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Ohio State basketball falls below NCAA academic standards
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
BY
Mike Popovich
REPOSITORY SPORTS WRITER
The Ohio State men's basketball program will not face immediate sanctions even though its four-year Academic Progress Rate is below the minimum set by the NCAA.
Ohio State athletics faculty representative John Bruno said Tuesday the NCAA has conditionally approved a waiver submitted by the university on behalf of the men's basketball program, petitioning against the possible loss of a scholarship. In the petition, Ohio State outlined a plan to improve academic performance and raise the team's APR score.
"We had to set several benchmarks the program and the department would achieve within a fixed period of time," Bruno said. "The time period was not specifically outlined, but we are interpreting it as our APR score next year will be scrutinized very carefully. We're treating it as a one-year conditional waiver."
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