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NCAA penalizes teams with low academic scores

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (USANN4)– Major college basketball and football teams have been  penalized for poor academic performance.   The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has sanctioned 103 teams for missing its academic benchmark.   One of the teams penalized was the University of Connecticut’s men’s basketball team, the reigning national champions.

Other penalized teams in basketball include Arkansas, Georgia Tech, and Louisiana State.   Elite football programs getting penalties for low academic progress are Louisville and Maryland.   The NCAA handed one-year post-season bans to eight teams at seven institutions.

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