Tournament Teams & Graduation Rates - MU at 100%

[drewm88]

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/ncaatourney09/news/story?id=3987923

North Carolina, Pittsburgh, Louisville and Connecticut share a No. 1 seeding in the NCAA tournament. Their graduation rates have less in common.

The numbers ranged from 86 percent at North Carolina to 33 percent at UConn, according to a report released Monday by The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at the University of Central Florida.

Louisville was at 42 percent and Pitt at 69 percent.

The study also found that fewer tournament teams have failing Academic Progress Rates than last year. Twenty-one of the 65 tournament teams have APR scores under 925, the cutoff below which the NCAA can penalize schools. Last year, 35 teams had APR scores below 925.

Graduation rates remained similar to last year. Forty of the teams had graduation rates of at least 50 percent.

The graduation rates were based on whether freshmen who entered school between the 1998-99 and 2001-02 school years earned diplomas within six years.

Seven teams had a 100 percent graduation rate: Binghamton, Florida State, Marquette, Robert Morris, Utah State, Wake Forest and Western Kentucky.

The five lowest rates were at Cal State Northridge (8 percent), Maryland (10 percent), Portland State (17 percent), Arizona (20 percent) and Clemson (29 percent).

The study noted the ongoing gaps between the graduation rates of white and African-American players. Twenty-five tournament teams had a gap of 20 percentage points or more between the two groups.

[ChuckyChip]

As much as people like to rip our former coach, he brought in kids and built an infrastructure that contributed to an excellent graduation rate.

[MUEng92]

Am I missing something...  freshman who entered between 1998 and 2001...graduated within 6 years... did Mr. Wade get a diploma?

The Wiki tells me his freshman year was 2000-2001 when he was ineligible.

[AlumKCof93]

As much as people like to rip our former coach, he brought in kids and built an infrastructure that contributed to an excellent graduation rate.

+1

[rocky_warrior]

Hey how about that - Marquette and Utah State both have 100% rates.

Congrats to the Aggies too - both schools should be proud.

Of course, I still want them destroyed 

[MUeng]

on espn.com it says marquette is one of only seven schools in the country with a 100% student athlete grad rate.  Pretty darn good id say.  uconn=33%, ouch

[MUeng]

my bad, make the 7 teams in the tournament

[ChicosBailBonds]

100% graduation rate for the hoops team


http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/ncaatourney09/news/story?id=3987923

[Pardner]

hmmmm...that #1 in the country per player expenditure $ amount actually goes back to student athlete academics.  Shocker!

[Hards Alumni]

I can honestly say that I am amazed that the Florida State Criminoles graduate 100%.

[Brewtown Andy]

I can honestly say that I am amazed that the Florida State Criminoles graduate 100%.

Just the basketball team.

[Phi Iota Gamma 84]

I can honestly say that I am amazed that the Florida State Criminoles graduate 100%.

Why?  I thought that was the schoold where they had cheating going on.

Easy to graduate if you do not have to go to class and someone does your work for you or just gives you a grade.

[ChicosBailBonds]

Why?  I thought that was the schoold where they had cheating going on.

Easy to graduate if you do not have to go to class and someone does your work for you or just gives you a grade.

One of the Rhodes Scholars this year is from FSU