Here we dig into Basketball at Oklahoma Christian University, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. OC competes in NCAA Division II without football as a member of Lone Star Conference.
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The OC men’s basketball team carries 18 players.
The OC women’s basketball team fields 20 athletes.
Combined, OC carries 38 basketball athletes — 18 on the men’s side and 20 on the women’s.
Of the 11 varsity sports OC reports, basketball sits at #5 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program carries 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. In all, 2 work full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Kendre Talley.
The women’s basketball program carries 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. In all, 3 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Markeith Brown.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 3.
Among the school’s 11 sports, basketball ranks #2 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The OC men’s basketball program reported $650,061 in revenue against $601,478 in expenses, netting $48,583. That works out to about $5,856 in operating expense per athlete, or $105,412 per team.
The OC women’s basketball program brought in $658,055 in revenue against $612,995 in expenses, a net profit of $45,060. This comes to about $5,179 in operating expense per athlete, or $103,570 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $650,061 to the women’s $658,055 in revenue.
Among the school’s 11 sports, basketball ranks #1 by revenue, accounting for 13% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
When OC earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, we note it here. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.