Originally Posted by
niveklaen
"It is disturbing that our current players must pay a penalty for the academic performance of students no longer enrolled,"
Yes and no. Those students could have done better if they had a system in place to support them. Most schools are very good at this, Duke being among them. UCONN needs to shoulder the blame amongst their staff just as much or more so than the players. And the NCAA agrees. True, it sucks for the current players, but you can't let it slide.
Edit...adding to this...look at programs the NCAA penalizes for recruiting violations. Every year kids are kept out post-season play because of stupid things their coaches and players before them did. Same difference.
Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."