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Ex-US head coach Schubert now working with China's swimmers

By STEPHEN WADE even let (swimmers) off the
AP Sports Writer campus to eat because
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — they are afraid of (food)
Mark Schubert is unmistak- contamination."
able on the pool deck at Schubert said in the last
the Asian Games. The for- year he's held several
mer head coach of the U.S. camps in southern Califor-
national swimming team is nia with Chinese swimmers,
now wearing different col- who train with his mostly
ors — an orange shirt with high school and college
the Chinese flag on his swimmers.
chest. "It's good for my team be-
Dismissed in 2010 as the U.S. cause they can see how
national team head coach really good athletes train,
amid a sexual abuse scan- and believe me I point it
dal, Schubert has been out to them," Schubert said.
working for a year as a Asked where China's top
"part-time adviser" for the swimmers could improve,
Chinese team. he said there were four ar-
"It's feels strange, very eas. "It's the little things," he
strange," Schubert told said. "The starts, turns, finish-
The Associated Press on es, and the relay takeoffs. I
Wednesday as he stood Mark Schubert, left, former USA Swimming's National Team head coach, talks with former Austra- think it cost them some rac-
alongside the warm-up lian swim coach Dennis Cottrell at the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Aug. es here. As for training, they
pool at the Asian Games. 22, 2018. work hard. I mean, they re-
Schubert is a controversial Associated Press ally work hard."
figure despite unprece- Schubert said his current
dented success. Some fault in Superior Court in Orange then 40-year-old Janet Ev- world championships. deal ends in just a few days,
him for not doing enough County, California, also ans during her unsuccess- "That's when they got the and he said it's unclear if he
in his long career to pro- named Schubert, saying ful Olympic comeback. He really bad reputation, will continue.
tect swimmers from sexual he failed to report "a rea- has returned recently as a when they won almost ev- "It's up to them," he said.
abuse. sonable suspicion of child coach at the Mission Viejo ery event in 1994," Schubert He described his motiva-
Olympic swimmer Ariana abuse or endangerment." Nadadores in southern Cal- said. "I think they've really tion as "just business."
Kukors Smith sued USA Hutchison, an assistant ifornia. made an effort to clean "You know there is some
Swimming in May, alleging coach on the 2008 U.S. As the U.S. national team up. From what I've seen, pretty good money in-
the sport's national govern- Olympic team, has denied coach — Olympic coach in most of the problems are volved," he said, declining
ing body knew her former the allegations and has 2008 in Beijing — Schubert out in the provinces with to say how much. "It feels
coach, Sean Hutchison, not been charged with a was outspoken about is- local coaches and kind of funny, but you know I was
sexually abused her as a crime. sues of doping involving renegade athletes. kicked to the curb when I
minor and failed to protect After he was fired by Chinese swimmers. "At the highest level," he was fired as head national
her. USA Swimming, Schubert He said he was most critical added, "particularly at their team coach. So it's nice to
The lawsuit, which was filed worked for a while with a beginning in 1994 at the training center, they won't be involved at this level."q

RPI replaced with new evaluation tool for NCAA Tournament

By JOHN MARSHALL lytically, using results-based ning percentage, strength
AP Basketball Writer and predictive metrics that of schedule and oppo-
The NCAA is ditching the will assist the Men's Basket- nent's strength of schedule,
RPI for its own evaluation ball Committee as it re- but more accurate tools for
tool to select teams for the views games throughout evaluating performance
NCAA Tournament. the season," NCAA senior have developed.
The NCAA Evaluation Tool vice president of basket- NET will give equal impor-
will rely on game results, ball Dan Gavitt said in a tance to early and late-
strength of schedule, game statement on Wednesday. season games, and caps
location, scoring margin, "While no perfect rankings wins at 10 points to prevent
net offensive and defen- exist, using the results of teams from running up the
sive efficiency and quality past tournaments will help score.
of wins and losses. NET will ensure that the rankings NET was approved in July
be used for the 2018-19 are built on an objective following months of consul-
season by the committee source of truth." tation with the NCAA Divi-
that selects schools and The NCAA has used the sion I Men's Basketball Com-
seeds the tournament. RPI since 1981 to help the mittee, the National Associ-
NET rankings will be re- NCAA Tournament selec- ation Basketball Coaches, In this Monday, April 2, 2018 file photo, Villanova's Eric Paschall
leased in late November tion committee pick at- top basketball analytics (4) reacts as he loses the control of the ball against Michigan's
Moritz Wagner (13) and Charles Matthews (1) during the first half
or early December and large teams, seeding and experts and Google Cloud in the championship game of the Final Four NCAA college bas-
updated through Selection bracketing teams each Professional Services. ketball tournament in San Antonio.
Sunday, with a final ranking March. Last season, the NCAA Associated Press
following the tournament. The RPI has been criticized introduced a quadrant
"What has been developed in recent years for not be- system to put greater em- tem will remain in place for still be used in other Division
is a contemporary method ing analytical enough. The phasis on wins away from evaluating teams. I sports, including women's
of looking at teams ana- RPI is calculated on win- home. The quadrant sys- The NCAA said the RPI will basketball.q