BIG EAST POWER POLL: APR EDITION
The NCAA has released the 2008 APR Reports By School (NCAA.org) as part of their Academic Performance Reform initiative. Once again, the NCAA Hits Men’s Basketball Hardest in the APR Results (SportingNews.com). The only Big East school hit with a penalty was Seton Hall, however, since they were notified last summer, the Pirates already served their penalty of one scholarship. Here are the multiyear APR averages of the Big East programs:
| Team | APR |
| Villanova | 990 |
| Notre Dame | 971 |
| Syracuse | 955 |
| Marquette | 954 |
| Rutgers | 953 |
| Connecticut | 946 |
| Georgetown | 945 |
| Louisville | 941 |
| Providence | 938 |
| Pittsburgh | 935 |
| West Virginia | 932 |
| Seton Hall | 924 |
| DePaul | 918 |
| St. John’s | 918 |
| South Florida | 904 |
| Cincinnati | 872 |
