by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Basketball at Aurora University, a winter sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Aurora is classified as NCAA Division III with football as a member of Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference.
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The Aurora men’s basketball team lists 24 players.
The Aurora women’s basketball team fields 25 players.
Across both rosters, Aurora fields 49 basketball athletes — 24 on the men’s side and 25 on the women’s.
Of the 15 varsity sports Aurora sponsors, basketball sits at #7 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program carries 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. In all, 2 are full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Steve Christiansen.
The women’s basketball program carries 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. In all, 2 work full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Ryan Rebsom.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 3.
Across the school’s 15 sports, basketball ranks #8 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Aurora men’s basketball program brought in $238,035 in revenue against $238,035 in expenses, essentially breaking even. Per athlete, that is about $1,777 in operating expense per athlete, or $42,652 per team.
The Aurora women’s basketball program generated $215,830 in revenue against $215,830 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $1,556 in operating expense per athlete, or $38,901 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team generated $238,035 to the women’s $215,830 in revenue.
Against the school’s 15 sports, basketball sits #4 by revenue, or about 7% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
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