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TEMPE, Ariz. – The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES) announced this week that Arizona State University was one of three schools that was represented by both its men's and women's basketball programs in the first ever 2020 Bracket for Brains and Diversity study for the Projected 2020 NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments.
(RELATED: CHECK OUT WHAT ACADEMIC COACHES SHAY JEWETT AND JESSICA RICHARDSON HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THE GREAT SUN DEVIL NUMBERS)
The bracket was based on a comprehensive analysis of teams that were likely to have participated in the 2020 NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments. It examined the Graduation Success Rates (GSR) and Academic Progress Rates (APR) as reported by the NCAA for the projected men's and women's tournament teams, and reseeded teams appropriately based on special criteria from an APR and GSR standpoint. Also considered were the team's GSR gap between white and African-American student-athletes, and team head coach demographics (race and gender).
After the NCAA announced the cancellation of its winter sports championships, TIDES decided to release the report analyzing academic and graduation performance of teams based on tournament projections by college basketball analysts at ESPN (Joe Lunardi, Charlie Creme).
"It has been a tragic time globally and in the United States with the COVID-19 pandemic. The magnitude of health threat posed has affected all aspects of life including the world of sports with the first ever cancellation of the NCAA basketball tournaments," TIDES director Richard Lapchick said. "In response to this tragedy, we wanted to help fill the void left by the lack of an official bracket release by the NCAA Men's and Women's basketball committees. The brackets we created here take the projected teams from well-respected ESPN college basketball analysts Joe Lunardi and Charlie Creme, and reseed the teams based on several academic criteria and team head coach demographics (race and gender). We found that a lot of the public's normal favorites fell in seeding based on how they performed in the classroom and in their hiring practices."
Bobby Hurley's fifth squad, the highest scoring squad in the Pac-12 over the past three seasons (78.05 points per game), won 20 games for the third straight season for just the third time in school history and posted a seven-game Pac-12 win streak in February, the program's longest since it won 11 straight in 1980-81. The team's 11-7 Pac-12 record marked just the second time it posted back-to-back winning seasons in Pac-12 play in the past 25 years. ASU defeated two ranked teams at home (No. 22 Arizona on Jan. 25 and No. 14 Oregon on Feb. 20), as the Sun Devils came back from 22 down (37-15) to beat the Wildcats. The Sun Devil men, who advanced to the Sweet 16 in the TIDES study, had an APR of 990.
Under head coach Charli Turner Thorne, the Sun Devil women extended their school record for consecutive 20-win seasons (seven) after finishing with a 20-11 record and a No. 25 ranking the final Associated Press poll. The Sun Devils were preparing to make their school record seventh straight trip to the NCAA Tournament before the cancellation of the season was announced on March 12. In January, ASU became the first unranked team to defeat consecutive Top-5 opponents when it knocked off then-No. 2 Oregon (72-66 on Jan. 10) and then-No. 3 Oregon State (54-47 on Jan. 12). The Sun Devil women, who advanced to the Elite Eight in the TIDES study, had an APR of 1000.
The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport ("TIDES" or the "Institute") serves as a comprehensive resource for issues related to gender and race in amateur, collegiate and professional sport. The Institute researches and publishes a variety of studies, including annual studies of student-athlete graduation rates and racial attitudes in sport as well as the internationally recognized Racial and Gender Report Card, an assessment of hiring practices in professional and college sport. The Institute also monitors some of the critical ethical issues in college and professional sport, including the potential for exploitation of student-athletes, gambling, performance-enhancing drugs and violence in sport. For more information on TIDES, visit https://www.tidesport.org.
TEMPE, Ariz. – The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES) announced this week that Arizona State University was one of three schools that was represented by both its men's and women's basketball programs in the first ever 2020 Bracket for Brains and Diversity study for the Projected 2020 NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments.
(RELATED: CHECK OUT WHAT ACADEMIC COACHES SHAY JEWETT AND JESSICA RICHARDSON HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THE GREAT SUN DEVIL NUMBERS)
The bracket was based on a comprehensive analysis of teams that were likely to have participated in the 2020 NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments. It examined the Graduation Success Rates (GSR) and Academic Progress Rates (APR) as reported by the NCAA for the projected men's and women's tournament teams, and reseeded teams appropriately based on special criteria from an APR and GSR standpoint. Also considered were the team's GSR gap between white and African-American student-athletes, and team head coach demographics (race and gender).
Today's stole ceremony. So proud of these guys @1KingZ4 @dequonlake @robedwardss2 @MickeyMitchell0 ???? pic.twitter.com/t0SsnYLYMY
— Bobby Hurley (@BobbyHurley11) May 7, 2019
Another big year in the classroom! Congrats to these 7?? Sun Devils on @pac12 Academic Honor Roll recognition! #ScholarBallers ???? pic.twitter.com/qeqvTLPqvG
— Charli Turner Thorne (@ASUCoachCharli) April 1, 2020
After the NCAA announced the cancellation of its winter sports championships, TIDES decided to release the report analyzing academic and graduation performance of teams based on tournament projections by college basketball analysts at ESPN (Joe Lunardi, Charlie Creme).
"It has been a tragic time globally and in the United States with the COVID-19 pandemic. The magnitude of health threat posed has affected all aspects of life including the world of sports with the first ever cancellation of the NCAA basketball tournaments," TIDES director Richard Lapchick said. "In response to this tragedy, we wanted to help fill the void left by the lack of an official bracket release by the NCAA Men's and Women's basketball committees. The brackets we created here take the projected teams from well-respected ESPN college basketball analysts Joe Lunardi and Charlie Creme, and reseed the teams based on several academic criteria and team head coach demographics (race and gender). We found that a lot of the public's normal favorites fell in seeding based on how they performed in the classroom and in their hiring practices."
Bobby Hurley's fifth squad, the highest scoring squad in the Pac-12 over the past three seasons (78.05 points per game), won 20 games for the third straight season for just the third time in school history and posted a seven-game Pac-12 win streak in February, the program's longest since it won 11 straight in 1980-81. The team's 11-7 Pac-12 record marked just the second time it posted back-to-back winning seasons in Pac-12 play in the past 25 years. ASU defeated two ranked teams at home (No. 22 Arizona on Jan. 25 and No. 14 Oregon on Feb. 20), as the Sun Devils came back from 22 down (37-15) to beat the Wildcats. The Sun Devil men, who advanced to the Sweet 16 in the TIDES study, had an APR of 990.
Under head coach Charli Turner Thorne, the Sun Devil women extended their school record for consecutive 20-win seasons (seven) after finishing with a 20-11 record and a No. 25 ranking the final Associated Press poll. The Sun Devils were preparing to make their school record seventh straight trip to the NCAA Tournament before the cancellation of the season was announced on March 12. In January, ASU became the first unranked team to defeat consecutive Top-5 opponents when it knocked off then-No. 2 Oregon (72-66 on Jan. 10) and then-No. 3 Oregon State (54-47 on Jan. 12). The Sun Devil women, who advanced to the Elite Eight in the TIDES study, had an APR of 1000.
?? Scholar Ballers ??
— Arizona State Sun Devils (@TheSunDevils) May 1, 2019
A school record 8?? ASU teams earned APR scores in the top-10 percent in 2017-2018. #ForksUp
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The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport ("TIDES" or the "Institute") serves as a comprehensive resource for issues related to gender and race in amateur, collegiate and professional sport. The Institute researches and publishes a variety of studies, including annual studies of student-athlete graduation rates and racial attitudes in sport as well as the internationally recognized Racial and Gender Report Card, an assessment of hiring practices in professional and college sport. The Institute also monitors some of the critical ethical issues in college and professional sport, including the potential for exploitation of student-athletes, gambling, performance-enhancing drugs and violence in sport. For more information on TIDES, visit https://www.tidesport.org.
Amazing Stole Ceremony- so proud of these two seniors!#sundevilsgraduate pic.twitter.com/bE1b8pPQF5
— Charli Turner Thorne (@ASUCoachCharli) May 7, 2019
After 2005 season, @SlamStevo finished his ASU hoops career but without his degree. With the help of @SunDevil_OSAD and @shay_shay_money he has finished! His family is proud, as they should be. Read about it here (and how cute are those kids?) https://t.co/wNqIzZOU3g pic.twitter.com/E0h2Thv97K
— Sun Devil MBB (@SunDevilHoops) May 3, 2019