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Rivers To Indiana...Or Not? Updated 5/10/08

Saturday's Washington Times reported that guard Jeremiah Rivers will transfer to Indiana. Later in the day, however, sources told the Bloomington Herald-Times that Rivers has not done so and will be looking at other schools.

Rivers To Transfer 5/8/08

For the second time in as many weeks, Georgetown has unexpectedly lost another player, as the University confirmed the transfer of sophomore guard Jeremiah Rivers on Wednesday.

The son of Boston Celtics coach Glenn Rivers, Jeremiah had played two seasons behind Jonathan Wallace (C'08) and had been widely expected to carry the defensive mantle of the team in 2008-09.

"Jeremiah and his family made a decision and determined this was best for him. We appreciate his hard work and wish him best in his future endeavors," said coach John Thompson III in brief remarks posted at GUHoyas.com. An Georgetown spokesman declined comment when contacted by The HOYA following the announcement.

Like Macklin before him, the departure of a sophomore reserve just prior to taking a leadership role on the team remains surprising. The Winter Park, FL guard appeared in 34 games as a freshman, primarily on defense, averaging 1.3 points. As a sophomore, Rivers averaged just 2.5 points, but came up big in a number of late game defensive stands, none more so than his late game defensive stops against Villanova and Marquette in key wins this past season.

The two remaining members of that 2006-07 team, rising senior Jessie Sapp and rising junior DaJuan Summers, are joined by senior walk-on Bryon Jansen to guide the youngest Georgetown team in over 30 years. It is only the second time since 1946 that Georgetown will have as few as three upperclassmen on the roster.

Additional articles follow below.

Rivers: Fifth Transfer Since 2006 5/8/08

Jeremiah Rivers marks the fifth transfer from Georgetown since October 2006. Five departures over a two year period has happened only twice before in modern Georgetown history:

Seasons Departures Date Transfer To
1989-91 Milton Bell '92 Jan. 1990 Richmond
Michael Tate '93 May 1990 James Madison
David Edwards '93 May 1990 Texas A&M
Antoine Stoudamire '93 Dec. 1990 Oregon
Mike Sabol '93 Jan. 1991 American
1996-98 Jerry Nichols '98 Jun. 1997 Miss. Valley St.
Shamel Jones '00 Jun. 1997 Memphis
Ed Sheffey '00 Jan. 1998 New Mexico St.
Kenny Brunner '01 Feb. 1998 Fresno St.
Shernard Long '01 Jan. 1999 Georgia St.
2006-08 Josh Thornton '09 Oct. 2006 Towson
Marc Egerson '09 Jan. 2007 Delaware
Octavius Spann '09 May 2007 Marshall
Vernon Macklin '10 Apr. 2008 Florida
Jeremiah Rivers '10 May 2008 TBA
 
2008-09 Depth Chart Updated 5/8/08

Rivers' departure now leaves six returning players on scholarship for the 2008-09 season and ten overall. The eligibility status of freshman Chris Braswell, as noted in the April 12 Washington Post has not been confirmed by Georgetown.

A depth chart on the 2008-09 roster could look like this:

Guards
Chris Wright (Soph, 5.7 ppg) Jessie Sapp (Sr.,11.1 ppg)
Jason Clark (Freshman)
Forwards
Austin Freeman (Soph, 9.1 ppg) Dajuan Summers (Jr., 11.1 ppg)
Omar Wattad (Soph, 1.0) Greg Monroe, Freshman
Nikita Mescheriakov (RS Fr.) Chris Braswell, Freshman
Bryon Jansen  (Sr., 0.3 ppg)
Centers

Henry Sims, Freshman

 
NCAA Releases APR Figures 5/7/08

The NCAA has released its annual Academic Progress Rate report, the fourth year of a program that aims to hold colleges and universities accountable for graduation rates.

Academic Progress Rate, or APR, is a benchmark of each men's and women's sports team at NCAA member schools over the last three years. A 1,000 score connotes a 100% graduation rate. The rate consists of one point for each eligible student-athlete and one point for each graduated student-athlete.

The Georgetown results are linked here. Nine sports teams scored a perfect 1000 on the rating, including field hockey, men's and women's golf, women's rowing,  women's swimming, women's tennis, men's and women's indoor track, and women's outdoor track 

2007 2006 2005 07 v 06
Baseball 975 966 955 +9
Basketball (Men's) 945 970 963 -25
Basketball (Women's) 969 970 957 -1
Cross Country (Men's) 994 991 985 +3
Cross Country (Women's) 993 991 987 +2
Field Hockey 1000 1000 1000 --
Football 961 955 971 +6
Golf (Men's) 1000 1000 1000 --
Golf (Women's) 1000 1000 1000 --
Lacrosse (Men's) 985 989 989 -4
Lacrosse (Women's) 989 990 990 -1
Rowing (Men's, not an NCAA sport) * * * --
Rowing (Women's) 1000 1000 1000 --
Sailing (not an NCAA sport) * * * --
Soccer (Men's) 989 1000 988 -11
Soccer (Women's) 994 996 993 -2
Softball (new in 2006) * * * --
Swimming (Men's) 969 958 938 +9
Swimming (Women's) 1000 1000 1000 --
Tennis (Men's) 952 923 NA +29
Tennis (Women's) 1000 1000 1000 --
Track (Men's Indoor) 1000 1000 1000 --
Track (Women's Indoor) 1000 993 989 +7
Track (Men's Outdoor) 994 1000 1000 -6
Track (Women's Outdoor) 1000 992 988 +8
Volleyball 987 991 986 -4
 

The APR for Georgetown men's basketball fell from third to seventh among Big East schools according to the latest data. The table below compares the men's basketball APR's at the 16 conference schools, with five of this year's 16 falling below the NCAA minimum of 925. Seton Hall was docked one scholarship but was the only Big East school cited for scholarship penalties this year.

2007 2006 2005 2004
Villanova 990 993 1000 1000
Notre Dame 971 977 977 957
Syracuse 955 948 967 977
Marquette 954 927 918 920
Rutgers 953 943 933 881
Connecticut 946 934 889 851
Georgetown 945 970 963 975
Louisville 941 920 908 833
Providence 938 938 936 960
Pittsburgh 935 907 905 885
W. Virginia 932 915 899 911
Seton Hall 924 921 930 979
DePaul 918 893 865 808
St. John's 918 909 884 826
S. Florida 904 898 893 1000
Cincinnati 872 838 872 916
 
Macklin Transfers To Florida 5/3/08

The Gainesville (FL) Sun reports Saturday that former Georgetown forward Vernon Macklin will transfer to the University of Florida this fall.

Macklin, whose transfer was announced by Georgetown April 25, will have two years eligibility beginning in the 2009-10 season.

Big East: Better Than Ever? 5/2/08

Entering its 30th season, Big East coaches tell ESPN.com that the league could be its deepest ever.

"We could have easily lost two or three more guys [to the NBA draft]," said Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim. "We're not losing guys. It's going to be a superstrong league again."

"You could have a really good year and still be in the middle of the pack," said coach John Thompson III, whose Hoyas are picked fifth in the league in the early pre-season discussions. "But I do have a feeling that we'll have a number of elite teams in the country next season."

"This past year I thought going in that we had nine or 10 teams that could make it," Boeheim added. "And next year, for sure, we have 10."

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