Sunday, February 22, 2015

Are financial woes undermining Cheyney athletics?

Cheyney Places Four on 2014 PSAC All Conference Team
Courtesy Cheyney University Sports Information

THORNBURY Township, Pennsylvania -- On the athletic fields and courts, Cheyney University varsity teams are currently struggling to a degree that is almost incomprehensible.

A look at the raw numbers for the last 10 months – the overall win-loss records – reveal that the Wolves are winning at a rate that is shockingly close to being imperceptible. From the spring semester of 2014 to the present, CU’s combined record is 7-91, for a winning percentage of .071.

What used to be an issue primarily focused on CU struggling football program has been expanding across the board. Cheyney teams seem to be losing ground in an attempt to simply stay competitive, and that includes the men’s basketball program, which used to be not just the standard-bearer for the entire CU athletic department, but the cream of the crop of men’s basketball in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Association.

From 1965-86, Cheyney captured 15 PSAC hoop championships and reigned over all of Division II basketball in 1978. But for the last two seasons, the once proud program has a combined record of 5-46.

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