by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at Manhattan University, a winter sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Manhattan plays at the level of NCAA Division I without football as a member of Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.
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The Manhattan men’s basketball team carries 19 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 54. The NCAA tracked 54 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Manhattan women’s basketball team carries 14 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 58. The NCAA tracked 56 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, Manhattan carries 33 basketball athletes — 19 on the men’s side and 14 on the women’s.
Of the 12 varsity sports Manhattan sponsors, basketball ranks #5 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. The head coach is John Gallagher (Interim).
The women’s basketball program employs 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. Of those, 5 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Heather Vulin.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 6 coaches to the women’s 5.
Among the school’s 12 sports, basketball sits #1 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Manhattan men’s basketball program reported $2,453,965 in revenue against $2,412,158 in expenses, a net profit of $41,807. This comes to about $18,736 in operating expense per athlete, or $355,990 per team.
The Manhattan women’s basketball program reported $1,918,034 in revenue against $1,911,135 in expenses, for a surplus of $6,899. That works out to about $16,282 in operating expense per athlete, or $227,943 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team brought in $2,453,965 to the women’s $1,918,034 in revenue.
Against the school’s 12 sports, basketball ranks #1 by revenue, or about 35% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 937 (957 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 88%. The program kept 93% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (982 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 92%. It retained 97% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 937 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 88% and 92% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 973, basketball lands below the pack at 968.
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