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The Certified Events Subcommittee of the Division I Championships/Competition Cabinet has finalized its list of recommendations for 2000-01 winter and spring sports.
The subcommittee, which met May 8-9 in Indianapolis and conducted a subsequent telephone conference June 8, recommended to the cabinet that 36 events be approved--23 in men's basketball, nine in women's basketball and one in men's and women's basketball. The other events are two in men's ice hockey and one in baseball.
The subcommittee deferred certification on two men's basketball events, the Puerto Rico Shootout and the Puerto Rico Holiday Classic. Sponsors of those events wished to conduct early round games of the tournaments on sites within the continental United States, which is contrary to the intent of NCAA Bylaw 30.10.1.3 regulating the conduct of exempted contests outside the continental United States. The subcommittee has asked the event sponsors to resubmit application materials based on all games being conducted in Puerto Rico.
A list of all the events the subcommittee approved for certification accompanies this article.
In other action, the subcommittee proposed several legislative changes, including a request to eliminate a provision in Bylaw 17.5.5.3 that prohibits Division I schools from participating in a certified event in the same state or territory outside the continental United States more than once during a four-year period.
The subcommittee believes this change provides institutional autonomy regarding participation in two certified events during the four-year period.
The group also recommended a deregulation package that would eliminate much of Bylaw 30.10. Included in the deregulation would be the elimination of the reimbursement-of-expense provisions, sponsor guarantee and payment of travel expenses. The subcommittee believes such deregulation gives schools the responsibility of making individual scheduling decisions in the interest of the institution with consideration of student-athlete welfare and business interests.
The deregulation recommendations came after a review of policies regarding certified events. In that regard, the subcommittee has asked that the newly created Division I Basketball Issues Committee take up the issue of certified basketball events. The subcommittee has become increasingly concerned with the proliferation of those events and how they impact the length of the basketball season, the number of games during the season and increased missed class time for student-athletes.
Because of the Basketball Issues Committee's specific charge to review basketball issues, the subcommittee believes that group would be in a better position to suggest modifications or alternatives relating to certified basketball events, if necessary.
In another action, the subcommittee recommended the elimination of Bylaw 31.2.1.1, which requires members of a particular classification to participate in that division's postseason if selected.
The group sees this proposal as part of the deregulation effort that would shift to individual schools the responsibility of selecting postseason competition opportunities.
Certified contests for winter and spring sports 2000-01
Sport | Name of Event | <SIZE=4Sponsor/Host | <SIZE=4Site | <SIZE=4Date |
Baseball | 25th Annual Rainbow Easter Tournament | University of Hawaii, Manoa | Honolulu | March 22-28, 2001 |
M Basketball | 35th Annual Outrigger Hotels Rainbow Classic | University of Hawaii, Manoa | Honolulu | December 27-30, 2000 |
M Basketball | America's Youth Classic | The Eddie G. Robinson Foundation | Nashville, Tennessee | November 17-18, 2000 |
M Basketball | Big Island Invitational Basketball Tournament | University of Hawaii at Hilo | Hilo, Hawaii | November 24-26, 2000 |
M Basketball | Black Coaches Association Classic | Black Coaches Association | Norman, Oklahoma | November 16-17, 2000 |
M Basketball | Challenge Classic | The John Thompson Charitable Fund | Fayetteville, Arkansas | November 17-18, 2000 |
M Basketball | Coaches vs. Cancer Ikon Classic | National Association of | New York City | November 9-10, 2000 |
M Basketball | College of Charleston Holiday Hoops | College of Charleston (South Carolina) | Charleston, South Carolina | November 24-26, 2000 |
M Basketball | CoSIDA Classic | College of Sports Information Directors of America | Raliegh, North Carolina | November 17-18, 2000 |
M Basketball | Hall of Fame Tip-Off Classic | Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame | Various locations | To be determined |
M Basketball | Hawaii Nike Festival | University of Hawaii, Manoa | Honolulu | December 21-23, 2000 |
M Basketball | Hawaii Pacific University Thanksgiving Classic | Hawaii Pacific University | Honolulu | November 24-26, 2000 |
M Basketball | Hispanic College Fund Basketball Classic | Hispanic College Fund, Inc. | Fresno, California | November 17-18, 2000 |
M Basketball | Maui Invitational | Chaminade University | Maui, Hawaii | November 20-22, 2000 |
M Basketball | NABC Classic | National Association of Basketball Coaches | Chapel Hill, North Carolina | November 10-11, 2000 |
M Basketball | Pearl Harbor Invitational | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | Laie, Hawaii | December 21-23, 2000 |
M Basketball | Postseason National Invitation Tournament | Metropolitan Intercollegiate Basketball Association | Various sites and New York City (finals) | March 14-29, 2001 |
M Basketball | San Juan Shootout | University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez | Bayamon, Puerto Rico | December 17-23, 2000 |
M Basketball | "Sponsor" Conference Challenge | Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference | Poughkeepsie, New York | November 17-18, 2000 |
M Basketball | Top of the World Classic | University of Alaska Fairbanks | Fairbanks, Alaska | November 16-19, 2000 |
M Basketball | Mountain Energy Thanksgiving Classic | University of Missouri, Kansas City | Kansas City, Missouri | November 24-26, 2000 |
M Basketball | United Airlines Tip-Off Tournament | University of Hawaii, Manoa | Honolulu | November 24 and 26, 2000 |
M Basketball | University of Maine Hoopfest | Metro Athletic Conference | Orono, Maine | December 2-3, 2000 |
W Basketball | Ala Moana Hotel Paradise Classic | University of Hawaii, Manoa | Honolulu | December 18-20, 2000 |
W Basketball | Asahi Rainbow Wahine Basketball Classic | University of Hawaii, Manoa | Honolulu | November 24-26, 2000 |
W Basketball | Coaches vs. Cancer Challenge | Women's Basketball Coaches Association | Madison, Wisconsin | November 22-24, 2000 |
W Basketball | Hawaii Invitational Basketball Tournament | University of Hawaii, Manoa | Honolulu | December 9-10, 2000 |
W Basketball | Hawaiian Regent Wahine Basketball Classic | University of Hawaii, Manoa | Honolulu | November 17-19, 2000 |
W Basketball | Postseason Women's National Invitation Tournament | Women's Collegiate Sports Association | Various sites< | March 13-29, 2001 |
W Basketball | Preseason Women's National Invitation Tournament | Women's Collegiate Sports Association | Various sites | November 10-13, 2000 |
W Basketball | Women's Maui College Basketball Tournament | Women's Basketball Coaches Association | Maui, Hawaii | November 24-25, 2000 |
W Basketball | Women's Sports Foundation Basketball Classic | Women's Sports Foundation | Albuquerque, New Mexico | November 10-11, 2000 |
M/W Basketball | Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout | University of Alaska Anchorage | Anchorage, Alaska | November 21-25, 2000 |
M Ice Hockey | Ice Breaker Cup | Western Collegiate Hockey Association | Ann Arbor, Michigan | October 6-7, 2000 |
M Ice Hockey | Johnson Nissan Classic | University of Alaska Anchorage | Anchorage, Alaska | October 13-14, 2000 |