Lincoln – Nebraska was one of only 19 schools in the 64-team field of the 2015 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament to post a 100 percent Graduation Success Rate, according to research done by the Institute of Diversity and Ethics in Sport.
It marked the seventh consecutive NCAA Tournament team the Huskers have produced under Coach Connie Yori that has carried a 100 percent Graduation Success Rate into postseason play.
In fact, Nebraska joins Notre Dame and Tennessee as the only schools in the nation to advance to the 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 NCAA tournaments that also had perfect 100 percent Graduation Success Rates in every season.
The Huskers are one of only eight teams in the nation to advance to each of the past four NCAA tournaments and post a perfect GSR, joining Dayton, Duke, Iowa State, Kentucky, Notre Dame, Oklahoma and Tennessee.
In 2015, 19 NCAA Division I women’s basketball teams competed in the national tournament and posted a perfect GSR, including American, Dayton, DePaul, Duke, George Washington, Green Bay, Iowa State, Kentucky, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Pittsburgh, Princeton, Quinnipiac, South Florida, Tennessee, Tulane, UConn and Washington.
In 2007, Nebraska advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time during Coach Connie Yori’s tenure and was one of just eight schools in the 64-team field with a perfect GSR. In 2008, NU was one of 11 schools with a perfect GSR. In 2010, the 64-team NCAA Tournament field that included Nebraska advancing to the Sweet 16, featured 19 teams with perfect Graduation Success Rates. The 2012 NCAA bracket included 22 teams with a 100 percent GSR.
The 2013 NCAA Tournament, in which Nebraska advanced to the Sweet 16, included 25 teams with perfect GSR scores. That number slipped to 21 teams in 2014.
In other academic news on Wednesday, Nebraska’s Rachel Theriot and Allie Havers were named to the academic All-Big Ten team.