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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.

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.

• Associated Press
• Washington Post

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:

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:

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 

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.

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.

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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