Carolina Has Top Graduation Rate Among #1 Seeds; Woman Also Earn #1 Seed

According to a new study by the University of Central Florida's Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport, Carolina was the only school among the four number one seeds with a graduation rate above 50 percent.   Carolina's rate was 86 percent, compared to 45 percent for Kansas and 40 percent for both UCLA and Memphis. 

The Carolina women's basketball team is also a number one seed, but in the New Orleans NOT the Greensboro bracket.  The problem with the New Orleans bracket is they may have to play 2 seed LSU in their home state of Louisiana.

The women are shooting for their third straight Final Four, and second national championship.  Sylvia Hatchell won Carolina's first women's championship the year after Dean won his second (in a year where the men were favored to repeat) in 1994.  The men coincidentally lost here in Landover in my first March as an inside the beltway resident.

Who can name the disgraced Olympian who was Carolina's point guard in '94?

Media Notes

Some decent articles today in the post-selection show press.  

• In his USA Today column today, Vitale picks Carolina to win it all.
• Good piece by Inside Carolina's Greg Barnes about Wayne Ellington being the key guy on this year's team.