I always bump up study hall minutes when I get the grade report for anyone in yellow who is in trouble.  However, I never adjust anyone who isn't identified as a problem.  Has there ever been a case of someone who at the midterm was OK, but then suddenly had a big drop off and failed?    I'm having a good season in IBA so far, and just got the grades.  1 guy was below 2.5, so he got extra minutes.   There are 2 guys at 2.5 even, and 1 at 2.6.  Is there any chance those guys fail if I don't give them extra SH time, or should I be safe leaving them where they are.  if it affects things, 1 is a senior, 1 a junior and 1 a sophomore.  Thanks

I keep everyone at 5 minutes and if they are low (below 2.5 sounds reasonable) then I bump them up to 6, 7, 8, sometimes even 10. Depends on how low they are. There's a study hall minute chart out there somewhere that does a good job of explaining how many minutes to put in. I've had success with 5 minutes and then adjusting up as necessary.

With your senior and junior, it's likely that they're maxed out in the important categories. So you're not being hurt by giving them study hall minutes

Posted by alblack56 on 6/7/2011 8:56:00 AM (view original):

In March 2011, I had a senior with a 3.3 GPA. With no study hall, he went up to a 3.8, then a 4.0.   Then he dropped to 1.7 GPA.  In over 100 seasons, I'd never seen that before.

I sent in a ticket and was told:

"Anytime you have no study hall minutes, you take a risk. You got lucky for a while, then got burned. It's better to leave a few minutes in study hall".

that answer is such bs... just another thing...

Ive received the same type of answer.  I just had a Jr. who is a 3.4 and has had 0 SH minutes the last 2 years show up on Mid-terms at a 2.1.  The answer from CS, there is an aspect to GPA that is random.  BS, it is all random, outside of giving everyone 8-10 minutes i don't think there is much we can do as coaches.

Posted by dacj501 on 6/7/2011 11:42:00 AM (view original):

Posted by alblack56 on 6/7/2011 8:56:00 AM (view original):

In March 2011, I had a senior with a 3.3 GPA. With no study hall, he went up to a 3.8, then a 4.0.   Then he dropped to 1.7 GPA.  In over 100 seasons, I'd never seen that before.

I sent in a ticket and was told:

"Anytime you have no study hall minutes, you take a risk. You got lucky for a while, then got burned. It's better to leave a few minutes in study hall".

that answer is such bs... just another thing...

Wow, that is a bunch of garbage. 

I suppose not only are we supposed to be able to coach a successful basketball team, but also do behavioral analysis on virtual student-athletes. 

Posted by cburton23 on 6/7/2011 2:33:00 PM (view original):
Ive received the same type of answer.  I just had a Jr. who is a 3.4 and has had 0 SH minutes the last 2 years show up on Mid-terms at a 2.1.  The answer from CS, there is an aspect to GPA that is random.  BS, it is all random, outside of giving everyone 8-10 minutes i don't think there is much we can do as coaches.

I've come to two unofficial conclusions-

1- it's more random factor than the minutes put in (ex- I start EVERYONE at 15 mins, and I just had a freshman with 15 mins, a 3.7 1st semester GPA, 3.27 HS GPA,  get a 2.3 at midterms.
2- I have a gut feeling the whole batch tends to be good or bad.  On that same team a 3.2 Freshman with 15 mins swung to 2.2 at midterms.  I'm pretty convinced (but do not have any actual facts, just observations) that either your whole team had a great study hall, or it was poor across the board.

Is something going on with grades this semester or what? 

Had two freshmen with 10 mins of study hall get a 3.2 and 3.1 after the first semester. Kept them with 10 mins of study hall for second semester. Mid Terms came out and they are both yellow with 2.3s.

CS and seble will deny it, but they've made grades far more random in the last 8-10 seasons... way more fluctuation than there used to be.

I just had my sophomore drop an entire point to 1.7. He is a star on my team so how many extra minutes should I put in for him.

Something is up. All my FR have 10 min or more SH and they all just dropped into 'danger' on the mid-term report. One guy went from 3.3 to 1.9  Another had his SH minutes INCREASED after the first grade report and he dropped 2.8 to 2.1 That's a first for me.

Posted by car_crazy_v2 on 6/11/2011 8:26:00 AM (view original):
I just had my sophomore drop an entire point to 1.7. He is a star on my team so how many extra minutes should I put in for him.

If he's the star, and is at 1.7, I'd increase him by at least 20 minutes

I'd be happy to just see grades disappear fwiw...there's no real reason to have them in the game, they're just a nuisance.

Posted by garger on 6/11/2011 9:36:00 AM (view original):
Something is up. All my FR have 10 min or more SH and they all just dropped into 'danger' on the mid-term report. One guy went from 3.3 to 1.9  Another had his SH minutes INCREASED after the first grade report and he dropped 2.8 to 2.1 That's a first for me.

Yup... like I said, they definitely changed something within the past couple weeks. This needs to be brought up with seble.