by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Basketball at Bradley University, a winter sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Bradley competes in NCAA Division I without football as a member of Missouri Valley Conference.
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The Bradley men’s basketball team fields 16 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 51. The NCAA tracked 55 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Bradley women’s basketball team fields 16 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 57. The most recent cohort included 58 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, Bradley carries 32 basketball athletes — 16 on the men’s side and 16 on the women’s.
Of the 10 varsity sports Bradley sponsors, basketball sits at #4 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Brian Wardle.
The women’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 Chaia Meier.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 4.
Among the school’s 10 sports, basketball sits #1 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Bradley men’s basketball program generated $3,870,120 in revenue against $3,870,120 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $44,154 in operating expense per athlete, or $706,462 per team.
The Bradley women’s basketball program brought in $1,837,235 in revenue against $1,837,235 in expenses, breaking even on the year. Per athlete, that is about $23,510 in operating expense per athlete, or $376,161 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $3,870,120 to the women’s $1,837,235 in revenue.
Against the school’s 10 sports, basketball sits #1 by revenue, or about 28% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 984 (995 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 99% of its athletes, with 100% 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.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 984 and the women 995, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 989, basketball comes in above the pack at 990.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.