Hoops ain't rocket science,

[Dan_ref]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Brian Watson

The NCAA segments out the athletes and bemoan their graduation rates.

But there may be other majors or schools that have equally tough times. I think is is misleading to look at 5 - 10 individuals out of 1000's that are in a class. What if the freshman class of pharmacy students graduated 3 of the 10 that started, maybe this is normal?

Vince Carter, MJ, Bo Jackson, Shaq, and others have thier degrees, but they count as a zero for NCAA stats.

Brian, there are a couple of problems with this. Firstly,
varsity basketball is not a major - in theory the athletes
come from a cross-section of all majors. But assuming it
was, I think it's safe to say if the Varsity Basketball
Dept had graduation rates consistently lower than the
school average then the dept chair would be replaced, or
at least told to figure out what's the problem. Unless of
course the Varsity Basketball Dept's mission is not to
educate.

As for the people you mention, they are not the problem.
For every Vince Carter there are thousands of players
who never draw a pro or even semi-pro paycheck. It's those
"kids" who really need the degree.