(10-04-2015 12:39 PM)GoodOwl Wrote:  

(10-04-2015 07:27 AM)temchugh Wrote:  

(10-03-2015 04:36 PM)mrbig Wrote:  

(10-03-2015 03:48 PM)cr11owl Wrote:  

(10-03-2015 02:18 PM)Antarius Wrote:  Thats the rumor.

I'd much rather us accept him than be embarrassed like we are in football

I disagree. Rice had numerous guys have academic problems toward the end of the Coach Braun era, guys missing games during the season and transferring or deciding to play internationally after one season. Not worth it when there are so few players on the team.

I disagree not because it hurts the team but because accepting a player not academically qualified is wrong. Wrong for the kid; wrong for the school.

I agree with the disagreement. While schools like Stanford have enough other sports to allow them to lower the bar enough in football and basketball to let in more marginal students, Rice is way too small to do this, and we have enough problems already. Much as I want to win and dominate, I want the kids to be able to read, spell, speak and think. Many "schools" don't even require that minimum standard.

We have been able to recruit good student athletes, and there are more out there. I think the right coaches in each sport can get their share--there's enough out there to choose from, they are just going to Duke, Stanford, etc... over us right now. I think Rhoades is doing well, and after improving this year will have an even better story to sell as he should be able to get the RPI high enough to schedule more schools these kids want to play against. In that way, basketball is easier to turn around than football.

Whoa... How did we jump to not being able to read? I'm assuming since he was recruited by Rhoades he has decent HS academics and maybe just didn't get the test scores he needed for Rice. If that's the case I'll be interested to see where he ends up. I have a hard time imagining not passing sports management classes if he has decent HS grades and is willing to work...

Let's remember he would have been our highest rated basketball recruit of at least the last decade BY FAR, maybe ever. On top of that he committed super early and clearly wanted to be at Rice. It's a shame it won't work out.