2007 Ex-Commitment- DeAaron Williams

[Fastbreak]

A premium article on Van Coleman's site says DeAaron is still looking for a school that will accept him.
The article seems to rule Bradley out in the long run.

[user1]

.... The 6-foot-11 Stiemsma is taking a temporary leave of absence for medical reasons.........

Now the report out of Madison is that Stiemsma is academically ineligible for the rest of the season.

[chitownBUB]

Some interesting articles coming out of the Madison, WI press.
Of course we have all heard that three different players from the Wisconsin basketball team have had academic issues of late.
DeAaron Williams left the team but was having problems with grades that would have made him ineligible, and also Marcus Landry and Greg Steimsma have been declared academically ineligible and are done for the rest of the year.

Wisconsin has not had any basketball player academically ineligible in 11 years, and now they have three in a 2 week span.

This has apparently led to a series of hearings with the athletic director (Barry Alvarez) meeting with the UW Athletic Board, and issuing several statements to counter the negative press that this has generated.

Apparently there were allegations that the Wisconsin basketball staff had NOT been monitoring the academic progress of its players very well and were caught off guard by the three players doing so poorly.

The highly publicized excuses (one student claimed a bout of depression and one claimed a learning disability) just don't wash, since both of these kids were very good students (academically) in high school.

Only now after this fiasco has Alvarez gotten going with a plan and ..."Alvarez mentioned learning specialists and daily supervision as part of that plan".

But in summary, the explanation given by the AD blames the kids:
"Somewhere along the line, the onus has to fall back on the kids," he said. "There's only so much everyone can do."

But David Harris, the UW associate athletic director for academic services says otherwise,
"I think the students have a responsibility, academic support has a responsibility and coaches have a responsibility. Let's find a way that communication in all those areas improves."

The Madison based "Wisconsin State Journal" however thinks it's pretty negligent on the part of UW academics people to blame the kids:

http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/column/index.php?ntid=70670&ntpid=3

[chitownBUB]

Bo starts the spin

http://www.gazetteextra.com/uwmb_ryan013106.asp

"no-we don't have any academic problems here..."

[Eddie]

Has there been any decision about DeAaron Williams? Here is a college basketball site that says Williams has committed to Bradley after he finishes at ICC

http://collegehoopsupdate.com/html/player_info.php?recordid=2717

[Big Mike]

The word I hear is that he has every intention of playing for the Braves after his stint @ ICC!

[chitownBUB]

Has there been any decision about DeAaron Williams? Here is a college basketball site that says Williams has committed to Bradley after he finishes at ICC

http://collegehoopsupdate.com/html/p...?recordid=2717

Eddie, when I click on that link, I can't find any reference to Bradley.
But they do list DeAaron as a Bradley Committment on this page:

http://collegehoopsupdate.com/html/commitment_search.php

[BU fan]

It's right there.
Bradley is listed right under his name.

[the daxified one]

what is the last word on his eligibility?

[BradleyBrave]

what is the last word on his eligibility?

He's got some work to do this summer in order to qualify academically for BU. It is doable, but it's going to take a lot of hard work on DW's part.

[the daxified one]

what is the last word on his eligibility?

He's got some work to do this summer in order to qualify academically for BU. It is doable, but it's going to take a lot of hard work on DW's part.

we had a guy declared ineligible by the NCAA which really put our team in a rut this past season. hope things work out well for you.