by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at Boston College, a winter sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Boston College competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Atlantic Coast Conference.
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The Boston College men’s basketball team lists 15 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 51. Academic data covers 47 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Boston College women’s basketball team lists 15 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 55. The NCAA tracked 58 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, Boston College carries 30 basketball athletes — 15 on the men’s side and 15 on the women’s.
Among the 20 varsity sports Boston College sponsors, basketball sits at #11 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Luke Murray.
The women’s basketball program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Kate Popovec-Goss.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 4.
Among the school’s 20 sports, basketball ranks #4 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Boston College men’s basketball program generated $9,971,317 in revenue against $10,805,531 in expenses, a net loss of $834,214. This comes to about $190,649 in operating expense per athlete, or $2,859,732 per team.
The Boston College women’s basketball program reported $2,035,289 in revenue against $6,218,313 in expenses, a net loss of $4,183,024. That works out to about $135,210 in operating expense per athlete, or $2,028,150 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $9,971,317 to the women’s $2,035,289 in revenue.
Against the school’s 20 sports, basketball sits #2 by revenue, accounting for 8% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (958 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 89%. It retained 93% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (980 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 92%. It retained 98% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 1000 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 89% and 92% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 992, basketball sits above average at 1000.
If Boston College places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, we include that ranking. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.