Malik Monk to Sign with Kentucky

[CatInNC]

Remember that time that ESPN writer wrote this dumb article?

In the words of the late Chris Farley, "That was AWESOME!"

 

[Untouchables22]

The above may all be true but Duke's requirements for profit sports are not the same as a standard student. The below article is from 2001.

http://www.slate.com/articles/sports/sports_nut/2001/03/the_blue_devils_arent_angels.html

Earlier this month, the San Jose Mercury News, examining data from 1994-97 (the last four-year period the NCAA used for documentation of grades and test scores), found that freshmen entering Duke on basketball scholarships during that period had an average SAT score of 968. The average SAT score for Duke's freshman class as a whole is generally in the high 1300s.

Yeah of course the requirements for athletes are lower then the regular students....but schools like Duke, Stanford, Vanderbilt, Northwestern and Notre Dame still have higher standards then the rest of the power 5 in football and D-1 schools in basketball. That being said the "higher standards" are still only like a 20 ACT which goes to show how bad at academics top level athletes typical are that you can get into Stanford with a 20 ACT if you play football or basketball really well because that is a much higher then usual score for top level athletes but a very below average score for regular kids who are attending college. Hell UK changed there standard this year and you can't even qualify for any academic scholarships without at least a 30 ACT. But you can get a full ride to Stanford or Duke with a 20 ACT if you play basketball or football really well.

 

[martinsm30]

Yeah of course the requirements for athletes are lower then the regular students....but schools like Duke, Stanford, Vanderbilt, Northwestern and Notre Dame still have higher standards then the rest of the power 5 in football and D-1 schools in basketball. That being said the "higher standards" are still only like a 20 ACT which goes to show how bad at academics top level athletes typical are that you can get into Stanford with a 20 ACT if you play football or basketball really well because that is a much higher then usual score for top level athletes but a very below average score for regular kids who are attending college.

Looking at a bunch of Duke literature there is no published GPA requirement for admission. A committee decides on admission based on if a student fits Duke academically. Might be wrong but that is the way I read it.

 

[BigBlueManSouthCentralKY]

All three bigs are great rebounders. How could anyone beat us on the boards? Fox the quickest guard and Monk an elite scorer. Couldn't put a better team together than this.

 

[CaliforniaCatFan58]

One more...Thon Maker! Then we are done.

 

[Cats192]

The cherry on an incredible week already.

I think this is the first time since we lost that I've felt like UK was back on top of the mountain.

 

[ShadowFromHomewardBound]

One more...Thon Maker! Then we are done.

Nah on thon