by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Basketball at Mississippi State University, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Mississippi State plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Southeastern Conference.
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The Mississippi State men’s basketball team fields 18 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 52. Academic data covers 53 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Mississippi State women’s basketball team fields 26 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 62. The most recent cohort included 58 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, Mississippi State carries 44 basketball athletes — 18 on the men’s side and 26 on the women’s.
Among the 11 varsity sports Mississippi State sponsors, basketball ranks #3 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program carries 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Of those, 6 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Christopher Jans.
The women’s basketball program is staffed by 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Staffing-wise, 6 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Sam Purcell (Interim).
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 6 coaches to the women’s 6.
Across the school’s 11 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 Mississippi State men’s basketball program reported $12,220,601 in revenue against $12,220,601 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $109,057 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,963,029 per team.
The Mississippi State women’s basketball program reported $6,325,217 in revenue against $6,325,217 in expenses, breaking even on the year. That works out to about $58,989 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,533,711 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $12,220,601 to the women’s $6,325,217 in revenue.
Among the school’s 11 sports, basketball ranks #2 by revenue, accounting for 12% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 951 (975 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 88%. It retained 95% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 948 (978 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 85%. It retained 98% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 951 and the women 948, with graduation success rates of 88% and 85% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 989, basketball lands below the pack at 950.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.