by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Basketball at Montana State University, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. MSU Bozeman competes in NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Big Sky Conference.
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The MSU Bozeman men’s basketball team lists 16 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 60. The most recent cohort included 55 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The MSU Bozeman women’s basketball team carries 15 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 60. The most recent cohort included 63 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, MSU Bozeman carries 31 basketball athletes — 16 on the men’s side and 15 on the women’s.
Among the 9 varsity sports MSU Bozeman sponsors, basketball comes in at #3 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Matt Logie.
The women’s basketball program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Tricia Binford.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 4.
Across the school’s 9 sports, basketball ranks #3 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The MSU Bozeman men’s basketball program brought in $2,385,737 in revenue against $2,778,265 in expenses, coming up short by $392,528. This comes to about $33,313 in operating expense per athlete, or $533,007 per team.
The MSU Bozeman women’s basketball program reported $1,994,424 in revenue against $2,403,956 in expenses, running a deficit of $409,532. Per athlete, that is about $36,469 in operating expense per athlete, or $547,038 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team generated $2,385,737 to the women’s $1,994,424 in revenue.
Among the school’s 9 sports, basketball sits #2 by revenue, accounting for 13% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 941 (942 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 75%. It retained 92% of its athletes, with 96% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 996 (991 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 98% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 941 and the women 996, with graduation success rates of 75% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 986, basketball trails the average at 968.
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