Interesting Bracket - Graduation Rates

Here is the NCAA tournament bracket listing each participant's graduation rates for BB players as of 2003, with the source, time frame, and criteria listed at the top of the page. It's old news, so to speak, but interesting nonetheless. I'm guessing that some of the lower ranked schools have improved over the past several years due to more stringent NCAA regs.

Tournament Teams Graduation Rates

 

Notre Dame 100%

Texas A&M 56%
Texas 47%
Baylor 36%

geezz I guess we can't read and write in Texas!

 

That same group also put out a womens list. A lot of programs graduatated 100% and overall the womens programs did much better than the mens programs.

Of course you might expect that since the women can't earn anywhere near the same amount of money that they men do and the WNBA is the only domestic pro league and it's not growing and has salary restrictions. They can go overseas and earn decent money, compared to taking a regular job but nothing like what men earn. So I'm sure the desire to stay in school and get a degree is a little more than for the men.

Also I don't think the WNBA will draft a US College player who hasn't finished her 4 years of eligibilty. I think Candace Parker of Tenn is the only player to ever leave college early, but I believe she graduated and that was what allowed the WNBA to take her.

 

You guys know this is a sore point with me. Kentucky... 31%. they should be humiliated by that but I'm sure those goobers couldn't care less as long as they are winning BB games. Calipari has lofty goals to live up to; I don't think he has ever had a player graduate under him.

If you can't graduate 60% of your athletes how can you even call yourself a school? Pathetic!

 

George.....if it was a matter of players just effing up and dropping out I could see your point.

Many times in the better programs the NBA riches do the talking and who could blame these kids?

 

It is kind of silly that they include players who voluntarily leave early in the calculations.

Only schools like USC can afford to pay the players enough to stay!!

 

We were definite;y hurt by the one year wonders beginning with Greg Oden and Mike Conley.

 

I hope Oden invested wisely because he may never play meaningful BB again. A degree might look pretty good to him right now.