Male Basketball Players Continue to Lag in Graduation Rates

But female athletes succeed academically, NCAA study indicates

By Marc Ethier

For the seventh year in a row, male basketball players in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I graduated at a rate significantly lower than that of other students, according to the association's report for 1996.

Only 45 per cent of men's basketball players...

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