NCAA penalizes Syracuse basketball for lackluster academics
by 'CuseRugby on Jun 9, 2010 3:26 PM EDT
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The NCAA
is penalizing Syracuse's men's basketball team, as well as Colorado's men's football and basketball team, after the three squads failed to meet academic standards.
Syracuse and Colorado are the only BCS schools in football or men's and women's basketball being sanctioned for falling short of the NCAA's Academic Progress Rate cutline of 925.
The APR measures the classroom performance of every Division I team.
The Orange's basketball team scored 912 and could lose up to two basketball scholarships if academically ineligible players leave school before next season.
In a statement released by the Syracuse Athletic department Wednesday, Syracuse Men's Basketball head coach Jim Boeheim blamed the lowest score in the program's history on the early departure of several student-athletes.
“We have always been above the APR standard since it was implemented. We had three students leave school early to pursue professional basketball careers last spring and that is difficult to overcome,” said head coach Jim Boeheim. “In anticipation of this, we took the scholarship penalty during the 2009-10 school year. We anticipate being back above the APR standard when the next report is compiled.”
Sue Cornelius Edson, a spokesperson for the athletic department said none of this will have any future impacts on the basketball team, or Syracuse Athletics.
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Yeah but did you see the Athletics Dept press release headline?
Orange Athletics Turns in Strong Overall Performance in the Classroom
Spin, baby, spin.
http://cusecountry.com
Part of the problem
is guys like Jonny Flynn and Donte Greene. They count against your score b/c they leave early. But tell me, how is it a problem, NCAA, if a guy leaves early and goes and instantly makes millions? It’s not like these guys are leaving school early b/c they don’t fit in (like Dashone Wright).
Yeah, Harris should probably count against the score, but if a guy leaves early and is drafted in the first round, his decision shouldn’t count against the school.
Without Gerry McNamara we wouldn't have won 10 f-- games, not 10
Therein lies the problem with this rule.
It has very little to do with actual academic performance. It’s really just a score of how many players graduate from SU versus how many come to SU. Not graduating takes a lot of forms, not all bad, as you point out.
Luckily this is already settled.
Boeheim saw this coming and only recruited three guys to last year’s team, so the two scholarship penalty is already taken care of.
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