by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at Georgia Southern University, a winter sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. GaSou competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Sun Belt Conference.
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The GaSou men’s basketball team fields 16 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 53. Academic data covers 53 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The GaSou women’s basketball team fields 16 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 57. Academic data covers 58 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, GaSou fields 32 basketball athletes — 16 on the men’s side and 16 on the women’s.
Among the 14 varsity sports GaSou sponsors, basketball comes in at #5 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program carries 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. In all, 5 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Charlie Henry.
The women’s basketball program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 4 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Heather Macy.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 5 coaches to the women’s 4.
Across the school’s 14 sports, basketball ranks #2 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The GaSou men’s basketball program brought in $2,557,162 in revenue against $2,557,162 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $37,180 in operating expense per athlete, or $594,882 per team.
The GaSou women’s basketball program reported $1,750,023 in revenue against $1,750,023 in expenses, breaking even on the year. This comes to about $19,091 in operating expense per athlete, or $305,455 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team generated $2,557,162 to the women’s $1,750,023 in revenue.
Among the school’s 14 sports, basketball ranks #2 by revenue, or about 11% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 983 (981 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 75%. It retained 96% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 945 (986 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 98% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 983 and the women 945, with graduation success rates of 75% and 100% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 986, basketball lands below the pack at 964.
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