I told you so: No truth to Academic Eligibility rumors

[BRNCUSEFRVCUSE]

(Per Mike Waters chat on Syracuse.com), http://blog.syracuse.com/orangebasketball/2012/01/syracuse_basketball_qa_big_eas.html

Save you from reading, according to Mike Waters
"Everyone's eligible. If any player had been academically ineligible, they would not have been able to travel to road games (even when school wasn't in session like last week's trip to Villanova)".

So there we have it

 

[SouthCampusHero]

I ever believed any of it in the first place.

The only thing I worry about is Dion finishing the semester strong while attending NBA try-outs in the spring. Based on our current APR, I dont believe we can afford one more slip-up.

 

[Noexcuse]

I ever believed any of it in the first place.

The only thing I worry about is Dion finishing the semester strong while attending NBA try-outs in the spring. Based on our current APR, I dont believe we can afford one more slip-up.

I may be wrong, but I thought I saw somewhere SU was 100% last year.

 

[Marsh01]

I took it as serious as I took the scoop point shaving rumor from last year.

 

[SouthCampusHero]

I may be wrong, but I thought I saw somewhere SU was 100% last year.

Yes, that is correct. However, the true APR is a 4 year rolling average. Syracuse mens basketball is currently at 928.

https://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/apr2010/688_2010_apr.pdf

The new rule requires a rolling average of 930. Of course, this new rule will be implemented over a 5 year period so I dont know what next year's minimum requirement will be.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Yes, that is correct. However, the true APR is a 4 year rolling average. Syracuse mens basketball is currently at 928.

https://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/apr2010/688_2010_apr.pdf

The new rule requires a rolling average of 930. Of course, this new rule will be implemented over a 5 year period so I dont know what next year's minimum requirement will be.

Why do you think we have 8 walk-ons this season?

 

[orange79]

Even good insiders get bad info occasionally.

 

[shizzah]

I don't think anybody (at least to my knowledge) said with any conviction that people were going to be ineligible. There was definitely a rumor out there that multiple people, including myself, heard. Was it the same thing we hear around second semester a lot? Probably. But its not like the Tyree Smallwood eligibility thing on the football side where we had people in both camps. This was one of those..."heard a rumor, don't know if its true, hope its not" things.

 

[edowd26]

Why do you think we have 8 walk-ons this season?

its not limited to scholarship players?

 

[zeekay]

Only scholarship players. Good thing for UCONN Drummond is a walk-on so he doesn't have to attend class at all. Their APR is already in the shitter so that will help them big time.

 

[jdubs30]

Only scholarship players. Good thing for UCONN Drummond is a walk-on so he doesn't have to attend class at all. Their APR is already in the shitter so that will help them big time.

Wow never thought of that.

Calhoun does it again...

 

[BlackKnight76]

I can't go into details because I don't have them, but there were definite reasons to be concerned about Fab for this semester, as recently as last week. I heard this from two somewhat well-connected people. Glad it all worked out.

 

[cto]

No one believed me. Whatever.