Here we dig into Basketball at Arkansas State University, a winter sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. A-State plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Sun Belt Conference.
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The A-State men’s basketball team lists 16 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 53. The most recent cohort included 53 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The A-State women’s basketball team lists 12 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 60. The NCAA tracked 53 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, A-State fields 28 basketball athletes — 16 on the men’s side and 12 on the women’s.
Among the 11 varsity sports A-State sponsors, basketball comes in at #5 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program is staffed by 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Staffing-wise, 5 work full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Ryan Pannone.
The women’s basketball program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 4 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Destinee Rogers.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 6 coaches to the women’s 4.
Across the school’s 11 sports, basketball sits #3 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The A-State men’s basketball program brought in $3,024,737 in revenue against $3,024,737 in expenses, breaking even on the year. This comes to about $93,790 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,500,642 per team.
The A-State women’s basketball program generated $1,959,761 in revenue against $1,959,761 in expenses, breaking even on the year. Per athlete, that is about $67,406 in operating expense per athlete, or $808,870 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team generated $3,024,737 to the women’s $1,959,761 in revenue.
Against the school’s 11 sports, basketball sits #2 by revenue, accounting for 15% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 951 (980 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 80%. The program kept 97% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 963 (957 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 83%. It retained 95% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 951 and the women 963, with graduation success rates of 80% and 83% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 981, basketball lands below the pack at 957.
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