by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Basketball at Michigan State University, a winter sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Michigan State is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big Ten Conference.
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The Michigan State men’s basketball team lists 16 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 52. The most recent cohort included 51 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Michigan State women’s basketball team carries 16 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 60. The NCAA tracked 60 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, Michigan State fields 32 basketball athletes — 16 on the men’s side and 16 on the women’s.
Among the 17 varsity sports Michigan State sponsors, basketball sits at #7 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program employs 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Staffing-wise, 6 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Tom Izzo.
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. At the helm is Robyn Fralick.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 6 coaches to the women’s 6.
Across the school’s 17 sports, basketball ranks #3 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Michigan State men’s basketball program generated $21,818,193 in revenue against $20,566,735 in expenses, for a surplus of $1,251,458. This comes to about $272,133 in operating expense per athlete, or $4,354,133 per team.
The Michigan State women’s basketball program generated $7,247,013 in revenue against $7,247,013 in expenses, breaking even on the year. Per athlete, that is about $97,510 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,560,157 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team brought in $21,818,193 to the women’s $7,247,013 in revenue.
Against the school’s 17 sports, basketball sits #2 by revenue, accounting for 18% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 994 (995 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 80%. The program kept 99% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 985 (953 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 87%. Year over year, it held onto 97% of its athletes, with 94% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 994 and the women 985, with graduation success rates of 80% and 87% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 991, basketball trails the average at 990.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.