Graduation
College coaches recommend required Black history courses

Jun. 22, 2020 12:47 PM EDT
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The new committee formed by the National Association of Basketball Coaches to address racism and diversity recommended Monday that high...

Historically black schools hit hard by academic penalties

By John Zenor May. 20, 2020 04:01 PM EDT
. (AP) — Historically black colleges and universities have once again been hit disproportionately hard with NCAA-imposed penalties based on Academic Progress...

FILE - In this March 14, 2012, file photo, a player runs across the NCAA logo during practice in Pittsburgh before an NCAA tournament college basketball game. The number of teams facing postseason bans because of low scores on the NCAA's Academic Progress Rate has nearly doubled in one year. Fifteen teams could face the most severe sanction next season compared with eight in 2019-20. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)
NCAA postseason bans nearly double despite steady APR stats

By Michael Marot May. 19, 2020 01:32 PM EDT

Gonzaga adds graduate transfer, highly rated recruit

Apr. 16, 2020 04:54 PM EDT
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Gonzaga has added a graduate transfer from Southern Illinois and signed the highest-rated high school player in the basketball program's...

FILE - In this March 3, 2020, file photo, Iowa forward Cordell Pemsl watches from the bench during an NCAA college basketball game against Purdue in Iowa City, Iowa. Pemsl has announced his plan to leave Iowa and play his final season at another school as a graduate transfer. The 6-foot-8, 248-pound forward from Dubuque, who had three major surgeries over the last six years, was a reserve exclusively after starting 14 games as a freshman. “I would like to thank my teammates, coaches, and fans for a memorable four years at the University of Iowa,” Pemsl said Friday, April 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
Pemsl leaving Iowa to play final season as grad transfer

Apr. 03, 2020 04:18 PM EDT

In this Jan. 9, 2020 photo, Gonzaga forwards LeeAnne Wirth (4) and Jenn Wirth (3), twin sisters, laugh between during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Spokane, Wash. (Tyler Tjomsland/The Spokesman-Review via AP)
Study: Gonzaga, Michigan top academics-based NCAA brackets

By Aaron Beard Apr. 02, 2020 02:58 PM EDT

Study: racial graduation-rate gap grows for men's NCAA teams

By Aaron Beard Apr. 01, 2020 03:08 PM EDT
A diversity report for graduation rates among potential NCAA Tournament teams found a larger gap between white and black men’s players from the previous year,...

FILE- In this March 9, 2019, file photo Notre Dame's Arike Ogunbowale (24) drives to the basket past Syracuse's Gabrielle Cooper (11) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament in Greensboro, N.C. The heroine of Notre Dame’s national championship run last year, who won both Final Four and title games with dramatic, last-second shots, is ready for her last ride through the bracket, starting Saturday when the Fighting Irish takes on Bethune-Cookman in the first round. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)
Study: Graduation rates for men's NCAA teams trail the women

By Aaron Beard Mar. 19, 2019 03:36 PM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 2, 2017, file photo, Auburn fullback Chandler Cox (27) celebrates his touchdown carry with teammates in the first half of the Sugar Bowl NCAA college football game against Oklahoma in New Orleans. The overall graduation rates for athletes on bowl-bound FBS football programs continues to climb, though the disparity in the rates between white and African-American players widened slightly, according to a study released on Monday, Dec. 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
Study: Graduation rates for bowl-bound teams up slightly

By David Brandt Dec. 03, 2018 02:42 PM EST