by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at Florida International University, a winter sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. FIU plays at the level of Independent as a member of Conference USA.
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The FIU men’s basketball team carries 16 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 53. Academic data covers 53 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The FIU women’s basketball team carries 23 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 50. The NCAA tracked 48 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, FIU fields 39 basketball athletes — 16 on the men’s side and 23 on the women’s.
Among the 14 varsity sports FIU reports, basketball ranks #5 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 4 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Joey Cantens.
The women’s basketball program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 4 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Jesyka Burks-Wiley.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 4.
Across the school’s 14 sports, basketball sits #4 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The FIU men’s basketball program reported $2,846,627 in revenue against $2,846,627 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $38,327 in operating expense per athlete, or $613,231 per team.
The FIU women’s basketball program generated $1,807,508 in revenue against $1,807,508 in expenses, right at break-even. This comes to about $16,657 in operating expense per athlete, or $383,115 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team brought in $2,846,627 to the women’s $1,807,508 in revenue.
Against the school’s 14 sports, basketball ranks #2 by revenue, accounting for 11% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 967 (976 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 77%. The program kept 95% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (984 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 93%. It retained 98% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 967 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 77% and 93% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 985, basketball lands below the pack at 984.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.