Nanook Notes

According to the Western College Hockey Blog, the NCAA released its Academic Progress Rates (APR) for the ‘06-’07 season. Apparently, no schools were penalized.

UAF’s APR is here, although since hockey is the only Div. I sport we have, it’s the only thing listed on there. I really have no idea what any of the numbers mean (besides the percentiles, those are easy enough), so if you have any inkling as to what they mean, feel free to let me know.

Interestingly enough, with my post about the NHL’s talks with NCAA coaches and AD’s about recruiting players who are still freshmen or sophomores (or even juniors), Forrest Karr pointed out that besides just making schools have to spend more money on recruiting players to replace them, it also interrupts their academic progress scores. I found some other interesting stuff on that subject, but I’ll save it for a time after finals week .