Big East M5: 10.26.12 Edition

Dan Lyons — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 11:45:12 +0000

Connecticut’s basketball’s academic woes have reared their ugly head once again, this time in the form of the team’s graduation success rate (GSR). The Huskies’ GSR dropped from 36% to 11% this year, representing the lowest such mark in all of Division I basketball. The score, which reflects how many of the team’s players were able to graduate within six years of their enrollment at school, is different from the APR, the Academic Progress Rating that is currently preventing UConn from participating in the 2013 postseason. On the bright side for the Huskies, their APR is on the rise. Academic [...]

MJ Just Saved Himself $63,426 (or, a fully loaded E-class Benz)

rtmsf — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:33:06 +0000

You may have heard that Mike Jordan has a kid who is a sophomore guard at the University of Illinois. You may have also heard that this son, Jeff, is a little smaller than his dad and not quite as gifted with the rock in his hands, but that he occasionally can wow folks with a highlight-reel dunk replete with tongue-wag after the flush.

What you may not have known is that Jordan the Junior was a walk-on for the year-plus he’s been a member of the Illini program. No longer. Citing Jeff Jordan’s tenacity on defense and willingness to be [...]

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Big East M5: 10.26.12 Edition

MJ Just Saved Himself $63,426 (or, a fully loaded E-class Benz)