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March Madness 2013 – Academic Style

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March Madness is my favorite holiday and in many ways was my introduction to colleges across the country. But of course, the website mostly focuses on the academic merits of colleges, so I’m adding this post to show how the tournament would work if results were dependent on the academic achievements of the school with respect to the men’s basketball program. Methodology at the bottom. The complete ranking follows here, but the photographs of how the bracket would look at left are more fun.

1. University of Notre Dame
2. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
3. Belmont University
4. University of Kansas, Lawrence
5. Butler University
6. University of Memphis
7. Duke University
8. Bucknell University
9. Davidson College
10. University of Pittsburgh
11. University of Mississippi (Ole Miss)
12. South Dakota St. University
13. University of Florida, Gainesville
14. Michigan St. University
15. University of Miami, Florida
16. Temple University
17. University of Akron
18. Gonzaga University
19. Villanova University
20. Creighton University
21. University of Arizona, Tucson
22. Harvard University
23. University of Missouri, Columbia
24. North Carolina St. University
25. Marquette University
26. Liberty University
27. La Salle University
28. Valparaiso University
29. St. Mary’s College of California
30. University of Wisconsin, Madison
31. University of Louisville
32. University of New Mexico
33. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
34. Ohio St. University
35. University of Colorado, Boulder
36. University of Nevada, Las Vegas
37. Middle Tennessee St. University
38. Georgetown University
39. Kansas St. University
40. University of Montana, Missoula
41. Northwestern St. University of Louisiana
42. Iona College
43. University of Oklahoma, Norman
44. University of Cincinnati
45. Virginia Commonwealth University
46. Boise St. University
47. University of Albany, New York
48. University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
49. Wichita St. University
50. Colorado St. University
51. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
52. Indiana University, Bloomington
53. Long Island University, Brooklyn
54. University of California, Berkeley
55. Western Kentucky University
56. University of the Pacific
57. Iowa St. University
58. University of California, Los Angeles
59. Syracuse University
60. San Diego St. University
61. North Carolina A&T University
62. Florida Gulf Coast University
63. Oklahoma St. University
64. University of Oregon, Eugene
65. New Mexico St. University
66. James Madison University
67. St. Louis University
68. Southern University

The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport annually releases data on the schools competing in the men’s college basketball Division 1 tournament, ultimately assigning each school a score (APR – Academic Progress Rate). Check out their excellent work here. This ranking – and the photographs of the accompanying bracket at left – follows the schools’ APR, with tie-breakers being settled through the schools’ 75% SAT score.