[BigEasyCard]

Yes, that's my understanding as well, except that the required Men's sports are Basketball and Baseball.

The Directors' Cup Web site is not yet consistent on gender requirements.  The announcement on scoring structure changes effective beginning 2017-18 squares with your explanation.

Here's the link to the changes and a quote on scoring by gender:

http://www.nacda.com/sports/directorscup...17aaf.html

"Adjustment of gender requirements
Since the NCAA and NAIA currently embrace and abide by the federal law (Title IX) that requires equal participation opportunities within its athletics programs, the previous gender requirements (equal sports scored in each gender) that have been used were no longer deemed necessary."

However, the "All Divisions" section of the site still refers to the 10 sports/gender constraint:

http://www.nacda.com/directorscup/nacda-...oring.html

"All Divisions
Institutions will use the top-10 sports for each gender in Division I"

I suspect that they just haven't updated that section.

In any event, being 50 points ahead of last year through ten sports is a big plus.  And scoring to date includes 25 points for Women's Field Hockey which will almost certainly be replaced by a higher scoring team.

On the other hand, six of the ten schools just behind us in the final Fall standings made the Men's Basketball tournament this year: UCLA, Michigan, Michigan State, NC State, Texas, and Duke.

Geaux Cardinal!

[BigEasyCard]

Yes, that's my understanding as well, except that the required Men's sports are Basketball and Baseball.

The Directors' Cup Web site is not yet consistent on gender requirements.  The announcement on scoring structure changes effective beginning 2017-18 squares with your explanation.

Here's the link to the changes and a quote on scoring by gender:

http://www.nacda.com/sports/directorscup...17aaf.html

"Adjustment of gender requirements
Since the NCAA and NAIA currently embrace and abide by the federal law (Title IX) that requires equal participation opportunities within its athletics programs, the previous gender requirements (equal sports scored in each gender) that have been used were no longer deemed necessary."

However, the "All Divisions" section of the site still refers to the 10 sports/gender constraint:

http://www.nacda.com/directorscup/nacda-...oring.html

"All Divisions
Institutions will use the top-10 sports for each gender in Division I"

I suspect that they just haven't updated that section.

In any event, being 50 points ahead of last year through ten sports is a big plus.  And scoring to date includes 25 points for Women's Field Hockey which will almost certainly be replaced by a higher scoring team.

On the other hand, six of the ten schools just behind us in the final Fall standings made the Men's Basketball tournament this year: UCLA, Michigan, Michigan State, NC State, Texas, and Duke.

Geaux Cardinal!