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  • Car- liniart NCAA Debates Freshman Ineligibility for Men's Hoops Coach Hopkins Says Proposal Would Not Work by Don Costello Editor in Chief In late-June, the NCAA's Division I Working Group to Study Basketball Issues met in Chicago and discussed the possibility of prohibiting incoming freshman from being eligible to play in their first year. According to a report in the Chicago Tribune, the NCAA is considering this bold step because of falling graduation rates in men's basketball as well as recent incidents involving gambling, point shaving, and hiring of agents while still enrolled in college. Proponents of the ban on male freshman proclaim that the 41 percent graduation rate among men's basketball participants could be improved if freshmen were prohibited from playing to become accustomed to the rigors of college life, the Tribune article stated. The graduation rate for women's basketball is 66 percent while the overall graduation rate for all student-athletes is 57 percent. WCU's head basketball coach Phil Hopkins is not a proponent of the proposal. Hopkins questioned the correlation between graduation rates and playing during the freshmen season. "I've never Carolinian File Photo Freshman Casey Rogers (R) and Coach Phil Hopkins at the basektball tournament press conference. If the NCAA approves freshmen ineligibility for men's basketball, Westerns run through the 1999 SoCon Tourney could become a thing of the past. known of a player that wanted to graduate that didn't," said Hopkins, who has coached at the college level since 1982. "In fact, it has been proven that during the season players are more focused, grades are better, and there's not as much social life," ^MftBEBB ftfclfffiP^ TOirtaaraE-aflfiy July 17,1999 Registration 8:00a.m. at Camp Lab 5K Race 9:00a.m. Entry Fee: $10 Before July 15 $15 July 15-July 17 Prizes will be awarded to Top Finishers. For more information, contact WCU's intramural office at 227-7477, or after 5p.m. contact Race Directors Christopher Busch at 293-0680 or Jeannie Ledford at 293-5520 All participants will recieve a T Shirt, Food, & Beverage. he said. Last season, WCU made a surprising run through the Southern Conference Tournament before bowing out at the hands of conference power College of Charleston in the semi-finals. The Catamounts were led by a dynamic duo of freshmen, Casey Rogers and Cory Largent. Rogers started 27 games and led Western Carolina in assists (148), steals (45) and free throw percentage (.753), and finished second on the team in scoring with 12.9 points per game. Roger's performance during the season earned him the SoCon's Freshman of the Year award. Largent started 26 games, averaged 9.2 points per game, and led the Cats with a 42 percent three-point field goal mark. With an NCAA ineligibility requirement in place, Rogers' and Largent's stats would have been non-existent and WCU's record would most certainly have been worse than 8-21. Hopkins even said that if freshmen had been ineligible, Rogers would probably not be running the point for the Cats. "If a Casey Rogers would have had to sit out he would have gone to a bigger school," he said. "Casey came here because he could start from Day One." Hopkins foresees other problems arising if the NCAA were to ban freshmen from playing. "It would have a trickle down effect where the Dukes of the world would have to [recruit] lower level players," said Hopkins. "That would take away from the talent pool we have to draw from." He also suggested that more players would declare early for the draft or go to prep schools and end up being 23 or 24 years old when they graduated. "With the requirement, there'll never be another senior to wait around and those that do will not be a first round choice [in the NBA draft]." The Working Group will meet again in mid-July to further discuss the issue. Officials told the Chicago Tribune that the proposal has a 50/50 chance of passing by a vote from NCAA Division I institutions. If passed, the requirement would most likely have a five- or six-year grace period before full implementation would take effect. Until 1972, freshmen were ineligible to play at the varsity level in basketball. Back then, colleges fielded a freshmen team that was a training ground or minor league level for the varsity program of a particular school. Eric Johnson Chooses Pro Baseball continued from backpage was named to the Division I-AA All- America team. Upon debating his options, "E.J." decided to leave the Cats before completing his senior year of college. Head football coach Bill Bleil said Johnson considered staying at Western Carolina for his senior season in football. "The opportunity [to turn pro] was too good to pass up," said Bleil. "It's like winning the lottery," he said. Bleil commended Johnson for being a great athlete and a great person. "He's been a role model since he came here. Eric's one of the athletes that you don't hear about. You only hear about the negative ones." As far as replacing Johnson on the gridiron, Bleil commented that the Cats have two or three players to vie for the safety position. "Obviously, they won't be as good as Eric immediately, but we feel confident they will develop into good players." Pember, Moore also Drafted Staff ace David Pember, who has a season of college eligibility remaining, was chosen by the Milwaukee Brewers in the eigth round after going 8-5 with a 4.36 ERA on the mound in 1999. Chris Moore, the 1999 Southern Conference Player of the Year, was chosen in the 11th round by the Colorado Rockies. An all-conference shortstop, Moore hit 21 homers, knocked in 53 runs and batted .388 last season.
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