Analysis of Men's Tournament Field
Men's Field v. Women's Field
The Institute for Diversity & Ethics in Sport (TIDES) from the University of Central Florida has released its annual analysis of the academic success of the teams in this years NCAA tournament fields. They found that 60 of the 64 teams in the women's tournament field graduated 60% or more of their players, while on the men's side 42 of the 68 teams graduated at least 60% of their players. All of the teams in the women's field graduated more than 50% of their players, while 51 men's teams (76%) graduated more than 50% of their players. The articles go into more detailed analysis of both graduation rates and APR scores, and much of the analysis indicates change for the positive; the one exception appears to be on the men's side, where white student-athlete's appear to be graduating at higher rates than African American student-athlete's.
