Thursday, March 20, 2014

NCAA to visit Southern University in April

University trying to get APR records in order after postseason ban

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana -- NCAA officials will visit Southern next month to evaluate the university’s efforts to provide complete and accurate data on student-athletes’ Academic Progress Rates.

It’s expected that the Jaguars’ attempt to have an NCAA postseason ban will be resolved by the end of the spring semester in May. The ban was instituted in December and already impacted the men’s and women’s indoor track and basketball teams as well as the women’s bowling team.

It’s likely Southern will be unable to fully satisfy the NCAA demands, which would lead to additional sanctions along with the establishment of an end date for the currently indefinite ban.

“If sanctions are introduced, we want to be able to mitigate them as much as possible,” Southern Athletic Director William Broussard said. “Ultimately something has got to happen that allows us to finally hit the reset button as we enter a potential next phase. We’ve got to get out of the mire we’re in right now.”

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