Men's Basketball

Reshuffling this week's USA TODAY men's basketball coaches' poll according to each school's men's basketball graduation rate: *

Team (poll rank) Rate Rate
1. Villanova (3) 100%
Florida (6) 100%
Illinois (8) 100%
Wake Forest (16) 100%
5. Indiana (18) 91%
6. Washington (10) 90%
7. North Carolina (20) 82%
8. No. Carolina State (19) 78%
9. Michigan State (12) 73%
10. Boston College (13) 60%
11. Wisconsin (24) 58%
Division I men's average 58%
12. Gonzaga (11) 55%
Geo. Washington (15) 55%
14. Duke (1) 50%
Connecticut (2) 50%
16. Ohio State (25) 45%
17. Louisville (4) 38%
UCLA (14) 38%
19. Oklahoma (9) 33%
Kentucky (22) 33%
21. Maryland (17) 30%
22. Pittsburgh (25) 29%
23. Memphis (5) 25%
Texas (7) 25%
25. Nevada (21) 14%

How exactly does a school like Maryland only graduate 30% of it's players while Duke/UConn are at 50% and UNC is at 82%. Those three schools have pumped out TONS more NBA players early then Maryland has..

Also, didn't Florida lose like half its team the last 2 years early?

[New NCAA graduation success rate, which takes transfers and early draft departures into account. Four-class averages are for scholarship players entering school from 1995-98]

[Edited on December 20, 2005 at 12:57 PM. Reason : never mind]

12/20/2005 12:54:52 PM

I love how the N & O tends to publish 1 year raw numbers, which bases a school's graduation rate on 2-5 people. If you have 3 recruits in one class, one transfers in good standing, the other leaves early, you graduation 33%.

12/20/2005 1:15:58 PM