25-26 Director's Cup Thread

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Cross country finished their seasons last weekend. 
 

The men took 5th in the regional, not impressive but will earn 27ish Directors Cup points. 
 

The women with a really poor showing and a 7th place finish. That’ll be a 0 for the cup. Hopefully this is 1 of our 2 dropped scores. 
 

Texas really needs to invest in some distance runners. Some top Cc runners that can also score in distance events in track and field. 

[Califashorn75]

Are we ready to win a Natty in beach volleyball?

[HookemTexas]

1 hour ago, Califashorn75 said:

Are we ready to win a Natty in beach volleyball?

Haven't seen much news on the beach team, what are their chances this year?

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14 hours ago, HookemTexas said:

Haven't seen much news on the beach team, what are their chances this year?

Hard to say. They were very competitive in their first year last year and have brought in quality players. Not sure if they have a roster to go deeper than the elite 8 like last year though as at that point you have to beat a well established power. 

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Texas will make their appearance in the top 10 at some point during the winter season. 
 

Let’s see how close football and volleyball can get them! 

[HookemTexas]

Well football may not make the playoffs, so that's points from last year down.

[HookemTexas]

The women's teams will need to carry the load again this year with football missing the playoffs (except for Swimming & Diving where both teams need to, but the men will be favorites for the title).  Softball will be expected to compete for a championship, not sure where baseball will be, women's bball expected to compete, doubt it on men's bball (after watching Virginia take them to the woodshed), so far volleyball looking good. 

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7 hours ago, HookemTexas said:

The women's teams will need to carry the load again this year with football missing the playoffs (except for Swimming & Diving where both teams need to, but the men will be favorites for the title).  Softball will be expected to compete for a championship, not sure where baseball will be, women's bball expected to compete, doubt it on men's bball (after watching Virginia take them to the woodshed), so far volleyball looking good. 

Yep, and this has been the case over the years. Plenty of good men’s teams over the years, spread across all the men’s sports at times, but the consistently high performing teams have mostly been on the women’s side. 
Men’s swimming, golf and tennis probably the most consistent on that side of things. 

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this golf team is stacked. Beat host Arizona by 1 stroke. Not a super strong field. 
 

Did it all without their best golfer, Christian Maas who was competing in a pro event and finished as top amateur. 

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I think it’s an uphill battle for Texas this year but a 50 point edge for Stanford can disappear very quickly. 
 

we definitely need men’s hoops to make the tourney. And need a lot more track and field points compared to last year. 

[GoHorns1]

19 minutes ago, DirectorsCupUpdates said:

I think it’s an uphill battle for Texas this year but a 50 point edge for Stanford can disappear very quickly. 
 

we definitely need men’s hoops to make the tourney. And need a lot more track and field points compared to last year. 

When and where are the Indoor NCAA T&F championships?

Edited January 28 by GoHorns1

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17 minutes ago, GoHorns1 said:

When and where are the Indoor NCAA T&F championships?

Mid March, Arkansas

[HookemTexas]

How do Stanford's baseball and basketball teams look?  With the number of small sports they have, if any of their major require teams make points, it's a massive advantage for them. 

Texas' director cup wins have partially been because Stanford's big required sports teams for the most part have been atrocious.

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On 1/27/2026 at 8:05 PM, HookemTexas said:

How do Stanford's baseball and basketball teams look?  With the number of small sports they have, if any of their major require teams make points, it's a massive advantage for them. 

Texas' director cup wins have partially been because Stanford's big required sports teams for the most part have been atrocious.

Stanford Men's Hoops has been a regular 0 for them recently. They had a hot start but have fallen off recently and are probably not a tournament team this year.

Their baseball has been up and down. Missed the tourney last year. Not ranked to start this season but they have a history of being pretty good. If they return to being a top 16ish baseball program, itll be tough to beat Stanford consistently in the Directors' Cup.

Women's basketball was a perenial power but their coach retired and they were awful last year. They have rebounded (pun intended) this year and are likely in the tournament at this time but have also lost 4 in a row. If they continue to slide and fall out of the tournament, that would really open the door for Texas.