NCAA bans Portland State men's basketball from postseason
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06/09/2010 -
Portland, OR (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The men's basketball team at Portland State
has been banned from competing in the NCAA Tournament for the 2010-11 campaign
after the school fell too low on the NCAA's Academic Progress Rate (APR) score
list that was released Wednesday.
The NCAA said while APR rates showed improvement from last year, a total of
10 teams were subject to postseason bans this coming season, but just Portland
State had to serve the penalty. UAB football, Colorado State men's basketball
and Jacksonville State men's basketball received full conditional waivers and
do not appear on any penalty list. The remaining six - Florida International
baseball, Weber State football, Texas Southern men's basketball, Chattanooga
football, Southeastern Louisiana men's basketball, and UAB men's basketball
received conditional waivers of the postseason ban, but received scholarship
and/or practice time penalties.
The overall multi-year Division I APR was 967, up three points from last year,
according to the NCAA. The organization said football's average four-year APR
is 944, up five points over last year; men's basketball is 940, up seven
points; and baseball is 954, up eight points.
Syracuse men's basketball scored a 912 and will see a reduction of two
scholarships. Colorado was hit with penalties in both men's basketball and
football, losing one and four scholarships, respectively. The Buffaloes scored
920 on the APR in football and 897 in basketball.
The APR, now in its sixth year, is calculated on the eligibility and retention
of scholarship student-athletes. Teams scoring below 925 out of 1,000 can face
penalties, such as scholarship losses and restrictions on practice and
competition. Rates are based on the past four years of performance.
"While only one team currently is subject to the postseason ban, the others
remain subject to the penalty in future years if they do not meet their
specific academic performance conditions or implement their academic
improvement plans," said Kevin Lennon, NCAA vice president for academic and
membership affairs.
Portland State said its officials made an appeal to waive any potential
additional penalties based on academic enhancements and improvements by the
program over the past year. In the three completed academic terms since Tyler
Geving took over as men's basketball head coach, the Viking program has earned
its two highest overall GPAs as a team in the past five years (Spring 2009,
3.00; and Winter 2010, 2.91). During the two years inclusive of 2007-09,
Portland State has graduated seven of its eight seniors. The 2009-10 senior
class of three is scheduled to graduate this year. The school also said, in
the past two completed terms (fall and winter), Portland State basketball has
recorded perfect APR scores.
"This is a very disappointing circumstance," said school athletic director
Torre Chisholm. "The athletic program and university have been working very
aggressively to improve the academic performance of student-athletes. This
penalty is the result of past academic deficiencies. Unfortunately, men's
basketball had fallen into a very deep APR hole. We just couldn't climb out of
it fast enough."
The NCAA said this year 137 teams at 80 schools have been penalized for poor
academic performance. Last year, 177 teams at 107 schools received penalties,
and two years ago 213 teams at 123 schools were sanctioned. There are
currently more than 6,400 teams in Division I.
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