Some good news

[ranco]

With a graduation rate like that we definitely needed a change in direction for the football team. I'm sure Engstrom is shooting to bring the number down to about 40% so the football players can be like the rest of the student body

 

[blackfoot griz]

Cheers.

It's great to hear some good news.

Both UM & MSU deserve kudos:

"The achievement places UM at the top of the Big Sky Conference with Montana State University, and among the best achieving schools in the NCAA’s Football Championship Subdivision."

 

[Gaeilge1]

Congratulations to the athletic department, the athletes and the faculty for an overall job well done! Kudos all around.

However that rate for the Mens BB team is a little disconcerting. I know there are fewer athletes, so even a small percentage of non-graduation athletes has a larger impact, and I assume that some of this may reflect transfers out of the program. Even with those factors this still seems like a low percentage.

 

[Sportin' Life]

Congratulations to the athletic department, the athletes and the faculty for an overall job well done! Kudos all around.

However that rate for the Mens BB team is a little disconcerting. I know there are fewer athletes, so even a small percentage of non-graduation athletes has a larger impact, and I assume that some of this may reflect transfers out of the program. Even with those factors this still seems like a low percentage.

Without knowing the facts a 33% means that either 3 or 6 were seniors -- (it has to be a multiple of 3, and 9 seniors leaving a basketball team seems like too many). If it is 3, that would mean that 2 did not graduate, if it was 6, that would indicate 4. In the former case I would think that one would have to look at the long term graduation rates to get any meaning. If it is 4 out of 6 that didn't graduate, then yes, there may be a problem that needs to be looked at.

 

[Grizbeer]

Congratulations to the athletic department, the athletes and the faculty for an overall job well done! Kudos all around.

However that rate for the Mens BB team is a little disconcerting. I know there are fewer athletes, so even a small percentage of non-graduation athletes has a larger impact, and I assume that some of this may reflect transfers out of the program. Even with those factors this still seems like a low percentage.

Without knowing the facts a 33% means that either 3 or 6 were seniors -- (it has to be a multiple of 3, and 9 seniors leaving a basketball team seems like too many). If it is 3, that would mean that 2 did not graduate, if it was 6, that would indicate 4. In the former case I would think that one would have to look at the long term graduation rates to get any meaning. If it is 4 out of 6 that didn't graduate, then yes, there may be a problem that needs to be looked at.

I believe the incoming class for 2005 consisted of Austin Swift, Eric Van Vliet, Greg Spurgetis and Kyle Sharp. Spurgetis was a walk on so he might not count, I'm not sure. Swift left the program, VanVliet was kicked out of the program, and Sharp was here 4 years, presumably he graduated. My guess is the math is based on Swift and VanVliet not sticking and Sharp graduating.

 

[LongTimeCatFan]

Cheers.

It's great to hear some good news.

Both UM & MSU deserve kudos:

"The achievement places UM at the top of the Big Sky Conference with Montana State University, and among the best achieving schools in the NCAA’s Football Championship Subdivision."

As it should be

 

['68griz]

As I said earlier in this thread: so, why didn't the Missoulian make this a prominent story, instead of putting it in an obscure spot in the second section???

 

[uofmman1122]

As I said earlier in this thread: so, why didn't the Missoulian make this a prominent story, instead of putting it in an obscure spot in the second section???

Because writing how the football team graduates 90% of its athletes goes against the narrative that football is a black eye at UM. :roll:

 

['68griz]

As I said earlier in this thread: so, why didn't the Missoulian make this a prominent story, instead of putting it in an obscure spot in the second section???

Because writing how the football team graduates 90% of its athletes goes against the narrative that football is a black eye at UM. :roll:

Oh, I know, I know the answer. It just pisses me off.