NCAA raises APR standards - Message Board Basketball Forum

InspiredLebowski · 08-11-2011, 04:58 PM

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/st...se-apr-cutline

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University presidents and athletic administrators promised swift and serious action following its two-day NCAA retreat.

On Thursday, it delivered its first hammer.

Following up on the retreat's mandate to toughen academic standards, the NCAA Board of Directors voted to ban Division I teams with a four-year academic progress rate (APR) below 930 from participating in the postseason, including all NCAA tournaments and football bowl games.

It's a significant change from the APR structure now in place. Currently, teams with a four-year APR of 925 or below face penalties like loss of scholarships. Only if a team falls below a 900 and is therefore considered a chronic under-performer will it face 'historical penalties' including postseason bans.

Now the NCAA will do away with the 900 cutoff, forcing all teams to raise their academic standards or sit on the sidelines in the postseason. Under the new standards, 12 teams would not have qualified for this year's NCAA tournament, including Ohio State and Syracuse.

"A 930 equates to a 50 percent graduation rate and that is the stake in the ground that the presidents wish to put in as an overall goal for every team in Division I," said Dr. Walt Harrison, president of the University of Hartford who serves as the chair of the Division I committee on academic performance. "It's a clear marker. We believe a 50 percent graduation rate is a reasonable goal for all teams."

Bit more at the link.

Good.

wang4three · 08-11-2011, 05:39 PM

More cheating in the classroom I guess.

InspiredLebowski · 08-11-2011, 06:15 PM

Thinking about it a bit more, they should probably offer some form of amnesty in the event of a coaching change. When Painter took the reigns at Purdue he outright booted a couple drunks off the team, then obviously players don't fit the style of the new coach. Players that leave when a new coach comes in shouldn't have to sit out a year either.

In the grand scheme, it's still a good thing though.

InspiredLebowski · 08-12-2011, 06:00 PM

Shockingly, Bilas thinks the NCAA is stupid