CoSIDA Members:
The U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) has updated the application for websites seeking endorsement for online credentials. membership. We ask that you send this link to websites applying for credentials and seeking endorsement from the USBWA. Please go to
usbwa.com and click on the Credentialing Task Force link (listed below the Twitter link).
You also can directly view the information and download from this page:
Here, you also can view the FAQs about the online credentialing system and the USBWA-endorsed online sites (as of Nov. 14, 2014).
The USBWA will examine qualifying websites and determine whether to endorse such websites for consideration to receive credentials, and will make that information available to conference and school SIDs. There is a USBWA Online Credentialing Task Force
The deadline for submitting an application for online credentialing endorsement is Sept. 15, 2015.
Point of emphasis: NCAA member institutions and other event-sponsoring organizations retain the sole right to grant or deny credentials. Endorsement of a site by the USBWA does not guarantee credentials will be granted. Final determination of whether or not to issue credentials rests with institutional and conference media relations officials.