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Graduation Rates among tourney teams

Discussion in 'Charlotte Hornets' started by PantherPaul, Mar 16, 2009.

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  1. Mar 16, 2009 at 7:30 PM #1
    PantherPaul

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    From ESPN:
    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.

    Nice job Clemson and Maryland :toetap05:
     
  2. Mar 16, 2009 at 9:01 PM #2
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    I mean, for fuck's sake, it's Clemson... :lmao:
     
  3. Mar 16, 2009 at 11:31 PM #3
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    Nice.
     
  4. Mar 17, 2009 at 8:00 AM #4
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    what year did you graduate from unc?
     
  5. Mar 17, 2009 at 8:55 AM #5
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    I'm guessing those live stock breeding classes are pretty tough
     
  6. Mar 17, 2009 at 9:28 AM #6
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    Sort of shows that Clemson makes their players take their own tests. You don't think it's odd that FSU has a 100% graduation rate?
     
  7. Mar 17, 2009 at 9:46 AM #7
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    If UNC's big three had of all gone pro last year that graduation rate would have really sucked. That's the reason I don't put much stock into those grad rates. They can give a really different impression than what is really occuring.
     
  8. Mar 17, 2009 at 9:55 AM #8
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    Yeah the graduation rates are really skewed in basketball. With such a small sample rate of scholarships, not to mention early defections and transfers not counting in the graduation rate just a few bad apples can really make the number look worse than it is.
     
  9. Mar 17, 2009 at 9:58 AM #9
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    who gives a fuck about graduation rates...its all about winning.
     
  10. Mar 17, 2009 at 10:39 AM #10
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    Its not until you lose, unless your Clemson or Maryland.
     
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