define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); graduation rates – Rush The Court http://rushthecourt.net The Independent Voice of College Basketball Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:13:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.9 http://rushthecourt.net http://rushthecourt.net/wp-content/mbp-favicon/RTC.jpg Rush The Court 10.15.08 Fast Breaks http://rushthecourt.net/2008/10/14/101508-fast-breaks/ http://rushthecourt.net/2008/10/14/101508-fast-breaks/#comments Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:20:36 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=1631

 There’s a lot of news out there today…  which only means one thing…

Goodman continues on his crusade to expose the underbelly of the game with today’s lead – the father of UK’s new hotshot recruit, Daniel Orton, was paid three times over the summer to give talks at Billy Gillispie’s camp.  This is completely legal, by the way.  Discuss.  Too many preseason/holiday tourneys?  ESPN announced today that the Diamond Head Classic will begin in 2009 at the University of Hawaii.  It will finish up on Christmas Day, which will provide a nice collegiate alternative to the annual Shaq-Kobe matchup in the NBA. Please read this, [...]]]>
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Maryland Responds http://rushthecourt.net/2007/10/05/maryland-responds/ http://rushthecourt.net/2007/10/05/maryland-responds/#respond Sat, 06 Oct 2007 05:42:09 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/2007/10/05/maryland-responds/

With respect to yesterday’s story about Gary Williams’ 0% graduation rate, Maryland has since responded with a press release stating that all ten of its players that qualified under the latest GSR ratings left school before graduation to pursue professional basketball careers. These players include:

Chris Wilcox (left after two seasons for the NBA draft) Juan Dixon (four-year player) Lonny Baxter (four-year player) Steve Blake (four-year player) Terrence Morris (four-year player) Tahj Holden (four-year player) Drew Nicholas (four-year [...]]]>
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Gary Williams Hates Graduation http://rushthecourt.net/2007/10/04/gary-williams-hates-graduation/ http://rushthecourt.net/2007/10/04/gary-williams-hates-graduation/#comments Thu, 04 Oct 2007 17:59:53 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/2007/10/04/gary-williams-hates-graduation/

Yesterday the NCAA released its latest graduation rate figures for all D1 athletes who entered school in the classes of 1997-2000. Unlike the federally-mandated graduation rate, the GSR (Graduate Success Rate) is more realistic for athletes – it gives each player six years to complete his degree and it does not count transfer students against a school (reflecting the reality of athlete puddle-jumping for playing time in D1).

Here are the NCAA’s key findings:

The latest GSR figures show that 77 percent of student-athletes who began college from 1997-2000 graduated within six years. That four-year graduation rate is [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2007/10/04/gary-williams-hates-graduation/feed/ 2