by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Basketball at Metropolitan State University of Denver, a winter sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. MSU Denver plays at the level of NCAA Division II without football as a member of Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.
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The MSU Denver men’s basketball team lists 15 athletes.
The MSU Denver women’s basketball team fields 14 student athletes.
Between the two teams, MSU Denver carries 29 basketball athletes — 15 on the men’s side and 14 on the women’s.
Among the 10 varsity sports MSU Denver sponsors, basketball ranks #4 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program employs 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Of those, 2 work full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Daniel Ficke.
The women’s basketball program employs 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. In all, 2 are full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Lynn Kennedy.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 3.
Across the school’s 10 sports, basketball ranks #3 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The MSU Denver men’s basketball program brought in $1,101,430 in revenue against $1,100,936 in expenses, for a surplus of $494. Per athlete, that is about $8,771 in operating expense per athlete, or $131,566 per team.
The MSU Denver women’s basketball program reported $920,844 in revenue against $920,669 in expenses, netting $175. That works out to about $8,218 in operating expense per athlete, or $115,054 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team brought in $1,101,430 to the women’s $920,844 in revenue.
Among the school’s 10 sports, basketball sits #1 by revenue, or about 23% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
If MSU Denver places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, we include that ranking. College Factual’s sports rankings weigh both athletics and academics.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.