Dispatch
Men's basketball:
OSU could face APR sanction
Oden leaving school early may factor into loss of scholarship
Friday, December 7, 2007 3:22 AM
By
Encarnacion Pyle
Ohio State still faces the possibility of losing a men's basketball scholarship next season, in part because Greg Oden dropped out of school in May to go to the NBA.
OSU has turned in its Academic Progress Rate numbers to the NCAA, and the two groups are in the process of determining whether the school will be penalized.
OSU expects to know the outcome by February.
"We're in pretty good shape currently with many, many, many teams showing improvement, but basketball still remains a challenge," said John Bruno, a psychology professor who serves as a faculty liaison between academics and athletics. "Still, we have not yet heard from the NCAA that any of our programs are subject to sanctions."
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