Thanks in large part to players who have been taking care of academics before jumping into the NBA Draft, Arizona put up a perfect Academic Progress Report score in 2013-14.
Not so last year.
The Wildcats dropped from 1,000 to 906 in 2014-15, which caused their four-year rating to drop from 1,000 to 979 in numbers the NCAA released today.
The Wildcats have no reason to worry, because that four-year average is the score that counts for penalties, and their 979 is still well above the penalty line of 930.
But the one-year drop in 2014-15 reflects the fact that at least two of UA’s early departing players left while academically ineligible last season.