2017-18 Bubas Cup Complete Standings
POINT CLEAR, Ala. - South Alabama was awarded its league record 14th Sun Belt Conference all-sports trophy, the Vic Bubas Cup on Tuesday.
The Jaguars won the award backed by regular season championships in women's soccer, and tournament championships in women's soccer and men's tennis. USA also experienced success in women's cross country (third), women's indoor track & field (second), women's tennis (second) and women's outdoor track & field (third).
Men's golf finished fourth overall in the team standings and made it to their first match play semifinals. Women's basketball also had a strong showing in 2017-18 winning 21 games overall and 11 in conference play. Women's volleybal set a new program record with 12 conference wins and posted the teams' most overall wins (17) since the 1994 season.
USA has now won four consecutive Bubas Cup trophies and 14 overall – the most of any Sun Belt institution.
The Vic Bubas Cup is named after the conference’s first commissioner. Bubas was named the conference’s commissioner on October 6, 1976.
Bubas was a two-time All-Conference selection at North Carolina State helping 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.
He was named by the NCAA to the prestigious Division I 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 10.
Bubas was inducted to the College Basketball Hall of Fame in 2007. He passed away this past April at the age of 91.
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.