UConn proposes own penalties to boost 2013 tour...

College basketball has been reduced to a cesspool with guys like Calhoun and Calipari contending for national titles. Be honest UConn fan and those in Kentucky; do you really think these jokers that play for your team are nothing more than hired guns? Yeah; you can beat your chests and claim superiority over other schools, but in the end, these players care nothing about the school that pays to get them to Lexington or Stoors.

if they allow this for u conn then the bowl ban on the buckeyes should be erased also......good for the goose good for the gander.....the ohio state university placed sanctions on itself and the ncaa added more.....this should be interesting.......

Don't play favorites. Same rules for all.

YEARS of substandard academic and this is their equitable solution. No take the championship away because they were with ineligible players and ban them from post season for two years.

No take the championship away because they were with ineligible players and ban them from post season for two years.

Now THAT is an idea I might be able to get behind.  Make UConn take their banner down and vacate their season, (and give all the money back) then they can be in the tournament this year.

What guarantee is there they could even qualify for the tournament next year the way they have regressed this year?

READ.... Pat Forde's column (about UConn) at Yahoo Sports...it's priceless and dead on the money!!!! lol

if they allow this for u conn then the bowl ban on the buckeyes should be erased also......good for the goose good for the gander.....the ohio state university placed sanctions on itself and the ncaa added more.....this should be interesting

as much as i think programs at UCONN are a complete cesspool with thugs like Calhoun....the overt cheating and coverup by tOSU was a much bigger deal.

Ohio State got off easy because ultimately the only thing the NCAA cares about is protecting the money university presidents and administrators get.

It's not like UCONN is the only team that recruit based on dribble, pass and shoot skills rather than giving two shakes about caring if they graduate (or even stay more than one year). It's "amateur" free agency with UCONN as the present biggest target with a scum bucket coach.

Kentucky and Louisville can meet the standards, but Conneticut can't? I guess we've determined who the shortest midget in the room is. This groveling and sycophancy displayed by UConn is simultaneously pathetic and amusing. When this initially broke last year after the national championship run, all the university talking heads said the issue was under control and there was a clear path to meeting the requirements. Now this. How incompetent can you get??

if they allow this for u conn then the bowl ban on the buckeyes should be erased also......good for the goose good for the gander.....the ohio state university placed sanctions on itself and the ncaa added more.....this should be interesting.......

Two completely different scenarios.  Ohio State's was player conduct and essentially getting services for free (with used game-day apparel), UConn's is academic.  Please don't compare the two.

Rules are meaningless if you're not going to enforce the penalties. Either ban them from the tournament or throw out the rule. Don't allow a waiver and some compromised 'punishment' that gives up stuff UConn will gladly live without in exchange for the only thing that matters to them - a berth (potential or otherwise) in the tournament. It's like a scared little kid that offers to mow the lawn, clean the kitchen and vacuum if their parents will just lift being grounded for the weekend.

Two completely different scenarios.  Ohio State's was player conduct and essentially getting services for free (with used game-day apparel), UConn's is academic.  Please don't compare the two.

First of all, you are completely wrong, just like I've read and heard it around here for two years. Sold their own property or swag from winning the michigan game and got tattoos with them AS FRESHMEN, not free services.


Secondly, what should be more important at a university, selling your trinkets or academics? Whats really wrong with the whole system is the focus on whats important. OSU got in trouble and have to face the music. Calhoun should be forced to do the same. Calipari you are next.

they should change the title of this thread to the "lets bash uconn for being more succeful then your program"...thread...and also if calhoun is a cheater he must be the worst cheater ever, 10 Mcdonal all americans in his lifetime of coaching reallllllly!!!!!! i think coah K has lik 42

Nail UCON!

Does UConn have balls or what? Since when do the felons get a say in the punishment? News flash to the UConvict administration-in college, you are supposed to go to class and graduate. By these proposals we see what is really of prime importance-NCAA tournament money. If the NCAA gives into this, I will lose what little respect I have left for the NCAA and pray for super conferences that break away from these jokesters. What a joke of a university. The only people who can't see this dirty program for what it really is (An NBA D-league franchise paying rent on the UConn campus with TV revenues) are UConvict fans. If the NCAA agrees to this, all UConn degrees will have become devalued...

Self-punishment should never even be an option. That's like asking a child to punish him/herself. This is a ridiculous trend, and it needs to end right now. The NCAA needs to determine a punishment, and it needs to be adequate.

@ dk13beso- Drop the Kentucky. We had the highest APR and GPA tied with Vanderbilt last year so check things out before you get on here and flap them gums like you are some holier than thou college hoops fan. What the hell do you think giving any player a scholarship to play ball is any different? You are paying him with an education to play ball. Whats the difference? You go to college to get a good job. Guess what? These players can leave and go to there jobs after 1 year and be paid millions of dollars. UK or Cal didnt invent the one and done thing. We dont have to pay players, they come and stay a year and THEN get paid by the NBA.

Pay attention to our team this year and tell me they dont love playing and hanging out with each other and enjoying being a college student athlete. Take your jealous hatred somewhere else.

http://blog.syracuse.com/orangebask
etball/2012/02/uconn_basketball_tea
ms_attempt.html This article says it best: SHAMELESS

By Jeff Goodman

UConn's waiver request to play in the NCAA tournament next season was denied by the NCAA. 

The school released a statement on Friday, and also said it will appeal the decision to the NCAA Division I Committee on Academic Performance Subcommittee on Appeals.

The waiver was submitted to the NCAA as a result of the UConn men’s basketball team’s poor performance in the Academic Progress Rate (APR). The school also said it would schedule fewer games - a total of 26 - in an effort to focus more on academics. That's four fewer than what is allowed by the NCAA. 

 “We are deeply disappointed that our request for a waiver was denied, but we look forward to continuing in the process,” UConn President Susan Herbst said in the statement. “We continue to believe that we have made a very compelling case in our waiver to the NCAA and we are pleased with the recent outstanding academic success of our men’s basketball student-athletes."