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APR reports released, UConn ban lifted, six teams banned from postseason

Kevin Ollie

Connecticut head coach Kevin Ollie speaks at Husky Day at the Capitol in Hartford, Conn., Wednesday, April 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

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The NCAA releases their annual academic progress ratings (APR) on Tuesday afternoon, with certain schools learning their fate for the upcoming season.

UConn, who were left out of the 2012-13 NCAA Tournament as a result of poor APR scores, has showed enough improvement to be allowed to participate in the postseason for the 2013-14 season.

The Huskies showed progress towards an eligible APR, going from an 889 in 2010-11 to a score of 897 in 2011-12. As a result, all sanctions have been lifted for the season. Kevin Ollie showed that he can handle the job that the fanbase wanted him to get, succeeding Jim Calhoun and maintaining a high level of play and improving the academics of the program, as he did as an assistant last season.

In all, six teams — New Orleans, Florida International, Grambling State, Mississippi Valley State, Arkansas-Pine Bluff and Alabama State — received postseason bans for college basketball as a result of low APR scores. Arkansas-Pine Bluff and Mississippi Valley State will enter their second consecutive year of a postseason ban.

A year after experiencing one of their best seasons in over a decade, FIU will not be eligible for the postseason, posting a multi-year rate of 858, one year after posting a 909. They will also receive a practice time reduction.

NCAA guidelines require athletic programs to keep a four-year rolling APR of at least 900 or a two-year rolling APR of 930, or be punished with a postseason ban. Four-year APRs of at least 930, or two-year averages of 940 are required to avoid penalties such as reductions in practice time and/or scholarships.

In all, 18 schools received postseason bans on various athletic teams.

It’s always a good thing to have UConn contending in the college basketball world, not having them in it hurt things in the last year of the Big East Conference (as we know it) last season. As for FIU, you have to assume that, while Minnesota is by far a better gig than being the second school in Miami, this is one of the reason Richard Pitino bolted after one season with the Golden Panthers. Isaiah Thomas’ tenure and firing brought the program down on and off the court, noticeably.

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