Bad choice of words on my part. Are you sure about kids who transfer to JUCO's counting against the APR?
My major point is that we should be knowing this stuff. It has been a problem over and over for UConn. And a new administration and a new coach hasn't changed it. Look, I get that you take a flyer on one kid who doesn't meet the most basic entrance requirements, as we did with Samuels, but we've recruited enough foreign players over the years, that to get caught flatfooted on Facey is just not acceptable. When you combine the two, its totally unacceptable. You don't read about other major programs having multiple players with these problems. And by the way, somebody ought to advise Samuels about courses to take. It isn't like its some surprise that he's a basketball player. You mean between family, high school coaches, AAU coaches and school officials, nobody can look at the NCAA guidelines and say, "Hey pal, you need to take another English class and a US History?" Or whatever the classes were. Or a UConn recruiter didn't aks for his transcript and when they first made contact and say,"Listen if you want to come to UConn you need to make sure you take these classes?" I know when my kids were recruited, that was the first thing the schools did, and none of them were even remotely considered major programs.
My nephew was recruited for football at Amherst and there was no way he would sniff that place with his academics and SAT's. He was given substantial scholarship aid, got injured and never played a down. The aid continued all the way through. BTW, he did fine and is now a successful hedge fund company owner. My point is that all schools including the Ivys play academic admission games for their athletes.
thanks for the inside knowledge but please keep a lid on it- the friggin ncaa will probably come up with an all out retroactive death penalty on all sports but football
