BOSTON – Two-thirds of the way through the 2023-24 academic year, only 21 points separate the top six schools in the America East Stuart P. Haskell, Jr. Commissioner’s Cup standings. The latest America East Commissioner’s Cup were announced by the conference office Wednesday afternoon.
After a strong winter season across the board, Vermont has taken over first place in the standings with 219 points. Binghamton, the 2022-2023 Commissioner’s Cup winner, trails in second place by just one point with 218, followed up by New Hampshire (208) to round out the top three.
FULL STANDINGS
The Commissioner's Cup annually recognizes the strongest athletic program in America East as determined by a scoring system which rewards a school for success both during the regular season and championship competition in the conference's 18 sports.
Need To Know
- Two-thirds of the way through the season, eight of America East’s nine schools have won a league championship or a regular-season title.
- This is the first time in school history that Vermont has led the Commissioner’s Cup standings following the winter season.
- Vermont earned the most points of any school during the winter season (120) after sweeping the men’s basketball regular-season and tournament titles and finishing as runners up in women’s basketball.
- The Catamounts also captured their first-ever swimming and diving championship.
- Maine (women’s basketball), Binghamton (men’s swimming & diving) and UAlbany (men’s and women’s indoor track & field) also won winter championships.
The scoring system for the Stuart P. Haskell, Jr. Commissioner's Cup is as follows: In sports where regular-season round robin competition is conducted, the first-place institution in the final standings receives four points times the total number of teams involved in conference play. The second-place institution receives four less points; third place receives eight less points, and so on. Additionally, the America East (tournament) champion receives two points times the total number of teams participating in the championship. The second-place institution receives two less points; third place receives four less points and so on down to the last-place institution which receives two points.
In sports where regular-season round robin competition is not conducted (cross country, track & field, swimming & diving), the first-place institution at the America East championship receives two points times the total number of teams participating in the championship. The second-place institution receives two less points; third place gets four less points and so on down to the last place team which receives two points.
ABOUT AMERICA EAST
Founded in 1979, the America East Conference is an elite NCAA Division I athletic conference that fosters an environment for student-athletes to become champions. Comprised of academically renowned, like-minded member institutions located in the Northeast region of the United States, America East is committed to broad-based excellence and progressive in its approach to supporting its more than 3,500 student-athletes across 18 sponsored sports. For more information, visit www.AmericaEast.com and follow the America East Conference its social media channels, @AmericaEast.
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