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Message: [QUOTE="UConnSwag11, post: 1962860, member: 240"] what does 2009 have to do with Ollie? [URL='http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/082311aaa.html'] [I]The penalties currently being served by the Men's Basketball program include the suspension of the head coach for three conference games during the 2011-12 season, scholarship reductions for three academic years, recruiting restrictions, permanent disassociation of a booster and three years' probation (until February 21, 2014).[/I][/URL] [URL='http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/eye-on-college-basketball/18325360/uconn-banned-from-postseason-in-2013-due-to-poor-academic-standing'][I]The verdict means UConn is ineligible not only for the 2013 Big East tournament, but also the NCAA tournament. Yes, really. This action isn't unprecedented -- the NCAA brought the hammer on SWAC schools last year -- but it has never been implemented on a program as powerful as Connecticut's until now.[/I][/URL] [I] UConn is willing to impose these penalties on itself because the basketball program would probably feel long-term competitive effects from tournament ineligibility. It might have already hurt the Huskies on the recruiting front. Anthony Bennett, a top-rated power forward in Nevada, excluded UConn from his list of schools. He told The Courant in January that the potential of tournament ineligibility in 2013 was "kind of a factor" in that decision. [URL='http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-02-08/sports/hc-uconn-apr-penalties-0209-20120208_1_new-long-term-academic-plan-uconn-president-susan-herbst-academic-progress-rate/2']UConn men's basketball: UConn Proposes Own Penalties To NCAA Over APR Failures[/URL] [URL='http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/7846769/roscoe-smith-michael-bradley-granted-release-connecticut-huskies']Smith is the latest player to leave UConn after the Huskies received a 2013 postseason ban for low Academic Progress Rate scores. Because UConn is ineligible, Smith could play for the Rebels this season, though Rice could not confirm that Friday....Alex Oriakhi earlier announced he is transferring to Missouri for his senior season. Michael Bradley is transferring to Western Kentucky.[/URL] [/I] little bit of a mess he inherited... he had to reach for guys like evans, lubin, even facey and brimah... you can see his inexperience there... the guy never coached a team before in his life... the program was dragged through the mud from '09 on with bad publicity from the media just to take shots at the program. Ollie had to deal with negative media coverage of the program as well and constant rumors of him leaving the program for the nba [/QUOTE]

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