After years of increases for black male student-athletes in the NCAA men's basketball tournament, there were three noteworthy reversals of those trends this year.
On Tuesday, the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES) at the University of Central Florida released its "Keeping Score When It Counts: Graduation Success and Academic Progress Rates for the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Basketball Tournament Teams." The annual report contains the student-athlete graduation success rate (GSR) and academic progress rate (APR) for the 68 men's tournament teams and 64 women's teams.
Women's tournament teams continue to graduate their players at a greater rate than the men's teams competing in the NCAA tournament.