by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Basketball at Boston University, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Boston U plays at the level of NCAA Division I without football as a member of Patriot League.
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The Boston U men’s basketball team fields 15 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 51. The most recent cohort included 49 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Boston U women’s basketball team fields 16 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 53. Academic data covers 55 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, Boston U fields 31 basketball athletes — 15 on the men’s side and 16 on the women’s.
Of the 14 varsity sports Boston U reports, basketball sits at #7 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Joe Jones.
The women’s basketball program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Staffing-wise, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Melissa Graves.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 4.
Across the school’s 14 sports, basketball sits #4 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Boston U men’s basketball program generated $3,210,362 in revenue against $3,210,362 in expenses, breaking even on the year. That works out to about $28,158 in operating expense per athlete, or $422,376 per team.
The Boston U women’s basketball program generated $2,440,732 in revenue against $2,440,732 in expenses, essentially breaking even. Per athlete, that is about $18,506 in operating expense per athlete, or $296,094 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team generated $3,210,362 to the women’s $2,440,732 in revenue.
Among the school’s 14 sports, basketball sits #2 by revenue, or about 13% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 994 (975 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 93%. The program kept 98% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 995 and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 99% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 994 and the women 995, with graduation success rates of 93% and 100% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 994, basketball sits right at the average at 994.
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