North Carolina lost to whom?

[ThisJustIn]

I was at a WBB game two years ago at GCU. They had a player, maybe two, from OC that I watched play in HS. I actually think the coach is pretty good, considering the talent they get. He ran some solid sets that I wouldnt think a team with less talent could run. They become a good 2nd game if your team is going to play one of the Arizona Pac12 teams, and dont want to make a trip that far for one game. Hawaii just played GCU, but instead of playing UA or ASU they played their 2nd game vs Northern Arizona, which I believe is in Flagstaff, a few hours drive from Phoenix.

I noticed the Antelopes because when I blog I'm rather perverse about seeking out non-top-25 teams. Their transition into DI caught my attention because they had a nice undefeated streak going... then they stumbled a bit.

From an August 2013 post: A little background: Why Was Russ Pennell Replaced By Dan Majerle at Grand Canyon?

From a December 2013 post: Probably my fault: Grand Canyon (“Who?” you ask? “The only for-profit institutionwith a Division I athletic program,” I answer. ) deals East Carolina their first loss of the season.

 

[meyers7]

A better question is "Are the current coaches, faculty, and administration responsible for the 18 years of cheating? Penalize the program and let all the athletes transfer with immediate eligibility. Case closed. Done!

Are there any athletes left to transfer?

 

[DobbsRover2]

On my AOL News screen today was an article about the "20 worst sports scandals" and in skimming thru the choices they had included there were three that involved NCAA sanctions (none of which included the UNC programs). I have previously mentioned two of them as examples of the NCAA not caring a whole bunch about who was impacted by their sanctions, Penn St. and SMU. The violations in the SMU case involved booster money and of course PSU was the sexual abuse by a former assistant of non university. The case I had missed was the SoCal case over Reggie Bush. Both Bush and the staff as I recall that had been involved were gone from the school. So what did the NCAA do for this violation involving one student? A 2 year post season ban, a reduction in scholarships, the vacating of all wins in which Bush played, and the final piece was to remove the National Championship title from the 2004 season. Oh and Bush gave back his Heisman. Given those cases as a back drop do you still think UNC in any manner should get to continue to participate in the world of intercollegiate sports.

Well, no. But this isn't the real world we're talking about. This is NCAA sports, which is sort of like FIFA and bike racing rolled in together with WWF action.

And yes, UNC Asheville should certainly be punished for something. Maybe some parking violations.

 

[msf22b]

Are there any athletes left to transfer?

Poor Xylina McDaniel
What a waste of a College career.

 

[TroyHouse66]

huskyd
<< ...Grand Canyon University. The reason I came across the "Lopes" (short for cantaloupe? antelope?) was because ESPN insists on televising....>>

Undoubtedly, the reference is to the Great Basin Jackalope, specimens of which are rarely seen in the Mojave Desert, south of the Mizpah Hotel in downtown Tonopah, Nevada. A wirey, little relative of the Lepus californicus, the shy and rugged Jackalope is highly regarded for its quiet demeanor and prodigious leaping ability.
A reasonably stable source in the Truckee Meadows, east of Reno, assures us that, as a child, the current UConn "fifth man", Gabby Williams was raised on unlimited quantities of fermented Jackalope milk & credits the upper 30" of her vertical leap to observations of wild Jackalopes on the Williams Ranch.

 

[cockhrnleghrn]

Poor Xylina McDaniel
What a waste of a College career.

I bet she wishes she had stayed home.

 

[Bonpland]

It is unfair to punish current student-athletes for the transgression perpetrated by those who came before, but the University (every university) could hide behind that rationale if we let them. Major damage was done to the integrity of the UNC athletic programs, and in a larger sense to college athletics everywhere.

College sport is full of lying, cheating, and personal misbehavior, and the only way to do anything about it is to punish the trangressors that we do learn about appropriately and definitively.

Right now UNC is moving forward with their seasons as if nothing has happened to disgrace the University. If nothing serious is done to punish them then the signal is sent elsewhere that there really aren't any rules; and from there the mayhem escalates.

 

[j66kicker]

It is unfair to punish current student-athletes for the transgression perpetrated by those who came before, but the University (every university) could hide behind that rationale if we let them. Major damage was done to the integrity of the UNC athletic programs, and in a larger sense to college athletics everywhere.

College sport is full of lying, cheating, and personal misbehavior, and the only way to do anything about it is to punish the trangressors that we do learn about appropriately and definitively.

Right now UNC is moving forward with their seasons as if nothing has happened to disgrace the University. If nothing serious is done to punish them then the signal is sent elsewhere that there really aren't any rules; and from there the mayhem escalates.

What bothers me the most about the UNC situation is the media quiet. The media normally do a great job of holding transgressors accountable . IMO they many times even go way over-the-top, way too far in getting politicians to resign, coaches fired, etc. Where is the media on this one? Where is ESPN?? One could conclude the media must be complicit. ???