by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at East Carolina University, a winter sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. ECU plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of American Conference.
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The ECU men’s basketball team lists 16 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 53. Academic data covers 55 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The ECU women’s basketball team fields 15 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 61. The NCAA tracked 58 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, ECU fields 31 basketball athletes — 16 on the men’s side and 15 on the women’s.
Among the 14 varsity sports ECU reports, basketball comes in at #5 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program is staffed by 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. In all, 5 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Michael Schwartz.
The women’s basketball program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 4 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Kim McNeill.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 5 coaches to the women’s 4.
Among the school’s 14 sports, basketball sits #3 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The ECU men’s basketball program reported $4,299,003 in revenue against $4,288,223 in expenses, for a surplus of $10,780. That works out to about $72,019 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,152,303 per team.
The ECU women’s basketball program brought in $3,025,722 in revenue against $3,010,564 in expenses, netting $15,158. Per athlete, that is about $62,243 in operating expense per athlete, or $933,640 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team brought in $4,299,003 to the women’s $3,025,722 in revenue.
Against the school’s 14 sports, basketball sits #2 by revenue, or about 11% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 962 (935 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 70%. It retained 91% of its athletes, with 93% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (961 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 93%. The program kept 97% of its athletes, with 95% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 962 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 70% and 93% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 986, basketball sits below average at 981.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.