On this page we break down Basketball at Oklahoma State University-Main Campus, a winter sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. OSU competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big 12 Conference.
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The OSU men’s basketball team fields 17 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 52. Academic data covers 50 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The OSU women’s basketball team lists 14 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 58. Academic data covers 59 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, OSU fields 31 basketball athletes — 17 on the men’s side and 14 on the women’s.
Of the 12 varsity sports OSU reports, basketball comes in at #6 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program employs 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. In all, 6 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Steve Lutz.
The women’s basketball program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Jacie Hoyt.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 6 coaches to the women’s 4.
Across the school’s 12 sports, basketball sits #3 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The OSU men’s basketball program generated $18,083,335 in revenue against $11,530,565 in expenses, netting $6,552,770. This comes to about $133,563 in operating expense per athlete, or $2,270,563 per team.
The OSU women’s basketball program generated $2,361,366 in revenue against $4,718,546 in expenses, a net loss of $2,357,180. That works out to about $112,497 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,574,962 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team brought in $18,083,335 to the women’s $2,361,366 in revenue.
Among the school’s 12 sports, basketball ranks #2 by revenue, accounting for 13% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 988 (957 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 86%. It retained 90% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 984 (969 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 88%. Year over year, it held onto 96% of its athletes, with 96% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 988 and the women 984, with graduation success rates of 86% and 88% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 988, basketball sits below average at 986.
When OSU earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, we include that ranking. College Factual’s sports rankings weigh both athletics and academics.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.