March Madness -- based on graduation rate

	A	B	D	F	G	H	J	K	L	M	N	R	S	U	W	Y	AA	AB
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2		First Round	Second Round	Sweet 16		Elite 8	Final Four			Championship			Final Four	Elite 8	Sweet 16	Second Round	First Round

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4	The NCAA also calculates the "graduation success rate" for student-athletes. This measurement takes into account student-athletes who transfer from their original institution and graduate elsewhere. The tournament bracket below reflects the most recent GSR for each school's men's basketball team. In the event of a tie, we looked at the graduation success rate for all student-athletes. If that failed to break the tie, we looked at the two schools' graduation rates for all students.
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6		First Four	Fairleigh Dickinson: 83%			Belmont: 100%							N. Dakota State: 80%		Arizona State: 100%
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8			Prarie View A&M: 67%			Temple: 83%							N.C. Central: 92%		St. John's: 89%
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10	1	Duke: 100%	Duke: 100%													Gardner-Webb: 89%	Virginia: 78%	1
11			Duke: 100%													Gardner-Webb: 89%
12	16	N. Dakota St.: 80%		Duke: 100%											Gardner-Webb: 89%		Gardner-Webb: 89%	16
13				Duke: 100%											Gardner-Webb: 89%
14	8	VCU: 83%	VCU: 83%													Mississippi: 73%	Mississippi: 73%	8
15			VCU: 83%													Mississippi: 73%
16	9	UCF: 73%		Tie-breaker to Duke		Duke: 100%								Kansas St.: 100%			Oklahoma: 63%	9
17				Tie-breaker to Duke		Duke: 100%								Kansas St.: 100%
18	5	Miss. St.: 64%	Liberty: 100%													Wisconsin: 91%	Wisconsin: 91%	5
19			Liberty: 100%													Wisconsin: 91%
20	12	Liberty: 100%		Liberty: 100%											Kansas St.: 100%		Oregon: 33%	12
21				Liberty: 100%											Kansas St.: 100%
22	4	Virginia Tech: 70%	St. Louis: 81%													Kansas St.: 100%	Kansas St.: 100%	4
23			St. Louis: 81%													Kansas St.: 100%
24	13	Saint Louis: 81%			East		Yale: 100%						Colgate: 100%	South			UC Irvine: 64%	13
25					East		Yale: 100%						Colgate: 100%	South
26	6	Maryland: 64%	Belmont: 100%													Villanova: 100%	Villanova: 100%	6
27			Belmont: 100%			Tie-breaker to Yale								Tie-breaker to Colgate		Villanova: 100%
28	11	Belmont: 100%	Tie-breaker to Yale	Yale: 100%		Tie-breaker to Yale								Tie-breaker to Colgate	Villanova: 100%		St. Mary's (Cal.): 79%	11
29			Tie-breaker to Yale	Yale: 100%											Villanova: 100%
30	3	LSU: 89%	Yale: 100%													Purdue: 89%	Purdue: 89%	3
31			Yale: 100%													Purdue: 89%
32	14	Yale: 100%				Yale: 100%			Yale: 100%					Colgate: 100%			Old Dominion: 82%	14
33						Yale: 100%			Yale: 100%					Colgate: 100%	Tie-breaker to Colgate
34	7	Louisville: 90%	Louisville: 90%												Tie-breaker to Colgate	Iowa: 82%	Cincinnati: 71%	7
35			Louisville: 90%				Tie-breaker to Yale (based on graduation rates for all students)									Iowa: 82%
36	10	Minnesota: 77%		Bradley: 100%						National Champion			Tie-breaker to Colgate		Colgate: 100%		Iowa: 82%	10
37				Bradley: 100%						Yale: 100%					Colgate: 100%
38	2	Michigan St.: 100%	Bradley: 100%							Yale: 100%						Colgate: 100%	Tennessee: 89%	2
39	Tie-breaker to Bradley		Bradley: 100%													Colgate: 100%
40	15	Bradley: 100%															Colgate: 100%	15
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42	1	Gonzaga: 100%	Gonzaga: 100%													Iona: 93%	North Carolina: 64%	1
43			Gonzaga: 100%													Iona: 93%
44	16	Fairleigh D'son: 83%		Gonzaga: 100%							Colgate: 100%				Washington: 100%		Iona: 93%	16
45				Gonzaga: 100%							Colgate: 100%				Washington: 100%
46	8	Syracuse: 70%	Baylor: 71%													Washington: 100%	Utah State: 78%	8
47			Baylor: 71%													Washington: 100%
48	9	Baylor: 71%		Tie-breaker to Gonzaga		Gonzaga: 100%								Washington: 100%	Tie-breaker to Washington		Washington: 100%	9
49						Gonzaga: 100%								Washington: 100%
50	5	Marquette: 80%	Marquette: 80%													New Mexico St.: 71%	Auburn: 64%	5
51			Marquette: 80%													New Mexico St.: 71%
52	12	Murray State: 50%		Vermont: 100%											Kansas: 100%		New Mexico St.: 71%	12
53				Vermont: 100%											Kansas: 100%
54	4	Florida State: 83%	Vermont: 100%			Tie-breaker to Gonzaga								Tie-breaker to Washington		Kansas: 100%	Kansas: 100%	4
55			Vermont: 100%			Tie-breaker to Gonzaga								Tie-breaker to Washington		Kansas: 100%
56	13	Vermont: 100%			West		Gonzaga: 100%						Washington: 100%	Midwest			Northeastern: 83%	13
57					West		Gonzaga: 100%						Washington: 100%	Midwest
58	6	Buffalo: 67%	St. John's: 89%													Iowa State: 100%	Iowa State: 100%	6
59			St. John's: 89%													Iowa State: 100%
60	11	St. John's: 89%		St. John's: 89%											Iowa State: 100%		Ohio St.: 70%	11
61				St. John's: 89%											Iowa State: 100%
62	3	Texas Tech: 69%	Northern Kentucky: 82%													Houston: 75%	Houston: 75%	3
63			Northern Kentucky: 82%													Houston: 75%
64	14	N. Kentucky: 82%				Michigan: 100%								Iowa State: 100%			Georgia State: 55%	14
65						Michigan: 100%								Iowa State: 100%
66	7	Nevada: 57%	Florida: 75%													Seton Hall: 91%	Wofford: 86%	7
67			Florida: 75%													Seton Hall: 91%
68	10	Florida: 75%		Michigan: 100%											Seton Hall: 91%		Seton Hall: 91%	10
69				Michigan: 100%											Seton Hall: 91%
70	2	Michigan: 100%	Michigan: 100%													Kentucky: 83%	Kentucky: 83%	2
71			Michigan: 100%													Kentucky: 83%
72	15	Montana: 83%															Abilene Christian: 45%	15
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74	Source of the data: https://web3.ncaa.org/aprsearch/gsrsearch
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76	In the event of a tie, we looked at the graduation success rate for all student-athletes. Here are those numbers:
77												Washington: 89%		Kansas: 93%	Villanova: 94%
78		Michigan St.: 88%		Duke: 98%			Gonzaga: 99%					Colgate: 97%		Colgate: 97%	Colgate: 97%
79		Bradley: 94%		Liberty: 87%			Yale: 99%
80														Washington: 89%	Washington: 89%
81			Belmont: 97%			Duke: 98%					Yale: 99%			Iowa State: 88%	Kansas: 83%
82			Yale: 99%			Yale: 99%					Colgate: 97%
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84				Gonzaga: 99%				In the East finals, Gonzaga and Yale both had GSRs of 100% for their basketball teams and 99% for their student-athletes overall. We then looked at the graduate rate for all students. For Gonzaga, it was 84%; for Yale, it was 97%. So we gave the nod to Yale.
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87						Gonzaga: 99%
88						Michigan: 93%
89														Just a heads up: It looks like anyone who has this link from the NBC12 news article can edit your bracket. Make sure to save it so that only those who are granted access are able to edit. This is too interesting of a bracket for someone to mess it all up. Very eye opening information. Well done.
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