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The NCAA released the academic progress report data today. WESTERN made the penalty list for men's BB. It is listed under historical penalty, and they have been put on public notice.
Man, I hope Molinari can turn that program around- in more ways than one.
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Other Summit or Gateway schools: subject to penalties 2007-08
Centenary- Baseball,men's BB,men's soccer
Indiana State- men's tennis
SIU-C- men's track-indoor and outdoor
Southern Utah- baseball,men's BB, football
UMKC- softball
A lot of schools on the list. But, a list you try to avoid.
There's always an "explanation", but, if you are on the list, you are on the list.
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Interesting.
I had thought in some years in the recent past that their academics had been pretty good on the basketball team. I know as a department, they seem to be doing pretty well.
Maybe we just recruited a bunch of stupid people last year. 
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I look for Coach Molinari to improve on that basketball Academic ranking.
While we have had a few players each year making the "All Academic" list, there appear to be a larger number who were not succeeding.
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I believe because we have had so many players quit or leave the program, that has hit against the program too.
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WESTERN's Proactive Response to NCAA Academic Progress Rate Score for Men's Basketball Team
Western Illinois University administrators have already taken action in anticipation of the NCAA’s Academic Progress Rates (APR), which were announced today for all sports teams at Division I colleges and universities.
Despite most recently producing its best academic semester on record, the Western Illinois men’s basketball team received a score of 874. The Division I Board of Directors set cut scores of 925 and 900 (out of 1,000) as a threshold for teams to meet or face possible immediate and historical sanctions. As an institution, Western Illinois received a score of 947.
The APR, now in its fourth year, measures the eligibility, retention and graduation of Division I student-athletes, and serves as a predictor of graduation success. The most recent scores are based on a multi-year rate that averages scores from the 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06, and 2006-07 academic years.
“What we are facing now in men’s basketball are the historical sanctions,” said Western Illinois Director of Athletics Dr. Tim Van Alstine. “We saw four-plus years without a successful retention rate or graduation rate, so we had already begun taking the necessary steps to reverse that trend. We have seen some of the fruits of our labor in the past semester, but that is only a start to what we want to accomplish.”
Earlier this Spring the NCAA approved an APR improvement plan submitted by the University. Significant components of the plan include hiring an additional full-time athletics academic advisor, creating additional space for academic services, and increasing emphasis on roster retention and transfer student-athlete success.
“We have taken the challenges of improving our APR score very seriously, and we have seen improvement,” said Van Alstine, of scores that have improved each of the past four years. “We have implemented strategies and programs to help facilitate this change, placing special emphasis on both eligibility and retention. We have closely examined our recruiting efforts and our coaching philosophies.”
“Academics is the number one reason these young men are here,” said head coach Jim Molinari. “We are a very attractive institution both academically and athletically, and we are committed to helping our student-athletes succeed in both areas.”
“As a University that values academic excellence at its core, we are fully committed to the principles in the APR academic behavioral shift,” said Van Alstine. “We are close to turning the corner, but it is not something that can be changed overnight. We will continue to review and improve our plan on an ongoing basis.”
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I missed a Summit member appearing on "the list"
ORU- Baseball.
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Speaking of ORU. I wonder how much the recent scandel might affect athletic recruiting the next few years. They seem to have gotten some good athletes- in many sports.
I don't want to get into the scandel itself- I believe we all know some type of scandel can hit any institution- from the service academies on down. I would think it might have an affect until they get stable with a new administration- and rebuild their credibility.
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[quote]BRGJOE (5/7/2008)
Interesting.
I had thought in some years in the recent past that their academics had been pretty good on the basketball team. I know as a department, they seem to be doing pretty well.
Maybe we just recruited a bunch of stupid people last year.
Joe C.
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APR does not just take into account academics. It also hurts you if a player leaves your program.
NIU was above the 925 score in all 17 sports but i still think this APR thing is pretty ridiculous. Graduating players is important but penalizing schools for players who quit is dumb. If a player wants to quit that is his/her choice. Also, what is the NCAA doing to help out schools who are consistently "underachieving" to their so-called standards? Are they assisting these programs with appropriate money for tutoring? Penalizing schools who don't have the same resources as BCS schools is absurd.
What annoys me most is that for a second year in a row the BCS schools found a way to get around the system so they didn't have to lose scholarships. Meanwhile, they're still hitting the non-BCS schools hard. If it was BCS schools getting hit as hard they would be up in arms and make a huge fuss about the APR which would force the NCAA to rethink this policy. However, if they hit the small schools hard the complaints aren't as pronounced and the NCAA can look like they're actually doing something by trying to maintain that whole "we care about student-athletes" thing.
Read this article:
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080506/SPORTS/80506039
Numerous teams in both sports that otherwise would have been penalized -- including the Purdue football team (score of 920) and Indiana men's basketball team (899) -- received waivers conditioned on the successful implementation of an "APR Improvement Plan" that typically includes promises of more tutoring, advising and monitoring of athletes.
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