by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Basketball at Marquette University, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Marquette competes in NCAA Division I without football as a member of BIG EAST Conference.
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The Marquette men’s basketball team fields 20 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 51. The most recent cohort included 50 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Marquette women’s basketball team lists 12 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 53. The most recent cohort included 51 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, Marquette carries 32 basketball athletes — 20 on the men’s side and 12 on the women’s.
Of the 9 varsity sports Marquette sponsors, basketball ranks #4 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program is staffed by 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Staffing-wise, 6 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Shaka Smart.
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 Cara Consuegra.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 6 coaches to the women’s 6.
Among the school’s 9 sports, basketball sits #2 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Marquette men’s basketball program reported $25,734,325 in revenue against $20,053,484 in expenses, netting $5,680,841. This comes to about $307,204 in operating expense per athlete, or $6,144,077 per team.
The Marquette women’s basketball program brought in $4,774,668 in revenue against $4,774,607 in expenses, a net profit of $61. That works out to about $144,691 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,736,292 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team brought in $25,734,325 to the women’s $4,774,668 in revenue.
Among the school’s 9 sports, basketball ranks #1 by revenue, or about 68% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 989 (968 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 82%. It retained 97% of its athletes, with 96% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (990 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 98% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 989 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 82% and 100% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 996, basketball trails the average at 994.
When Marquette earns a spot on a 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.