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This is how it is supposed to be done. Nice job by all the Griz Coaches, Athletes, and UM Compliance Staff! :thumb:
UM meets NCAA's academic marks
By FRITZ NEIGHBOR of the Missoulian
The figures are in for the third year of the Academic Progress Rates, the academic reform program instituted by the NCAA, and the University of Montana is nearly aces.
Of the six men's and eight women's sports at UM, just men's basketball had a multi-year APR under the NCAA goal of 925. That rating was 921, and not subject to penalty because of a “squad-size adjustment” that gives programs some leeway.
The other men's sports rated thusly: Football 942, tennis 941, cross country 929, indoor track 929, and outdoor track, 926. A rating of 925 is roughly equivalent to a 60 percent graduation rate.
The women's sports APRs ran from 975 for golf to 943 for tennis. In between were basketball (972), indoor track (968), cross country (966), outdoor track (962), volleyball (955) and soccer (950).
“We're very proud of the kids they're bringing in, and that the kids are performing,” said Jean Gee, UM's associate athletic director for compliance. “The coaches are really keen on this information, and really pay attention to it when they're recruiting. We're doing a great job.”
Teams that score below 925 and have a student fail academically and leave school can lose up to 10 percent of their scholarships, according to the NCAA's Wednesday release.
A sub-par APR could be a red flag for those programs that needed the squad-size adjustment. According to the NCAA, 44 percent of men's basketball teams and 40 percent of the football teams in Division I would have possibly lost scholarships without it.
The adjustment is in place while the NCAA gets four years of data. It is also meant to protect a smaller sport, say a golf team, from getting dinged should one of its six athletes struggle academically.
“It's hard for people to understand, but they're applying that to every squad,” Gee said. “The whole APR is difficult to explain.
“Losing points on six kids in golf versus in football with 83, is not really fair. Smaller squads get more wiggle room than a bigger squad.”
That said, Montana has fared well under the new NCAA requirements. Other Big Sky Conference schools didn't do as well. Northern Arizona is looking at a penalty of 4.41 football scholarships, Weber State is losing 3.68 football scholarships, Montana State has a penalty of three football scholarships, and Sacramento State is losing 2.53 in football.
Weber State, MSU and Sac State also have a historical penalty, meaning this isn't the first time they haven't met the APR guidelines. Eastern Washington, Northern Colorado and Idaho State aren't looking at current penalties. Portland State faces a minor penalty for its wrestling program.
UM meets NCAA's academic marks
By FRITZ NEIGHBOR of the Missoulian
The figures are in for the third year of the Academic Progress Rates, the academic reform program instituted by the NCAA, and the University of Montana is nearly aces.
Of the six men's and eight women's sports at UM, just men's basketball had a multi-year APR under the NCAA goal of 925. That rating was 921, and not subject to penalty because of a “squad-size adjustment” that gives programs some leeway.
The other men's sports rated thusly: Football 942, tennis 941, cross country 929, indoor track 929, and outdoor track, 926. A rating of 925 is roughly equivalent to a 60 percent graduation rate.
The women's sports APRs ran from 975 for golf to 943 for tennis. In between were basketball (972), indoor track (968), cross country (966), outdoor track (962), volleyball (955) and soccer (950).
“We're very proud of the kids they're bringing in, and that the kids are performing,” said Jean Gee, UM's associate athletic director for compliance. “The coaches are really keen on this information, and really pay attention to it when they're recruiting. We're doing a great job.”
Teams that score below 925 and have a student fail academically and leave school can lose up to 10 percent of their scholarships, according to the NCAA's Wednesday release.
A sub-par APR could be a red flag for those programs that needed the squad-size adjustment. According to the NCAA, 44 percent of men's basketball teams and 40 percent of the football teams in Division I would have possibly lost scholarships without it.
The adjustment is in place while the NCAA gets four years of data. It is also meant to protect a smaller sport, say a golf team, from getting dinged should one of its six athletes struggle academically.
“It's hard for people to understand, but they're applying that to every squad,” Gee said. “The whole APR is difficult to explain.
“Losing points on six kids in golf versus in football with 83, is not really fair. Smaller squads get more wiggle room than a bigger squad.”
That said, Montana has fared well under the new NCAA requirements. Other Big Sky Conference schools didn't do as well. Northern Arizona is looking at a penalty of 4.41 football scholarships, Weber State is losing 3.68 football scholarships, Montana State has a penalty of three football scholarships, and Sacramento State is losing 2.53 in football.
Weber State, MSU and Sac State also have a historical penalty, meaning this isn't the first time they haven't met the APR guidelines. Eastern Washington, Northern Colorado and Idaho State aren't looking at current penalties. Portland State faces a minor penalty for its wrestling program.
