Big Ten 2012-2013 Men's Basketball APR Scores - Indiana Leads

The NCAA has updated their APR database and the Big Ten basketball scores are up for the 2012-2013 season.  Regardless of timing, these scores are important to programs and can do quite a bit of damage if they sink too low (just ask UConn).

Here is what the national SBNation site included about APR scores:

Every Division I sports team calculates its APR each academic year. Scholarship student-athletes each semester receive one point for remaining eligible and one point for staying in school or graduating. Teams scoring below certain thresholds can face consequences, including practice restrictions and playing season reductions. Rates are an average of the past four years' performance. National aggregates are based on all teams with usable data at the time of analysis.

In order to compete in the 2014-15 postseason, teams must achieve either a 930 multi-year APR or a 940 average over the most recent two years. This approach represents the next step in a phased-in move to a standard 930 benchmark, which will be in place for most schools with next year's announcement of 2013-14 data collected in the fall of 2014.

These scores may not seem important, but give them time to add up and they can make quite an impact on a program and the school's reputation.  That's why coaches spend so much time trying to keep their scores high.  Here are the Big Ten rankings:

2012-2013 Big Ten Men's Basketball APR Scores:

Thoughts:

The big winner is clearly Indiana with that 1000 score.  However, Michigan (990) and Purdue (985) were right on their heels.  Plus, you have a few other programs (MSU & Northwestern) at 980.  The lowest programs were Nebraska (947) and Illinois (957).  That's not exactly where those programs would like to see those scores, but there are certainly a bunch of Big Ten programs performing well here.