Summary of penalties for women’s basketball programs from the NCAA APR report

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Friday, June 11, 2010 at 8:08am PDT

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The NCAA released the latest Academic Progress Rates Wednesday. The APR monitors team academic performance. Each Division I team calculates its APR annually based on the eligibility and retention of scholarship student-athletes.

Teams scoring below 925 out of 1,000 can face penalties, such as scholarship losses and restrictions on practice and competition. Teams also can face historical-based penalties for poor academic performance over time. Rates are based on the past four years of performance.

Nicholls State University had the lowest APR of all Division I women’s basketball programs at 851. Other schools near the bottom: Alcorn State (906), McNeese State (906), Prairie View A&M; University (905), Jackson State University (901) and California State University-Bakersfield (892).

The most recent APR scores are multi-year rates based on the scores from the 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08 and 2008-09 academic years.

Women’s basketball programs that face penalties due to low APR
(click on school names to view .pdf files of reports):

Immediate Penalty – Scholarship Reduction

School State Multi-Year Rate Penalties

Central Connecticut State University CT 912 Immediate Penalty – Scholarship Reduction = 1

San Jose State University CA 913 Immediate Penalty – Scholarship Reduction = 2

University of Tennessee at Martin TN 922 Immediate Penalty – Scholarship Reduction = 2

University of Tulsa OK 914 Immediate Penalty – Scholarship Reduction = 1

Historical Penalty – Public Notice

School State Multi-Year Rate Penalties

Nicholls State University LA 851 Historical Penalty – Public Notice = Yes
Historical Penalty – Practice Reduction = Yes

Schools near 925 or below