As expected, the University of Connecticut men's basketball team has been banned from postseason play for the 2012-13 season as punishment for a sub-standard academic progress rate.
The Huskies are the highest-profile team - by a very wide margin - to be hit with such a penalty, and the first from a BCS conference. The university will continue to appeal, but does not expect a change in the ruling.
Academic progress rate - commonly abbreviated as APR - is a formula designed to measure the academic progress of players on a given team. Each player receives one point for staying in school for the entire academic year and another for maintaining good academic standing. Connecticut's problems stem, in large part, from the departures of Darius Smith and Jonathan Mandledove, who left the school in poor academic standing after the 2009-10 season.
That's also the biggest criticism of the APR and associated penalties - Connecticut's 2012-13 team will be forced to sit out March Madness due to the actions of players that haven't been with the team in years.
Worth noting: schools are not penalized when players transfer or leave school to go pro, so long as they meet all their academic requirements until their departure. The APR does not track "graduation rate" per se.
- UConn Basketball Is Among Those to Receive Postseason Ban - NYTimes.com.
- Basketball Glossary: Academic Progress Rate (APR)
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