It seems that the University of North Carolina is not the only NCAA school with academic fraud issues. So far, none have been nearly as widespread or systemic as those at UNC, but then, little is publicly known about the investigations yet:
The cases are at various stages, from preliminary inquiry to awaiting a hearing with the Division I Committee on Infractions, and they involve a variety of missteps, including allegations that players received impermissible assistance from professors, academic advisers, or people outside of an athletic department. Eighteen of the cases are in Division I, one is in Division II, and one is in Division III. The official declined to name any of the colleges.
This is not surprising. There is a heavy motivation among competitive Division I programs to engage in academic fraud to keep players eligible. I’m surprised there have been so few cases brought to date, but that looks about to change. This is an excellent area of emphasis for the NCAA’s enforcement efforts, especially considering how long the problem went undetected at UNC.
Hat tip: Rush The Court
Tweet of the Morning
Reports say McNeese's Lance Guidry interviewed with Mark Stoops. More importantly, he calls his group "D.W.A." or "Defense With Attitude".
— Thomas Beisner (@Beisner_cn2) January 22, 2015
Interesting.
Your Quickies:
Kentucky football
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UK’s new offensive coordinator meets with South Carolina prospect Tavin Richardson.
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UK visiting top 2016 quarterback on Thursday. Ohio boy. It’ll be tough to steal him away from Michigan, but if anyone can do it, it’s Vince Marrow.
Kentucky basketball
- Shannon Spake likes Rupp Arena. As she says, “What’s not to like?” Well, maybe the bleacher-style seating and the really super-steep steps, but it’s a really easy place to get in and out of.
Other Kentucky sports
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Softball preseason #6 in the country, the highest preseason ranking ever for Kentucky. You go, Rachel Lawson.
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16 of the top 25 track programs in the country will compete in the McRavy Memorial track meet on January 23rd and 24th
Links posts
College football
- Good Bull Hunting is less than totally happy with commit Kyler Murray’s tweet of a Texas jersey. Burnt Orange Nation calls the Austin visit “unexpected.”
College basketball
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College and Magnolia’s SEC Power Poll ballot. They cleverly set it to music, very funny.
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Mark Titus’ top 12 in college basketball. Pretty funny. Consider:
Remember how I wrote that Rick Pitino was close to figuring out the perfect meth recipe for Louisville? Well, Mike Krzyzewski just pooped in Pitino’s batch, set the entire lab on fire, and called the police to narc on Pitino. If you missed Saturday’s Duke-Louisville game, you should’ve seen Pitino’s face when he realized Duke was going to play zone all game, which is something Duke neeeeeevvvvvveeeeerrr does. Pitino’s mug was lifeless, horrifyingly pale, and just … well, I guess normal. But I’m sure Pitino was torn up on the inside because he knew his team was about to be crushed.
Heh.
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Anatomy of the Tennessee Volunteers defeat of the Missouri Tigers. Tennessee is having a great start to their SEC season, and no mistake.
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Dick Vitale: Roundball Chatter
Other sports news
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Heh.
Belichick: "I've told you everything I know…I've told you everything I know…I've told you everything I know…"
— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) January 22, 2015
Other news
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I’m a huge Anne Hathaway fan. Huge.
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The 25 worst passwords of 2014. Don’t be using these, or anything like them. Use a password manager and make strong passwords, especially for sensitive sites.
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Former Kentucky senator Wendell Ford has died. He was 90. That’s a good, long life.