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[Moderated by Matt Jones, Drew Franklin and Tyler Thompson]
[Moderated by Matt Jones, Drew Franklin and Tyler Thompson]
Picture it: Athens, Georgia, 2001. A young Jim Harrick Jr. impatiently taps his pen against his pants, waiting for his class of basketball players to finish their final exam. In just a few hours, he’d be in Las Vegas, hitting the blackjack tables and celebrating the end of another brutal semester. He couldn’t understand what was taking the players so long; he’d written the exam to be as easy as possible. Heck, even his neighbor’s seven-year-old was able to ace it…oh well, if all else fails, he’d give them A’s anyways.
Little did Jim Jr. know at the time that the final exam for his “Coaching Principles and Strategies of Basketball” class would be one of the things that ended up getting him fired. In 2004, the NCAA found Harrick Jr. and the Georgia basketball program guilty of academic fraud and improper benefits. Harrick Jr. reportedly gave all of the players–er, students–in his class A’s despite the easy final, and allowed them to miss class and tests at will. In fact, none of the program’s scholarship players even bothered to take the final. As a result, Jim Harrick Jr. was fired.
How easy was that test? Get your #2 pencil and find out for yourself:
1. How many goals are on a basketball court?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
2. How many players are allowed to play at one time on any one team in a regulation game?
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5
3. In what league to [sic ] the Georgia Bulldogs compete?
a. ACC
b. Big Ten
c. SEC
d. Pac 10
4. What is the name of the coliseum where the Georgia Bulldogs play?
a. Cameron Indoor Arena
b. Stegeman Coliseum
c. Carrier Dome
d. Pauley Pavilion
5. How many halves are in a college basketball game?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
6. How many quarters are in a high school basketball game?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
7. How many points does one field goal account for in a Basketball Game?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
8. How many points does a three-point field goal account for in a Basketball Game?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
9. How many officials referee a college basketball game?
a. 2
b. 4
c. 6
d. 3
10. How many teams are in the NCAA Men’s Basketball National Championship Tournament?
a. 48
b. 64
c. 65
d. 32
11. What is the name of the exam which all high school seniors in the State of Georgia must pass?
a. Eye Exam
b. How Do The Grits Taste Exam
c. Bug Control Exam
d. Georgia Exit Exam
12. What basic color are the uniforms the Georgia Bulldogs wear in home games?
a. White
b. Red
c. Black
d. Silver
13. What basic color are the uniforms the Georgia Bulldogs wear in away games?
a. Pink
b. Blue
c. Orange
d. Red
14. How many minutes are played in a college basketball contest?
a. 20
b. 40
c. 60
d. 90
15. How many minutes are played in a high school basketball game?
a. 15
b. 30
c. 32
d. 45
16. Diagram the three-point line.
17. Diagram the half-court line.
18. How many fouls is a player allowed to have in one Basketball game before fouling out in that game?
a. 3
b. 5
c. 7
d. 0
19. If you go on to become a huge coaching success, to whom will you tribute [sic ] the credit?
a. Mike Krzyzewski
b. Bobby Knight
c. John Wooden
d. Jim Harrick Jr.
20. In your opinion, who is the best Division I assistant coach in the country?
a. Ron Jursa [sic ]
b. John Pelphrey
c. Jim Harrick Jr.
d. Steve Wojciechowski
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March 7th, 2013 at 3:33 pm
You can miss two questions, and still get an A…just sayin’.
March 7th, 2013 at 3:34 pm
Isn’t there 68 teams in the tourney?
March 7th, 2013 at 3:47 pm
Did anybody see the hornets guard the wrong basket ate the end of the game last night. WOW. What happened to our boy Brow.
March 7th, 2013 at 3:50 pm
2) The article says it was in 2001. 12 years ago there were not 68 teams in the tourney
March 7th, 2013 at 3:53 pm
1) I think the “Bell curve” was used for grades in this course.
March 7th, 2013 at 3:57 pm
Please tell me this is a joke. lol
March 7th, 2013 at 3:59 pm
6., I rather NOT LIE to you.
March 7th, 2013 at 4:04 pm
How many halves…how many quarters….Coach I thought u said there wasn’t gonna be no math on the test???
March 7th, 2013 at 4:11 pm
17. is my Favorite question.
“17. Diagram the half-court line.”
March 7th, 2013 at 4:13 pm
Misprint on the test. 68 teams. I work in standardized testing and that would be your head!
March 7th, 2013 at 4:14 pm
Number 11 is a trick question because there should be an “All of the Above” option.
March 7th, 2013 at 4:19 pm
10) The test was from 2001. There were not 68 teams yet.
March 7th, 2013 at 4:28 pm
Hmmm…reason states that if there were 64 teams in the tournament, then there are also 32, and 48, but not 65.
March 7th, 2013 at 5:30 pm
#21, which SEC school had a crooked coach who set up fake courses for his players?
A) UNC
B) UNLV
C) UGA
D) All of the Above
March 7th, 2013 at 5:31 pm
Love the Asian dude’s photobomb in the background…
March 7th, 2013 at 5:54 pm
This situation with Jim Harrick seems really similar to the UNC situation. How come UGA received penalties but UNC did not? (besides the obvious corruption of the NCAA… I’m curious as to how they justify this one)
March 7th, 2013 at 5:59 pm
I made a 85!!!! That is a B!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
March 7th, 2013 at 6:00 pm
I got a 70! Is that passing?
March 7th, 2013 at 6:01 pm
Is is to late to sign up for that class? I need a fer hours to get eligible!
March 7th, 2013 at 6:01 pm
Can someone take the test for me?
March 7th, 2013 at 6:02 pm
I will for a price? A gold chain!!!
March 7th, 2013 at 6:03 pm
I will get my sister to take it for me as she is an A student!
March 7th, 2013 at 6:04 pm
Is this a graduate class? Coach Strickland needs a few hours for his Masters!
March 7th, 2013 at 6:32 pm
Question #8 is a classic.
March 7th, 2013 at 6:48 pm
#16 my thought exactly! How is this any different? NCAA said UNC was an institutional issue. I completely forgot about this deal at GA. This makes the whole UNC issue even more of a fraud by the NCAA
March 7th, 2013 at 9:51 pm
i had trouble with question 8 and i forgot my circumference so my line wasn’t straight on number 16.
March 7th, 2013 at 11:13 pm
16 and 25–My guess is that the NCAA will say the difference is that in the GA case it was a coach teaching the class, thus it falls under their jurisdiction, where with UNC the coaches are “not involved.”