NCAA tournament Teams' Graduation Rates

[tornado]

Here's an analysis of all the 65 NCAA teams and their most recent graduation rates..

"Of the 65 tournament teams, 44 graduated at least half of their basketball
student-athletes and 29 teams graduated at least 70 percent.

The institute picked its Top Ten for Graduation Success Rates (all of these
schools had graduation rates over 90 percent): BYU, Marquette, Notre Dame,
Utah State, Wake Forest, Wofford, Duke, Lehigh, Vermont and Villanova.

Among the No. 1 seeds, Duke has a 92 percent graduation success rate,
followed by Kansas (73 percent), Syracuse (55 percent) and Kentucky (31
percent)."

The worst team....duhh...who'da thunk it...
is Gary Williams' Maryland - who shot up to 8% Graduation Rate, after being ZERO percent since 2002!!!

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/campus-overload/2010/03/another_ncaa_bracket_player_gr.html

[Beninator]

The worst team....duhh...who'da thunk it...
is Gary Williams' Maryland - who shot up to 8% Graduation Rate, after being ZERO percent since 2002!!!
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/cam...player_gr.html

Well at least Gary is showing some improvement in that department.
Why isn't there, or is there any kind of penalty for this? I thought that they
would loose a meaningful number of scholarships by now?

[tornado]

OMG -- you gotta see this!!

Maryland's official athletic web site is hooting and boasting over the monster improvement they made from zero to 8%..
wow, now that's something to get hyped about!!!!!!!!!!!!

"An annual report by the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at Central
Florida measured graduation rates of the 65 teams in this year's NCAA Men's
Basketball Tournament. The figures used are graduation success rate numbers
and are based on freshmen who entered college between 1999-2000 and
2002-03.

Despite the GSR in men's basketball of eight percent, the recent profile at Maryland is significantly improved ................"

http://www.umterps.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/031810aab.html

[SFP]

LOL on GW! I wonder how much grief JL would get if he made the dance and had a terrible graduation record? I know for BU I'm more concerned about our educational overall brand then most on this site so I know if we had those numbers I'd be saying something. On that note JL does one he11 of a job in this category and I'd like to see how anyone can spin this any other way but good.

There is also a great piece on PBS on this issue and there is a U of Md guy on it saying the culture all around needs to be changed.

[Future Walk-On]

Here is my opinion on basketball and education...........

Some players' life is basketball...they have no motivation to get an education. you can't change their minds. So I say....let them go through the motions...and do what they need to do to get their scholarship.

Hopefully they make it big...or they can get a job in the basketball industry without a degree.

[TexasHammer]

Not using this as an excuse for Maryland (since Gary Williams has been there for this long), but those stats are from 1999-2002. So some of these schools have changed head coaches, ADs, and other key staff that are not related to the 2002 and earlier teams.

I did hear Gary Williams say on Dan Patrick Show that they have now graduated 9 out of 11 seniors (with four more to graduate this year). I guess that improvement better come when your team is no longer winning as much, need something to lean on.

[real fan]

Here is my opinion on basketball and education...........

Some players' life is basketball...they have no motivation to get an education. you can't change their minds. So I say....let them go through the motions...and do what they need to do to get their scholarship.

Hopefully they make it big...or they can get a job in the basketball industry without a degree.

They are suppose to be student/athletes with the student part coming first, colleges are not suppose to be a minor league for the NBA or any other pro league.

[SaintLouBrave22]

They are suppose to be student/athletes with the student part coming first, colleges are not suppose to be a minor league for the NBA or any other pro league.

HA....tell that to Kentucky, Kansas, Ohio St., (insert name here)...



Just look at the schools rated the highest....


I see two things:


a) those are mainly programs where guys stay 4 years


b) those are very prestigious universities that I am not sure the likes of DeMarcus Cousins, Xavier Henry, or the like would be able to get close to getting into...(minus having someone take the ACT for them)

[real fan]

I use to have a lot of respect for Kentucky until they hired the cheater Calapari.