by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Basketball at Iowa State University, a winter sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Iowa State competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big 12 Conference.
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The Iowa State men’s basketball team lists 15 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 50. Academic data covers 51 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Iowa State women’s basketball team lists 15 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 55. The NCAA tracked 49 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, Iowa State carries 30 basketball athletes — 15 on the men’s side and 15 on the women’s.
Among the 14 varsity sports Iowa State reports, basketball ranks #5 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program employs 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Staffing-wise, 6 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is T.J. Otzelberger.
The women’s basketball program employs 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. In all, 6 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Bill Fennelly.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 6 coaches to the women’s 6.
Across the school’s 14 sports, basketball ranks #2 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Iowa State men’s basketball program brought in $14,437,710 in revenue against $10,382,761 in expenses, netting $4,054,949. That works out to about $120,597 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,808,960 per team.
The Iowa State women’s basketball program generated $1,201,223 in revenue against $5,282,818 in expenses, a net loss of $4,081,595. Per athlete, that is about $94,333 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,414,990 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team brought in $14,437,710 to the women’s $1,201,223 in revenue.
Among the school’s 14 sports, basketball ranks #2 by revenue, accounting for 15% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 994 (949 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 82%. It retained 93% of its athletes, with 95% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (985 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 97% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 994 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 82% and 100% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 991, basketball comes in above the pack at 997.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.