Shhh! NCAA Basketball Graduation Rates

From an Associated Press story today about the graduation rate of schools with teams in the NCAA basketball tournament:

"The study looked at 63 women's teams and 64 men's teams in the NCAA Tournament -- Dartmouth (women) and Penn (men) did not report graduation rates."

I've always found it surprising that the Ivy League refuses to share those numbers. A conference that aspires to be the paragon of college athletics only encourages people to wonder, "Um, do they have something to hide?" I've spoken with a number of coaches and administrators around the league over the years who feel strongly the policy should change. ...

Brian Mann isn't starting at quarterback for the Los Angeles Avengers of the Arena League right now, but he's still contributing to the team. According to the LA game notes, he's made 4.5 tackles on kickoff coverage in recent weeks. ... One of the authors of the new book about Barry Bonds, Game of Shadows, is a Brown graduate according to this story in the school paper. If you haven't read the excerpt in last week's Sports Illustrated, by all means check it out.