Utica was supposed to move up to D2 so they could play D1 hockey.  There hasn't been any news on that for 3 years, this is probably why. 

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Quote from: Caz Bombers on Today at 11:06:51 AMUtica already made a few athletics cuts 2 years ago, ending the swim teams and women's water polo due to the cost of upkeep on the pool (they also cut men's tennis at the time).

They also took a swing at new sports, adding wrestling and gymnastics. Not sure what other cuts they could make at this point. Maybe the golf teams and women's tennis.

If they hadn't just built a brand new facility, hockey would be the easy target. Nothing in D3 sports is more expensive than a hockey team. Rinks cost a fortune, and the maintenance is even worse. But since the facility opened in 2022, hopefully they get enough rent out of it to cover the costs.

Hockey is by far their most successful and well attended sport, Utica would never touch it, they'd sooner drop football (they won't do that either).

That doesn't mean it's not ruinously expensive, just that it would be deeply unpopular. But yes, very unlikely.

Car in Norman, OK with a Kenyon shield sticker.

I don't know how long this has been in place at RMC (I just saw mention of it today on X/Twitter), but it's quite impressive -- especially the Timeline Wall.

https://www.underfourcreative.com/portfolio-page-randolph-macon

Typical tough NON-CONFERENCE schedule for Hope ;-)

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Quote from: Caz Bombers on Today at 11:06:51 AMUtica already made a few athletics cuts 2 years ago, ending the swim teams and women's water polo due to the cost of upkeep on the pool (they also cut men's tennis at the time).

They also took a swing at new sports, adding wrestling and gymnastics. Not sure what other cuts they could make at this point. Maybe the golf teams and women's tennis.

If they hadn't just built a brand new facility, hockey would be the easy target. Nothing in D3 sports is more expensive than a hockey team. Rinks cost a fortune, and the maintenance is even worse. But since the facility opened in 2022, hopefully they get enough rent out of it to cover the costs.

Hockey is by far their most successful and well attended sport, Utica would never touch it, they'd sooner drop football (they won't do that either).

Quote from: Caz Bombers on Today at 11:06:51 AMUtica already made a few athletics cuts 2 years ago, ending the swim teams and women's water polo due to the cost of upkeep on the pool (they also cut men's tennis at the time).

They also took a swing at new sports, adding wrestling and gymnastics. Not sure what other cuts they could make at this point. Maybe the golf teams and women's tennis.

If they hadn't just built a brand new facility, hockey would be the easy target. Nothing in D3 sports is more expensive than a hockey team. Rinks cost a fortune, and the maintenance is even worse. But since the facility opened in 2022, hopefully they get enough rent out of it to cover the costs.

Quote from: Flying Dutch Fan on Yesterday at 01:44:57 PMQuick comparison below:

Calvin:
9 known games (Kuyper doesn't count being non D3) and a TBD in the Wisc Dells Tourney. 
Those 9 opponents last year had a 0.550 W/L, NPI average of 129, and 1 of them (Denison) was an NCAA tourney team last year

Hope:
All 11 oppponents are known. 
Last year they had a 0.596 W/L, NPI average of 111, and 3 of them (Franklin, UW Platteville, and WashU) were NCAA tourney teams last year.

Trine:
9 known games - 2 TBD (Daytona tourney)
Those 9 opponents last year had a 0.502 W/L, NPI average of 165, and 1 of them (Mary Washington) was an NCAA tourney team.

Albion:
9 known games - 2 TBD (Albion tourney)
Those 9 opponents last year had a 0.359 W/L, NPI average of 278, and none of them were an NCAA tourney team.

The story paints a relatively positive picture, but their 2024 Form 990 showed a loss of over $15M (on revenues of $95M), assets of $133M (primarily land/buildings/equipment, $77M) encumbered by liabilities of $87M.  The 2024 audit showed significant deficiency in internal controls.  They also lost over $15M in 2023.  In neither year did the school report any investment income.

In their audit the school claims the deficits "had been planned for prior to the beginning of the fiscal year and was covered by the release of board designated funds held by the University" which doesn't make the fact that they destroyed something like 55% of their current net value to pay the bills any better.  At the end of 2024 they had nearly $17M in accounts payable on top of $58M in long-term liabilities. 

Utica already made a few athletics cuts 2 years ago, ending the swim teams and women's water polo due to the cost of upkeep on the pool (they also cut men's tennis at the time).

They also took a swing at new sports, adding wrestling and gymnastics. Not sure what other cuts they could make at this point. Maybe the golf teams and women's tennis.