Utes Just Edge Over Threshold for APR Problems
The Utes were not among the 33 teams publicly honored by the NCAA last week for compiling multi-year Academic Progress Report scores in the top 10 percent of all men's basketball programs.
But they're not in the dumper, either.
The Utes have a multi-year APR of 930, according to figures released by the NCAA, exceeding the Division I average for men's basketball teams by just two points -- and more importantly, eclipsing the mark of 925 that needs to be cleared to avoid sanctions. That's a big relief, considering the Utes have endured serious player turnover in recent years, precisely one of the things the APR is designed to dissuade.
And while the Utes don't measure up with rivals Brigham Young and Air Force -- the two Mountain West Conference schools that were honored among the top 10 percent -- they did exceed the average in all of the pertinent sub-groups the NCAA published. They nudged above the average score among public institutions (918) and BCS schools (925), for example, though they tied with baseball as nearly becoming the lowest-scoring sports at Utah.
Thank heavens for the golf team, and its 928 score.
All in all, the Utes fell within the 40th-to-50th percentile among men's basketball teams, and within the 10th-to-20th percentile among all sports.
That's not bad -- just imagine the poor Weber State football team under former Utah coach Ron McBride, losing nearly six scholarships because of APR problems -- but count on coach Jim Boylen to work hard to improve it. Being one of the lowest-scoring teams at the university that just barely squeaks by is not something that is going to sit well with him, in the long term.
But they're not in the dumper, either.
The Utes have a multi-year APR of 930, according to figures released by the NCAA, exceeding the Division I average for men's basketball teams by just two points -- and more importantly, eclipsing the mark of 925 that needs to be cleared to avoid sanctions. That's a big relief, considering the Utes have endured serious player turnover in recent years, precisely one of the things the APR is designed to dissuade.
And while the Utes don't measure up with rivals Brigham Young and Air Force -- the two Mountain West Conference schools that were honored among the top 10 percent -- they did exceed the average in all of the pertinent sub-groups the NCAA published. They nudged above the average score among public institutions (918) and BCS schools (925), for example, though they tied with baseball as nearly becoming the lowest-scoring sports at Utah.
Thank heavens for the golf team, and its 928 score.
All in all, the Utes fell within the 40th-to-50th percentile among men's basketball teams, and within the 10th-to-20th percentile among all sports.
That's not bad -- just imagine the poor Weber State football team under former Utah coach Ron McBride, losing nearly six scholarships because of APR problems -- but count on coach Jim Boylen to work hard to improve it. Being one of the lowest-scoring teams at the university that just barely squeaks by is not something that is going to sit well with him, in the long term.
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