UConn Appeal Rejected

[BMoreX]

Andy Katz ‏ @ESPNAndyKatz
Not surprising that UConn's last appeal was denied. This makes Alex Oriakhi's decision to leave easier. Next up to decide Drummond/Lamb.

Andy Katz ‏ @ESPNAndyKatz
This means that UConn won't participate in the 2013 Big East tournament and/or any postseason.

[MCXU]

Andy Katz ‏ @ESPNAndyKatz
Not surprising that UConn's last appeal was denied. This makes Alex Oriakhi's decision to leave easier. Next up to decide Drummond/Lamb.

Andy Katz ‏ @ESPNAndyKatz
This means that UConn won't participate in the 2013 Big East tournament and/or any postseason.

A.K.A. "The Dayton Penalty"

[DC Muskie]

A.K.A. "The Dayton Penalty"

You are on a roll brother. Public reps.

[xubrew]

Does anyone else have a problem with the fact that the NCAA changed the rules, and then retroactively enforced them?? Whether you like the changes to the rules are not, they shouldn't be retroactively enforced.

Say they applied this method to fighting. Say a year from now, they decide that brawling is now a ten game suspension. They then turn to Xavier and Cincinnati and announce that since the players involved in the brawl weren't suspended for ten games, then it means both schools used players who should have been ineligible, and now neither school is eligible for the NCAA Tournament due to using ineligible players. That's literally what the NCAA is doing to UConn in this case.

The NCAA ruled on it initially by taking to of UConn's scholarships. UConn's APR for the 2010-2011 season hasn't officially been released yet, but when it is it will come in at 975. That's the team that won the national title. When the APR for the 2011-2012 year comes out in April of next year, it will likely be even better than that.

The current team is being punished for what happened during the 2009-2010 season. That was three years ago. At the time, the rules stated they would undergo a reduction in scholarships and they did. Now the NCAA has gone back and stated that since the required APR is now higher, and the rules are now stiffer, that they must retroactively be punished for it, even though UConn's APR numbers for the current players are completely fine and way over the national average.

I don't particularly like UConn, but theyr'e getting completely screwed. Even in places like Iran, I don't think this whole changing-the-rules-and-retroactively-enforcing-them thing would really fly.

[GIMMFD]

I'm completely okay with this, I'm glad that they took a stand, and showed that academics actually matter. If they would have let UCONN play all hell would have broken loose.

[Snipe]

I am fine with it as long as we land that Irish center.

[GIMMFD]

I am fine with it as long as we land that Irish center.

I thought he was Nigerian ;)

[xubrew]

I'm completely okay with this, I'm glad that they took a stand, and showed that academics actually matter. If they would have let UCONN play all hell would have broken loose.

Why would all hell have broken loose if the NCAA had decided to not retroactively enforce a rule?? One would think the opposite would be true.

Their single season APR is going to be way above the national average when it comes out this year, and again when it comes out next year. Even when it was low, not all of it was related to players being in poor academic standing. That's not the only thing that can hurt a program's APR.

They were already punished for it, and they've obviously corrected the problem. It's going to be 975 this year. Why should they be repunished for it??

Again, if they decide to change the rules on fighting this year, and retroactively enforce them by suspending Desmond Wells and declaring Xavier ineligible for the postseason because they played a guy who should have been suspended, that would be outrageous. So is this. UConn's current APR and the academic standing of its current players is actually very good.

[X-band '01]

Add Toledo to the list to schools ineligible for the 2013 NCAA Tournament due to APR issues:

CBS Sports Link (http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/blog/eye-on-college-basketball/18653781/bad-academic-standing-leaves-toledo-out-of-the-2013-postseason-for-now)

I think UNC-Wilmington is another school also facing similar sanctions - any others I may be missing (besides UConn)?

[xubrew]

Add Toledo to the list to schools ineligible for the 2013 NCAA Tournament due to APR issues:

CBS Sports Link (http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/blog/eye-on-college-basketball/18653781/bad-academic-standing-leaves-toledo-out-of-the-2013-postseason-for-now)

I think UNC-Wilmington is another school also facing similar sanctions - any others I may be missing (besides UConn)?

Louisiana Monroe and Grambling will also likely be ineligible.