The University of North Carolina men's basketball team registered its fourth consecutive 1000 in the NCAA's Academic Progress Rate and the football team improved its score in the APR for the fourth consecutive year. The NCAA released APR scores on Wednesday for 2016-17 and four-year ratings for all sports.
Every one of Carolina's 28 teams had a score of at least 960 in the four-year rating. Baseball, men's basketball and women's basketball were among 21 Tar Heel programs whose multi-year APRs exceed the national scores for their respective sports.
Carolina's all-sport rate for 2016-17 was 987, the fourth consecutive year the Tar Heels' all-sport rate exceeded 980.