by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Basketball at Ohio State University-Main Campus, a winter sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Ohio State competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big Ten Conference.
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The Ohio State men’s basketball team lists 16 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 52. The most recent cohort included 54 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Ohio State women’s basketball team fields 14 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 55. The NCAA tracked 59 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, Ohio State carries 30 basketball athletes — 16 on the men’s side and 14 on the women’s.
Among the 23 varsity sports Ohio State sponsors, basketball ranks #14 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program carries 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Staffing-wise, 6 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Jacob Diebler.
The women’s basketball program carries 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Of those, 6 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Kevin McGuff.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 6 coaches to the women’s 6.
Across the school’s 23 sports, basketball ranks #1 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Ohio State men’s basketball program brought in $23,355,035 in revenue against $13,158,683 in expenses, for a surplus of $10,196,352. That works out to about $206,499 in operating expense per athlete, or $3,303,982 per team.
The Ohio State women’s basketball program generated $7,163,564 in revenue against $7,163,564 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $145,512 in operating expense per athlete, or $2,037,163 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team brought in $23,355,035 to the women’s $7,163,564 in revenue.
Against the school’s 23 sports, basketball sits #2 by revenue, accounting for 10% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 978 (965 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 67%. Year over year, it held onto 92% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 973 (971 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 80%. It retained 96% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 978 and the women 973, with graduation success rates of 67% and 80% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 992, basketball trails the average at 976.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.