<p>[Michigan</a> State Students Force Two Consecutive Shot-Clock Violations - YouTube](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJBl834dq18]Michigan”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJBl834dq18)</p>
<p>What’s the point of this? It was a tough loss, but we put up a valient effort.</p>
<p>The fans in the audience were chanting the shotclock a few seconds off, so that the Columbia player would think he had 4 seconds when he really only had 2 seconds left. </p>
<p>Very unsportsmanlike conduct imo, and it says more about Michigan State than it does about Columbia.</p>
<p>"Very unsportsmanlike conduct " Are you freaking kidding me? Have you EVER been to a D1 basketball match? </p>
<p>OK, even if the mean ol Spartan fans fooled the Columbia team the first time, what accounts for the idiotic play the very next series?</p>
<p>*"Very unsportsmanlike conduct " Are you freaking kidding me? Have you EVER been to a D1 basketball match? *</p>
<p>Wait, this has been done before? I guess it can’t be unsportsmanlike then. And I guess war is okay too, you know, because people have been doing it for thousands of years.</p>
<p>I’m saying your expectations are naive.</p>
<p>And I’m saying your logic is naive</p>
<p>Watch and learn, young ones:
[Indian</a> fan start ‘Detroit’s Bankrupt’ chant in the 9th inning - YouTube](<a href=“Indian fan start 'Detroit's Bankrupt' chant in the 9th inning - YouTube”>Indian fan start 'Detroit's Bankrupt' chant in the 9th inning - YouTube)</p>
<p>And FYI BiologyMaster, you’re an imbecile if you think a player’s ability to hit free throws with the crowd in his face has anything to do with his academic strength.</p>
<p>In case anyone clicked this wanting a serious answer: according to NCAA stats, Columbia’s athletes have a lower graduation rate than the student body as a whole. Some take this to mean that athletes are not as smart; others think it’s because the stress of early-morning practices plus schoolwork makes them want to drop out. Make of it what you will.</p>
<p>^interesting that the NCAA doesn’t quite agree. </p>
<p>Columbia’s GSR (graduation success rate) for athletes for the last available years were about 97%. [NCAA</a> Education and Research Data - APR, GSR, Federal Graduation Rates, ASR](<a href=“http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/newmedia/public/rates/index.html]NCAA”>NCAA Education and Research Data - Graduation Success Rate Redirect)</p>
<p>Columbia’s 6 year graduation rate for all students was slightly less. [Six-Year</a> Graduation Rates - A List of Colleges with the Highest Six-Year Graduation Rates](<a href=“http://collegeapps.about.com/od/collegerankings/tp/Best-Six-Year-Graduation-Rates.htm]Six-Year”>Colleges with the Highest Six-Year Graduation Rates)</p>
<p>Those stats are pretty impressive - for athletes and non-athletes.</p>
<p>Sorry, I just checked again and you are correct. </p>
<p>this is the report I was talking about: <a href=“https://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/GSR/qaahad13/inst2013/158.pdf[/url]”>https://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/GSR/qaahad13/inst2013/158.pdf</a>
Available from [NCAA</a> Education and Research Data - GSR, APR, Federal Graduation Rates, ASR](<a href=“NCAA Education and Research Data - Graduation Success Rate Redirect”>NCAA Education and Research Data - Graduation Success Rate Redirect)</p>
<p>On Nov 6, 2013, it was a lot different than it is now: [Screen</a> Shot 2013-11-06 at 10.14.01 PM.png](<a href=“http://cl.ly/image/0Q032g1h2G3q]Screen”>http://cl.ly/image/0Q032g1h2G3q)</p>
<p>Related: [Columbia</a> athletes at the bottom of the Ivy League in graduation rate | The Lion](<a href=“http://columbialion.com/blog/columbia-athletes-at-the-bottom-of-the-ivy-league-in-graduation-rates/]Columbia”>http://columbialion.com/blog/columbia-athletes-at-the-bottom-of-the-ivy-league-in-graduation-rates/)</p>
<p>^i would surmise that The Lion was simply guilty of some very, very poor reporting. In fact, on a link provided in The Lion article to the Dartmouth paper, Columbia was noted to have a 97% graduation rate.</p>
<p>The Lion piece played right into the hands of some who perpetuate the stereotype of Ivy athletes being somehow not up to par with their classmates. In fact, not only do the athletes graduate at a higher rate then the overall student population, each does it while essentially working a full time physically exhausting job in addition to attending school - all without receiving any support not available to every other non-athlete.</p>
<p>At the time they published the article, Columbia had reported the rate as 85%. The Lion noted that the number was changed later.</p>