by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Basketball at College of the Holy Cross, a winter sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Holy Cross is classified as NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Patriot League.
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The Holy Cross men’s basketball team carries 16 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 53. Academic data covers 50 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Holy Cross women’s basketball team carries 13 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 51. The NCAA tracked 50 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, Holy Cross carries 29 basketball athletes — 16 on the men’s side and 13 on the women’s.
Of the 17 varsity sports Holy Cross reports, basketball ranks #9 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program is staffed by 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. Staffing-wise, 5 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Dave Paulsen.
The women’s basketball program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Candice Green.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 5 coaches to the women’s 4.
Across the school’s 17 sports, basketball ranks #3 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Holy Cross men’s basketball program brought in $2,799,702 in revenue against $2,799,702 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $35,111 in operating expense per athlete, or $561,783 per team.
The Holy Cross women’s basketball program reported $2,047,301 in revenue against $2,047,301 in expenses, breaking even on the year. This comes to about $24,621 in operating expense per athlete, or $320,077 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team brought in $2,799,702 to the women’s $2,047,301 in revenue.
Against the school’s 17 sports, basketball ranks #3 by revenue, or about 14% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 978 (986 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 97% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 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 978 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 996, basketball lands below the pack at 989.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.