Finally: an athlete that gets it

[orangecat1]

"I'm coming back another year," Thompson said repeatedly in the Texas locker room at the BOK Center, where the team was going to practice in preparation for its Sunday round of 32 game against Arizona. "I've already signed up for summer classes."........

Summer classes, that's the key. All of these athletes have a mountain of tutors available, completely free, and all they have to do is take advantage of the deal.

If I had all the free tutors I could handle, I would take more classes in the summer than in the fall and spring.(especially basketball because you have games during fall and spring semester) I would take an overload in the summer, 9 first summer session, 6 2nd summer session. wouldn't even have to workout 1st summer session, just eat, sleep, study, done.

2nd session same,except taking only 6 hours, workout every day in addition.

wouldn't have to take but 9-12 hours in fall, same in spring.

 

[Statalyzer]

9 classes in a 6-week long session? I don't care if I had the whole earth's studying resources available, I wouldn't do that.

 

[Horns11]

Not 9 classes, 9 hours. 3 classes.

Pretty much all of the athletes do this. You only have to complete 24 hours towards a degree in a calendar year to remain "on progress" towards graduation. So they'll do 9 hours each session (fall, spring, summer). I'd like to think it's the easiest load ever, but when you throw in practices, well, I doubt I could pull a 4.0 in my three classes then.

Plus, signing up for classes doesn't mean he can't disenroll if the scouts think he's a top ten pick.

 

[Horn69]

I like your idea Orangecat. Don't know how much elgibilty you have left but I hope you use it wisely. As far as Tristan goes - I sure would like for him to be jacked about his UT future and come back next year.

Let's go Longhorns

Hook'em!!!

 

[orangecat1]

horns11, if that is true, then it would be even easier if your college had maymester classes. A kid could take the 3 hours of maymester, the 15 during the summer and only need 6 during the fall and spring combined to make "academic progress".

One course in the fall and one in the spring. Talk about being able to concentrate on basketball!

And I sure would advise b-ball players to do this. Skip working out in May and June, concentrate on school; workout again in July and following.

Basketball is unique with both spring and fall being affected.

Football players, they could pack in a bunch of courses in the spring and summer, take whatever the minimum is in the fall, 3 hours I guess.

 

[baoklhorn]

Tristan could be UT's basketball version of

This season could be analgous to the 2004 season that ended with the win over Michigan and set us up for the Title run in 2005.

Go Horns--- Beat the 'Cats @ BOK Tulsa Sunday

I hope I make it to the game.

 

[Horns11]

"horns11, if that is true, then it would be even easier if your college had maymester classes. A kid could take the 3 hours of maymester, the 15 during the summer and only need 6 during the fall and spring combined to make "academic progress"."

Yes, and it is true. Now, I doubt you'd find many college athletes who can take 15 over the summer, considering they're constantly under watch for "optional" workouts, etc. Probably more like 6 over the summer in most cases (1 each session at UT is what TJ Ford did in 2001 and 2002, as I was nearby and asked him).

So at UT, you get guys who do 9-9-6. At a school like SMU that has a maymester, You'll probably get 6-9-3-6 for football players, and 9-6-3-6 for basketball players.