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		<title>Arizona Wildcats earn a Top 20 spot in Directors&#8217; Cup all-sports ranking</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2012 17:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Gimino</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Year Finish 2012 19 2011 16 2010 30 2009 24 2008 27 2007 24 2006 11 2005 18 2004 12 2003 16 2002 9 2001 5 2000 8 1999 9 1998 6 1997 6 1996 7 1995 4 1994 6 Arizona, having received 100 points for winning the Men&#8217;s College World Series &#8212; the final [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_3913" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 570px"><img src="http://tucsoncitizen.com/wildcatreport/files/2012/06/147135804-560x408.jpg" alt="" title="College World Series Arizona Andy Lopez Greg Byrne" width="560" height="408" class="size-large wp-image-3913" /><p class="wp-caption-text"><strong>This trophy was worth 100 points in the Directors&#039; Cup for Arizona.</strong> Photo by Harry How/Getty Images</p></div>
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<p>Arizona, having received 100 points for winning the Men&#8217;s College World Series &#8212; the final NCAA championship of the school year &#8212; finished 19th nationally in an <a href="http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/nacda/sports/directorscup/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/finalD1.pdf" target="_blank">all-sport rating of athletic departments</a>.</p>
<p>This is the Wildcats&#8217; second consecutive Top 20 finish in the Learfield Sports Director&#8217;s Cup, which has been in existence since the 1993-94 school year.</p>
<p>Stanford, which was second to North Carolina in the first year of the rankings, has won in every season since then, 18 in a row. </p>
<p>The Cardinal, which won national titles in women&#8217;s soccer, women&#8217;s water polo and women&#8217;s lightweight rowing eight, finished with 1,448.25 points. Florida was second with 1,314 points.</p>
<p>Arizona finished fifth among Pac-12 programs behind Stanford, No. 3 UCLA, No. 7 USC and No. 11 Cal. Oregon, at No. 24, was a sixth Pac-12 school in the Top 25. Arizona State was 30th.</p>
<p>Arizona had 827.25 points, not far behind No. 18 Georgia (833.25). Arkansas, which was third at the CWS, was nipping at UA&#8217;s heels, finishing with 811 points to claim the No. 20 spot.</p>
<p>The Directors’ Cup standings includes the top finishes in the NCAA postseason for a department’s top 10 men’s and top 10 women’s programs. One hundred points are awarded for an NCAA title, with a minimum of five points given to an NCAA appearance, depending on the size of the bracket. For football, points are awarded based on the final USA Today Top 25 poll and bowl game results.</p>
<p>Arizona failed for the first time in the Directors&#8217; Cup to get any points from the two biggest sports &#8212; football and men&#8217;s basketball. Those sports combined for 98 points in the previous school year for the basketball&#8217;s team appearance in the West Regional final and the football team&#8217;s bowl appearance.</p>
<p>This year, in addition to the baseball title, the Wildcats scored well with men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s swimming (top five finishes in each), indoor and outdoor men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s track and field, and a Super Regional appearance for softball, among other sports.</p>
<p>Arizona was 16th in the 2010-11 school year, its first season under athletic director<strong> Greg Byrne</strong>. The Wildcats had not been in the Top 20 in the previous four seasons, so the overall program appears to be headed in the right direction as it tries to get back to its 1990s&#8217; heyday.</p>
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		<title>University of Arizona&#8217;s all-sport ranking sinks to lowest level</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2010 03:09:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Gimino</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160;Year&#160; Finish 2010 30 2009 24 2008 27 2007 24 2006 11 2005 18 2004 12 2003 16 2002 9 2001 5 2000 8 1999 9 1998 6 1997 6 1996 7 1995 4 1994 6 The Arizona Wildcats are set to have their worst showing ever in the Directors&#8217; Cup, an all-sport ranking that [...]]]></description>
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<p>The Arizona Wildcats are set to have their worst showing ever in the Directors&#8217; Cup, an all-sport ranking that has been in existence since the 1993-94 school year.</p>
<p>Arizona used to live in the top 10, but it has become a fringe top 25 athletic department in recent seasons. With only points from baseball still to be counted, <a href="http://www.nacda.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/nacda/sports/directorscup/auto_pdf/d1dcupjun23">the Wildcats are 30th in the nation</a> &#8230; and that is where they will finish. </p>
<p>UA will score 25 points for reaching the NCAA tournament in baseball, but that won&#8217;t move the Wildcats up in the overall standings, and neither can any school catch them. Arizona&#8217;s previous worst finish in the Directors&#8217; Cup was 27th in 2008.</p>
<p>For most of the duration of the Directors&#8217; Cup, Arizona&#8217;s athletic director was <strong>Jim Livengood</strong>, who left in December for UNLV knowing that his expiring contract was not going to be renewed. <strong>Greg Byrne</strong> took over in May.</p>
<p>It falls to Byrne to get Arizona back in the Top 10.</p>
<p><em>The Directors&#8217; Cup standings includes the top finishes in the NCAA postseason for a department&#8217;s top 10 men&#8217;s and top 10 women&#8217;s programs. One hundred points are awarded for an NCAA title, with a minimum of five points given to an NCAA appearance, depending on the size of the bracket. For football, points are awarded based on the final USA Today Top 25 poll and bowl game results. Arizona, for example, received 25 points for its Holiday Bowl loss.</em></p>
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