Ninety percent of the teams that will compete in the NCAA’s Division I women’s basketball tournament graduated at least 60 percent of their players during a six-year period, according to a new report.
But racial disparities persist, according to the annual report, “Keeping Score When It Counts,” by the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at the University of Central Florida. Nearly a quarter of the women’s teams have graduation rates for their black players that are at least 30 percentage points lower than the rates for their white players, the institute’s study found. Slightly more than a third have a gap of at least 20 percentage points.
The study was done by Richard Lapchick, director of the institute, and Eric Little.
Twelve of the 64 women’s teams vying for the national title boasted graduation rates of 100 percent, the report noted. —Libby Sander





