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Getting a peek at this exam makes us want to see Rod Paige's dissertation on response time of football linemen.
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) -- Talk about a slam dunk. Most college students probably dream of getting a final exam with questions like this: How many goals are on a basketball court? How many quarters are in a high school basketball game? How many points does a 3-point field goal account for?
To top it off, the exam was multiple choice.
The questions were on the final exam, and only test, that students took in a basketball class taught in the fall of 2001 by University of Georgia assistant men's basketball coach Jim Harrick Jr. The class was called Coaching Principles and Strategies of Basketball.
The 20-question test and transcripts of interviews with some of the students in Harrick's class were among 1,500 pages of documents released Wednesday by the university in its response to the NCAA regarding four rules violations in the basketball program.
The university agreed with the NCAA's findings, which included allegations of academic fraud and improper benefits.
The NCAA concluded Harrick fraudulently awarded A's to three basketball players after allowing them to miss class and tests.
After the allegations came to light, Georgia last March chose not to renew the contract of Harrick, the son of former head Georgia men's basketball coach Jim Harrick.
An attorney for the Harricks said Wednesday that Harrick Jr. would not comment, and that a federal lawsuit filed last week is their response. That lawsuit accuses university officials and others of defamation.
According to the documents, one of Harrick's students called the final exam ``the easiest thing that I've ever taken.''
All the students in the class were given an A, according to the documents.
``I remember when he assigned that, you know, he didn't seem to care if anybody showed up to take the final because he said, `Well, if you know of anybody who is not here who needs to take the final, just tell them to come by my office. It's no big deal,''' the student told attorney Ed Tolley, who conducted the school's investigation.
The names of Harrick's students who were interviewed were blacked out in the papers.
``He always joked with us about the NCAA, you know, about all kinds of stuff, never really seemed to take it seriously,'' the same student said.
— Associated Press
Ga. Coach's Class Deemed Too Easy
New York Times
2004-02-04
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/sports/AP-BKC-Georgia-Easy-Class.html
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