NCAA: Boy, those NCAA sanctions really hurt UConn

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http://blogs.gazette.com/paulklee/2014/04/07/ncaa-boy-those-ncaa-sanctions-really-hurt-uconn/

The University of Connecticut basketball program committed major recruiting violations and was placed on NCAA probation. But that isn’t the reason UConn couldn’t compete in the NCAA tournament in 2013.

UConn was banned from the postseason in 2013 because its APR scores were so awful.

In a nutshell, the UConn program not only cheated, but it failed miserably on the academic front. That’s quite the doubleheader, Huskies.

(You can read about both failures here, here or here. Or here’s an excellent column from Gary Parrish. Or the initial piece of investigation reporting from Yahoo! Sports. Take your pick. They’re all true.)

(Oh, and that doesn’t mention the NCAA investigation into standout guard Ryan Boatright, who was forced to sit out a bunch of games before he was cleared. Can’t forget that one.)

Back to the recruiting violations. The NCAA placed UConn on probation from Feb. 22, 2011, through Feb. 21, 2014. So the probation was scheduled to end about two weeks ago.

Tonight, UConn plays Kentucky in the national championship game.

Boy, those NCAA sanctions and academic penalties really hurt UConn. How will the Huskies ever recover?
 
http://blogs.gazette.com/paulklee/2014/04/07/ncaa-boy-those-ncaa-sanctions-really-hurt-uconn/

The University of Connecticut basketball program committed major recruiting violations and was placed on NCAA probation. But that isn’t the reason UConn couldn’t compete in the NCAA tournament in 2013.

UConn was banned from the postseason in 2013 because its APR scores were so awful.

In a nutshell, the UConn program not only cheated, but it failed miserably on the academic front. That’s quite the doubleheader, Huskies.

(You can read about both failures here, here or here. Or here’s an excellent column from Gary Parrish. Or the initial piece of investigation reporting from Yahoo! Sports. Take your pick. They’re all true.)

(Oh, and that doesn’t mention the NCAA investigation into standout guard Ryan Boatright, who was forced to sit out a bunch of games before he was cleared. Can’t forget that one.)

Back to the recruiting violations. The NCAA placed UConn on probation from Feb. 22, 2011, through Feb. 21, 2014. So the probation was scheduled to end about two weeks ago.

Tonight, UConn plays Kentucky in the national championship game.

Boy, those NCAA sanctions and academic penalties really hurt UConn. How will the Huskies ever recover?

Speaking of APR, does anyone know if Jakarr Sampson is even on campus still? There's been radio silence from him. If he just bails from school, would it still affect our APR, or does his decision to declare negate that?
 
http://blogs.gazette.com/paulklee/2014/04/07/ncaa-boy-those-ncaa-sanctions-really-hurt-uconn/

The University of Connecticut basketball program committed major recruiting violations and was placed on NCAA probation. But that isn’t the reason UConn couldn’t compete in the NCAA tournament in 2013.

UConn was banned from the postseason in 2013 because its APR scores were so awful.

In a nutshell, the UConn program not only cheated, but it failed miserably on the academic front. That’s quite the doubleheader, Huskies.

(You can read about both failures here, here or here. Or here’s an excellent column from Gary Parrish. Or the initial piece of investigation reporting from Yahoo! Sports. Take your pick. They’re all true.)

(Oh, and that doesn’t mention the NCAA investigation into standout guard Ryan Boatright, who was forced to sit out a bunch of games before he was cleared. Can’t forget that one.)

Back to the recruiting violations. The NCAA placed UConn on probation from Feb. 22, 2011, through Feb. 21, 2014. So the probation was scheduled to end about two weeks ago.

Tonight, UConn plays Kentucky in the national championship game.

Boy, those NCAA sanctions and academic penalties really hurt UConn. How will the Huskies ever recover?

Speaking of APR, does anyone know if Jakarr Sampson is even on campus still? There's been radio silence from him. If he just bails from school, would it still affect our APR, or does his decision to declare negate that?

Not an expert in this area, but would think if he bailed before completing current semester it could have a negative impact.
 
Someone posted Jakarr was supposed to finish up his classes.

Phil Greene posted a video on Instagram today in the St. John's locker room and Jakarr was seen in the background, he's still there
 
I will never understand why the sanctions and penalties and delays that the NCAA put SJU through were out of proportion to those leveled against other teams and schools who did worse. It seemed like a vendetta or something. Or, maybe the admin and coaches were not fully cooperative? if I recall correctly (maybe not), Jarvis was pretty arrogant and obnoxious at the time to the NCAA and maybe that played into how we were treated.

We were basically consigned to the frontier, and our program never recovered, while UCONN won a national title only a year after its "sanctions."

Maybe someone can explain. :(
 
UConn seemingly has always been one of the prize children of the NCAA and has got away alot over the years. They only acted (and lightly at that) when their hand was forced.
 
UConn seemingly has always been one of the prize children of the NCAA and has got away alot over the years. They only acted (and lightly at that) when their hand was forced.

Good points and I totally agree.
 
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