.....I guess you're unfamiliar with Director's Cup standings?
Hint: 14th is better than 35th.
The Directors’ Cup measures competitive success for all Division-I schools. For each NCAA-sanctioned sport, schools are awarded points based on NCAA championship participation. This year, 17 of UK’s 22 teams reached postseason play and scored points toward UK’s final Directors’ Cup tally.
Five UK teams posted top-10 national finishes: men’s soccer (fifth), men’s basketball (fifth), rifle (fifth), volleyball (ninth) and softball (ninth). Finishing just outside the top 10 were football (11th), gymnastics (13th), women’s outdoor track and field (14th), and women’s swimming and diving (15th). Complete finishes and point totals by sport are as follows:
- men’s soccer – fifth, 73 points
- men’s basketball – fifth, 73 points
- rifle – fifth, 73 points
- volleyball – ninth, 64 points
- softball – ninth, 64 points
- football – 11th, 66 points
- gymnastics – 13th, 60.75 points
- women’s outdoor track and field – 14th, 61.5 points
- women’s swimming and diving – 15th, 60 points
- women’s basketball – 17th, 50 points
- women’s tennis – 17th, 50 points
- men’s tennis – 17th, 50 points
- women’s indoor track and field – 21st, 50.5 points
- men’s swimming and diving – 25th, 49 points
- men’s indoor track and field – 29th, 42.5 points
- men’s outdoor track and field – 34th, 39.5 points
- men’s golf – 50th, 21 points
- UK Athletics Department – 14th, 947.75 points
U6.... 35th.
