Conference has postponed all NCAA intercollegiate athletics competition through December 31st, 2020. This move comes amidst continued concerns about COVID-19. The Conference said in a press release that they are “committed to moving NCAA intercollegiate competition to the spring, with various models being currently discussed.” While competition will not […]
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The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Council of Presidents has made the decision to play a conference-only schedule during the Fall 2020 sports season. The conference said in a press release that it will evaluate the feasibility of league competition on a sport-by-sport basis. Playing a conference-only schedule affords GLIAC members additional time to get […]
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NCAA President Mark Emmert has made a statement on the fall championships discussion. The decision is in regards to all 22 NCAA fall championships, which makes it more complicated. D-III has seen well more than half of schools elect not to play during the fall. Not nearly as many D-I schools have made that drastic of […]
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The NCAA Sport Science Institute has released the Resocialization of Collegiate Sport. The move and guidelines are intended to extend previous guidance and provide updated recommendations about the protection of athletes and prevention of community spread of COVID-19. The guidelines are designed to inform schools in responding appropriately based on their specific circumstances and in […]
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Emoni Bates, widely considered the best high school prospect in more than a decade, has announced his commitment to Michigan State. The Spartans have been consistent contenders on the national scene, and Lansing, Michigan is just an hours drive from his hometown, Ypsilanti, Michigan. Bates also announced his plans for his final two years of […]
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The baseball program at Bowling Green State University has been eliminated, effectively immediately. The school made the announcement on Friday as part of their effort to shave $2 million off the department of athletics budget. The Toledo Blade indicated the cuts were at least in part due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The university as a whole […]
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Urbana University, a branch campus of Franklin University, has announced that the school is “impossible to sustain” and will be shutting down. The closure will be taking place after the spring 2020 semester ends. There are more than 1,250 students registered at Urbana. Franklin University’s efforts to stabilize the campus have met with some success in […]
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Where Rob Jeter goes, success is sure to follow. That is the case Monday, as Jeter becomes the 21st head coach for the Western Illinois Leathernecks men’s basketball program. The news came via a release from athletic director Danielle Surprenant. Jeter brings 25 years of coaching experience and seven NCAA Tournament appearances to the Leathernecks […]
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The NCAA has officially cancelled the men’s and women’s NCAA Tournaments. In addition, all winter and spring championships in other sports have been cancelled. First, the NCAA decided no fans would be allowed at NCAA Tournament games. Then came the cancellation of conference tournaments. The NCAA did not have much of a choice, given what […]
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The NCAA made a groundbreaking and controversial decision on Wednesday to hold its men’s and women’s basketball tournaments without fans, citing concerns over the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Fans had a myriad of reactions. Many strongly supporting the move and while others condemned it. “This decision is in the best interest of public health, including that […]
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