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    Mic Potter's women's golf team begin NCAA tournament Tuesday 

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    Published on 05-20-2013 11:28 AM
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    Twenty-four teams, 126 individuals set for 72-hole competition

    All the heavyweights of NCAA women’s golf will be out when the Division I championships get under way Tuesday morning on the University of Georgia Golf Course in Athens, Ga.

    And only one fact is certain: any number of teams and individual student-athletes are poised to shine. Twenty-four teams and 126 individuals will compete in 72 holes of championship competition during the course of four days. In the team play, the low-four individual scores for each team will count in each day’s total score.

    Top-ranked Southern California, the 2013 Pac-12 and NCAA West Region champion with a school-record six victories, leads the nation with an active streak of seven consecutive NCAA top-five finishes. It won the title in 2003 and in 2008 and finished second by one stroke both in 2010 to Purdue and 2012 to Alabama.

    Freshman Annie Park finished first at the Pac-12 and NCAA West Region events and is seeking her third consecutive individual title in Athens. Another freshman, Kyung Kim, shot a school-record 63 on the final day of the NCAA West Regional to climb into a tie for third.

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    If FBS schools no longer play FCS schools in football, what are the ramifications? 

    Published on 05-15-2013 01:33 PM
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    If you follow college football at all, you probably are familiar with last week’s story out of Wisconsin, where Barry Alvarez was quoted as saying that Big 10 schools would not schedule FCS opponents going forward:

    “The nonconference schedule in our league is ridiculous,” Alvarez said on WIBA-AM. “It’s not very appealing…
    “So we’ve made an agreement that our future games will all be Division I schools. It will not be FCS schools.”

    A couple of quick points:
    - Obviously, FCS schools are members of Division I. You would think the director of athletics at a D-1 institution would know that.
    - Alvarez claimed that the Big 10′s non-conference schedule “is ridiculous”, yet he is the same AD who in recent years scheduled multiple FCS schools from all over the country, including The Citadel, Wofford, Northern Iowa, South Dakota, Austin Peay, and Cal Poly. The Badgers will play Tennessee Tech in 2013.

    Alvarez’s comment drew a lot of attention, understandably so, although it is not a lock that the Big 10 will enforce such an edict. Northern Iowa’s AD was blunt: ...
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    FORBES: The Magic Of Nick Saban: Everyone Wants To Go To Alabama 

    Published on 05-13-2013 01:18 PM
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    As a high school senior from Woodbury, Long Island, some 30 miles east of New York City, Daniel Machover’s top choice for a college might strike some as curious: the University of Alabama.

    A big college football fan, Machover paid a visit to Tuscaloosa, where he had already applied and been accepted, and found the “rah rah” atmosphere of Crimson Tide country everything he expected. But while it was football that had initially piqued his interest, he found much more to ultimately sway him: Beautiful campus, warm weather and friendly people.

    “There was no culture shock at all, everyone was just real nice,” he says. Alas, Machover won’t get to live the southern dream. At least not this year. As decision time neared, his dad Geoff decided that for his college visits and his son’s treks back home, road trips beat flights. He nixed Tuscaloosa in favor of the University of Delaware. “I’d pick Alabama,” says Daniel. “But he’s paying the bill.”

    What’s notable about Machover’s first college choice is that, as a non-southeasterner these days, he’s far from alone. Head football coach Nick Saban has done the near-impossible at the University of Alabama: orchestrated a seismic shift in the meaning of “Roll Tide.”
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    Alabama Shoots -11 in First Round of NCAA East Regional; Leads by Six 

    Published on 05-10-2013 03:08 AM
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    True freshman Emma Talley shoots 67 to tie for the 18-hole individual lead

    AUBURN, Ala. -     The top-seeded Alabama women's golf team performed exactly how you would expect the nation's second-ranked team to perform in the opening round of the NCAA East Regional at the Auburn University Club on Thursday.

    The Crimson Tide fired the program's lowest round in NCAA tournament play with an 11-under-par 277, which also matches the lowest round of the season and the second-lowest round in school history.

    "I had a good feeling about our scoring opportunities on this golf course," Alabama head coach Mic Potter said. "It reminded me a little of the course at the PING/ASU Invitational, and we played well there. We have a lot of girls that have been in this type of situation before, whether it was in junior golf, the U.S. Open's or national championships.

    "They know what the standards are that we want to play to and, that is to focus on every shot. It is not winning regionals, it is about scoring to the best of their ability, and they did a great job using their capabilities today."
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    Women's Softball Tournament begins Wednesday—Bama to face A&M in opener. 

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    Published on 05-06-2013 11:18 AM
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    Lexington, KY— The Southeastern Conference beings its 2013 Women's Softball Tournament this Wednesday with the Kentucky Wildcats hosting the action from John Cropp Stadium in Lexington.

    The SEC, once again, enters post season play with a large number of teams considering among the best in the nation. Seven of the 10 teams participating are currently ranked in the top 20 in the Collegiate softball RPI rankings. Alabama, ranked 7th in that index comes in as an eight seed in the tournament.

    Opening round action will feature the Tide as they take on the Aggies from Texas A&M. First pitch is scheduled a little after 4PM EST and will be broadcast live on ESPNU. The Tide won two of three in their series with the Aggies at the end of March in College Station.

    A win Wednesday would mean the Tide would face top seeded Florida at 11AM Thursday.

    Follow the jump for the tournament bracket.

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    Women's Basketball coach Wendall Hudson reassigned to Administrative position 

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    Published on 04-23-2013 06:23 AM
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    TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – University of Alabama Director of Athletics Bill Battle announced on Monday that Crimson Tide women’s basketball head coach Wendell Hudson has been reassigned to an administrative position within the Department of Athletics and will not return as head coach of the women’s basketball team for the 2013-14 season.

    “Today’s decision is a mutual one between Wendell and me,” Battle said. “We have had several discussions over the last few weeks that led to this decision. Wendell has been an excellent ambassador for Alabama Athletics for many years and I am pleased that he will continue to serve in that manner for us while also contributing to our ongoing mission in a variety of other ways as well.”

    Hudson just completed his fifth season as head coach after being hired on March 15, 2008. He took over the program following a five-year stint as associate athletics director for alumni relations at Alabama.
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    Two-time defending National Champions GymTide open home schedule Friday 

    Published on 01-15-2013 04:53 PM
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    Courtesy UofA Media Relations

    The Alabama gymnastics team is sixth nationally in the season’s first rankings while junior Sarah DeMeo is ranked No. 1 on the uneven bars after tying her career-best of 9.9 at Missouri.


    Gymnastics rankings are determined by season average at this point in the year. Alabama, which opened its season with a 196.450-192.025 win at Missouri, is ranked fourth on the balance beam; sixth on the uneven bars; seventh on the vault and eighth on the floor exercise.

    UCLA holds down the top spot in the rankings this week, followed by No. 2 Michigan. Florida and Oklahoma, which are both on Alabama’s schedule this season, are tied at No. 3 while the Tide’s next opponent, LSU, stands in fifth place. Nebraska is seventh, while Georgia, Arkansas and Stanford round out the top 10. Alabama will also face the Bulldogs and Razorbacks this season.

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