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Post by GuyF on Mar 17, 2020 9:18:56 GMT -5
Pitino on with Greenberg and ESPN in a few minutes. Or not, he got blown off for Brady news.
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Post by ncgaelfan on Mar 17, 2020 10:26:14 GMT -5
Good story, but, and I hate sounding like a dimwit, what are APR issues?
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Post by sigael on Mar 17, 2020 10:35:11 GMT -5
Grades.
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Post by Super on Mar 17, 2020 10:37:28 GMT -5
Good story, but, and I hate sounding like a dimwit, what are APR issues? Academic Progress Rate-- NCAA metrics for graduation/eligibility/retention rates. www.ncaa.org/about/resources/research/academic-progress-rate-explainedI am also curious about the comments by RP since we have been assured by admin that #s were fine--including one recent year described as "best ever." I raised a related issue last week when I pointed out that we had nobody on the MAAC All Academic Team--believe we were the only one.
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Post by Super on Mar 17, 2020 10:43:45 GMT -5
Cluess teams APR data Go here and enter Cluess name:https://web3.ncaa.org/aprsearch/coachAprSearch
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Post by GuyF on Mar 17, 2020 10:52:01 GMT -5
Cluess teams APR data Go here ad enter Cluess name:https://web3.ncaa.org/aprsearch/coachAprSearch So a couple bad years but generally at or above the national average. Not an issue.
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Post by ukscribe on Mar 17, 2020 13:48:22 GMT -5
Hello everyone. I'm a newbie to the site and just wanted to say how excited I am to see Rick Pitino back in college basketball. I live in central Kentucky, just 12 miles from Lexington, KY, and I'm a life-long Kentucky basketball fan. I'm a full-time college professor who spent several years as a school superintendent and principal in K-12 education in Illinois and actually coached high school boy's basketball for several years before moving into school administration. I also have a long history as a writer/photographer for various newspapers and websites and have experience covering college basketball.
I come in peace as nothing more than a Rick Pitino fan who will now root for Iona from a far here in the Bluegrass of Kentucky. Despite what you might hear, Pitino is still very much a popular figure in Kentucky, especially in Louisville, and also in Lexington, where he has his "jersey" retired at Rupp Arena after leading the Cats to the 1996 title. I think a UK-Iona game will definitely happen, but my guess is it will be a two-year deal - first at Rupp Arena where UK Coach John Calipari really wants Pitino to make a heroic return (similar to Bobby Knight's latest return to Indiana) and get some closure with the fans.
In fact, Calipari said this past year that he has invited Pitino back to Rupp a few different times so he could get the recognition he deserves for bringing Kentucky basketball back from the dead (from probation to national champion) in eight years. Yes, some UK fans are still sour about Rick leaving for rival Louisville, but he also went to Boston in between UK/UL stops so the hope is that time can heal all wounds. After that is all sorted out, I think Cal will be glad to play in NYC for sure.
In my opinion, Coach Pitino has always been an innovator in the game of basketball and I'm so glad that a younger generation of coaches will get to see his magic at Iona.
Go Gaels!
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Post by ic1983 on Mar 17, 2020 14:12:27 GMT -5
Good story, but, and I hate sounding like a dimwit, what are APR issues? Very good point about Ensor at the end of the article. Ensor needs to go. Now.
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Post by GuyF on Mar 17, 2020 14:42:07 GMT -5
Ensor retweets everything from every other MAAC school 500 times but he retweeted like 1 thing about Cluess and 1 tweet from ICGaels announcing Pitino. You KNOW he hates this.
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Post by epatrick on Mar 17, 2020 15:36:17 GMT -5
Welcome, ukscribe. Look forward to your posts. A couple of us are also current/former/retired newsmen. And, of course, we all love basketball. From all the radio interviews and social media it is obvious Pitino is well liked in Kentucky and elsewhere. I suspect he won't be liked by our brothers in the MAAC. Hope to meet you if and when we play UK
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Post by gfan80 on Mar 17, 2020 15:53:43 GMT -5
Ensor retweets everything from every other MAAC school 500 times but he retweeted like 1 thing about Cluess and 1 tweet from ICGaels announcing Pitino. You KNOW he hates this. Hope he has many nightmares about Iona.
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Post by sharkey on Mar 17, 2020 18:49:06 GMT -5
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Post by hawaii bill on Mar 17, 2020 19:03:11 GMT -5
Should we play academically inferior institutions like Harvard?
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Post by ichoops on Mar 18, 2020 17:42:13 GMT -5
Have so many pals from Harvard.... Cant wait to crush them!
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Post by hawaii bill on Mar 18, 2020 19:31:16 GMT -5
Have so many pals from Harvard.... Cant wait to crush them! How much do you weigh?
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