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Originally Posted by Snaqwells
Unless they've changed their calculations, graduation rates can be deceptive in men's basketball, especially at the higher level programs where players commonly leave early for the NBA or transfer to other universities (my understanding is that both of those situations will adversely affect graduation rates) and there are only about three or four new freshman each year on average. IOW, each defection has a pretty big affect on a schools graduation rate.
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They haven't changed the way it's calculated. As player is linked to the graduation rate of the first college they attend. So any player who transfers or drops out or leaves early to go play in the NBA counts against that school's graduation rate. There is an allowance for kids who transfer and then continue on to graduate, but the biggest effect is from the kids who leave early.