RALEIGH, N.C. — A diversity report for graduation rates among this year’s NCAA Tournament teams continues to show male players lagging behind their female counterparts.

The study released Tuesday from The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES) at Central Florida also found a significant gap in graduation rates between black and white men’s players. But institute director Richard Lapchick said that gap was the smallest it had been in the study’s history,.

“Those are both obviously good things,” said Lapchick, the lead report author. “But the (gender) gap is still substantial.”

The study looked primarily at the GSR, which tracks the progress of Division I student-athletes for six years following their entrance to schools. GSR doesn’t penalize schools for athletes who leave in good academic standing.

The overall GSR for women was 92 percent, men at 81 percent.