by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Basketball at Cornell University, a winter sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Cornell plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of The Ivy League.
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The Cornell men’s basketball team fields 20 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 71. The NCAA tracked 68 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Cornell women’s basketball team carries 19 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 55. The NCAA tracked 55 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, Cornell fields 39 basketball athletes — 20 on the men’s side and 19 on the women’s.
Among the 24 varsity sports Cornell sponsors, basketball ranks #10 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 3 are full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Jon Jaques.
The women’s basketball program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Staffing-wise, 3 work full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Emily Garner.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 4.
Among the school’s 24 sports, basketball sits #5 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Cornell men’s basketball program reported $1,608,946 in revenue against $1,523,103 in expenses, for a surplus of $85,843. Per athlete, that is about $13,859 in operating expense per athlete, or $277,178 per team.
The Cornell women’s basketball program reported $1,397,476 in revenue against $1,373,935 in expenses, netting $23,541. That works out to about $11,342 in operating expense per athlete, or $215,502 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team brought in $1,608,946 to the women’s $1,397,476 in revenue.
Against the school’s 24 sports, basketball ranks #4 by revenue, or about 6% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (993 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 99% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 995 (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.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 1000 and the women 995, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 991, basketball grades out ahead at 998.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.