What To Do When Coaches Stop Responding To Emails
It’s a situation you may have found yourself in before: You’ve been communicating with a coach via email relatively frequently, and suddenly, there is no response. Why might this be? And more...
View ArticleWhat To Do If You Can’t Play for a Travel Team
In recent years, the NCAA recruiting model has changed in a way that dramatically increases the importance of recruits participating in travel and competitive leagues. Arguably, the sport that relies...
View ArticleHow Academics Impact Your College Basketball Recruiting
With March Madness approaching, it is almost time for the airwaves to be flooded with commercials reminding us that most student-athletes go pro in something other than sports. In recent years, the...
View ArticleProposed NCAA Recruiting Rule Modification Hit Snag
The NCAA’s plan to simplify its bylaws hit a snag last week when the NCAA Rules Working Group suggested that two proposals related to recruiting be modified. In January, proposals were brought forward...
View ArticleThe Statistics of a One and Done Player
Throughout the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, many commentators will reference the “one and done” nature of some of the country’s top basketball programs. Coaches, like Kentucky’s John Calipari...
View ArticleOptimizing the Money Spent to Get to the Final Four
An exciting NCAA men’s basketball season is quickly coming to a close. This past weekend, the Final Four was set, as Louisville, Michigan, Syracuse and Wichita State all won games to punch their...
View ArticleNCAA Bylaws Affect Whether a College Football Player Declares for the NFL Draft
On April 25, 2013, the dreams of a group of young men will come true as their names are read from the podium at the 2013 NFL Draft. Throughout seven rounds, the NFL’s 32 teams will take turns...
View ArticleHow to Spot an Impossible Coach
In the wake of the Rutgers men’s basketball scandal and allegations facing the University of Wisconsin – Green Bay’s head basketball coach, prospective student-athletes may wonder how they can be...
View ArticleNCAA Seeks to Reverse Initial Eligibility Standards for Division II
According to the NCAA, since 1986, Division II institutions have utilized an initial academic eligibility rule under which, incoming Division II student-athletes must have at least an 820 SAT score and...
View ArticleIs Julie Hermann The Right Candidate To Restore Integrity At Rutgers
It has been a tough spring for Rutgers University and its athletics department. Less than two months after parting ways with former men’s basketball coach, Mike Rice, and athletics director, Tim...
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