Study: NCAA Tournament Team Graduation Rates Between Blacks, Whites Widening: ORLANDO Fla. – The disparity in graduation rates for White and Black players on NCAA tournament-bound men's basketball teams grew this year, according to a study released Monday.
The annual report by The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at the University of Central Florida found 45 teams graduated 70 percent or more of their White players, up from 33 teams last year. But only 20 teams graduated at least 70 percent of their Black players, the same as last year.
Dr. Richard Lapchick, the director of the institute, said the expanding gap is one of higher education’s greatest failures.
“The most disturbing thing to me is that the gap continues to widen even though the graduation rates of African-American basketball student-athletes are increasing,” he said."
