by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Basketball at Creighton University, a winter sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Creighton competes in NCAA Division I without football as a member of BIG EAST Conference.
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The Creighton men’s basketball team fields 16 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 52. The NCAA tracked 51 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Creighton women’s basketball team lists 11 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 58. The NCAA tracked 48 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, Creighton fields 27 basketball athletes — 16 on the men’s side and 11 on the women’s.
Of the 11 varsity sports Creighton sponsors, basketball sits at #5 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 4 are full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Alan Huss.
The women’s basketball program is staffed by 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. Of those, 5 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Jim Flanery.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 5.
Across the school’s 11 sports, basketball ranks #1 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Creighton men’s basketball program reported $19,767,613 in revenue against $14,019,614 in expenses, for a surplus of $5,747,999. Per athlete, that is about $136,668 in operating expense per athlete, or $2,186,683 per team.
The Creighton women’s basketball program reported $1,281,546 in revenue against $3,166,071 in expenses, a net loss of $1,884,525. This comes to about $87,192 in operating expense per athlete, or $959,113 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team brought in $19,767,613 to the women’s $1,281,546 in revenue.
Against the school’s 11 sports, basketball ranks #1 by revenue, accounting for 51% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 989 (966 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 80%. It retained 95% of its athletes, with 96% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 994 (1000 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 989 and the women 994, with graduation success rates of 80% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 991, basketball sits above average at 992.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.