FWIW: One of the things MT hopes to bring to the conference is a commitment to winning the right ways. 2011 football APRs:

986 Rice
983 MT
967 Tulane (leaving)
953 UAB
952 ECU (leaving)
951 Marshall
946 LaTech
938 North Texas
934 FIU
930 FAU
930 Southern Miss
925 Tulsa
911 UTEP
n/a UTSA

Possible targets if Tulsa chooses to leave:
951 WKU
948 ULL
948 Arkansas St
918 New Mexico St

Recently departed:
974 UCF
941 SMU
932 Memphis
926 Houston

The five incoming team's average is 946
The six outgoing team's average is 949
The remaining six CUSA team's average is 943

As an aside, both Alabama & Notre Dame's APR was 970 so it appears to be a useful metric to understand commitment to academics & on-field excellence. Or is it just NCAA compliance? Thoughts?

(01-15-2013 11:53 AM)TruBlu Wrote:  FWIW: One of the things MT hopes to bring to the conference is a commitment to winning the right ways. 2011 football APRs:

986 Rice
983 MT
967 Tulane (leaving)
953 UAB
952 ECU (leaving)
951 Marshall
946 LaTech
938 North Texas
934 FIU
930 FAU
930 Southern Miss
925 Tulsa
911 UTEP
n/a UTSA

Possible targets if Tulsa chooses to leave:
951 WKU
948 ULL
948 Arkansas St
918 New Mexico St

Recently departed:
974 UCF
941 SMU
932 Memphis
926 Houston

The five incoming team's average is 946
The six outgoing team's average is 949
The remaining six CUSA team's average is 943

As an aside, both Alabama & Notre Dame's APR was 970 so it appears to be a useful metric to understand commitment to academics & on-field excellence. Or is it just NCAA compliance? Thoughts?

Do you have a link? Also, this is from 2011. Any info regarding this past season?

One thing Josh Pastner has done at Memphis is get the basketball APR up to 1000. We even have players graduating in 3 years, like our junior center, Tarik Black.

UAB also had 1000 last year.

http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/newmedia/public/...ndex5.html

What happened to our poor academics? Don't we take bad/stupid kids?