NCAA Finds a Small Increase in Division I Graduation Rates
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The University of Maryland graduated just 18 percent of its men's basketball players, last in the ACC, according NCAA results released Wednesday.
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Success in big-time sports has little, if any, effect on a college&#39;s alumni donations or the academic quality of its applicants, according to a study made under the direction of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics.
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Study shows women accounted for 44 percent of the athletes at NCAA Division I colleges in 2002-03, the same as the previous year.
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Big-time college athletic departments who assert that their teams&#39; success leads to increased alumni donations and a better applicant pool have created an &quot;arms
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AUSTIN, Texas - Victory on the playing fields of big-time college athletics has little, if any, impact on a school&#39;s alumni donations or on the academic quality of its applicants, according to a study released Tuesday.
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Unlike most teams, an NCAA berth wasn't enough for Maryland to call last year a success. Instead, the 2006 national champs are hoping to build on 2007 disappointment.
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Just 10 percent of Ohio State's basketball players receive degrees at the school, according to a study that examines the freshman classes entering from 1996 to 1999.
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Apart from a few marquee matchups, college basketball has yet to command prime attention during the first two months of the season, and for schools in lesser leagues, the best opportunity to make a national impression is winding down.
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March could be more maddening than usual for teams on the NCAA tournament bubble this year.
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Most Division I schools that hired new football coaches this year received passing marks on the first Black Coaches Association report card.
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The difficult game with prep-school roots is gaining a small bounce outside the East Coast.
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Just 10 percent of Ohio State's basketball players received degrees at the school, according to a study that examined the freshman classes entering from 1996-99.
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It hasn&#39;t taken Miami and Virginia Tech long to start reaping the benefits of membership in the conference. BLACKSBURG -- It&#39;s hard to overlook the irony.
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According to a report released yesterday by the Government Accountability Office, women's participation in NCAA sports has grown at a faster rate than men's since 1991, but men's participation levels have remained higher across the board.
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At first, Belmont appeared to have overreached when it jumped from NAIA to NCAA Division I in 1997. How could the small Baptist university &#151; enrollment around 4,500 &#151; survive? Quite well, as it turns out.
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Pittsburg State used to make the NCAA Division II championship game so often, it hardly seemed like work to the Gorillas. They know better now.
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This season will likely be the most successful yet for the Northeast-10 Conference, thanks to a change in the Division 2 playoff format.The NCAA tournament expands from 16 to 24 teams, adding two to each of the four regionals. Even better for the NE-10, the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Conference -- home of last year's Division 2 national champion, Grand Valley ...