by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Basketball at Bucknell University, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Bucknell is classified as NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Patriot League.
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The Bucknell men’s basketball team fields 15 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 51. The NCAA tracked 50 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Bucknell women’s basketball team fields 19 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 51. Academic data covers 49 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, Bucknell carries 34 basketball athletes — 15 on the men’s side and 19 on the women’s.
Of the 18 varsity sports Bucknell reports, basketball ranks #9 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is John Griffin III.
The women’s basketball program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 4 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Trevor Woodruff.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 4.
Across the school’s 18 sports, basketball sits #3 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Bucknell men’s basketball program generated $2,944,796 in revenue against $2,944,796 in expenses, breaking even on the year. This comes to about $35,211 in operating expense per athlete, or $528,164 per team.
The Bucknell women’s basketball program generated $2,139,055 in revenue against $2,139,055 in expenses, breaking even on the year. Per athlete, that is about $14,192 in operating expense per athlete, or $269,647 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team brought in $2,944,796 to the women’s $2,139,055 in revenue.
Among the school’s 18 sports, basketball ranks #2 by revenue, accounting for 13% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 995 (1000 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 82%. Year over year, it held onto 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 995 (1000 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 995 and the women 995, with graduation success rates of 82% and 100% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 992, basketball comes in above the pack at 995.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.