Did some homework as to how well the 64 teams in the 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship -- graduate their student-athletes. The NCAA has been reporting the Graduation Success Rate (GSR) of every athletic team at every member school since 2004 -- you'll find the results below.
Seven schools in this year's NCAA Tournament scored a PERFECT GSR SCORE, graduating 100 percent of their student-athletes; University of Notre Dame, Duke University, Davidson College, Brigham Young University, Harvard University, Creighton University and Belmont University.
Thirteen (13) schools in this year's NCAA Tournament GRADUATE LESS THAN HALF of their student-athletes in the NCAA Tournament -- they are:
- UCONN: graduates 25%
- New Mexico State: graduates 28%
- Mississippi Valley State: graduates 35%
- University of Florida: graduates 38%
- Southern Mississippi University: graduates 42%
- University of Colorado: graduates 43%
- Norfolk State: graduates 43%
- Temple University: graduates 43%
- University of South Florida: graduates 44%
- University of Michigan: graduates 45%
- Long Beach State: graduates 45%
- Iowa State: graduates 45%
- Indiana University: graduates 47%
Here's a "re-seeding" of each NCAA Tournament Region -- by GSR:
SOUTH REGION
#1: Duke -- 100 GSR
#2: Notre Dame -- 100 GSR
#3: Xavier -- 93 GSR
#4: Wichita State -- 92 GSR
#5: Lehigh: 85 GSR
#6: Kentucky: 69 GSR
#7: UNLV: 67 GSR
#8: VCU: 67 GSR
#9: Baylor: 56 GSR
#10: South Dakota State: 50 GSR
#11: Indiana: 47 GSR
#12: Iowa State: 45 GSR
#13: Colorado: 43 GSR
#14: Mississippi Valley State: 35 GSR
#15: New Mexico State: 28 GSR
#16: UCONN: 25 GSR
WEST REGION
#1: Davidson: 100 GSR
#2: BYU: 100 GSR
#3: Marquette: 91 GSR
#4: LIU Brooklyn: 91 GSR
#5: Michigan State: 82 GSR
#6: Missouri: 67 GSR
#7: Saint Louis: 67 GSR
#8: Colorado State: 64 GSR
#9: New Mexico: 57 GSR
#10: Louisville: 56 GSR
#11: Murray State: 56 GSR
#12: Memphis: 55 GSR
#13: Virginia: 50 GSR
#14: Long Beach State: 45 GSR
#15: Norfolk State: 43 GSR
#16: Florida: 38 GSR
EAST REGION
#1: Harvard: 100 GSR
#2: Vanderbilt: 93 GSR
#3: Loyola (MD): 92 GSR
#4: West Virginia: 83 GSR
#5: Montana: 75 GSR
#6: Gonzaga: 73 GSR
#7: Florida State: 67 GSR
#8: Texas: 67 GSR
#9: St. Bonaventure: 65 GSR
#10: Ohio State: 57 GSR
#11: UNC-Asheville: 57 GSR
#12: Cincinnati: 56 GSR
#13: Syracuse: 54 GSR
#14: Wisconsin: 50 GSR
#15: Kansas State: 50 GSR
#16: Southern Mississippi: 42 GSR
MIDWEST REGION
#1: Creighton: 100 GSR
#2: Belmont: 100 GSR
#3: Kansas: 91 GSR
#4: North Carolina: 89 GSR
#5: Detroit Mercy: 89 GSR
#6: Vermont: 86 GSR
#7: Saint Mary's: 82 GSR
#8: North Carolina State: 80 GSR
#9: Ohio: 79 GSR
#10: Georgetown: 70 GSR
#11: Alabama: 67 GSR
#12: San Diego State: 62 GSR
#13 Purdue: 50 GSR
#14: Michigan: 45 GSR
#15: South Florida: 44 GSR
#16: Temple: 43 GSR
LINK: NCAA GSR DATABASE
