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March Madness was the obvious choice for the week's closer. On ABC, Ron Claiborne (no link) decided to treat the NCAA Tournament as a news story, covering the suggestion by Education Secretary Arne Duncan that colleges be disqualified from the competition if fewer than 40% of their athletes graduate. The University of Maryland was Exhibit A: its basketball program has an 8% graduation rate. NBC's Making a Difference turned the controversy into a feelgood feature by making Xavier University in Cincinnati Exhibit B. Mike Taibbi got up close and personal with the Jesuit school's Sister Rose Ann Fleming. The 77-year-old nun is the hoopsters' academic advisor: "In a sport that reveres numbers, sister has a beaut going, a perfect 77-0. Every player who has reached his senior year has earned his degree." CBS, whose sports division has broadcast rights to the tournament, found nothing newsworthy in the graduation shortfall.
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