by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Basketball at Kansas State University, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. K -State is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big 12 Conference.
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The K -State men’s basketball team carries 14 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 53. The most recent cohort included 52 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The K -State women’s basketball team fields 33 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 60. Academic data covers 57 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, K -State fields 47 basketball athletes — 14 on the men’s side and 33 on the women’s.
Of the 11 varsity sports K -State reports, basketball sits at #4 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program employs 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Of those, 6 are full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Casey Alexander.
The women’s basketball program is staffed by 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Of those, 6 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Jeff Mittie.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 6 coaches to the women’s 6.
Across the school’s 11 sports, basketball ranks #2 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The K -State men’s basketball program generated $10,907,824 in revenue against $10,907,824 in expenses, breaking even on the year. That works out to about $186,002 in operating expense per athlete, or $2,604,025 per team.
The K -State women’s basketball program brought in $4,912,372 in revenue against $4,912,372 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $50,207 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,656,830 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $10,907,824 to the women’s $4,912,372 in revenue.
Among the school’s 11 sports, basketball sits #2 by revenue, or about 15% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 945 (956 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 80%. It retained 92% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 995 (970 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 75%. It retained 97% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 945 and the women 995, with graduation success rates of 80% and 75% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 984, basketball sits below average at 970.
When K -State places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, you’ll see it called out. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.