CHAPEL HILL — The NCAA has officially joined the academic portion of UNC’s investigation into possible misconduct. UNC spokesman Steve Kirschner said an NCAA enforcement representative has been on campus condiucting interviews on the academic matters with UNC for the last two days. Originally, UNC was conducting the academic portion of the investigation as part […]
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A Glimpse at the Academic Focus of a UNC-CH Football Player
Here’s a statement that captures perfectly the academic attitude of some of Butch Davis’ UNC-CH football players: Isn’t that awesome! These guys are still posting this crap for the world to see! Seriously, do they not think they have done enough damage already? I don’t want them to stop of course, it is just amazing! Showtime20UNC is, of […]
Kentucky & academics like oil & water
The Dagger has an interesting blog entry titled: “Kentucky flopped in the classroom in Calipari’s first season” According to records obtained by the Lexington Herald-Leader, Kentucky had a cumulative GPA of 2.025 for fall semester, lowest among all 20 teams at the school. That was also the worst semester GPA a Kentucky men’s basketball team […]
Fowler, Sendek, Amato and the GSR (Updated @ 1:15pm)
NC State is currently tied for the worst record in the Atlantic Coast Conference football season as the program heads towards its longest consecutive streak of non-winning seasons since the 1950s. The Wolfpack has been picked to finish 12th out of 12 teams from almost every imaginable source for the upcoming basketball season continuing a […]
Lorenzo Brown – Another One Bites the Dust
I apologize for not being more timely – I’ve been on vacation and out of the loop. But yes, what you may have heard is indeed true – Lorenzo Brown is headed to prep school and will not suit up for the 2009-10 Wolfpack squad. No matter how down the ACC may be, this is […]
College Basketball Notes
ESPN has two pieces of note this morning. First, the NCAA alleges that Derrick Rose might not have taken his own SAT (if one reads between the lines). It sounds like the only punishment being discussed is vacating Rose’s Final Four, but even that would suck for Memphis, a program whose best days are behind […]
How do they remain academically eligible?
Well…we can add the name of Hakeem Nicks to the ever-growing list of UNC-CH athletes who find academic matriculation at UNC-Chapel Hill significantly easier than daily tasks such as simultaneously thinking and breathing. Nicks will enter the powder blue’s ‘Pantheon of Paradox’ with a seat firmly entrenched between the likes of Kevin Madden, Rasheed Wallace, […]
US News and World Report College Rankings Released
NC State is ranked #83. For the record, I think these rankings are incredibly biased against land grant universities, especially those that place heavy emphasis on science and engineering. That said, NC State is more than 10 slots behind #71 Virginia Tech, and more than 20 slots lower than #61 Clemson. I consider these schools […]
Sam Jones Update (Updated 11:30 am)
Yesterday’s entry regarding Sam Jones sparked conversations along a few different fronts. SFN has confirmed that a significant portion of the Sam Jones rumor is true. Jones and his family were surprised to recently learn that Sam must still pass an Algebra II math class to gain admission to NC State. He will take the […]
N&O: Amato was right about Akron
I love this kind of stuff. I love looking back and reviewing issues with some hindsight and holding people accountable to their words. Tip of the hat to the N&O for their insightful use of yesterday’s APR announcement. Given the scholarship penalties handed out by the NCAA on Tuesday, Chuck Amato was a man ahead […]
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