ot: here's a surprise, memphis apparently in big trouble

[davidlee]

More trouble for Memphis.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=4233718

Here is the most interesting statement in the article:

His [SAT verbal score of 590] would place him in the 76th percentile nationally, while his [SAT math score of 670] places him in the 89th percentile. This raises a serious red flag, since his PSAT from October 2000 places him in the 4th percentile nationally in both areas. Such a remarkable improvement in testing abilities in the span of nine months is highly improbable, particularly for a student with a C-minus record in average college prep courses in high school."[/b]

[MusicCityBilliken]

Here is the most interesting statement in the article:

His [SAT verbal score of 590] would place him in the 76th percentile nationally, while his [SAT math score of 670] places him in the 89th percentile. This raises a serious red flag, since his PSAT from October 2000 places him in the 4th percentile nationally in both areas. Such a remarkable improvement in testing abilities in the span of nine months is highly improbable, particularly for a student with a C-minus record in average college prep courses in high school."[/b]

Last summer my son took the ACT at a obscure HS in rural mountainous western No. Carolina. Prior to this he has never been to this HS and no one at the HS knew him. He was shocked that they had no ID check. He said it would have been real easy to have someone sit in for them for the test. So you can see how something like this could possibly happen.

Now how dumb can you get, they at least should have made the score believable

[GoBills]

I'm really glad now that Memphis did not win the national championship. It's a shame they got as close as they did. I am sure John Calipari was just trying to "save lives" with this kind of stuff.