by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Basketball at George Washington University, a winter sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. GWU is classified as NCAA Division I without football as a member of Atlantic 10 Conference.
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The GWU men’s basketball team lists 16 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 49. The most recent cohort included 52 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The GWU women’s basketball team lists 24 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 54. The NCAA tracked 57 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, GWU carries 40 basketball athletes — 16 on the men’s side and 24 on the women’s.
Of the 16 varsity sports GWU sponsors, basketball sits at #5 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program is staffed by 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. In all, 6 are full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Chris Caputo.
The women’s basketball program employs 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Of those, 6 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Ganiyat Adeduntan.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 6 coaches to the women’s 6.
Across the school’s 16 sports, basketball ranks #1 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The GWU men’s basketball program reported $6,210,233 in revenue against $6,210,233 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $70,819 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,133,100 per team.
The GWU women’s basketball program generated $6,311,808 in revenue against $6,311,808 in expenses, breaking even on the year. Per athlete, that is about $25,017 in operating expense per athlete, or $600,399 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team generated $6,210,233 to the women’s $6,311,808 in revenue.
Against the school’s 16 sports, basketball sits #1 by revenue, or about 30% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 964 (973 on a multi-year basis) 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 earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 994 (991 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 90%. The program kept 99% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 964 and the women 994, with graduation success rates of 100% and 90% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 993, basketball lands below the pack at 979.
When GWU places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, we include that ranking. College Factual’s sports rankings weigh both athletics and academics.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.