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NCAA Final Four Ranked by Academic Performance
If the classroom counted on the scoreboard, these teams would be on top
By Sean Gregory
TIME.com
The Holy Cross Crusaders finished regular season 10-19; they needed to win four consecutive games, all on the road, to win the Patriot League men’s basketball tournament and clinch a spot in the Big Dance, where they didn’t last long. Holy Cross won a play-in game against Southern before Oregon crushed them in the first round, 91-52.
If the men’s hoops brackets mimicked academic performance, however, Holy Cross would be cutting down the nets. According to new academic rankings compiled by the Washington think tank New America and shared exclusively with TIME, the small college had the strongest academic ranking of all 68 teams in the men’s tournament.
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