( Scoring differs between leagues, tournaments, and levels ; high schools sometimes play best-of-three to 25 ; in the NCAA games are played best-of-five to 25 as of the 2008 season.

The University of Nebraska and the Commission co-hosted the 2008 National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division One Women's Volleyball Championship in December of that year.

The Tigers finished 2nd to the Kansas Jayhawks in the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship.

The Bears have won 19 NCAA Division III Championships — one in women's cross country ( 2011 ), one in men's tennis ( 2008 ), two in men's basketball ( 2008, 2009 ), five in women's basketball ( 1998 – 2001, 2010 ), and ten in women's volleyball ( 1989, 1991 – 1996, 2003, 2007, 2009 ) – and 144 UAA titles in 15 different sports.

The 2007 – 2008 season had particular note as Yeshiva was home to the NCAA Skyline Conference's Rookie of the Year.

The 2008 – 2009 season saw the men's NCAA volleyball team have its best season ever.

Late in the season, with the Heat well out of any type of realistic playoff contention, head coach Pat Riley missed two games because he went to scout certain NCAA basketball conference tournament games, to prepare in the likely event that the Heat received the number 1 or 2 pick in the 2008 draft.

The men's ice hockey team won the last two Atlantic Hockey conference tournaments, made the first ever appearance by a service academy in the NCAA hockey tournament in 2007, and made a repeat appearance in 2008.

It has also garnered considerable national attention from its recent success in these sports: in particular, three-time Division I NCAA Football champion Appalachian State Mountaineers, who stunned the fifth-ranked Michigan Wolverines 34 – 32 on September 1, 2007 ; and from the Davidson Wildcats, who reached the Elite Eight in the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament by upsetting power programs Gonzaga ( a mid-major school which became a power program in the 2000s ), Georgetown and Wisconsin.

* 2008: The North Central Conference disbands as various members in that league make a move to NCAA Division I.

Notables include Kirk Everist ' 86 ( US Olympic Team ' 92 and ' 96 ), Heather Petri ' 96 ( Silver: 2000 Olympics, 2008 Olympics ; Bronze: 2004 Olympics ), and Michael Sharf ( NCAA All-American, 2007 US National Team Member ).

Detwiler drove in all six of his team's runs in the 2008 NCAA championship game.

* Chris Hill, a native of Sulphur, was the 2008 and 2009 NCAA Javelin Champion while attending University of Georgia.

Howard Payne University teams achieved national championship status in 1957 and 1964 in NAIA Cross Country, and in 2008 with NCAA Division III Women's Basketball.

* Donald Brown ( born 1987 ), All-American running back for the University of Connecticut, who led the NCAA in rushing with 2, 083 yards in 2008 and currently playing for the Indianapolis Colts.

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John Walker was hired to coach the soccer team in April 1994 and was determined to get the Huskers into an NCAA tournament by 2008.

The Nebraska women's volleyball team has won three NCAA Women's Volleyball National Championships, in 1995, 2000, and 2006 and has had three NCAA National Runner-Up finishes in 1986, 1989, and 2005 as well as 5 other NCAA National Semifinal ( Final Four ) appearances in 1990, 1996, 1998, 2001, and 2008 bringing the program total to 11 NCAA Final Four appearances.

Connie Yori became the head coach in 2002 and has led the Huskers to WNIT in 2004, 2005, 2006, and NCAA in 2007, 2008, and 2010.

The speed limits on the main roads in Sweden were changed on many stretches in October 2008, which saw the introduction of the 120 km / h limit.

Also, in 2008 Mason changed its mascot from the " Gunston " animal to the " Patriot ".

This order was complied with, but when firearms owners returned to reclaim their firearms, they were informed that their licences had expired while their firearms were in custody ( Irish firearms licences until 2008 were issued for a period of one year, and all licences were usually dealt with at the same time, usually at the start of August, though the date has changed over the years ).

The original film was redone in 2008, updating the computer graphics and re-recording the sound in 6. 1 surround sound, though some members of the cast had to be changed.

McLane and Crane had a previous handshake agreement for the franchise in 2008, but Crane abruptly changed his mind and broke off discussions.

For example, in 2007 RFC 3700 was an Internet Standard — STD 1 — and in May 2008 it was replaced with RFC 5000, so RFC 3700 changed to Historic status, and STD 1 is RFC 5000.

A sizeable budget deficit was a key concern, but recent initiatives by government have changed the situation allowing for the country to be admitted into the eurozone as of 1 January 2008.

For example, in 2007 RFC 3700 was an Internet Standard — STD 1 — and in May 2008 it was replaced with RFC 5000, so RFC 3700 changed to Historic, RFC 5000 became an Internet Standard, and STD 1 is RFC 5000.

In 2008, Hasbro changed the colors of the premium squares to orange for TW, red for DW, blue for DL, and green for TL.

However, on February 6, Parliament retroactively changed the Constitution, declaring that Faure would hold office for the rest of his father's term, with elections deferred until 2008.

Partridge said, in an interview on a Todd Rundgren fansite in February 2008, that Moulding had moved and changed his phone number, effectively ending all contact between the two.

In 1989, the resort added Disney-MGM Studios, a theme park inspired by show business, whose name was changed to Disney's Hollywood Studios in 2008.

In 2008, these regulations were changed in order to make it harder for racers to complete a race course.

The head of state is the President of the republic, who is elected to a 5-year term, renewable once ( changed by the 2008 Constitution to an infinite mandate ).

In 2008, Tesco changed supermarket checkout signs reading " Ten items or less " after complaints that it was bad grammar ; it switched to " Up to ten items " rather than " Ten items or fewer " at the suggestion of the Plain English Campaign.

On August 1, 2008, Saxony restructured its districts ( Landkreise ) and changed the name of its Regierungsbezirke to Direktionsbezirke.

It originally planned to adopt the euro on 1 January 2007 ; however, it did not formally apply when Slovenia did, and officially changed its target date to 1 January 2008, and later, to 1 January 2011.

In 2008, the elimination process was changed from killing the hedgehogs to trapping them and releasing on the mainland.

Due to major injuries at Red Hills and Rolex in 2008, the rules were changed drastically.

Ebert later added The Godfather Part II to his " Great Movies " list in October 2008 stating that his original review has often been cited as proof of his " worthlessness " but he still hasn't changed his mind and wouldn't change a word of his original review.

Joyce presented the Alternative Therapy radio show on Revolution 96. 2 FM until the station changed format in 2008, later reviving it on Manchester Radio Online and Tin Can Media.

WebCrawler also changed its image in early 2008, scrapping its classic spider mascot.

* Tampa Bay Rays enfranchised 1998 as the Tampa Bay Devil Rays ( team name changed in 2008 )

The company's name was changed back on 1 August 2008, and the names on the postal stamps were reversed in late 2008, soon after the Kuomintang ( KMT ) candidate Ma Ying-Jeou won back presidency and ended 8 years of the Democratic Progressive Party ( DPP ) rule.