….When it was announced this week that 99 college sports teams could lose scholarships for failing to meet the NCAA’s new academic standards, most around town greeted the news with a collective yawn. After all, none of the teams at the University of Wisconsin were being penalized.
But a closer look at the NCAA’s stats shows that the UW’s two most high-profile squads – the Badger football and men’s basketball teams – have numbers dangerously close to the cut line.