July 1, 200719 yr Here's a google result for "God's Academy:" God's Academy Attracts Talent, NCAA Scrutiy There's no question that basketball is important at God's Academy. For most of the summer, the preliminary enrollment form posted on the Web site for the North Texas private school sought no academic information from prospective students. It did ask for their shoe and uniform sizes. God's Academy operated out of an Irving recreation center last year with about 40 students. Most were high school or junior high students, some were home schooled and almost all played basketball. Athletic programs at nontraditional high schools such as God's Academy have recently attracted increased scrutiny from the NCAA. Reports in The New York Times and The Washington Post exposed high schools at which athletes gained college eligibility with fraudulent credits. God's Academy is one of the schools whose academics are being evaluated by the NCAA. In early July, the NCAA delayed deciding whether God's Academy graduates meet the organization's standards for initial eligibility. "That's nothing negative," said Tim Miller, president, head basketball coach and founder of God's Academy. He attributed the status to paperwork being filed late. With classes scheduled to begin Tuesday, he said he has told this season's players and their families that the issue is unresolved. NCAA vice president Kevin Lennon, in charge of the national evaluation, said questions about God's Academy remain and might require a campus visit. NCAA officials aren't the only ones who have had questions or issues regarding God's Academy during its one-year existence: • An official with the Irving parks and recreation department said God's Academy was never authorized to conduct classes at its West Park Recreation Center. Assistant director Dwight Pinnix said there was an informal agreement with God's Academy to rent the gym for its home school basketball teams and allow players to do homework in multipurpose rooms while awaiting their turns to practice. • Opposing coaches in a tournament in December at Mineral Wells High School were surprised and upset to see the God's Academy Ambassadors show up with two fifth-year seniors who had signed Division I letters of intent a month earlier. The presence of Oklahoma signee Jeremy Mayfield and UT-Arlington signee Tommy Moffitt led to the team's dismissal from the tournament in midstream. It also prompted Miller to immediately add a prep school basketball program, the only one in North Texas. The God's Academy boys, including Miller's son, ended their season by placing third in a national tournament for Christian schools that included prep school teams. The girls, including Miller's daughter, won the high school division. "I was not trying to make a basketball powerhouse," Miller said. "First, I'm a dad. Then it turned into something different." Miller declined to provide The Dallas Morning News with copies of paperwork filed with the NCAA. He also declined to identify any of the teachers and said none would consent to be interviewed. I take it that Miller's son is KC?
July 2, 200719 yr You never know how a player will turn out. He still has 3 years of high school left. But for the time being he is a big time recruit. Billy Clyde is getting it done. He just needs some big boys to go a long with all these great guards.
July 2, 200719 yr You never know how a player will turn out. He still has 3 years of high school left. But for the time being he is a big time recruit. Billy Clyde is getting it done. He just needs some big boys to go a long with all these great guards. Projected top 5 recruit in his class. While you are correct.. I can't see him dropping off that much. Besides, this is what all UK fans have wanted. TALENT.
July 2, 200719 yr Projected top 5 recruit in his class. While you are correct.. I can't see him dropping off that much. Besides, this is what all UK fans have wanted. TALENT. Any time you take a kid this early, there's always the danger of them not progressing to where you were expecting. As you said he's a top 5 talent in 2010 at this point, but Leonard Washington was top 10 in the class of 07 after his freshman year as well. It's not always going to pan out, and a verbal committment from a kid this far in advance is definitely a fluid situation.
July 2, 200719 yr Any time you take a kid this early, there's always the danger of them not progressing to where you were expecting. As you said he's a top 5 talent in 2010 at this point, but Leonard Washington was top 10 in the class of 07 after his freshman year as well. It's not always going to pan out, and a verbal committment from a kid this far in advance is definitely a fluid situation. Surely you don't recommend the Tubby system. Beg the left over kids from the present year? You have to take a risk. You can't win the lottery if you don't buy a ticket.
July 2, 200719 yr Surely you don't recommend the Tubby system. Beg the left over kids from the present year? You have to take a risk. You can't win the lottery if you don't buy a ticket. Never said I'm against taking the early verbal, just saying that it's a very fluid situation.
July 2, 200719 yr Never said I'm against taking the early verbal, just saying that it's a very fluid situation. :thumb:
July 2, 200719 yr BECAREFUL what you wished for!!!!!! :laugh: Since you knew we were getting Billy G I guess it's ok to say that. :rolleyes:
July 2, 200719 yr Since you knew we were getting Billy G I guess it's ok to say that. :rolleyes: NOTHING to do with that.... all the people in that thread implied losing Tubby was a mistake.. remember the "we would be set back 10 years and so forth." I was pro change.. and because of my voice and others the dynasty is now going in the right direction.
July 2, 200719 yr NOTHING to do with that.... all the people in that thread implied losing Tubby was a mistake.. remember the "we would be set back 10 years and so forth." I was pro change.. and because of my voice and others the dynasty is now going in the right direction. :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: I was right there with you SA.
July 2, 200719 yr You never know how a player will turn out. He still has 3 years of high school left. But for the time being he is a big time recruit. Billy Clyde is getting it done. He just needs some big boys to go a long with all these great guards. Agreed. A player can committ all he/she wants to. The kid has 3 years of high shool left and his plans can change. No kid should committ this early. What's next a 7th grader committing to Duke?
July 2, 200719 yr Agreed. A player can commit all he/she wants to. The kid has 3 years of high shool left and his plans can change. No kid should commit this early. What's next a 7th grader commiting to Duke? Nope. 8th graders committing to USC... http://missoulian.com/articles/2007/06/23/sports/zsports02.txt
July 2, 200719 yr Nope. 8th graders committing to USC... http://missoulian.com/articles/2007/06/23/sports/zsports02.txt Oh yea. I forgot about that. Was reading something on this on another board. It boggles my mind that anyone would let their kid do this. Let them think about it. Maybe a better team could come around. Committing this early just hurts the kid in the long run.
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