Knight Commission Study Finds Two-Thirds of Men’s Teams Would Be Ineligible for NCAA Basketball Tournament
Only 21 of 65 Men’s Teams Would Meet Panel’s Graduation Standard MIAMI, Fla. – In 2001, the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics strongly recommended that eligibility for postseason tournament play should be reserved for teams that graduate at least 50 percent of their players. If that recommendation were in effect today, fewer than one-third…