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Two Schollies Lost

By now, most ardent Buckeye followers know that OSU has lost two basketball scholarships for the 2009-10 season. Not due to bad grades, but bad graduation rates. Not due to flunking out, but leaving for 'graduate school' (aka NBA) early.

Is it coincidence that Thad & crew doesn't have anyone coming in next year? Or was it just plain good planning and anticipation of the penalties? Many (I know I was one) was wondering what the heck was going on with a 'hole' in his classes for the 2009-10 year. I watch the Lady Buckeyes reel in McDonald's All-American after McD AA, and wondered.

Now we know. Kudos to Thad & crew for their foresight. The Buckeyes won't miss a beat, as they plan for the great group coming in, building on their young stature. I see at least two Final Four appearances in the next four years for the Buckeyes.

:gobucks3::gobucks4::banger:
 
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calibuck;1463612; said:
By now, most ardent Buckeye followers know that OSU has lost two basketball scholarships for the 2009-10 season. Not due to bad grades, but bad graduation rates. Not due to flunking out, but leaving for 'graduate school' (aka NBA) early.

Is it coincidence that Thad & crew doesn't have anyone coming in next year? Or was it just plain good planning and anticipation of the penalties? Many (I know I was one) was wondering what the heck was going on with a 'hole' in his classes for the 2009-10 year. I watch the Lady Buckeyes reel in McDonald's All-American after McD AA, and wondered.

Now we know. Kudos to Thad & crew for their foresight. The Buckeyes won't miss a beat, as they plan for the great group coming in, building on their young stature. I see at least two Final Four appearances in the next four years for the Buckeyes.

:gobucks3::gobucks4::banger:
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You probably should have posted here
http://www.buckeyeplanet.com/forum/buckeye-basketball/613916-mattas-one-dones-6.html
 
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Steve19;1463675; said:
I don't understand something about this. Part of the problem is Oden and Koufos. Didn't Oden come back for a summer quarter with Conley?
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I am pretty sure that he didn't come back during the summer but when he left during the middle of the quarter that probably gave him a 0.0 which meant that he left Ohio State in bad academic standing for that quarter which affects the APR.
 
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I guess I missed the part where recruiting guys who turn out to be whiny little pussies who depart in a snit over lack of PT is evidence of academic failure.

This whole APR thing, as it is currently administered, is a cruel joke that needs to sink into the sea.
 
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John Bruno, the university's faculty athletic representative, tried to put the best face on the matter. In discussing the academic improvement plan that OSU submitted in 2007 to try to rescue Greg Oden's forfeited scholarship, Bruno said the program scored "a bit less" than the 940 APR score it targeted for the 2007-08 school year, which presumably would have rescued the scholarship.

In fact, Ohio State's score for that year was 916. The average score for all Division I men's basketball teams in 2007-08 was 947, the NCAA said in an accompanying report.

The NCAA does not release schools' scores for single years, only an average of the past four years. It also gags universities from revealing one-year scores.

But by tracking Ohio State's averages and published reports since the inception of the APR in 2005, it is possible to pinpoint its score each year:

Year ..... Score ..... Average
2007-08 ..... 916 ..... 911
2006-07 ..... 932 ..... 909
2005-06 ..... 884 ..... 902
2004-05 ..... 912 ..... 911
2003-04 ..... 910 ..... 910

The five teams posting APR scores to date included 15 scholarship players recruited by Matta and 14 by former coach Jim O'Brien.

Of the 14 recruited by O'Brien, nine graduated (seven under Matta), three did not (two under Matta) and two transferred (both under Matta).

Of the 15 recruited by Matta, one (Ron Lewis) has graduated, one (Othello Hunter) has not, six remain in the program, and seven left during or after their first year -- four went to the NBA, two transferred and one left school.

Ohio State's APR score next year, for the 2008-09 school year, will be the first for a team comprised completely of players recruited by Matta.


Posted by Bob Baptist on May 11, 2009 7:52 PM | Permalink
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Catchin' up on Weatherspoon, APR, etc. (Hoops & Scoops: an OSU basketball blog)
 
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APR = On the Rise

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