by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Basketball at Canisius University, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Canisius plays at the level of NCAA Division I without football as a member of Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.
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The Canisius men’s basketball team carries 16 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 52. The most recent cohort included 50 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Canisius women’s basketball team carries 15 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 56. Academic data covers 56 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, Canisius fields 31 basketball athletes — 16 on the men’s side and 15 on the women’s.
Among the 14 varsity sports Canisius sponsors, basketball comes in at #7 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Staffing-wise, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Jim Christian.
The women’s basketball program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Staffing-wise, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Tiffany Swoffard.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 4.
Across the school’s 14 sports, basketball sits #2 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Canisius men’s basketball program brought in $1,898,239 in revenue against $1,898,239 in expenses, breaking even on the year. That works out to about $23,930 in operating expense per athlete, or $382,872 per team.
The Canisius women’s basketball program brought in $1,749,622 in revenue against $1,749,620 in expenses, a net profit of $2. This comes to about $19,683 in operating expense per athlete, or $295,241 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $1,898,239 to the women’s $1,749,622 in revenue.
Among the school’s 14 sports, basketball ranks #1 by revenue, accounting for 27% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 958 (950 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 93% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team earned 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 958 and the women 995, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 991, basketball trails the average at 976.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.