Alex Bozich 05/23/2018 1:28 pm in Media

Indiana basketball’s multi-year Academic Progress Rate (APR) fell for the third straight year, according to data released Wednesday afternoon by the NCAA.

After scoring perfect single-year APR scores of 1,000 for four straight years under Tom Crean from 2009-2013, Indiana didn’t have a perfect single-year APR score in any of Crean’s final four seasons in Bloomington.

The data released Wednesday reflects Crean’s final season in Bloomington (2016-17) and the Hoosiers had a single-year APR score of 920.

The multi-year score released Wednesday (943) reflects an average of Crean’s final four seasons in Bloomington and puts the program in just the 10th to 20th percentile nationally among all men’s basketball programs.

APR data encompassing Archie Miller’s first season in Bloomington will not be released until May of 2019. The multi-year APR score released in May of 2019 will include Miller’s first season and Crean’s final three seasons.

Among Big Ten men’s basketball programs, Ohio State has the lowest multi-year APR score at 936. Academic Progress Rate is a real-time measure of eligibility and retention of student-athletes competing on every Division I sports team.

According to the NCAA:

To compete in the 2018-19 postseason, teams must achieve a 930 four-year APR. NCAA members chose the 930 standard because that score predicts, on average, a 50 percent graduation rate for teams at that APR level. Additionally, teams must earn at least a 930 four-year APR to avoid penalties.

Historical APR data is available in the NCAA’s database. Full APR numbers for each of IU’s athletic programs are available below:

IU Athletics Program – 2016-17 APR/Multi-Year APR (2013-14 through 2016-17)

Baseball: 959/981

Men’s Basketball: 920/943

Women’s Basketball: 963/981

Men’s Cross Country: 1000/991

Women’s Cross Country: 1000/995

Field Hockey: 1000/1000

Football: 967/976

Men’s Golf: 1000/1000

Women’s Golf: 1000/986

Rowing: 981/984

Men’s Soccer: 958/982

Women’s Soccer: 991/995

Softball: 1000/997

Men’s Swimming and Diving: 970/985

Women’s Swimming and Diving: 1000/994

Men’s Tennis: 947/968

Women’s Tennis: 1000/1000

Men’s Track and Field: 992/979

Women’s Track and Field: 993/987

Volleyball: 1000/994

Water Polo: 960/979

Wrestling: 977/961

Filed to: Academic Progress Rate