by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at Eastern Connecticut State University, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. ECSU is classified as NCAA Division III without football as a member of Little East Conference.
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The ECSU men’s basketball team fields 19 players.
The ECSU women’s basketball team lists 16 players.
Between the two teams, ECSU carries 35 basketball athletes — 19 on the men’s side and 16 on the women’s.
Of the 12 varsity sports ECSU reports, basketball ranks #6 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 1 are full-time and 3 part-time. Leading the program is Bill Geitner.
The women’s basketball program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 1 work full-time and 3 part-time. The head coach is Mandy King.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 4.
Among the school’s 12 sports, basketball ranks #3 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The ECSU men’s basketball program reported $277,426 in revenue against $277,426 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $3,246 in operating expense per athlete, or $61,679 per team.
The ECSU women’s basketball program brought in $278,179 in revenue against $278,179 in expenses, breaking even on the year. Per athlete, that is about $3,569 in operating expense per athlete, or $57,109 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $277,426 to the women’s $278,179 in revenue.
Among the school’s 12 sports, basketball ranks #1 by revenue, accounting for 12% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.