by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Basketball at Indiana University-Indianapolis, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. IUPUI is classified as NCAA Division I without football as a member of Horizon League.
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The IUPUI men’s basketball team carries 15 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 52. The NCAA tracked 51 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The IUPUI women’s basketball team carries 14 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 56. The most recent cohort included 56 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, IUPUI carries 29 basketball athletes — 15 on the men’s side and 14 on the women’s.
Among the 11 varsity sports IUPUI reports, basketball ranks #4 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program employs 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. In all, 6 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Ben Howlett.
The women’s basketball program is staffed by 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. Of those, 5 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Kate Bruce.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 6 coaches to the women’s 5.
Among the school’s 11 sports, basketball ranks #1 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The IUPUI men’s basketball program brought in $2,606,361 in revenue against $2,606,361 in expenses, breaking even on the year. Per athlete, that is about $28,048 in operating expense per athlete, or $420,722 per team.
The IUPUI women’s basketball program reported $1,448,162 in revenue against $1,448,162 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $18,545 in operating expense per athlete, or $259,626 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team brought in $2,606,361 to the women’s $1,448,162 in revenue.
Against the school’s 11 sports, basketball sits #1 by revenue, or about 35% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 953 (980 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 97% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 959 (995 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 99% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 953 and the women 959, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 988, basketball trails the average at 956.
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