by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Basketball at Harvard University, a winter sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Harvard is classified as NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of The Ivy League.
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The Harvard men’s basketball team lists 16 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 71. The NCAA tracked 56 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Harvard women’s basketball team fields 15 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 57. The most recent cohort included 56 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, Harvard carries 31 basketball athletes — 16 on the men’s side and 15 on the women’s.
Among the 24 varsity sports Harvard sponsors, basketball comes in at #13 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Staffing-wise, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Tommy Amaker.
The women’s basketball program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 4 are full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Carrie Moore.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 4.
Across the school’s 24 sports, basketball ranks #7 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Harvard men’s basketball program brought in $1,772,373 in revenue against $1,772,373 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $21,805 in operating expense per athlete, or $348,882 per team.
The Harvard women’s basketball program generated $1,764,442 in revenue against $1,764,442 in expenses, breaking even on the year. That works out to about $24,239 in operating expense per athlete, or $363,590 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $1,772,373 to the women’s $1,764,442 in revenue.
Against the school’s 24 sports, basketball ranks #3 by revenue, accounting for 7% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 99% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 1000 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 994, basketball grades out ahead at 1000.
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