Wednesday, June 9, 2010

It's APR announcement time

 Per the latest APR calculations, Louisiana Tech is losing a men's basketball schollie but it appears the rest of the WAC programs are doing well enough.

It's generally difficult for PTW to feel sympathy for the haves in college athletics but Jim Boeheim has a point in the following. Both Devendorf and Harris truly needed to prepare for the draft as they were iffy prospects at best (although it didn't matter when the process was over) but the argument can also be made that the pair needed or will need a college degree just as much.

But there's no need for fretting as the NCAA will never kill the geese laying the golden eggs, APR be damned.

Jim Boeheim takes aim at the APR
Dana O'Neil
ESPN
June, 9, 2010


Jim Boeheim has taken his APR-meted out lumps. Now the coach has a question: How was he supposed to prevent it?

According to the NCAA data released on Wednesday, the Syracuse’ s four-year APR of 912 fell well below the Mendoza line of 925 and, consequently, the Orange were docked two scholarships.

Here’s what the numbers don’t explain: Syracuse’s numbers dipped following the 2008-09 season, when Eric Devendorf, Jonny Flynn and Paul Harris all declared for the NBA draft. All three elected to leave campus immediately -- before completing their spring coursework -- and work out with trainers assigned by their respective agents...

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