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[More than 200] programs posted subpar academic progress rates (APRs), which have been computed by the NCAA for the last four years and hinge on retaining players, keeping them academically eligible and ultimately graduating them. Twenty-six teams — including 20 in the longtime problem sports of men’s basketball, football and baseball — were flagged as chronic underperformers and handed stiffer penalties, including reductions in practice tim …
Atop the latest listings were 418 teams that posted perfect 1000s, including NCAA tournament darling Davidson and Columbia in men’s basketball and Creighton and seven other teams in women’s basketball.
Steve Wieberg, “NCAA Dishes Out Penalties for Academic Shortcomings,” USA Today, May 7, 2008.
