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Princeton Again Finishes As Top Non-Scholarship School in U.S. Sports Academy Directors' Cup Standings
July 11, 2006 | General
Princeton has once again finished as the top non-scholarship school in the annual U.S. Sports Academy Directors' Cup for NCAA Division I, concluding the 2005-06 school year in 47th place in the Directors' Cup standings.
The Tigers finished with 399.5 total points in the Directors' Cup competition, with 85 of those points coming from the women's open crew program, which finished third overall at the NCAA championships in May. 12 Princeton programs in all earned Directors' Cup points throughout the year, including the women's cross country team's 57 points from its 11th-place finish at last fall's NCAA championship meet.
Princeton was one of just two schools in the top 50 of the standings that does not play Division I-A football in a BCS conference, joining Pepperdine, which finished 36th in the standings.
Besides women's crew, five other Princeton spring teams earned Directors' Cup points after earning Ivy championships and reaching the NCAA tournament. Both the men's and women's lacrosse teams earned 30 points for reaching the NCAA quarterfinals, while the baseball and softball teams each earned 25 points after reaching their respective NCAA tournaments. The Ivy champion men's golf team got five points for its participation in an NCAA regional.
In the winter, the fencing, women's hockey and women's track teams earned points for the Tigers, while the field hockey team got 12.5 points for Princeton after reaching the NCAA tournament in the fall.
Stanford was the winner of the Directors' Cup for Division I for a record 12th consecutive season. UCLA, Texas, North Carolina and Florida rounded out the top five in the standings.
The year-end standings were released following the conclusion of the College World Series in late June. Developed as a joint effort between USA Today and the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA), the Directors' Cup program is the only all-sports competition that recognizes the institution with the best overall athletics program in each NCAA division.
Princeton won 13 Ivy League championships in 2005-06, one shy of the program record of 14 set in both 2000-01 and 2001-02. The Tigers also finished first in the Ivy League's all-sport standings for the 20th consecutive year.
The Tigers finished with 399.5 total points in the Directors' Cup competition, with 85 of those points coming from the women's open crew program, which finished third overall at the NCAA championships in May. 12 Princeton programs in all earned Directors' Cup points throughout the year, including the women's cross country team's 57 points from its 11th-place finish at last fall's NCAA championship meet.
Princeton was one of just two schools in the top 50 of the standings that does not play Division I-A football in a BCS conference, joining Pepperdine, which finished 36th in the standings.
Besides women's crew, five other Princeton spring teams earned Directors' Cup points after earning Ivy championships and reaching the NCAA tournament. Both the men's and women's lacrosse teams earned 30 points for reaching the NCAA quarterfinals, while the baseball and softball teams each earned 25 points after reaching their respective NCAA tournaments. The Ivy champion men's golf team got five points for its participation in an NCAA regional.
In the winter, the fencing, women's hockey and women's track teams earned points for the Tigers, while the field hockey team got 12.5 points for Princeton after reaching the NCAA tournament in the fall.
Stanford was the winner of the Directors' Cup for Division I for a record 12th consecutive season. UCLA, Texas, North Carolina and Florida rounded out the top five in the standings.
The year-end standings were released following the conclusion of the College World Series in late June. Developed as a joint effort between USA Today and the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA), the Directors' Cup program is the only all-sports competition that recognizes the institution with the best overall athletics program in each NCAA division.
Princeton won 13 Ivy League championships in 2005-06, one shy of the program record of 14 set in both 2000-01 and 2001-02. The Tigers also finished first in the Ivy League's all-sport standings for the 20th consecutive year.
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