NCAA denies UCONNS APR waiver

[orange79]

How many college senior basketball players do you hear of who don't graduate? KrisJo 4 months left after taking classes for 3 1/2 years, I highly doubt he doesn't finish.

Also Scoop graduated last year I believe anyway.

Scoop is indeed a graduate student.

 

[orangecuse]

Based on what? They might seem like great kids but maybe they want to work on getting into the league so they go to camps and don't go to class.

In regards to Scoop, doesn't he already possess his undergraduate degree? Do these rules apply to his graduate credits/degree?

 

[orangecuse]

Scoop is indeed a graduate student.

So indeed it's irrelevant.

 

[mountaincuse]

From boneyard

"The NCAA definitely has it out for UConn. I understand UConn's athletic department and Calhoun are also to blame for this mess, but the fact that the NCAA can change the rules as they please simply because they want to fu*k with a school is beyond ridiculous. The rules beforehand were that if you do not meet the score of 900, you are docked two scholarships. Suddenly UConn works around these rules to land Drummond and now not meeting the requirements leads to a postseason ban? If you can't see something fu*ked up about that then I don't know what to tell you."

:rolling:

It's obviously all part of Coach K's never ending vendetta against Jim C.

 

[orange79]

So indeed it's irrelevant.

I don't know if it's irrelevant or not. As you asked, I don't know if the rules apply to grad students.

Anyone know?

 

[PoppyHart]

Well, given the privacy laws which we just got a first hand peek at with the Melo situation, I'd say we don't get the full story most of the time. That is, we only hear about the "success" stories, where people effectively waive their privacy rights and their graduation status is revealed. Those who don't graduate are swept under the rug and not discussed.

As to the bigger picture, I'm more concerned with a Dion or Melo declaring early and making themselves scarce from the classroom. While we don't know the true story with Melo, we can infer that he's probably pretty close to the edge of "on pace to graduate". And if Dion let's the lottery talk go to his head, he could leave us in the same boat as Flynn.

How many college senior basketball players do you hear of who don't graduate? KrisJo 4 months left after taking classes for 3 1/2 years, I highly doubt he doesn't finish.

Also Scoop graduated last year I believe anyway.

 

[longtimefan]

Based on what? They might seem like great kids but maybe they want to work on getting into the league so they go to camps and don't go to class.

Duplicate post. Please disregard.

 

[IthacaMatt]

This board shouldn't be throwing stones at anyone based on APR considering there's the possibility this happens to us, especially since we lost two scholies in 2009-2010 because of it.

Dude, I've been around here long enough to see us get screwed in similar situations. Billy Edelin, Mark Konecny, Todd Burgan, We've been there.