DePaul University Athletics
DePaul One of 14 NCAA Teams with Perfect Graduation Rate
3/17/2009 12:00:00 AM | WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
CHICAGO (AP) - The DePaul women's basketball team is one of 14 women's basketball teams in the NCAA Tournament that has a perfect graduation rate. The Blue Demons are one four BIG EAST programs on the exclusive list.
That list includes the tournament's top seed, Connecticut. The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at the University of Central Florida released a report Monday on tournament teams' graduation rates.
Of the other No. 1 seeds, Duke has a 90 percent graduation rate, Oklahoma is at 69 percent and Maryland is at 67 percent.
The other schools with 100 percent graduation rates are DePaul, Evansville, Florida, Lehigh, Marist, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Sacred Heart, Stanford, Tennessee, Texas, Vanderbilt and Villanova.
The graduation rates were based on whether freshmen who entered school between the 1998-99 and 2001-02 school years earned diplomas within six years.
DePaul, the No. 7 seed in the Berkeley Region, opens tournament play on Saturday at 10th-seeded San Diego State. The game can be seen on ESPN2 at 7 p.m. CT.
