Ya'll realize that UConn is ineligible for next year's NCAA Tournament, right? I mean, surely you've heard about this ... or maybe you haven't, because Jim Calhoun and UConn seem to get a free pass from the national media -- namely, ESPN -- no matter what they do. You see, UConn's academic "performance" has been so poor over the years (hmm, wonder why Bob Knight hasn't targeted them ...) that their APR ranking bans them from post-season play starting next year.
Fear not, though, as UConn has presented the NCAA with a plan that it thinks should mitigate its academic failings and allow the Huskies to overturn their NCAA tournament ban. It includes ... wait for it ... "cutting the number of games UConn will participate in, including exhibitions -- but not that boondoggle trip to the Paradise Jam tournament in the Virgin Islands -- forfeiting money earned at the 2013 Big East Tournament, and suggesting Jim Calhoun would bring current or former NBA players to inner-city schools to discuss the importance of academics," per ESPN.com's Dana O'Neil (who is certain to find herself on probation for taking UConn to task against company policy).
For more on this, click here. If the NCAA permits UConn to participate in next year's tournament, it will be a complete load of bullsh*t, and clear, definitive proof that, for whatever reason, that program in Storrs, Connecticut gets preferential treatment.
UPDATE (2:55pm) - The NCAA has denied UConn's waiver request. Unless they win their appeal, this means UConn will not be eligible for next year's NCAA Tournament. In case guys like Jeremy Lamb or Andre Drummond were considering coming back for another year, you can bet they're gone now.
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I'll admit my bias, but I'd love for them to have to vacate last year's NCAA championship....not that it would/will happen.....but on principle, for what they've done and for the betterment of the Dawgs.
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