The good news: UNI did very well in several categories in the recently released APR by the NCAA.
The bad news: UNI was the only school in the MVC to have a scholarship penalty (Cross Country). The NCAA penalized UNI 0.11 of a scholarship. The NCAA recognizes XC and T&F as one lump sum of scholarships from what I have read. UNI is allowed to give 12.58 scholarships for next year.
However, per the NCAA APR site, it shows that UNI only was penalized 0.02 scholarships. Oh well...it's fairly trivial amount, but something we want to see better.
This really doesn't hurt UNI too much as it's barely one tenth of a scholy, and 0.8% of the total scholys available to UNI mens T&F/XC. I believe the reason for the low numbers is b/c there was a coaching change (Kepler to Utah) and some guys left the school. With such a small roster to begin with, I think it hurt the overall APR. Hopefully, there is more stability in that sport now.
Only Football and Baseball are anywhere close to the 925 number that puts a program in risk of losing scholarships. With baseball's final season this year, that doesn't matter anymore, but football is a sport to watch.
Other things of note:
Sport (Multi-Year APR) percentile rank within sport
Baseball (935) 30-40th
M Basketball (942) 50-60th
M Cross C (825) 1-10th
Football (935) 40-50th
M Golf (974) 50-60th
M Track (941) 30-40th
Wrestling (954) 50-60th
W Basketball (971) 50-60th
W Cross C (990) 70-80th
W Golf (972) 30-40th
Soccer (990) 80-90th
Softball (972) 50-60th
Swimming (977) 30-40th
Tennis (1000) 90-100th
W Track (990) 80-90th
Volleyball (1000) 90-100th
This is for the data from 2004-05 to 2007-08.
Comparing MVC Basketball schools:
Drake............977 (80-90th percentile)
Illinois State...967 (80-90th percentile)
Creighton.......961 (70-80th percentile)
Indiana State 959 (70-80th percentile)
SIU...............952 (60-70th percentile)
Bradley..........946 (60-70th percentile)
UNI...............942 (50-60th percentile)
Missouri State 941 (50-60th percentile)
Wichita State. 932 (40-50th percentile)
Evansville.......927 (30-40th percentile)
Comparing MVFC Football schools:
North Dakota State (961) 70-80th percentile
South Dakota State (955) 70-80th percentile
Southern Illinois......(951) 60-70th percentile
Illinois State..........(942) 50-60th percentile
Northern Iowa........(935) 40-50th percentile
Western Illinois.......(930) 30-40th percentile
Missouri State........(929) 30-40th percentile
Youngstown State..(925) 20-30th percentile
Indiana State.........(921) 30-40th percentile
Schools losing scholys recently (for next year):
Univ of Minnesota lost 3 scholarships for football
Purdue and Illinois-Chicago each lost 1 scholarship for basketball
The bad news: UNI was the only school in the MVC to have a scholarship penalty (Cross Country). The NCAA penalized UNI 0.11 of a scholarship. The NCAA recognizes XC and T&F as one lump sum of scholarships from what I have read. UNI is allowed to give 12.58 scholarships for next year.
The NCAA allows each division I track and field / cross country program 12.69 scholarships for men and 18 for women.
This really doesn't hurt UNI too much as it's barely one tenth of a scholy, and 0.8% of the total scholys available to UNI mens T&F/XC. I believe the reason for the low numbers is b/c there was a coaching change (Kepler to Utah) and some guys left the school. With such a small roster to begin with, I think it hurt the overall APR. Hopefully, there is more stability in that sport now.
Only Football and Baseball are anywhere close to the 925 number that puts a program in risk of losing scholarships. With baseball's final season this year, that doesn't matter anymore, but football is a sport to watch.
Other things of note:
Sport (Multi-Year APR) percentile rank within sport
Baseball (935) 30-40th
M Basketball (942) 50-60th
M Cross C (825) 1-10th
Football (935) 40-50th
M Golf (974) 50-60th
M Track (941) 30-40th
Wrestling (954) 50-60th
W Basketball (971) 50-60th
W Cross C (990) 70-80th
W Golf (972) 30-40th
Soccer (990) 80-90th
Softball (972) 50-60th
Swimming (977) 30-40th
Tennis (1000) 90-100th
W Track (990) 80-90th
Volleyball (1000) 90-100th
This is for the data from 2004-05 to 2007-08.
Comparing MVC Basketball schools:
Drake............977 (80-90th percentile)
Illinois State...967 (80-90th percentile)
Creighton.......961 (70-80th percentile)
Indiana State 959 (70-80th percentile)
SIU...............952 (60-70th percentile)
Bradley..........946 (60-70th percentile)
UNI...............942 (50-60th percentile)
Missouri State 941 (50-60th percentile)
Wichita State. 932 (40-50th percentile)
Evansville.......927 (30-40th percentile)
Comparing MVFC Football schools:
North Dakota State (961) 70-80th percentile
South Dakota State (955) 70-80th percentile
Southern Illinois......(951) 60-70th percentile
Illinois State..........(942) 50-60th percentile
Northern Iowa........(935) 40-50th percentile
Western Illinois.......(930) 30-40th percentile
Missouri State........(929) 30-40th percentile
Youngstown State..(925) 20-30th percentile
Indiana State.........(921) 30-40th percentile
Schools losing scholys recently (for next year):
Univ of Minnesota lost 3 scholarships for football
Purdue and Illinois-Chicago each lost 1 scholarship for basketball
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