Florida A&M defeated NC A&T 74-66 in a semifinals game at the MEAC tournament to advance to the championship game for the first time since winning the tournament in 2004. The Rattlers wil face Delaware State tonight at 6 pm.
The Lady Rattlers fell to the Delaware State Hornets 61-46.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/basketball/ncaa/specials/ncaa_tourney/2007/03/12/ap.nc.bkc.ncaatournamen.ap/index.html
ReplyDeleteUnder the formula of Federal Graduation Rates, no basketball player from NCAA-bound Florida A&M, Eastern Kentucky or Oregon received a degree from those four freshman classes, Lapchick's study said.
Using the yardstick Graduation Success Rates -- which accounts for players who transfer to other schools and receive degrees _ players entering from junior colleges and those who receive degrees more than six years after enrollments, 9 percent of Florida A&M players, 19 percent of Eastern Kentucky and 50 percent of Oregon players were graduated, according to the study, written by Lapchick and Maria Bustamante.
Lapchick said the study found that while graduation rates are improving, there remains a huge gap between the figures for black and white basketball players.
Other NCAA tournament-bound programs with low FGRs were: Tennessee (8 percent), UNLV (10 percent), Maryland (13 percent), Texas A&M (15 percent), Virginia Tech (17 percent), Gonzaga and Louisville (22 percent), Georgia Tech, Kentucky and Oral Roberts (23 percent), Memphis and North Texas and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (25 percent).
Based on the NCAA's Academic Progress Rate scores from last year, Lapchick said Florida A&M, New Mexico State, and Texas A&M could be subject to loss of basketball scholarships next year.
This must be fixed or did everyone how plays bb for FAMU transfer in?