Bubas Cup History
NEW ORLEANS – For the second consecutive season, and third in the last four, Texas State has won the Sun Belt Conference's Vic Bubas Cup, which is presented annually to the league's top athletics department.
The Bobcats won five conference championships during the 2024-25 season, including the softball regular season title and volleyball tournament championship, while also winning women's indoor and outdoor track and field and men's outdoor track and field championships. Additionally, TXST finished in the top four in women's soccer, football, men's indoor track & field and women's tennis.
"Winning back-to-back Bubas Cups is a significant achievement and a reflection of the dedication from our student-athletes, coaches, support staff, Texas State President Kelly Damphousse and university administration and our loyal Bobcat fans," said TXST Director of Athletics
Don Coryell. "We take pride in competing at the highest level in the Sun Belt Conference and nationally, and our commitment to excellence continues to grow. While we celebrate this season's success, we're already focused on the work ahead."
TXST finished with 152.5 points, ahead of runner-up Arkansas State (139.0) and Coastal Carolina (124.0), who rounded out the top three. The 2024-25 total is a 22-point improvement from the Bobcats' league-leading total in 2023-24.
Texas State joined the Sun Belt Conference ahead of the 2013-14 season and since joining has won the second most Bubas Cup titles behind South Alabama (6) in that time span. The Bobcats have won nine all-sports conference cups, including five in the Southland Conference from 1999-00 to 2008-09.
Final 2024-25 Vic Bubas Cup Standings
| 1 |
Texas State |
152.5 |
| 2 |
Arkansas State |
139.0 |
| 3 |
Coastal Carolina |
124.0 |
| 4 |
Louisiana |
118.5 |
| 5 |
App State |
116.0 |
| 6 |
South Alabama |
115.5 |
| 7 |
Marshall |
111.5 |
| 8 |
Georgia Southern |
110.0 |
| 9 |
James Madison |
107.5 |
| 10 |
Troy |
106.5 |
| 11 |
Southern Miss |
95.5 |
| 12 |
Old Dominion |
83.5 |
| 13 |
Georgia State |
70.0 |
| 14 |
ULM |
64.5 |
Scoring
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. 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.
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 10.
