by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Basketball at Lafayette College, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Lafayette plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Patriot League.
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The Lafayette men’s basketball team carries 14 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 47. The NCAA tracked 49 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Lafayette women’s basketball team lists 13 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 50. Academic data covers 53 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, Lafayette fields 27 basketball athletes — 14 on the men’s side and 13 on the women’s.
Of the 16 varsity sports Lafayette sponsors, basketball ranks #7 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Mike McGarvey.
The women’s basketball program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Kia Damon.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 4.
Across the school’s 16 sports, basketball sits #3 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Lafayette men’s basketball program reported $2,472,111 in revenue against $2,472,111 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $30,261 in operating expense per athlete, or $423,652 per team.
The Lafayette women’s basketball program generated $2,363,911 in revenue against $2,363,911 in expenses, right at break-even. This comes to about $22,547 in operating expense per athlete, or $293,117 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $2,472,111 to the women’s $2,363,911 in revenue.
Against the school’s 16 sports, basketball sits #2 by revenue, accounting for 14% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 984 (989 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 98% of its athletes, with 100% 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%. Year over year, it held onto 99% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 984 and the women 990, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 997, basketball lands below the pack at 987.
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