UConn APR talk

[HooperScooper]

They're going to be fine going forward. Nothing we didn't anticipate. From Amore and Borges.

http://courantblogs.com/uconn-men/w...eek-uconn-figures-to-get-good-news/#more-2082

http://borgesblognhr.blogspot.com/2013/06/uconn-should-be-fine-when-apr-scores.html

 

[upstater]

UConn should not lose a retention point for Wolf because the NCAA has said that would create a perverse incentive to keep students who violate campus codes and/or criminal laws on campus, rather than expelling them (I know Wolf wasn't expelled, but it was his behavior that lead to the loss of scholarship).

Then again, nothing the NCAA does makes logical sense.

But, the Nate Miles affair did not hurt Uconn's APR.

 

[Scot-e]

Or we could just lie and cheat like Quse and UNC and never be penalized for anything.

 

[Palatine]

Just let the athletes and students take non-existent classes like UNC and everything should be fine.

 

[8893]

But, the Nate Miles affair did not hurt Uconn's APR.

It did not hurt our APR per se, but IIRC the fact that we were able to work around the Miles-related sanctions and bring in Drummond despite the loss of a scholarship was reported to have rubbed the NCAA brass the wrong way and make them motivated to find a way to nail us with the retroactive double penalty for the APR.

 

[Inyatkin]

Even knowing what was in it, just the title of this thread makes me queasy.

 

[upstater]

It did not hurt our APR per se, but IIRC the fact that we were able to work around the Miles-related sanctions and bring in Drummond despite the loss of a scholarship was reported to have rubbed the NCAA brass the wrong way and make them motivated to find a way to nail us with the retroactive double penalty for the APR.

The Miles thing replays itself across America all the time. There are a lot of schools with players that get into criminal trouble. I think the NCAA realizes the weird precedent it would set if schools actually tried to retain kids who are consider by the school to have committed a violent act.

 

[8893]

The Miles thing replays itself across America all the time. There are a lot of schools with players that get into criminal trouble. I think the NCAA realizes the weird precedent it would set if schools actually tried to retain kids who are consider by the school to have committed a violent act.

Yeah, I'm not talking about our decision to jettison the kid after he got in trouble; I'm talking about the sanctions we got for lack of institutional control re the contact with Nochimson, etc. before he came here.

 

[Tenspro2002]

It did not hurt our APR per se, but IIRC the fact that we were able to work around the Miles-related sanctions and bring in Drummond despite the loss of a scholarship was reported to have rubbed the NCAA brass the wrong way and make them motivated to find a way to nail us with the retroactive double penalty for the APR.

That was certainly the interpretation of conspiracy-theorists around here, but was there ever a quote confirming that sentiment on the part of the NCAA?

 

[Mr. Wonderful]

That was certainly the interpretation of conspiracy-theorists around here, but was there ever a quote confirming that sentiment on the part of the NCAA?

Not that I'm aware of. The evidence is circumstantial. It's plausible if not provable, imo. Mark Emmert is a small, small man.

 

[Sportsman5]

Head line on ESPN about how ALABAMA did great with APR scores. Comments section is mostly people saying how they just looked up the APR and it is a joke. Hopefully this Alabama story somehow turns into most people realizing the APR is a joke.

 

[CL82]

Just let the athletes and students take non-existent classes like UNC and everything should be fine.

Well of course because making up courses so that programs have a good APR is an academic issue not an athletic issue.

 

[upstater]

Head line on ESPN about how ALABAMA did great with APR scores. Comments section is mostly people saying how they just looked up the APR and it is a joke. Hopefully this Alabama story somehow turns into most people realizing the APR is a joke.

This is what it takes. Harvard bball failed to reach its APR score last year. Alabama football is tops in APR.