Huskers Post 11th Straight Perfect GSR

Nebraska Coach Connie Yori would be the first to say that nobody’s perfect. However, in the eyes of the NCAA’s Division I Graduation Success Rate (GSR), that’s exactly what her Husker women's basketball program has been for 11 consecutive years.

Nebraska is the only program among the 14 Big Ten Conference schools to accomplish the perfect score for 11 straight years.

The NCAA announced the release of its annual Graduation Success Rate report on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2015, and Nebraska was a national leader in women’s basketball for the 11th straight season, dating back to 2004-05.

Yori, who is in her 14th season at Nebraska in 2015-16, joined Coach Robin Krapfl’s women’s golf program, Coach Scott Jacobson’s women’s tennis program and Coach John Cook’s volleyball program as Nebraska teams who have produced perfect 100 percent rates each of the last 11 years.

Nebraska was one of six Big Ten women’s basketball programs to post 100 percent rates in 2014-15, joining Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Purdue and Wisconsin. All 14 Big Ten women’s programs posted GSR rates above 80 percent last season. The Big Ten’s six teams with 100 percent GSR scores led the Big Five conferences, ahead of five each for the Big 12, Pac-12 and ACC, while the SEC managed four. 

Nebraska is one of only eight women's basketball teams to advance to each of the past four NCAA tournaments and post a perfect GSR, joining Dayton, Duke, Iowa State, Kentucky, Notre Dame, Oklahoma and Tennessee.

If the Huskers reach their fifth straight NCAA Tournament in 2016, that list is guaranteed to become more elite with Notre Dame (82) and Tennessee (90) both falling short of 100 percent GSR this season.