Dear WBCA member,

 

Week 9 of the COVID-19 shutdown is ending. Our hope is that you and your loved ones remain safe and well. Here is your update for this week.

 

EDUCATION

 

The WBCA Power Hour online speaker series may be over, but WBCA online educational programming is not. We resume at 11 a.m. ET Monday, May 11, on WBCA.org with featured speaker Dan Tudor of Tudor Strategies presenting on “The Transfer Portal in Basketball Recruiting.” On Thursday, May 14, we drop the next entry in the “Growing Our Game” podcast series featuring the WBCA’s new deputy director, Mary Ellen Gillespie, talking about evaluating staff. You can subscribe and listen to the podcast series on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Click here to view the complete schedule of educational programming coming in May.

 

BENEVOLENT FUND 

Thank you to everyone who has donated to the WBCA Benevolent Fund. Every penny given is 100% tax deductible and goes toward helping women’s and girls’ basketball coaches in need of financial assistance. The WBCA anticipates an increase in applications to the Fund as the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the profession worsens. Help the association help your peers in need. Click here to donate today.

 

UPDATES THIS WEEK TO THE WBCA CORONAVIRUS PAGE

 

NCAA Division I

• Blanket Waivers, Recruiting Flexibility. The DI Council Coordination Committee has approved a number of blanket waivers and adjusted recruiting regulations to provide flexibility during the COVID-19 dead period. Click here for more information. **5.6.20**
• NCAA Division I Committee for Legislative Relief Previously Approved Waivers Checklist(login to NCAA LSDBi required). Changes to the previously approved waivers checklist include:
  • A graduate student transfer who has met degree requirements, but not yet graduated from the previous institution does not meet the graduate student transfer participation previously approved waiver criteria and the certifying institution must submit a legislative relief waiver in RSRO; and
  • Allow institutions to provide actual and necessary expenses to a student-athlete for travel with the team to away-from-home competition(s) while the student-athlete is serving an academic year of residence. **5.6.20**
• DI women’s basketball announces use of NET in 2020-21. The NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Committee announced that beginning with the upcoming 2020-21 season, the NCAA Evaluation Tool will replace the Ratings Percentage Index as the contemporary sorting tool used to measure a team’s quality and help evaluate team resumes for selection and seeding in the Division I Women’s Basketball Championship. Click here to read more. **5.4.20**

NCAA Division II

• DII Administrative Committee Summary of Approved Actions (PDF) **updated 5.6.20**
• 2020-21 NCAA Division II Women’s Basketball Recruiting Calendar (PDF) **5.8.20**
• DII Administrative Committee addresses recruiting, voluntary workouts. The Division II Administrative Committee on Wednesday addressed policies and regulations pertaining to recruiting, playing and practice seasons, two-year college transfer requirements and financial aid. The committee’s actions continued its effort to assist Division II schools and student-athletes amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Click here to read more. **5.6.20**

NCAA Division III

• DIII COVID-19 Q&A Guide (PDF) **updated 5.4.20**

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Stay safe and be well.

 

WBCA