Division I Academic Progress Data is Released

[tornado]

http://www.ncaa.org/wps/portal/!ut/p/kcxml/04_Sj9SPykssy0xPLMnMz0vM0Y_QjzKLN4g38nYBSYGYxqb6kWhCjggRb31fj_zcVP0A_YLc0IhyR0VFAABTEJw!/delta/base64xml/L0lDU0lKQ1RPN29na21BISEvb0VvUUFBSVFnakZJQUFRaENFSVFqR0VBLzRKRmlDbzBlaDFpY29uUVZHaGQtc0lRIS83XzBfNVVWLzI1MDk1NjY!?WCM_PORTLET=PC_7_0_5UV_WCM&WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/wps/wcm/connect/NCAA/Media+and+Events/Press+Room/News+Release+Archive/2008/Academic+Reform/20080506_2_d1_apr_rls.html

218 different teams at 123 institutions are being disciplined for poor academic progress out of 6,272 different D-I athletic teams.
"Of the 218 teams with sanctions this year, 113 will receive immediate
penalties, while 35 will receive both an immediate penalty and a public
warning for historically low performance, the first sanction under the historical
penalty structure. An additional 44 teams will receive the historical public
warning only, and 26 will face a historically based penalty restricting
scholarships and practice."

Academic Progress was scored, and a 925 (out of 1000) corresponds roughly to a 60% graduation rate.

Teams under 925 risk penalties including loss of scholarships.

The all-D-I average was 961, it was 951 for male athletes, 969 for female athletes.

Men's basketball, at 928, posted the worst overall D-I average of all teams.

Here are some representative scores for men's basketball.........
Bradley..948 (60-70th percentile)
Creighton..956 (70-80th percentile)
Drake 958 (70-80th percentile)
DePaul 918 (30-40th percentile) - at risk for losing scholarships
Illinois State 929 (40-50th percentile) - just escaped penalties
Indiana State 964 (80-90th percentile)
Indiana University 899 (20-30th percentile) - but may escape penalties since this is actually improved from last year
Kansas State 880 (10-20th percentile) - at risk for penalties - the Bob Huggins effect!!!
Liberty Univ. 892 (10-20th percentile) - Ritchie McKay's first year numbers are NOT GOOD!
New Jersey Institute of Technology 885 (10-20th percentile) really bad considering they didn't win a game with those athletes
Purdue 894 (10-20th percentile) - unexpectedly bad report
SIU 951 (70-80th percentile) - congrats to the Salukis
Texas Tech 928 (40-50th percentile) - once again, Bobby knight performs poorly and narrowly escapes penalties
Univ. of Cincinnati 872 (1-10th percentile) - maybe a little holdover Huggins effect, but you can't keep blaming the guy much longer!
Univ. of Evansville 921 (30-40th percentile) - at risk for penalties
UIC 922 (30-40th percentile) - risking penalties
U of I/Champaign 989 (90-100th percentile) - GOOD work, must be Billy Cole-effect!
Univ. of Maryland 906 (20-30th percentile) - the legacy of Gary Williams continues!!
UMass 903 (20-30th percentile) - Travis Ford gets out just in time!!
Memphis 927 940-50th percentile) - just a thread away from penalties
Missouri State 958 (70-80th percentile) - good!
UNLV 906 (20-30th percentile) - the legacy continues under Lon
New Mexico 894 (10-20th percentile) - both Alford and McKay can share the blame!!
Northern Iowa 962 (80-90th percentile) - Congrats to UNI
Univ. of Southern Miss. 891 (10-20th percentile) - as expected, Larry Eustachy's influence being seen!
Univ. of Tennessee 911 (30-40th percentile) - Bruce Pearl showing everyone how he gets it done, and risks penalties
Wisc. - Milwaukee 928 (40-50th percentile) - ooops..gonna get worse with all the player defections
WIU 874 (10-20th percentile) - this is why it is going to be a tough job for Mo - no thanks to the predecessor
Wichita State 944 (60-70th percentile) - congrats



Here--- check any other school you want..........

http://www.ncaa.org/wps/portal/home?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/wps/wcm/connect/NCAA/Academics+and+Athletes/Education+and+Research/Academic+Reform/APR/2006-07_School_APR_Data_J5lt9A.html

Here are just the schools that got hit with penalties
By Sport - 53 different D-I's got nailed in basketball, including UIC, WIU, Chicago State, Kansas State, New Mexico, and Tennessee:

http://www.ncaa.org/wps/portal/home?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/wps/wcm/connect/NCAA/Academics+and+Athletes/Education+and+Research/Academic+Reform/APR/2007-08+Teams+Subject+to+Penalties+by+Sport

By school and penalty type:

http://www.ncaa.org/wps/portal/home?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/wps/wcm/connect/NCAA/Academics+and+Athletes/Education+and+Research/Academic+Reform/APR/2007-08+Teams+Subject+to+Penalties+By+Institution

Tennessee's basketball program loses ONE SCHOLARSHIP (tough break, Bruce) and WIU's program loses none.
New Mexico, Purdue, and UIC also lose one. Liberty basketball loses TWO scholarships, and SO DOES USC
Wow---
Southern Cal loses TWO basketball scholarships.....
the fallout from recruiting the one-and-done players like OJ Mayo!!!

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..........and WIU's program loses none.....

BTW-- I saw and talked to Coach Mo last night at a school event (his son Billy was inducted into National Honor society!!)
so I suspect Mo will try to recruit Billy ASAP and get his academic progress up!!

Mo said it is hard getting started recruiting without any of the head start all the incumbent coaches have, but he has a bunch of open scholarships, very few returning players - which translates into a lot of potential immediate playing time, and he expects to land some kids in May & June.

[tornado]

Here's an LA Times article that kinda blames ISU's SEAD ODZIC in part for their academic penalties.

USC's basketball program is being hit as hard as any team in the nation, and they are losing TWO scholarships.

Here's what they say.........
"The Trojans were penalized in part because Lodrick Stewart, Nick Young and Gabe Pruitt stopped
attending class after USC lost in the round of 16 in the 2007 NCAA tournament...
The midseason transfers of Jeremy Barr, Kevin Galloway and
Sead Odzic also hurt the team's APR."

http://www.latimes.com/sports/printedition/la-sp-ncaa7-2008may07,0,3220634.story

[Da Coach]

As I understand the way the NCAA calculates the APR, this is just not true. They track student-athletes for 5 years after they enroll to see if they graduate or remain on track to graduate. Since the athletes they cite have not had their full 5-year cycle to assess whether they graduated, I don't see how they can blame them. If Odzic does graduate, as I am sure he will at ISU, he will not count against USC.

[it's boogie time]

If Odzic does graduate, as I am sure he will at ISU, he will not count against USC.

Won't he actually help USC's rankings after he graduates from ISU? I haven't looked at the guidelines in awhile to see how all this works.

[Da Coach]

Yes, if a recruit graduates within 5 years, it is a plus for the school that initially had him.

[tornado]

But... one of the major new factors is whether any of the departing players leave
in anything less than good academic standing. Read the reports, even players who left at the end on 2007 and who were freshmen play into these calculations, which is why numerous stories abound about whether guys like Michael Beasley and OJ Mayo have been going to class!
Obviously the article cites a source who doesn't want to be identified, but the source says Odzic's departure DID affect their score, so he must have left in less than stellar academic standing.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/printedition/la-sp-ncaa7-2008may07,0,3220634.story