Results for January 2008
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This week's syllabus: Jan. 31-Feb. 6
THE FAB FIVEMy look at the top five teams in the country right now MEN1. Charlotte (Last week's ranking: 2) The 49ers currently have the best winning percentage in the country (60-2, .968) and the lowest adjusted scoring average of...
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What if ... we'd always had an Elite 8?
All this talk about changing the format of the men's NCAA Championship in 2008-09 to a 54-hole stroke-play event with the top eight teams advancing into some sort of bracketed head-to-head tournament to determine the eventual champion got me thinking...
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This week's syllabus: Jan. 25-30
Back by popular demand ... THE FAB FIVEMy look at the top five teams in the country right nowMEN1. UCLA (Last Golf World/Nike Golf Coaches' Poll Rank: 4) The Bruins' late fall start (first event wasn't until late October) didn't...
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Thoughts from the GCAA convention, Part II
Aside from the ".500 rule" and all the ancillary questions it raises, there was another topic that received much debate at the GCAA convention: the structure of the men's NCAA Championship in 2008-09 and beyond. As reported here since August,...
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Thoughts from the GCAA convention, Part I
With some time to digest the discussions from the Golf Coaches Association of America's annual convention--as well as work on a couple of stories for this week's issue of Golf World--I've got a few thoughts to ponder. Lets break them...
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South Carolina hires Kalen Anderson
It didn't take long for South Carolina to find a new women's coach--all of 10 days actually. Kalen Anderson, a former Duke player who has served as an assistant to Blue Devil women's coach Dan Brooks since spring 2006,...
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Second-generation Blackwelder get Kraft Nabisco invite
Among the four collegians (and six amateurs overall) invited this week to play in the Kraft Nabisco Championship: Kentucky's Mallory Blackwelder. The 20-year-old junior, winner of the Women's Western Amateur and runner-up at the Women's Trans-National last summer, has some...
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College All-American Classic stays alive
LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLA.--I'm often shaking my head at some of the decisions the NCAA makes, unable to follow just how some of its bylaws actually work in the best interest of the student-athlete. It's rather frustrating when you can...
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72 holes, not 54, to crown '08 NCAA medalist
LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLA.--The more than 100 individuals attending the Golf Coaches Association of America's annual convention who participated in this afternoon's Division I break-out session at Disney's Coronado Springs Resort were the first to learn that the NCAA men's...
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NGCA's big weekend in New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS--They talked business at this past weekend's National Golf Coaches Association annual convention, a departure of sorts from years past for this jovial group, but a welcome one. With so many changes in women's golf at all levels, a...
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