About to hit the fan at UNC...basketball and football academic fraud.

[Slydell]

Could not happen to a better state.

[AllVols]

Originally Posted by Daloth

Isn't UNC supposed to be a high level academic institution?

Naw, you're thinking about Duke.

[Brian McCat]

Originally Posted by Daloth

Isn't UNC supposed to be a high level academic institution?

It's a public state university. They're no Harvard.

[utvolpj]

Originally Posted by Brian McCat

It's a public state university. They're no Harvard.

still one of the hardest state schools to get accepted (or at least it used to be)

[Brian McCat]

Originally Posted by utvolpj

still one of the hardest state schools to get accepted (or at least it used to be)

Yeah, they gotta keep the riff-raff out, unless you're a baller.

[Hardwood_fanatic]

Originally Posted by ukvols

Admit it, HF, you wish UK had its own Rocky Top League, perhaps the Bluegrass League. I'm honestly shocked there isn't one. I would think the fans up there would go nuts for the chance to see current UK players, other area players, and a splattering of former UK players live in a pick-up league. It would be constant autograph lines, just like at Bearden High in Knoxville.

Actually, they do have the UK "barnstorming" tour, where former players tour around the state and play each other in certain high school gymnasiums. It's where Richie Farmer scouts out all of his hoes.

[OrangeBalls]

Originally Posted by utvolpj

still one of the hardest state schools to get accepted (or at least it used to be)

Exactly. I don't think Brian has looked at their acceptance requirements. Virginia and UNC are two of the better state schools academically.

[ukvols]

Originally Posted by Hardwood_fanatic

Actually, they do have the UK "barnstorming" tour, where former players tour around the state and play each other in certain high school gymnasiums. It's where Richie Farmer scouts out all of his hoes.

That's not bad at all.

But, it doesn't involve current players.
I think UK fans would 'eat up' the chance to see current players play against former players.

Past Rocky Top Leagues have included players like Ron Slay, Chris Lofton, C.J. Watson, Scotty Hopson, and Wayne Chism playing in the same small league (while Hopson and Chism were current players). The UK equivalent of that would seem to be a big deal.

[GoBigOrangeVols]

Originally Posted by ukvols

That's not bad at all.

But, it doesn't involve current players.
I think UK fans would 'eat up' the chance to see current players play against former players.

Past Rocky Top Leagues have included players like Ron Slay, Chris Lofton, C.J. Watson, Scotty Hopson, and Wayne Chism playing in the same small league (while Hopson and Chism were current players). The UK equivalent of that would seem to be a big deal.

One problem, UK doesn't have current players between the end of the tournament in April and the start of classes in the fall.

[Hardwood_fanatic]

Originally Posted by GoBigOrangeVols

One problem, UK doesn't have current players between the end of the tournament in April and the start of classes in the fall.

Still laughing in my office, while people passing by just give me that look.

[ukvols]

Well, that's generally true; they wouldn't have as many current players as us. But, the RTL has been around since at least 2008, I think. At the time, I thought KY would immediately copy us, make theirs bigger, and then make fun of us for using Bearden High. Instead, I'll enjoy the fact that we have something nice for the players and fans that they don't.

[RDU VOL#14]

Originally Posted by Daloth

Isn't UNC supposed to be a high level academic institution?

Yeah, just ask em. It's the Carolina Way. I really hope they get investigated even further. Anything bad that happens to UNC athletics makes me happy.

[Daloth]

Originally Posted by Brian McCat

It's a public state university. They're no Harvard.

I may have misread it, but I swear recalling they have one of the best research programs in the nation as part of their grad school.

Again, could be totally misremembering. I just know when I told my contact from Duke that I really liked research side of science, he said to look at UNC also if I liked biology especially. (He did grad school at Duke, Undergrad at UNC. No, I don't understand it either)

[Brian McCat]

Originally Posted by OrangeBalls

Exactly. I don't think Brian has looked at their acceptance requirements. Virginia and UNC are two of the better state schools academically.

My point was that they aren't some hoity-toity Ivy League.

You need to pull at least a 750 SAT or 16 on the ACT to get in this fall at UNC. Not exactly elite requirements.

Course & Admission Requirements

[ukvols]

Originally Posted by Brian McCat

My point was that they aren't some hoity-toity Ivy League.

You need to pull at least a 750 SAT or 16 on the ACT to get in this fall at UNC. Not exactly elite requirements.

Course & Admission Requirements

That may be so, but I doubt anyone who can't dunk a basketball or throw a football 65 yards is getting in with that academic record.

I know that UNC's MBA Program is one of the best in the country, pushing the Top 10.
And, they also had the snobbiest interviewer out of all of the places I applied to. The guy felt a need to take a smelly dump on my law school education. He acted like a Top 60 law school was a cakewalk compared to his MBA program. The only other place I encountered someone as snobby was UVA. I didn't even bother applying to UVA. And, no I didn't get into UNC MBA. Just for the purpose of preventing anyone from thinking I walked into UNC with a totally inferior resume, the best school to take me was IU, and I saved a ton of cash by taking a full ride at UF instead. The guy at UNC was a clown; I guess that's how he treats people he feels do not meet their qualifications. Totally unnecessary pot-shot.

I normally don't throw my background into posts (it's not like I'm from Harvard), but whenever the subject of UNC academics comes up, I have two opinions - 1) their academics are solid, and it's a tough school to get into and 2) the guy who interviewed me had his nose in the clouds.