Buckeyes, Hoosiers Hit Hard; Purdue Loses One Scholarship

Indiana and Ohio State will lose two men's basketball scholarships apiece for not graduating enough players, the NCAA announced Wednesday with the release of its Academic Progress Rates.

Teams must have an APR over a four-year period of 925 -- which translates roughly to a 50 percent graduation rate -- to avert penalties. Ohio State's APR for the past four years is 911, which is between the 20th and 30th percentiles for men's basketball among Division I schools.

Ohio State's APR took a hit because of the departures of several players to the NBA after their freshman seasons. The losses of Greg Oden and Kosta Koufos were particularly damaging because they withdrew from classes in the spring quarter -- after the cutoff date that would have mitigated the consequences of their departures.

Purdue, as a result of the APR score, will be limited to 12 scholarships next year.

Here's a list (from Rivals.com) of the 38 Division I men's basketball programs hit by scholarship sanctions. (There were 53 last year). The typical limit is 13 scholarships.
Arkansas: Public notice
Auburn: Limit of 12 next year
Ball State: 11
Chattanooga: 12
Colorado: 12
Delaware State: 12
Eastern Washington: Public notice
George Washington: 12
Georgia Southern: 12
Georgia State: 12
Georgia Tech: 11
Grambling: Public notice
Illinois-Chicago: 12
Indiana: 11
IUPUI: 10
Jacksonville State: 12
Kennesaw State: 11
Louisiana Tech: 12
Morgan State: 12
Ohio State: 11
Oral Roberts: 12
Pepperdine: 11
Portland State: 11
Prairie View: Public notice
Purdue: 12
San Francisco: 11
South Carolina: 12
Southeast Missouri: 12
Southern Utah: 12
Tennessee: 12
Tennessee-Martin: 12
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi: 12
Texas Southern: 11
Texas State: 12
UAB: 12
UC-Santa Barbara: 12
UT- San Antonio: 12
Western Illinois: 12

NOTE: Centenary is banned from NCAA postseason play because of long-term low APR scores. In addition to scholarship sanctions, Jacksonville State, Louisiana Tech, Portland State, Texas Southern, Texas State, UAB, UC-Santa Barbara and UTSA also will receive practice restrictions. Maryland-Eastern Shore, New Mexico State and Southeastern Louisiana don't have scholarship restrictions, but they will receive practice restrictions.