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The first round of APR scores released by the NCAA to the national media
on March 1, 2005 were preliminary and, in the case of Boston University,
inaccurate .

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The
sports records are now available online in a searchable archive of
college sports statistics at http://web1.

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Specifically, this initial release included erroneous data for
the Boston University men's basketball program, which has now been correctly
evaluated to have a score of 957. Users can search the archive by
year, sport, school, athletics conference, or student -athlete, and
drill down to individual events and box scores. is a software and systems
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Boston University scored 977 for all 23 sports in excess of the NCAA
guidelines by 52 points and well above the Division 1 average of 950.

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"With our expertise in
digitizing vast stores of information from a variety of physical
formats, and developing databases to manage and use that information,
we were able to help the NCAA and college sports fans get immediate ,
easy access to a rich archive of sports information.

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"At Boston University we are very proud of our heritage as a program that
fosters excellence and the development of our student-athletes in athletics,
academics, and service to the community," said Michael Lynch, director of
athletics for Boston University.

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(ThomasTech) has
completed the digitization of the paper archives of NCAA Football
(Divisions 1AA, II, and III) and volleyball championship records. Headquartered in Horsham ,
Pa., with additional offices in London, UK, ThomasTech is a wholly
owned subsidiary of Thomas Publishing Company, LLC.

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Entire game programs are also easily
viewable online via scanned images .

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"Our ongoing work with the NCAA is indicative of the value that
Web-based access to this historical content offers," said Jeff Catt,
ThomasTech Vice President, Sales + Marketing.

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Web Archive Gives Sports Fans Access to
63 Cumulative Years of Championship Results including
NCAA(R) FOOTBALL Divisions 1AA, II, and III Statistics

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Boston University is well above the Division 1 average of 950 and far exceeds
the NCAA APR threshold of 925

BOSTON, Today the National Collegiate Athletic
Association (NCAA) released its corrected Academic Progress Rate (APR) data
based on the 2003-04 academic year.

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The APR score will be used by the NCAA to
measure an institution's academic performance and whether or not a school is
meeting a minimum APR standard set by the NCAA at 925, roughly equivalent to a
50 percent graduation rate over a 5-year period."

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The NCAA is a membership-led nonprofit association of colleges and
universities committed to supporting academic and athletic
opportunities for more than 360,000 student-athletes annually at more
than 1,000 member colleges and universities. Each year, more than
49,000 student-athletes compete in NCAA championships in Divisions I,
II and III sports. ThomasTech
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The new NCAA Football and volleyball championship records archive
spans more than 125,000 pages of information such as statistical data
on teams, student-athletes, and scores, as well as biographical
information on student-athletes .

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ThomasTech, a software and systems integrator that builds content
management and publishing solutions for professional publishers,
industrial manufacturers, and other organizations, previously
digitized and designed the Web-based championship results data
repository covering 104 cumulative years of championship games in
three NCAA Division I sports: baseball, softball, and outdoor track .com

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ThomasTech Digitizes NCAA Football and Volleyball Sports Records

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NCAA Releases Corrected APR Data: BU Scores 977 for All 23 Sports

"I am proud that Boston University 's final
scores accurately reflect the quality of our program and the academic
accomplishments of our student-athletes.

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