by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at Eastern Washington University, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. EWU is classified as NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Big Sky Conference.
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The EWU men’s basketball team fields 16 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 54. The most recent cohort included 53 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The EWU women’s basketball team lists 16 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 61. Academic data covers 58 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, EWU fields 32 basketball athletes — 16 on the men’s side and 16 on the women’s.
Of the 9 varsity sports EWU sponsors, basketball comes in at #3 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program employs 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Of those, 4 work full-time and 2 part-time. At the helm is Dan Monson.
The women’s basketball program carries 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. Of those, 4 work full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Joddie Gleason.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 6 coaches to the women’s 5.
Among the school’s 9 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 EWU men’s basketball program brought in $2,233,492 in revenue against $2,233,492 in expenses, breaking even on the year. Per athlete, that is about $40,886 in operating expense per athlete, or $654,174 per team.
The EWU women’s basketball program brought in $1,808,680 in revenue against $1,808,680 in expenses, breaking even on the year. Per athlete, that is about $26,055 in operating expense per athlete, or $416,875 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $2,233,492 to the women’s $1,808,680 in revenue.
Among the school’s 9 sports, basketball ranks #2 by revenue, accounting for 18% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 980 and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 96% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 990 (996 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 88%. Year over year, it held onto 100% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 980 and the women 990, with graduation success rates of 100% and 88% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 976, basketball sits above average at 985.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.