by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Louisiana State University is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Southeastern Conference.
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The Louisiana State University men’s basketball team fields 16 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 55. The NCAA tracked 50 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Louisiana State University women’s basketball team lists 13 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 55. Academic data covers 53 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, Louisiana State University carries 29 basketball athletes — 16 on the men’s side and 13 on the women’s.
Of the 15 varsity sports Louisiana State University sponsors, basketball ranks #6 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program is staffed by 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Staffing-wise, 6 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Will Wade.
The women’s basketball program employs 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Of those, 6 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Kim Mulkey.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 6 coaches to the women’s 6.
Across the school’s 15 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 Louisiana State University men’s basketball program brought in $13,624,943 in revenue against $11,104,405 in expenses, netting $2,520,538. This comes to about $112,125 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,794,000 per team.
The Louisiana State University women’s basketball program reported $4,137,970 in revenue against $12,099,217 in expenses, running a deficit of $7,961,247. That works out to about $192,579 in operating expense per athlete, or $2,503,525 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team generated $13,624,943 to the women’s $4,137,970 in revenue.
Against the school’s 15 sports, basketball sits #2 by revenue, or about 8% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 964 (942 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 33%. It retained 92% of its athletes, with 95% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 972 (981 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 94%. Year over year, it held onto 97% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 964 and the women 972, with graduation success rates of 33% and 94% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 989, basketball trails the average at 968.
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