by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at La Salle University, a winter sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. La Salle is classified as NCAA Division I without football as a member of Atlantic 10 Conference.
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The La Salle men’s basketball team lists 16 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 52. Academic data covers 52 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The La Salle women’s basketball team carries 24 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 53. The NCAA tracked 58 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, La Salle carries 40 basketball athletes — 16 on the men’s side and 24 on the women’s.
Of the 17 varsity sports La Salle sponsors, basketball comes in at #5 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program is staffed by 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. Of those, 5 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Darris Nichols.
The women’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 Mountain MacGillivray.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 5 coaches to the women’s 4.
Across the school’s 17 sports, basketball sits #1 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The La Salle men’s basketball program brought in $3,832,568 in revenue against $3,832,568 in expenses, essentially breaking even. Per athlete, that is about $58,531 in operating expense per athlete, or $936,493 per team.
The La Salle women’s basketball program generated $1,956,822 in revenue against $1,956,822 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $17,242 in operating expense per athlete, or $413,798 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team brought in $3,832,568 to the women’s $1,956,822 in revenue.
Among the school’s 17 sports, basketball ranks #1 by revenue, accounting for 32% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 978 (971 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 96% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 990 (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 978 and the women 990, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 990, basketball sits below average at 984.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.