M. Basketball. Rupp Adds Nine for Upcoming Season - latechsports.com

[OmahaDawg]

college sports / pro sports...apples and oranges.

[GatorDawg]

college sports / pro sports...apples and oranges.

In some cases sure. They tend to be more lenient in the pros.

[TYLERTECHSAS]

I just think if you're going to kill the coaches for something, it ought to be something they did.

If you want to gripe about the players they cut, or the players that they recruited that didn't work out, then fine, I get that.

But if a walk-on leaves because his best friend gets kicked off the football team for breaking rules. . .

I agree

[kdk008]

So Curz Williams makes a mistake, his friend leaves, and it's Rupp's fault. Yeah, that makes sense. Rupp should be fired. I mean he was pushing it for getting rid of players who weren't performing to standards, representing the program well enough and breaking the rules, but now he has really crossed the line. I can't believe Rupp would be so incompetent to not make sure Cruz Williams was follwing his rules to keep Anson happy.

[qng001]

If Anson left because Cruz f'd up, I have little respect for him. Really kid? You quit basketball because your football friend broke team rules? Doesn't make sense.

Did Anson really quit because of Cruz? Or is it speculation?

[GatorDawg]

Don't forget that a few months ago Utah State just kicked about 3 or 4 players off their team because they weren't taking care of business.

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[roedawg]

Bartlett wasn't coming back before Cruise got kicked off the football team. He wasn't going to be eligible in the fall and decided not to return to school.

[johnnylightnin]

Bartlett wasn't coming back before Cruise got kicked off the football team. He wasn't going to be eligible in the fall and decided not to return to school.

Thanks for the update...maybe we can let it die now.

[qng001]

Back on topic, I'm excited about the kids that we got. I hope they can gel quick and do well this season.

[Dwayne From Minden]

Back on topic, I'm excited about the kids that we got. I hope they can gel quick and do well this season.

Probably the most solid class he has signed -

I'm a little worried about the schedule - I don't think it will be as favorable as last year's....

[HoDo-Tech70]

Bartlett wasn't coming back before Cruise got kicked off the football team. He wasn't going to be eligible in the fall and decided not to return to school.

Is the APR computed only on scholarship players, or is it computed using the entire roster? If it is the latter, then his leaving would seem to hurt our APR.

[Bill Brasky]

Is the APR computed only on scholarship players, or is it computed using the entire roster? If it is the latter, then his leaving would seem to hurt our APR.

That is pretty sad when you can't make grades in Ruston.

[DogsWin]

Is the APR computed only on scholarship players, or is it computed using the entire roster? If it is the latter, then his leaving would seem to hurt our APR.

Only scholarship players count towards APR. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2005Feb28.html

Q: How is the APR computed, and what's the significance of 925?
A: Each scholarship athlete on a roster can score two points -- one for maintaining a grade-point average that keeps him or her on track to graduate; one for returning to school the next semester. The APR is the total points scored by the team, divided by the total points possible, and multiplied by 1,000.
Example: A soccer team has 10 scholarship athletes. One signs a contract with D.C. United and leaves school early, but in good academic standing; he scores one point. Another player gets a D-average and quits school; he scores zero points. Everyone else is in good academic standing and stays in school; they score 16 points. The team's APR is 17 divided by 20 (0.850), multiplied by 1,000 (850). Because 850 is below the 925 cutoff, the team won't be allowed to re-award the scholarship of the player who dropped out in poor academic standing for one year.