UNC and N.C. State can blame, in part, relatively high levels of attrition for their low scores in basketball and football. N.C. State’s 2012-13 score of 868 in men’s basketball, for instance, can be traced in part to the departures of Lorenzo Brown and C.J. Leslie, both of whom left school to enter the NBA draft. Richard Howell, a senior on that team, did not graduate, which also negatively affected N.C. State’s score.
Makes sense, but we have to improve.
Despite its score of 868 last season in men’s basketball, N.C. State’s four-year score of 959 ranks ninth in the conference.
The relatively low basketball and football scores at UNC and N.C. State will not result in penalties, though they could if the scores remain poor. Penalties for low APR scores include reduced practice time, a reduction in games and coaching suspensions.
