Carolina Ballers and Scholars

Ah yes, the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, home to the scholar athlete. As if I needed another reason to brag, my beloved alma mater exhibits excellence on the court and in the classroom:

Tournament teams improve APR scores
Associated Press
North Carolina, Pittsburgh, Louisville and Connecticut share a No. 1 seeding in the NCAA tournament. Their graduation rates have less in common.

The numbers ranged from 86 percent at North Carolina to 33 percent at UConn, according to a report released Monday by The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at the University of Central Florida.

Louisville was at 42 percent and Pitt at 69 percent.

The study also found that fewer tournament teams have failing Academic Progress Rates than last year. Twenty-one of the 65 tournament teams have APR scores under 925, the cutoff below which the NCAA can penalize schools. Last year, 35 teams had APR scores below 925. (link)

Oh, and did I mention the Southern Belles?