Is Connecticut About to Lose Scholarships?
by Hire Esherick on Aug 29, 2010 11:46 AM EDT
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PrintThe University of Connecticut is set to respond to allegations of eight major NCAA rules violations this Friday, September 3rd but news of its impending doom is starting to leak, through Twitter of course.
Hoya prospect Angelo Chol was thought to be considering Georgetown, Louisville, UConn, Arizona, North Carolina and others but recently tweeted that UConn was off his list because they lost all their scholarships.
(More after the Jump)
While this vague disclosure in 140 characters or less is certainly not definitive, recent occurrences, specifically Ater Majok's sudden departure from Storrs, lead one to believe that the proverbial feces is about to hit the fan. UConn blog, Yukonnj's Blog, questioned the real reason for Majok's departure and proposed that he is leaving because he will eventually be deemed ineligible due to further recruiting violations. It states:
The question was: Is Majok leaving UConn voluntarily because he wants to play professionally overseas, or has UConn realized during the course of the investigation that he will be caught up in recruiting violations, and will therefore be ineligible?
All will be revealed on September 3rd, but signs are positive that UConn will finally be severely penalized for its "failure to promote an atmosphere of compliance." Hopefully a post-season ban will be included and Jim Calhoun can take the extra time off to learn the rules of the 508-page manual he is getting paid $13 million over five years to follow. An abbreviated version can be found here.
(h/t: hoyasincebirth)
UPDATE: Chol recently clarified why he dropped UConn, stating:
"I was notified by my coach that UConn will only have two scholarships left for my class. In that case, they can only bring in one big and one guard. My coach decided that this was not the best situation for me. I fully trust him with my recruiting process."
Big disconnect between his tweet last week and his statement this week, but the latter certainly seems more legitimate. UConn is set to respond to violations and self-impose sanctions later this week.
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This is very good for us
For next season and recruiting going forward.
I'm not actually Jeff Green's Dad
will be interesting to see what self-imposed sanctions uconn puts on itself
and if it is enough to satisfy the ncaa
Good talk.
Casual Hoya
Response from UConn Blog
Angelo Chol, UConn scholarship losses and dubious blog posts
Take special note of the following points/themes running through the post and comments:
- unwarranted jab at Patrick Ewing based on a racist (Ewing’s own account) taunt New England students yelled at him for choosing Georgetown over BC
- belief that cheating is ok as long as you don’t get caught
- belief that everyone cheats and it was just UConn’s turn in the cycle to get caught
- belief that UConn staff was stupid enough to deal with Nochimson despite warning from director of compliance telling them to stay away, but not stupid enough to think a recruit would broadcast what they tell him over twitter
Good talk.
Casual Hoya
Am I reading it correctly?
And is he claiming that Casual Hoya caused Jim Calhoun to take a leave of absence?
SWEET
I'm not actually Jeff Green's Dad
He is, which means not only are we a Global Phenomenon...
…but also time travelers? We broke a story about what caused his leave of absence, CAUSING HIS LEAVE OF ABSENCE!
Change the name of the blog: Causal Hoya*
*would be nice because half of the time I type this accidentally.
Why so Syracuse?
Unfortunate grammatical construction.
He meant that the alleged fight, not your post, caused the leave.
Fold the football program, and deposit monies previously budgeted for said program into a savings account in Coach Calbertus Magnus's name.
http://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-huskies/hc-jacobs-uconn-column-0831-20100831-18,0,3013199.column
“UConn has until Friday to respond to NCAA allegations that the men’s basketball program committed eight major rules violations and word is the press conference will probably be Wednesday or Thursday.”
by hoyasincebirth on Aug 31, 2010 11:54 AM EDT reply actions
great, article
comments reflect how alums should feel about their school and what this scandal has done to the reputation.
Unfortunately, UConn has gone the way of many “big sports schools” – athletics has become big business. As an alum, I try to remind people that it is our state flagship academic institution and that athletics is a subset – without the University of Connecticut there would be no UConn athletics. I am a big fan of sports but we cannot allow athletics to cast ANY negative shadow over the most important priority of offering high quality, affordable education to the young men and women of Connecticut. Athletics should be a part of, and enrich, the student experience – I hope things can be kept in the proper perspective.
Good talk.
Casual Hoya
by Hire Esherick on Aug 31, 2010 12:14 PM EDT up reply actions
state flagship academic institution?
Guess it depends on definitions (if “state” = “public”) – but I think Yale would have something to say about that claim.
KBE
i think your definition is what they are using
UCONN (Storrs) is also the “flagship” of the state public university system, which includes satellite campuses and the smaller Central, Southern, and Eastern CT State Universities.
More fuel to the fire as Josiah turner a 2011 recruit was supposedly going to make an official viist to uconn on the 10th canceled his visit and replaced it with UCLA and is no longer considering UCONN.
but... but... UConn isn't dumb enough to warn recruits early of impending doom!!?
"He probably won’t go to UConn," [Josiah Turner’s mom Doris] Ward said Tuesday night by phone.
Josiah Turner Considering Five
Good talk.
Casual Hoya
by Hire Esherick on Aug 31, 2010 9:26 PM EDT up reply actions
that argument made no sense to me. If they were self imposing scholarship loss would you rather tell recruits yourself rather having them hear about it from someone else.
by hoyasincebirth on Aug 31, 2010 10:15 PM EDT up reply actions
i mean the recruits probably saw the writing on the wall since the assistant coach recruiting them, patrick sellers, was forced out and is now coaching in CHINA
Good talk.
Casual Hoya
by Hire Esherick on Aug 31, 2010 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Chol clarifies tweet
"I was notified by my coach that UConn will only have two scholarships left for my class," he said. "In that case, they can only bring in one big and one guard. My coach decided that this was not the best situation for me. I fully trust him with my recruiting process."
http://www.therecruitscoop.com/angelo-chol-eliminates-uconn
Good talk.
Casual Hoya
What I don’t get is the only other big man that Uconn has offered for that is higher ranked than Chol is Amir Williams. Why would you tell a recruit you’re in the top 5 for that you don’t have a spot for him if they haven’t landed a big man for 2011 yet? Unless you have a commitment froma big why would burn a bridge like that.
this also means Uconn will lose 2 scholarships next year since they’ll have 4 available with Majok now officially leaving and walker going pro after this year.
two options
(1) drummond is reclassifying to 2011 AND going to uconn
(2) chol is revising his off the cuff tweet because he got backlash for announcing something too early
Good talk.
Casual Hoya
by Hire Esherick on Sep 1, 2010 12:49 PM EDT up reply actions
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