This year's NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship have a better history of graduating student athletes than previous years' contenders

"The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport, at the University of Central Florida released its annual study, “Keeping Score When It Counts: Graduation Rates for 2007 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament Teams” which is a comprehensive analysis of the graduation rates of NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament-bound team. The study takes a look at Federal Graduation Rates (FGR), Graduation Success Rates (GSR), and the Academic Progress Rates (APR) for the tournament teams, as reported by the NCAA. The
study compares graduation rates for all student-athletes to basketball student-athletes as well as African-American basketball student-athletes to white basketball student-athletes. Source: University of Central Florida

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Related Reports:
2007 APR & Grad. Rate Study of Div. I NCAA Women's Tournament Teams
2007 Division IA Demographic Study