Kentucky’s basketball program was among schools recognized by the NCAA on Wednesday for academic success.
The NCAA announced the programs that finished in the top 10 in each sport for Academic Progress Rate. The APR measures classroom achievement through eligibility standards, retention of athletes and graduation rates.
The time frame involved begins with the 2004-05 school year and runs through 2007-08.
The NCAA requires a APR of 925. The top 10 programs had a APR of anywhere from 976 to a perfect 1000.
Kentucky was not the only traditional basketball power to be listed by the NCAA. Other schools include three of this year’s Final Four participants (North Carolina, Michigan State and Villanova), plus Duke and Kansas.
Here’s the list of the top basketball programs in terms of academic performance:
| Men’s Basketball | Baylor University |
| Belmont University | |
| Brigham Young University | |
| Brown University | |
| Bucknell University | |
| College of the Holy Cross | |
| Columbia University-Barnard College | |
| Davidson College | |
| Drexel University | |
| Duke University | |
| Elon University | |
| George Mason University | |
| Harvard University | |
| Lehigh University | |
| Loyola University (Illinois) | |
| Michigan State University | |
| North Carolina State University | |
| Princeton University | |
| Rider University | |
| U.S. Military Academy | |
| U.S. Naval Academy | |
| University of Dayton | |
| University of Illinois, Champaign | |
| University of Kansas | |
| University of Kentucky | |
| University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | |
| University of North Carolina, Wilmington | |
| University of Notre Dame | |
| University of Pennsylvania | |
| University of San Diego | |
| University of Texas at Austin | |
| Villanova University | |
| Virginia Commonwealth University | |
| Western Michigan University | |
| Winthrop University | |
| Yale University |
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