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State Colleges Failing In Two Sports
AP
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Des Moines, IA (AP) - Two sports program have fallen below the
NCAA's academic standards at Iowa's four Division 1 schools --
Iowa, Iowa State, Northern Iowa and Drake.
The ISU's men's basketball team and UNI's men's cross country
program are the only ones of 78 programs with substandard scores on
the NCAA's Academic Progress Report. But neither will lose
scholarships.
All Division 1 schools are required to have an APR score over
925. Teams that finish with scores below the mandated cutline are
subject to penalties.
ISU's basketball program, which lost two scholarships last year
as a result of a substandard score, improved its three-year APR
score, from 852 to 869. That score could have resulted in the
Cyclones losing more scholarships, but no member of the 2006-07
team was declared academically ineligible.
NCAA officials waived any penalties for UNI's cross country
program as a result of an adjustment that takes into account
smaller squad sizes.
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