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Topic: Men's APR falls below 925, lose 1 scholarship.

Topic: Men's APR falls below 925, lose 1 scholarship.

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The Optimist
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Men's APR falls below 925, lose 1 scholarship.

Posted: 5/24/2011 2:22:57 PM

Per Jason Arkley's Twitter.

Not a huge deal right now since we had the open one.

I've seen crazier things happen.

Doc Bobcat
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RE: Men's APR falls below 925, lose 1 scholarship.

Posted: 5/24/2011 2:46:47 PM

The Optimist wrote:

Per Jason Arkley's Twitter.

Not a huge deal right now since we had the open one.

....but might have landed Larry Nance Jr.

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RE: Men's APR falls below 925, lose 1 scholarship.

Posted: 5/24/2011 2:47:49 PM

Are we still able to use that scholarship later for a 2012 prospect?

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RE: Men's APR falls below 925, lose 1 scholarship.

Posted: 5/24/2011 2:55:24 PM

If the APR goes up next year. That will depend on nobody leaving and our players to make grades. I'm not optimistic.

One last parting gift from Devaughn, eh?

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RE: Men's APR falls below 925, lose 1 scholarship.

Posted: 5/24/2011 2:58:29 PM

This is really gonna hurt if Larry Nance Jr. turns out to be a good player somehwere. Hopefully we have no injuries and this isn't an issue.

Memo to Coach Groce, time to start recruiting players that won't leave school until they have graduated.

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RE: Men's APR falls below 925, lose 1 scholarship.

Posted: 5/24/2011 3:20:04 PM

You can look at this one of two ways...

1. Bringing in "character guys" like Bassett and Kinney put you in this position b/c of the effect early departures have on the formula. You can question Groce's judgement there and take him to the woodshed.

Or...

2. You can accept it for what it is. It doesn't hurt the roster next year. Without Armon, we definitely wouldn't have made the NCAA run in 2010 that brought so many of us great memories. Washington wasn't a Groce guy, so his departure shouldn't be tied to JG in my opinion.

I opt for #2 with the caveat that I don't think anybody has Groce on a long leash right now after last year's awfully under-achieving performance, habitual program defections & suspensions, and character issues.

Being seeded 9, 9, and 5 in the MAC Tournament in the last 3 years respectively isn't going to cut it - no matter the memories 2010 produced. You can't have a program with the current on and off court complexion and expect to continue getting accolades like those garnered after the 2010 run.

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RE: Men's APR falls below 925, lose 1 scholarship.

Posted: 5/24/2011 4:04:18 PM

I'm with you there. The rumor is Washington skipped out to prepare for his pro career. If that's the case, I don't really blame him and would have done the same (while still being unhappy about its effect).

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RE: Men's APR falls below 925, lose 1 scholarship.

Posted: 5/24/2011 4:16:48 PM

JSF wrote:

I meant to mention this. IF preparation for a pro career is really the reason why Washington bolted school early, then I have NO issue with his decision. His earning potential is tangible and real, so I don't see this as any different then an on-the-job internship or clerkship for college credit for more traditional students.

If he jumped ship b/c he hated school and couldn't pass QBA...then that's another story. But, I lean towards him having pro dreams and trying to prepare for the next step.

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RE: Men's APR falls below 925, lose 1 scholarship.

Posted: 5/24/2011 4:38:52 PM

So Ohio and Toledo are the only two in the MAC whose scores result in the penalty. The way the usual suspects on here talk, you'd expect Akron and Kent to be the ones in our shoes.

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RE: Men's APR falls below 925, lose 1 scholarship.

Posted: 5/24/2011 4:44:46 PM

Isn't Washington pretty much due for a 6 figures yearly in Europe? I can't blame him for leaving to prepare for that.

I've seen crazier things happen.

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RE: Men's APR falls below 925, lose 1 scholarship.

Posted: 5/24/2011 4:57:08 PM

JSF wrote:

I'm not sure blame is the right word. I'll have to do some research but I believe you can leave school early to pursue pro dreams without negatively impacting your school's APR. In looking at the NCAA website, it's when a player leaves and is academically ineligible that there's an issue. So while we shouldn't blame someone for pursuing their pro dreams, I think it's reasonable to be disappointed when the players/coaches/academic advisors don't manage this.

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RE: Men's APR falls below 925, lose 1 scholarship.

Posted: 5/24/2011 8:35:01 PM

The point is that Ohio for some reason can't keep its players in school. Disgusting.

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RE: Men's APR falls below 925, lose 1 scholarship.

Posted: 5/24/2011 11:26:27 PM

You just made me shudder a little thinking about QBA. Single worst class I took in my four years of school.

Last Edited: 5/24/2011 11:26:49 PM by bobcat695

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RE: Men's APR falls below 925, lose 1 scholarship.

Posted: 5/25/2011 12:23:34 AM

bobcat695 wrote:

You just made me shudder a little thinking about QBA. Single worst class I took in my four years of school.

I've seen crazier things happen.

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Posted: 5/25/2011 1:18:17 AM

colobobcat66 wrote:

The point is that Ohio for some reason can't keep its players in school. Disgusting.

Agreed!

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RE: Men's APR falls below 925, lose 1 scholarship.

Posted: 5/25/2011 8:03:59 AM

The Optimist wrote:

bobcat695 wrote:

You just made me shudder a little thinking about QBA. Single worst class I took in my four years of school.

Is this where our APR falls in a normal distribution?

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RE: Men's APR falls below 925, lose 1 scholarship.

Posted: 5/25/2011 8:15:38 AM

So let's say we had this last scholarship already promised to a recruit who was signed and had their bags packed for Athens...What would've happenned then? Pick a scholarship and say sorry?

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RE: Men's APR falls below 925, lose 1 scholarship.

Posted: 5/25/2011 8:19:59 AM

The Optimist wrote:

bobcat695 wrote:

You just made me shudder a little thinking about QBA. Single worst class I took in my four years of school.

That graph just made me ill....reminded me of the torture of stat classes......did have one I like where the prof had taught high school freshman the year before and he said he would treat us as if we were in the same mathematical boat......worked for me.

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RE: Men's APR falls below 925, lose 1 scholarship.

Posted: 5/25/2011 8:23:18 AM

Andrew Ruck wrote:

So let's say we had this last scholarship already promised to a recruit who was signed and had their bags packed for Athens...What would've happenned then? Pick a scholarship and say sorry?

This happened to Toledo. They lost 3 scholarships, and were down to 10, with 11 scholarship players on the roster. Hayden Humes "decided" to transfer, rather than become a walk on.

http://www.toledoblade.com/UT/2011/04/30/NCAA-penalizes-UT-men-s-program.html

71 BOBCAT
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RE: Men's APR falls below 925, lose 1 scholarship.

Posted: 5/25/2011 8:47:31 AM

Ohio obviously knew about this shortfall and thus never were going to add another scholarship this spring.
My question is will this defection issue hurt us for numerous years to come or is it only a 1 year issue?
Those who say 1 scholarship is no big deal I disagree. We need all scholarships to be filled to be competitive.
Overall Bassett, Kellogg, Coleman, & now Washington have left. All over a short period of time, not good. There were others previous, like Kenny, Horne just to name a few.
It looks like we are in for a period of years where we loose scholarships. This is not good for the university as well as Groce.
While many of these players were TOS recruits they all left under Groce's watch. One would think that the coaching change had something to do with these defections.

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Last Edited: 5/25/2011 9:04:35 AM by 71 BOBCAT

Ohio69
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RE: Men's APR falls below 925, lose 1 scholarship.

Posted: 5/25/2011 11:08:57 AM

I thought there was an initial "warning" year before you were docked a scholarship. Am I wrong or did that already happen or are we so bad we skipped the warning and went straight to losing a scholarship?

Can somebody hit a pull up jumper for me?.....

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RE: Men's APR falls below 925, lose 1 scholarship.

Posted: 5/25/2011 11:38:31 AM

At the bottom of the article a brief rundown of the BCS schools hit and the Ohio Schools hit.

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/sports/stories/2011/...

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RE: Men's APR falls below 925, lose 1 scholarship.

Posted: 5/25/2011 11:59:34 AM

71 BOBCAT wrote:

Those who say 1 scholarship is no big deal I disagree. We need all scholarships to be filled to be competitive.

Kent lost a scholarship a few years ago. Didn't hurt them. And how is Kellogg quitting basketball and staying in school a mark against OU?

Last Edited: 5/25/2011 11:59:48 AM by JSF

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RE: Men's APR falls below 925, lose 1 scholarship.

Posted: 5/25/2011 12:00:45 PM

http://www.themwc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/050211aaa.html

Nance signed with Wyoming on May 2. Are you saying we could have had him? Larry Shyat is the Wyoming coach and has ties to Cleveland, as he was an asst. at Cleveland State in the late 70's- early 80's.

Has anyone found out why Alex Kellogg quit playing?

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RE: Men's APR falls below 925, lose 1 scholarship.

Posted: 5/25/2011 12:07:57 PM

giacomo wrote:

Has anyone found out why Alex Kellogg quit playing?

He didn't want to play anymore.

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