UConn to miss 2013 Tourney?

[brewcity77]

It looks like the new APR rule might have its first victim. Starting in 2013, a school could not compete in the NCAA Tournament with a 2-year APR below 930 or a 4-year APR below 900. UConn's expected APR averages according to the article would be 900.5 for 2 years and 888.5 for 4 years, which would mean the Huskies would be ineligible to compete in the NCAA Tournament in 2013.

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/7157051/ncaa-rule-changes-keep-connecticut-huskies-2013-tourney

I have to say, this makes me glad our academic house is in order, and I also wonder what the situation is 60 miles west of here, especially in light of their graduation difficulties. If their players can't graduate, it seems likely some of those grades aren't exactly stellar. Suffice to say, the NCAA is trying to put the student back in student-athlete...at least in basketball.

And one last side note...can you imagine if UConn won the tourney again next year and then was banned from defending back-to-back titles because of this?

[avid1010]

So universities need to make it easier for athletes to graduate....graduation rates mean very little to me. 

[muhs03]

So universities need to make it easier for athletes to graduate....graduation rates mean very little to me. 

Georgetown created a "special" degree program just for Patrick Ewing - Fine Arts. The program also hired an academic adviser that would ask recruits to read a paragraph on a piece of paper out loud. Then, she would take the piece of paper away from the athlete and ask him what he just read. That was the test that determined whether the player would be able to handle GTown academics. Ray Allen was completely offended by the test and signed with UConn as a result.

The NCAA is simply taking the easy route by placing all the blame on university administrators. My idea: Why cant the NCAA increase the academic standards within their academic clearinghouse committee? Instead, they just shovel all the crap onto the plates of universities because it sure doesnt seem difficult to pass the clearinghouse. They're basically saying, "Here ya go. He passes...barely. Now he's your problem. He's not a college-calibur student but he's good enough to make it through the clearinghouse. We'll be watching...because only if you put him in the Fine Arts degree program, does he have a chance."

[Dawson Rental]

I'd be far more excited about this if they weren't (for the time being anyway) in our league.  Not a good time for more bad Big East news.

[GGGG]

The NCAA is simply taking the easy route by placing all the blame on university administrators. My idea: Why cant the NCAA increase the academic standards within their academic clearinghouse committee?

Because it really should be up to the university to determine whom to admit.  Eventually the root of all these problems are that the universities in question don't stay true to themselves.  The admit students that wouldn't get in otherwise...have majors that athletes are directed into, etc.  That is why I think these NCAA regulations are silly.  They are essentially going to create more short-cutting than they are going to actually solve the problem.

[Chicago_inferiority_complexes]

Because it really should be up to the university to determine whom to admit.  Eventually the root of all these problems are that the universities in question don't stay true to themselves.  The admit students that wouldn't get in otherwise...have majors that athletes are directed into, etc.  That is why I think these NCAA regulations are silly.  They are essentially going to create more short-cutting than they are going to actually solve the problem.

Regulations have unintended consequences and are in the end mostly useless for achieving their original purpose? Is that you, Barry Goldwater?

[brewcity77]

Saw a tweet that there's an out-clause. The NCAA can grant a waiver if a school shows marked improvement. A UConn rep predicted 975 for the upcoming year, a stark improvement from 826 last year. It wouldn't meet their minimums, but they would probably grant the waiver.

[6746jonesr]

Georgetown created a "special" degree program just for Patrick Ewing - Fine Arts. The program also hired an academic adviser that would ask recruits to read a paragraph on a piece of paper out loud. Then, she would take the piece of paper away from the athlete and ask him what he just read. That was the test that determined whether the player would be able to handle GTown academics. Ray Allen was completely offended by the test and signed with UConn as a result.

The NCAA is simply taking the easy route by placing all the blame on university administrators. My idea: Why cant the NCAA increase the academic standards within their academic clearinghouse committee? Instead, they just shovel all the crap onto the plates of universities because it sure doesnt seem difficult to pass the clearinghouse. They're basically saying, "Here ya go. He passes...barely. Now he's your problem. He's not a college-calibur student but he's good enough to make it through the clearinghouse. We'll be watching...because only if you put him in the Fine Arts degree program, does he have a chance."