by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at Brown University, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Brown plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of The Ivy League.
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The Brown men’s basketball team fields 16 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 59. The most recent cohort included 66 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Brown women’s basketball team fields 15 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 58. The most recent cohort included 60 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, Brown fields 31 basketball athletes — 16 on the men’s side and 15 on the women’s.
Among the 26 varsity sports Brown reports, basketball ranks #13 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 4 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Mike Martin.
The women’s basketball program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Monique Le Blanc.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 4.
Among the school’s 26 sports, basketball sits #4 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Brown men’s basketball program reported $1,919,760 in revenue against $1,919,760 in expenses, right at break-even. This comes to about $23,960 in operating expense per athlete, or $383,358 per team.
The Brown women’s basketball program generated $1,045,745 in revenue against $1,045,745 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $15,898 in operating expense per athlete, or $238,463 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $1,919,760 to the women’s $1,045,745 in revenue.
Among the school’s 26 sports, basketball ranks #2 by revenue, accounting for 7% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 988 (996 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 94%. Year over year, it held onto 98% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 987 (1000 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 988 and the women 987, with graduation success rates of 94% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 992, basketball trails the average at 988.
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