by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Basketball at Duke University, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Duke competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Atlantic Coast Conference.
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The Duke men’s basketball team carries 15 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 51. The NCAA tracked 50 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Duke women’s basketball team carries 17 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 57. The most recent cohort included 57 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, Duke carries 32 basketball athletes — 15 on the men’s side and 17 on the women’s.
Among the 18 varsity sports Duke sponsors, basketball ranks #9 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program employs 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. Staffing-wise, 5 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Jon Scheyer.
The women’s basketball program employs 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. In all, 6 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Kara Lawson.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 5 coaches to the women’s 6.
Across the school’s 18 sports, basketball sits #3 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Duke men’s basketball program reported $52,729,506 in revenue against $31,868,603 in expenses, netting $20,860,903. This comes to about $536,432 in operating expense per athlete, or $8,046,482 per team.
The Duke women’s basketball program generated $6,243,424 in revenue against $12,300,220 in expenses, a net loss of $6,056,796. That works out to about $157,676 in operating expense per athlete, or $2,680,486 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team generated $52,729,506 to the women’s $6,243,424 in revenue.
Against the school’s 18 sports, basketball sits #2 by revenue, or about 32% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 963 (958 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 60%. It retained 96% of its athletes, with 96% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 990 (973 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 87%. It retained 97% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 963 and the women 990, with graduation success rates of 60% and 87% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 995, basketball sits below average at 976.
When Duke earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, you’ll see it called out. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.