May 29, 200917 yr Mike DeCoursey chimes in. Very solid job by by the best college bball writer out there. Mike spent a portion of his career writing for the Memphis Commercial Appeal, so he knows the lay of the land, and U of Memphis. http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=553953 The letter that arrived back in January to University of Memphis president Shirley Raines' office stated up front she had some serious issues in her athletic department. The words "major violations" are right there, like a Category 5 hurricane warning to a person living in a beachfront home. And then, for six and a half pages, the "notice of allegations" goes on about women's golf. A show of hands: How many knew Memphis even had a women's golf team? Who figured there could be anything major about it? There are some substantial charges against the women's golf program, which is how new Kentucky coach John Calipari came to find himself in the headlines. His name appears nowhere in the report, but two allegations regarding the Tigers basketball program he once coached have been extrapolated to "major" because they were stuffed under the same umbrella as the golf case.
May 29, 200917 yr Thank you for posting this, I was about to myself. This is a very calming article and it should reassure everyone that Cal is completely NOT at fault here in this situation.
May 30, 200917 yr DeCoursey once again takes the NCAA to task in his daily Sporting News article, claiming Inspector Clouseau is more efficient in solving cases.
May 30, 200917 yr Well written article that puts the "smoke & mirrrors" of the NCAA inner workings into plain English. It really does appear that while supposedly investgating the women's golf program, the NCAA tried very hard to come up with something on the men's hoops program; and quite frankly per the article, came up pretty empty if this was all they could find? The "free travel" issue would seem to be a rather common practice, and kind of weird in this case, since the kid apparently paid for most of the trips when he traveled on the team plane. I suspect that the SAT issue is probably more common than we all would imagine; but my question is how in the heck should a college coach or University be expected to know if this fraud takes place at a high school somewhere? Apparently the NCAA clearing house OK'ed him, which means it wasn't like he scored much higher than previous attempts? Guessing due to the "rags to riches" flurry of success that Coach Cal experienced at Memphis the last few years, the NCAA bloodhounds came calling; but appear to have found little?? Kind of reminds me of the old days of the "NCAA vs. Tark the Shark"!!
May 30, 200917 yr The trick to not getting flagged on a test is pretty simple. Only take it once... Exactly. :thumb: What could this mean for D-rose? :popcorn:
May 30, 200917 yr The trick to not getting flagged on a test is pretty simple. Only take it once... True, but lots of these kids aren't exactly Rhodes' scholars; and need to take a test several times to get an acceptable number? This is true for athletes and non-athletes--I'd venture a guess the vast majority of incoming college students take the SAT or ACT multiple times, many just in order to get accepted.
May 30, 200917 yr True, but lots of these kids aren't exactly Rhodes' scholars; and need to take a test several times to get an acceptable number? This is true for athletes and non-athletes--I'd venture a guess the vast majority of incoming college students take the SAT or ACT multiple times, many just in order to get accepted. You'd be surprised at the number of kids that haven't taken it until the end of their SR year. Cousins, Wall and Bledsoe all fit that description....
May 30, 200917 yr You'd be surprised at the number of kids that haven't taken it until the end of their SR year. Cousins, Wall and Bledsoe all fit that description.... I guess we can assume they all cheated then
May 30, 200917 yr True, but lots of these kids aren't exactly Rhodes' scholars; and need to take a test several times to get an acceptable number? This is true for athletes and non-athletes--I'd venture a guess the vast majority of incoming college students take the SAT or ACT multiple times, many just in order to get accepted. My nephew is a good student he got a 24 on his ACT. Took it again, got a 25. Took it once more got a 28. Now he qualifies for a full academic scholarship. I'd say the third time was a charm for him. He is also playing basketball at this NAIA D2 school.
May 30, 200917 yr You'd be surprised at the number of kids that haven't taken it until the end of their SR year. Cousins, Wall and Bledsoe all fit that description....If true, that's simply appalling. Who is advising these kids?
May 30, 200917 yr I guess we can assume they all cheated then I don't think he was implying anything of the sort ...
May 30, 200917 yr My nephew is a good student he got a 24 on his ACT. Took it again, got a 25. Took it once more got a 28. Now he qualifies for a full academic scholarship. I'd say the third time was a charm for him. He is also playing basketball at this NAIA D2 school. That was my point exactly!! Most kids tend to improve as they get more familiar with the format, pressure of timed testing, etc. Many kids take them multiple times for the same reason as your nephew, as well as those on the bubble of qualifying for schools.
May 30, 200917 yr Author I have the privvy of corresponding with Mike DeCoursey, and he will tell it like it is. In one correspondence he said the NCAA, "seemingly tries to hold Cal to another set of rules."
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