(03-02-2023 03:26 PM)KickItToScotty Wrote:  Ok you've convinced me. ODU does suck.

Is there a "prize" money incentive that comes with the cup? Or is it more of just a "bragging rights" of who had the best overall department for the year?

(03-04-2023 10:50 AM)JMUDuke4Ever Wrote:  Is there a "prize" money incentive that comes with the cup? Or is it more of just a "bragging rights" of who had the best overall department for the year?

Bragging rights.

James Madison picks up the women's basketball point, Louisiana gets the men's.

Current Bubas Cup standings:
1. James Madison (83.5)
2. South Alabama (72)
3. Southern Mississippi (70.5)
4. Marshall (69.5)
5. Arkansas State (63.5)
6. Louisiana (62)
7. Texas State (61.5)
8. Coastal Carolina (59)
9. Appalachian State (56.5)
10. Georgia Southern (54.5)
Troy (54.5)
12. Old Dominion (42)
13. ULM (32)
14. Georgia State (29)

Next up: Women's golf (4/16-18), Men's tennis (4/20-23), Men's golf (4/24-27) and Women's tennis (4/27-30).

Interesting that three of the top four are recent additions. The conference did a great job with their selections, and I'm not just saying that because I'm a JMU fan and we finally got out of the CAA. I really like the idea of this competition. Do the schools actually get a version of the trophy to display or is it like the Stanley Cup getting passed around from year to year?

(03-08-2023 08:30 AM)AssyrianDuke Wrote:  Interesting that three of the top four are recent additions. The conference did a great job with their selections, and I'm not just saying that because I'm a JMU fan and we finally got out of the CAA. I really like the idea of this competition. Do the schools actually get a version of the trophy to display or is it like the Stanley Cup getting passed around from year to year?

No doubt. Belt leadership did a good job of picking up teams who were outliers in lesser conferences and not just chasing markets.

(03-08-2023 02:23 PM)All Dukes_All Day Wrote:  

(03-08-2023 08:30 AM)AssyrianDuke Wrote:  Interesting that three of the top four are recent additions. The conference did a great job with their selections, and I'm not just saying that because I'm a JMU fan and we finally got out of the CAA. I really like the idea of this competition. Do the schools actually get a version of the trophy to display or is it like the Stanley Cup getting passed around from year to year?

No doubt. Belt leadership did a good job of picking up teams who were outliers in lesser conferences and not just chasing markets.

Really was the perfect opportunity for both sides in all four additions.

(03-08-2023 08:30 AM)AssyrianDuke Wrote:  Interesting that three of the top four are recent additions. The conference did a great job with their selections, and I'm not just saying that because I'm a JMU fan and we finally got out of the CAA. I really like the idea of this competition. Do the schools actually get a version of the trophy to display or is it like the Stanley Cup getting passed around from year to year?

(03-10-2023 04:19 AM)SkullyMaroo Wrote:  

(03-08-2023 08:30 AM)AssyrianDuke Wrote:  Interesting that three of the top four are recent additions. The conference did a great job with their selections, and I'm not just saying that because I'm a JMU fan and we finally got out of the CAA. I really like the idea of this competition. Do the schools actually get a version of the trophy to display or is it like the Stanley Cup getting passed around from year to year?

That red sweater looks good on me!

The spring sports will mix it up some. Nice job by JMU to date, but TBH their spring overall aren't looking that strong though we're not in conference play so I guess you can't go by record.

On the other hand Georgia Southern has no chance to win this thing but will likely move up several places in the end.

(03-10-2023 12:42 PM)EigenEagle Wrote:  The spring sports will mix it up some. Nice job by JMU to date, but TBH their spring overall aren't looking that strong though we're not in conference play so I guess you can't go by record.

On the other hand Georgia Southern has no chance to win this thing but will likely move up several places in the end.

Baseball is gonna hurt us a lot. The jury is still out on softball, but it's a very young team that I pretty much expect to show mixed results this year and hopefully become a much stronger team throughout the season and each of the next few years.

I don't really know what to expect from the other sports, seems likely they'll be the deciding factor in whether or not we stay on top. However it shakes out, gotta be happy with our performances to this point.

we will be pretty competitive in golf and tennis...............

Yeah, I think softball will do just fine. We are not where we were two years ago, but our poor rpi is due to our schedule and not so much as on-field results. We are 5-3 against the P5, roughly .500 against the top 100, and only have one really bad loss. However, we have only played one or two teams in the 120 to 200 range and a ton against the bottom of the league so we lose ground even when we win.

Baseball... if we could trade WLAX for baseball in these standings, yeah, that would be great.

The biggest downfall will be the fact we don't have men's track and field anymore, and it's too bad. We have sent people to the Olympics, but got rid of the sports to stay Title IX compliant.

https://sunbeltsports.org/sports/2022/10...bubas.aspx

Men's tennis regular season finished today. Here's the point totals:

1. South Alabama (8.5)
Old Dominion (8.5)
3. Louisiana (7)
4. Troy (5)
Georgia Southern (5)
Georgia State (5)
7. James Madison (3)
8. Coastal Carolina (1.5)
Southern Mississippi (1.5)

Current Bubas Cup standings:
1. James Madison (86.5)
2. South Alabama (80.5)
3. Southern Mississippi (72)
4. Marshall (69.5)
5. Louisiana (69)
6. Arkansas State (63.5)
7. Texas State (61.5)
8. Coastal Carolina (60.5)
9. Georgia Southern (59.5)
Troy (59.5)
11. Appalachian State (56.5)
12. Old Dominion (50.5)
13. Georgia State (34)
14. ULM (32)

Women's golf championship tournament began today and concludes Tuesday.

The men's tennis championship tournament begins Wednesday and concludes Sunday.

ULM and Texas State tie for the women's golf championship. ULM won the playoff on the second hole to be named champion. Here's the standings with points:

1. ULM 12.5
2. Texas State 12.5
3. Arkansas State 11
4. Georgia Southern 10
5. Southern Miss 9
6. South Alabama 8
7. Old Dominion 7
8. James Madison 6
9. Georgia State 5
10. Troy 4
11. Marshall 3
12. Coastal Carolina 2
13. App State 1

Current Bubas Cup standings:
1. James Madison (92.5)
2. South Alabama (88.5)
3. Southern Mississippi (81)
4. Arkansas State (74.5)
5. Texas State (74)
6. Marshall (72.5)
7. Georgia Southern (69.5)
8. Louisiana (69)
9. Troy (63.5)
10. Coastal Carolina (62.5)
11. Appalachian State (57.5)
Old Dominion (57.5)
13. ULM (44.5)
14. Georgia State (39)

Old Dominion picks up the men's tennis point.

Current Bubas Cup standings:
1. James Madison (92.5)
2. South Alabama (88.5)
3. Southern Mississippi (81)
4. Arkansas State (74.5)
5. Texas State (74)
6. Marshall (72.5)
7. Georgia Southern (69.5)
8. Louisiana (69)
9. Troy (63.5)
10. Coastal Carolina (62.5)
11. Old Dominion (58.5)
12. Appalachian State (57.5)
13. ULM (44.5)
14. Georgia State (39)

Women's tennis regular season concludes tomorrow. Men's golf championship begins Monday.

Old Dominion wins the regular season women's tennis. Here's the point totals and standings:

1. Old Dominion (14)
2. James Madison (13)
3. Georgia Southern (11)
Coastal Carolina (11)
Appalachian State (11)
6. South Alabama (8.5)
Marshall (8.5)
8. Troy (7)
9. Louisiana (5)
Texas State (5)
ULM (5)
12. Southern Mississippi (2.5)
Georgia State (2.5)
14. Arkansas State (1)

Current Bubas Cup standings:
1. James Madison (105.5)
2. South Alabama (97)
3. Southern Mississippi (83.5)
4. Marshall (81)
5. Georgia Southern (80.5)
6. Texas State (79)
7. Arkansas State (75.5)
8. Louisiana (74)
9. Coastal Carolina (73.5)
10. Old Dominion (72.5)
11. Troy (70.5)
12. Appalachian State (68.5)
13. ULM (49.5)
14. Georgia State (41.5)

TXST tennis kinda sucks but hey, we got points

I think South Alabama is going to prevail, JMU has at least one less sport and our spring teams on a whole not keeping up.

May have already been discussed, is there an actual "cup", and who is "Bubba"?