by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Basketball at California State University-Northridge, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. CSUN is classified as NCAA Division I without football as a member of Big West Conference.
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The CSUN men’s basketball team fields 19 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 50. Academic data covers 51 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The CSUN women’s basketball team carries 13 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 59. The most recent cohort included 52 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, CSUN fields 32 basketball athletes — 19 on the men’s side and 13 on the women’s.
Of the 12 varsity sports CSUN sponsors, basketball comes in at #4 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program carries 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Staffing-wise, 6 are full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Andy Newman.
The women’s basketball program employs 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Staffing-wise, 6 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Angie Ned.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 6 coaches to the women’s 6.
Across the school’s 12 sports, basketball ranks #2 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The CSUN men’s basketball program generated $3,100,831 in revenue against $3,024,543 in expenses, netting $76,288. This comes to about $40,177 in operating expense per athlete, or $763,371 per team.
The CSUN women’s basketball program reported $1,754,174 in revenue against $1,792,998 in expenses, a net loss of $38,824. This comes to about $20,696 in operating expense per athlete, or $269,044 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team brought in $3,100,831 to the women’s $1,754,174 in revenue.
Against the school’s 12 sports, basketball sits #1 by revenue, accounting for 21% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 958 (908 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 58%. The program kept 90% of its athletes, with 92% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 942 (987 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 79%. Year over year, it held onto 97% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 958 and the women 942, with graduation success rates of 58% and 79% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 979, basketball lands below the pack at 950.
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