OWH: Husker Men Lagging Behind Women's Sports

[Mavric]

The national title was a key part of Nebraska’s 27th-place finish in the Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup, which assigns points, from 0 to 100, for various postseason achievements by athletic teams. In the Big Ten, NU tied Wisconsin for fifth.

The finish was a 12-spot improvement from the previous year, a fact Nebraska’s athletic department found worth noting in a press release.

Fueled by the volleyball title, Nebraska teams notched seven national top-10 finishes: volleyball, men’s track, women’s bowling, rifle, men’s gymnastics, women’s gymnastics and wrestling. Of those seven, Nebraska generally faces a smaller pool of competitors in bowling, men’s gymnastics and rifle.

Cook’s volleyball team scored 100 of the 707.5 overall points in the Directors’ Cup, while the bowling team got 90 points. NU’s wrestling team, which finished eighth at the NCAA championships, was the third-highest scoring team at 70.5 points.

Most of NU’s athletic teams contributed points in the Directors’ Cup standings. Even the football team, which landed in a bowl game thanks to a high Academic Progress Rate score, put some points on the board.

Athletic Director Shawn Eichorst saw his new head coach, Mike Riley, endure a 6-7 season. But Eichorst said he likes the way the Huskers are recruiting in both football and men’s basketball.

The Directors’ Cup might be the only metric that classified NU’s football season as some kind of success.

 

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[NUance]

Cook’s volleyball team scored 100 of the 707.5 overall points in the Directors’ Cup, while the bowling team got 90 points.

 

 

So bowling and volleyball are weighted nearly the same? That's absurd. lol