APR Success

The NCAA has released the APR results for this year, and the news is pretty good for Bowling Green.  As you know, the philosophy here is that there is no reason to trade off academics and athletics in the MAC.  You should be able to win and graduate players.

For example, perhaps the biggest disappointment from the Brandon era was the APR penalties that came from having a rolling multi-year average under 925.  Coach Clawson got that to 931 the next year and 941 last year.  The single year rating was 965, the highest for the program since the APR began.

The Men's basketball team also posted its highest single year score of 980 for a four-year rolling rate of 928.

No teams at BGSU were punished, and 16 out of 18 retained or improved their multi-team score from last year.

Around the MAC, in football, Akron was punished with a 4-scholarship reduction.  NIU has the highest rate in the conference, proving you don't have to trade academics for winning.

In men's basketball, UT took a 2-scholarship hit (this was already known--they had the 5th lowest APR in D1) and OU took a one-scholarship hit.  Ball State received a post-season ban, (one of 7 schools in the country), but got a waiver based on some indication that there was progress.  If they continue to struggle, the post-season ban could come into play in the future.

As I said, this is important, and I'm glad to see BG's students making academic progress and (I hope) graduating from the university.