Rice Owls men's and women's basketball and NCAA's Academic Progress Rate (APR)

UPDATED: May 10, 2019 -- 1:17 p.m. CT

POSTED: May 10, 2019 -- 12:07 p.m. CT

Earlier this week, the NCAA announced the Academic Progress Rate (APR) for all of its Division I member institutions for the 2017-'18 academic year as well as the overall four-year APR ending with the 2017-'18 academic year.

NOTE: A perfect APR score is 1000.

The four-year rates include student-athletes who were in school between the 2014-15 and 2017-18 academic years. The four year rate for men's basketball was 967 and 982 for women's basketball.

According to the NCAA, the "APR holds institutions accountable for the academic progress of their student-athletes through a team-based metric that accounts for the eligibility and retention of each student-athlete for each academic term."

Here's how the APR is calculated:

• Each student-athlete receiving athletically related financial aid earns one point for staying in school and one point for being academically eligible.
• A team's total points are divided by points possible and then multiplied by 1,000 to equal the team's Academic Progress Rate.
• In addition to a team's current-year APR, its rolling four-year APR is also used to determine accountability.

Example:

10 players finish the term academically eligible and are retained for the spring semester. 10 x (2 of 2) = 20 of 20.

1 player is retained for the spring semester buy is academically ineligible. 1 x (1 of 2) = 1 of 2

1 player leaves the institution while academically eligible. 1 x (1 of 2) = 1 of 2

1 player leaves the institution while academically ineligible. 1 x (0 of 2) = 0 of 2.

Semester Total: 22 of 26.

APR Calculation: 22 / 26 = 0.846. 0.846 x 1000 = 846 APR.

Teams must earn a four-year average APR of 930 to compete in championships.

Academic Year	APR	Multiyear		Academic Year	APR	Multiyear
2004-'05	N/A	957		2004-'05	N/A	992
2005-'06	N/A	970		2005-'06	N/A	1000
2006-'07	N/A	959		2006-'07	N/A	992
2007-'08	N/A	952		2007-'08	N/A	992
2008-'09	980	950		2008-'09	1000	996
2009-'10	1000	950		2009-'10	1000	992
2010-'11	981	966		2010-'11	1000	1000
2011-'12	957	980		2011-'12	1000	1000
2012-'13	972	978		2012-'13	1000	1000
2013-'14	959	967		2013-'14	1000	1000
2014-'15	980	967		2014-'15	1000	1000
2015-'16	962	968		2015-'16	1000	1000
2016-'17	944	961		2016-'17	1000	1000
2017-'18	932	955		2017-'18	1000	1000

As noted in the above table, the Rice Owls men's basketball team had an APR of 932 in the 2017-'18 academic year and an APR of 955 for the multiyear four-year period from 2014-'15 to 2017-'18.

As noted in the above table, the Rice Owls women's basketball team had an APR of 1000 in the 2017-'18 academic year and an APR of 1000 for the multiyear four-year period from 2014-'15 to 2017-'18.

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