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Men’s and women’s tournament teams winning on the court and in the classroom

Fields of 68 in both the Division I Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships have hit the books and the hardwood to great success

The fields of 68 in both the Division I Men's and Women's Basketball Championships have been hitting the books and the hardwood to great success.

Participating men's and women's teams have a combined four-cohort average Graduation Success Rate of 90%. The women's teams scored an average of 96%, while the men's teams registered an 84% average.

The rates are from the latest reporting span (2020-23) and refer to the cohorts that entered college between 2013 and 2016.

In the men's tournament, 52 teams have GSRs above 75%. Sixteen schools earned 100% GSRs:  

  • Alabama.
  • Clemson.
  • Duquesne.
  • Florida.
  • Howard.
  • Kentucky.
  • Mississippi State.
  • Northwestern.
  • Saint Mary's (California).
  • Saint Peter's.
  • Samford.
  • South Dakota State.
  • University of Alabama at Birmingham.
  • Vermont.
  • Washington State.
  • Yale.

In the women's tournament, 59 teams have GSRs at or above 90%. Forty-two schools earned perfect GSRs:

  • Arizona.
  • Auburn.
  • Baylor.
  • California Baptist.
  • Chattanooga.
  • Colorado.
  • Columbia.
  • Creighton.
  • Drake.
  • Drexel.
  • Eastern Washington.
  • Fairfield.
  • Florida Gulf Coast.
  • Green Bay.
  • Holy Cross.
  • Iowa State.
  • Kent State.
  • Louisville.
  • LSU.
  • Marshall.
  • Maryland.
  • Michigan.
  • NC State.
  • Nebraska.
  • North Carolina.
  • Notre Dame.
  • Oklahoma.
  • Presbyterian.
  • Princeton.
  • Rice.
  • Sacred Heart.
  • South Dakota State.
  • Southern California.
  • Stanford.
  • Syracuse.
  • Tennessee.
  • Texas A&M.
  • UCLA.
  • UConn.
  • Utah.
  • Vanderbilt.
  • West Virginia.
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