National Collegiate Athletic Association

The NCAA News Digest

March 9, 1998

DIVISION I BASKETBALL FACTS

Through the 1997 Division I Men's Basketball Championship

20 or more

1. Kentucky 38; 2. UCLA 32; 3. North Caro. 31; 4. Louisville 27; 5. Indiana 26; 5. Kansas 26; 7. Notre Dame 24; 8. St. John's (N.Y) 23; 8. Syracuse 23; 10. Villanova 23; 11. Arkansas 22; 11. Kansas St. 22; 13. Duke 21; 13. Georgetown 21; 13. Marquette 21; 13. Temple 21; 17. DePaul 20

50 or more; 1. Kentucky 109; 2. North Caro. 103; 3. UCLA 97; 4. Kansas 82; 5. Louisville 77; 6. Duke 76; 7. Indiana 71; 8. Arkansas 59; 8. Syracuse 59; 10. Michigan 58; 11. Georgetown 56; 11. Villanova 56; 12. Notre Dame 53; 12. Kansas St. 53; 14. Marquette 50

5 or more; 1. UCLA 14; 2. North Caro. 13; 3. Kentucky 12; 4. Duke 11; 5. Kansas 10; 6. Ohio St. 8; 7. Indiana 7; 7. Louisville 7; 9. Arkansas 6; 9. Cincinnati 6; 9. Michigan 6; 12. Houston 5; 12. Oklahoma St. 5

Through the 1997 Division I

Women's Basketball Championship

13 or more; 1. Louisiana Tech 16; 1. Tennessee 16; 3. Georgia 14; 3. Mississippi 14; 3. Old Dominion 14; 3. Penn St. 14; 3. Texas 14; 3. Virginia 14; 9. Auburn 13; 9. Southern Cal 13

Tournament games25 or more; 1. Tennessee 66; 2. Louisiana Tech 60; 3. Virginia 40; 4. Stanford 41; 5. Auburn 38; 5. Georgia 38; 5. Southern Cal 38; 8. Old Dominion 36; 9. Texas 35; 10. Long Beach St. 29; 10. Mississippi 29; 10. Vanderbilt 29; 13. Connecticut 28; 13. Penn St. 28; 15. Western Ky. 27

Most Women's Final Fours3 or more; 1. Tennessee 10; 2. Louisiana Tech 8; 3. Stanford 6; 4. Georgia 4; 5. Auburn 3; 5. Connecticut 3; 5. Old Dominion 3; 5. Southern Cal 3; 5. Virginia 3; 5. Western Ky. 3




GAMBLING

Antigambling video sent to Division I basketball coaches

Men's basketball coaches at all Division I institutions have received a copy of a new NCAA antigambling video.

The Division I Men's Basketball Committee is recommending that the video be reviewed by basketball staff and student-athletes before play commences in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship.

The video was mailed February 24.

Staff contact: William S. Saum.

DIVISION I

Business/Finance Cabinet asks other groups to prioritize

The Division I Business/Finance Cabinet has developed a balanced preliminary budget for Division I, but it deferred until June making any recommendations for certain funding increases requested for the 1998-99 fiscal year.

Instead, it asked the Strategic Planning and the Championships/Competition Cabinets to prioritize their new funding requests.

The Division I Business/Finance Cabinet serves as a filter for the Management Council for reviewing committee recommendations that require funding.

The cabinet will review the prioritized re-quests in June, at which time it may make recommendations for any funding allocations to the Division I Management Council.

Staff contact: Keith E. Martin.

DIVISION III

Panel recommends 24 teams for postseason football

The Division III Football Committee committee has voted to recommend to the Division III Championships Committee that the number of teams participating in postseason play be expanded from 16 to 24 teams, effective with the 1998 championship.

In its proposal, the committee will recommend that a 16-team national-championship field and an eight-team, four bowl-game concept (Option No. 2 from last year's Division III survey) be implemented for the next two years. The committee's long-term goal is to study the feasibility of a 24-team, five-week national championship that would be conducted no earlier than the 2000 football season.

Staff contact: Daniel T. Dutcher.

INTERNET

Basketball web sites return for more March Madness

The NCAA's popular Web site for the Division I Men's and Women's Basketball Championships will be available again in 1998.

All of the features that were so popular last year will be back, including the Java-based "desktop scoreboard," which provides real-time updates for games in progress.

The site also will include several major im-provements, the most notable of which will be the addition of six computer video games.

Other improvements include:

  • An enhanced design, which should make it easier for users to move among the many available options.

  • Addition of a "guest book."

  • More information on the pages for each of the competing teams.

  • More depth from the Audionet broadcasts.

    Staff contact: Wallace I. Renfro.

    FINANCIAL AID

    Committee examines effects of aid limits on Title IX compliance

    The Division I Committee on Financial Aid has mapped out plans for studying the scholarship-equity issue that arose recently when the U.S. Office for Civil Rights (OCR) expressed concern that institutions offering a full complement of scholarships in women's sports inadvertently may violate Title IX financial aid requirements.

    The committee is acting in response to a request from the Division I Management Council, which requested recommendations regarding the issue.

    Staff contact: Allison Freedman.