Arizona's men's basketball team has posted a perfect Academic Progress Rate (https://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/apr2014/29_2014_apr.pdf) for the 2013-14 academic year, in figures released by the NCAA today.
The perfect figure implies that Aaron Gordon and Nick Johnson both finished up their spring 2014 coursework and remained eligible even as both began predraft preparations.
The APR measures retention and eligibility, but waivers are allowed if a player leaves early for pro ball but signs a pro contract and remains eligible (in other words, doesn't bail on his spring classes).
"Give them a great compliment in that they're both working toward leaving eligible," Miller said of Gordon and Johnson last spring "It's a big deal. It's not like that everywhere but it shows the character of both of those guys that they'll finish the way they are."
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Technically, the APR is calculated by having each scholarship player count for one point per semester for remaining eligible and another for remaining in the program. The total points are divided by total possible points, then multiplied by 1000 so as to give a "batting average" type of score.
Arizona's basketball team put up a 984 score last year for 2012-13 (scores lag a year behind because of the waiver process used to determine a school's final ranking). Even that score was well above the 930 minimum needed to avoid NCAA penalties.
ASU and Stanford also recorded 1000 APRs in 2013-14, while Oregon (94) Oregon State (939), and Washington State (938) were at the bottom of the conference, likely reflecting the roster transition in each of those programs (Oregon also dismissed three players after last season, while OSU and WSU hired new coaches).
You can search for the scores in any matter via the NCAA's APR database.
Arizona brought in the 21st most revenue among Division I programs last season, according to USA Today's updated database, $99.9 million (counting $7.9 million in subsidies, which are largely tuition fee waivers and the portion of athletics' utilities that the university pays for).Â
UA's expenses were $95.5 million.
In 2012-13, UA had $68.5 million in revenue and $68.3 million in expenses. UA athletic director Greg Byrne said the difference was the money UA raised towards McKale renovations drove up the revenue side -- and that money was correspondingly spent on the expense side as a down payment for the renovations.
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