KANSAS CITY, Mo. – NABC Executive Director Craig Robinson has released the following statement on Thursday’s release of 2021 NCAA Graduation Success Rate (GSR) data.
“The NCAA’s latest Graduation Success Rata data make clear that men’s basketball programs continue to prioritize academic excellence. The overall Division I men’s basketball GSR for 2021 was 84 percent, while Black DI men’s basketball student-athletes achieved a GSR of 81%. Remarkably, those numbers are up 28 and 35 points, respectively, over the past 20 years. Our entire sport should take pride in this progress, and on behalf of the NABC, I offer my congratulations to our student-athletes and the coaches who support them on and off the court.”
