Maryland Basketball is Classroom Averse: “Maryland had the lowest graduation rate – 8 percent – among the 65 teams in this year’s NCAA basketball tournament, according to an annual study released Monday by the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at the University of Central Florida … California was the next-lowest in the field, ranking 64th at 20 percent.” The study analyzed “the classes that entered college from 1999 to 2002 and their success in graduating within six years.” Of course, between 1999-2002, the Terps’ enjoyed an incredible stretch of success: Sweet 16 (99), Final Four (01), Champ (02). Maryland had never previously been to the Final Four. “Among the No. 1 seeds in the NCAA tournament, Duke possessed a 92 percent graduation success rate, followed by Kansas (73 percent), Syracuse (55 percent) and Kentucky (31 percent).” [Washington Post]