D-I

As schools rush to comply with Title IX, men's D-I tennis teams usually only have about four scholarships per team or fewer while women's teams generally have twice as many.

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Emory swim coach John Howell says he only recruits against D-I and Ivy League teams and schedules most meets against lower-ranked D-I teams.

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Because D-I players spend so much more time on the court and in the weight room, they play a more physical game and rely on big weapons like powerful serves.

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As the D-III men's championships got under way last week, coaches and players say and the results suggest that the top men's D-III teams are now better than about half the teams in Division I, and can hang with all the D-I teams outside the top 50.

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Dillon Pottish of East Quogue, N.Y., who was ranked among the nation's top 100 junior tennis players in high school, started his career at the D-I University of Portland, in Oregon.

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I could have had a chance to go D-I someplace as a receiver.

Get to know: Pirates' McCutchen has all the tools 2010

KEY RETURNEES: Junior forward Idris Hilliard (10.2 ppg, 5.4 rpg), senior center Todd O'Brien (5.6 ppg, 6.2 rpg) and 6-8 sophomore-to-be Carl Baptiste (2.1 ppg, 1.7 rpg) will all be back to show 6-9 freshman C.J. Aiken, a skinny, but skilled big man, the D-I ropes.

Atlantic 10 Conference 2010

In the offseason, that included coach Doug Davalos replacing three assistants with a former standout player, a former D-I head coach and one with deep Texas junior-college ties.

Southwest Texas State - Team Notes 2009

KEY RETURNEES: Junior forward Idris Hilliard (10.2 ppg, 5.4 rpg), senior center Todd O'Brien (5.6 ppg, 6.2 rpg) and 6-8 sophomore-to-be Carl Baptiste (2.1 ppg, 1.7 rpg) will all be back to show 6-9 freshman C.J. Aiken, a skinny, but skilled big man, the D-I ropes.

Saint Joseph's - Team Notes 2010

"You don't have that kind of offseason commitment that you have in D-I."

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