OT - More trouble at UNC

[Huskies4ever]

Didn't Peppers play hoops and football?

Yes.

 

[babysheep]

Well luckily President Herbst thinks that the sidewalks from the Co-op and past Jorgensen need brick and Beach Hall needs its facade renovated to so we will just continue our climb up the rankings.

 

[Mr.Phat]

From what I understand, there have been some former basketball players caught up in this mess as well.

Didn't know that but it wouldn't surprise me.

 

[willinphilly]

Imagine if Coach K (the face of USA basketball) were to come out and pressure the NCAA with an ultimatum to fix the mess they have created with the APR or he would lead a exodus of schools to form a new association. There are a lot of nuances to what is going on in college basketball but Coach K can't be happy about this. As far as I can tell, Duke makes their students take real classes. As such, they have to be decent students. Reality being what it is, decent students are not USUALLY the best recruits. I would bet the same could be said about a few other top academic institutions around the country. They are, frankly, at a major disadvantage to schools like UNC and Kentucky. And I bet you could throw in a lot of other programs too like Kansas, Florida, Ohio State, Baylor and so on. UConn's real classes may not be the same level as Duke's but they aren't that far behind and our players had to take them prior to this APR mess. I bet Calhoun passed on some recruits he knew would kill our APR and I bet that was one of the main beefs he had with the previous AD. Calhoun, the competitor that he is, probably wanted to do what Kentucky and others were already doing so he could go after more of the top recruits.

If Coach K really is the West Point trained leader he claims to be, he would lead college basketball out of this mess.

I highly doubt the Duke players have to take real classes. Yes, they may be smarter than the average top 100 recruit, but they aren't even close to the level of the average Duke student. Same thing is happening in the Ivy League, league coaches are pretty unhappy with Amaker's recruiting and Harvard's acceptance of letting in non-qualified (by Harvard standards) players. Also, think about Georgetown. Georgetown is one of the top schools in the country and you have the likes of Victor Page and Iverson taking classes there, so...

 

[superjohn]

You're completely wrong about Duke, they don't take real classes. There was a major created specifically for the basketball team.

 

[huskypantz]

Also, think about Georgetown. Georgetown is one of the top schools in the country and you have the likes of Victor Page and Iverson taking classes there, so...

Don't forget Samurai Warrior Kenny Brunner....