Full Bubas Cup Standings – PDF Format
NEW ORLEANS – Following a thrilling extra inning win in the Sun Belt Conference Baseball Championship game on Sunday, the University of South Alabama was declared the winner of the Sun Belt’s annual all-sports trophy, the Vic Bubas Cup, on Monday.
With one Bubas Cup point at stake in the Sun Belt Baseball Championship and South Alabama trailing Texas State by a half point in the standings, the Jaguars only chance of winning the Bubas Cup was to win the conference baseball tournament. Thanks to late heroics in the bottom of the ninth and 10th innings the Jags did just that.
USA has now won three consecutive Bubas Cup trophies and 13 overall – the most of any Sun Belt institution.
Points for the Bubas Cup are awarded based on regular season finish for sports that have a regular season conference schedule. Points are awarded based on Sun Belt Championship finish if that sport does not have a regular season conference schedule. Points are awarded based on the number of schools sponsoring the sport. Institutions not sponsoring a sport do not receive points in that sport. Institutions tying for positions split the combined points of their positions. For sports that have both a regular season schedule and a conference tournament, one additional point will be awarded to the winner of the conference tournament. For sports with divisions, the conference records of all teams are ranked and points are awarded regardless of divisional finish.
2017-18 Vic Bubas Cup Standings
1. South Alabama - 119
2. Texas State - 118.5
3. UTA - 117
T-4. Arkansas State - 102.5
T-4. Coastal Carolina - 102.5
6. Georgia State - 101
7. Troy - 95
8. Louisiana - 90.5
T-9. Appalachian St. - 85
T-9. Georgia Southern - 85
11. Little Rock - 62.5
12. ULM - 48
About the Bubas Cup
The Sun Belt Conference’s annual all sports championship trophy, the “Bubas Cup,” is named after the conference’s first commissioner.
A native of Gary, Indiana, Vic Bubas graduated from Gary Lew Wallace High School in 1944. Bubas was a two-time All-Conference selection at North Carolina State, helped the Wolfpack win four Southern Conference titles, and played in the 1950 NCAA Final Four.
He graduated in 1951 and stayed on as an assistant coach at North Carolina State until 1959, at which time he was named the Head Basketball Coach at Duke University. He took the Blue Devils to the Final Four in 1963, 1964 and 1966. Duke was ranked in the top fifteen of the nation in eight of his 10 seasons as head coach. Bubas posted a career record of 213 wins and 67 losses, winning an astonishing 76.1 percent of his games. He served as a Duke administrator from 1969-1976, including the last three years as Vice President of the university.
On October 6, 1976, Bubas was named the first Commissioner of the Sun Belt Conference. He was named by the NCAA to the prestigious Division 1 Basketball Committee in 1979 for a six-year term and served as chair of the prestigious group for the 1984-85 season. Bubas served as Sun Belt Conference Commissioner for 14 years until his retirement in 1990. He led the conference during a period in which its membership increased from six to eight and the number of sports sponsored grew from four to ten.
All-Time Bubas Cup Champions
1977 Jacksonville
1978 South Florida
1979 South Florida
1980 South Florida
1981 South Florida
1982 South Florida
1983 Old Dominion
1984 South Florida
1985 South Florida
1986 South Florida
1987 Western Kentucky
1988 South Alabama
1989 South Alabama
1990 South Florida
1991 South Alabama
1992 South Alabama
1993 South Alabama
1994 South Alabama
1995 Arkansas State
1996 South Alabama
1997 South Alabama
1998 Arkansas State
1999 South Alabama
2000 South Alabama
2001 Middle Tennessee
2002 Western Kentucky
2003 Western Kentucky
2004 Middle Tennessee
2005 Middle Tennessee
2006 Western Kentucky
2007 Middle Tennessee
2008 Western Kentucky
2009 Middle Tennessee
2010 Middle Tennessee
2011 Middle Tennessee
2012 Middle Tennessee
2013 Middle Tennessee
2014 Western Kentucky
2015 South Alabama
2016 South Alabama
2017 South Alabama