by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Basketball at Oral Roberts University, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. ORU competes in NCAA Division I without football as a member of The Summit League.
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The ORU men’s basketball team lists 18 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 55. The most recent cohort included 52 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The ORU women’s basketball team carries 13 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 59. Academic data covers 58 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, ORU carries 31 basketball athletes — 18 on the men’s side and 13 on the women’s.
Of the 9 varsity sports ORU reports, basketball ranks #4 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. The head coach is Kory Barnett.
The women’s basketball program carries 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Of those, 5 work full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Cophie Anderson.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 6 coaches to the women’s 6.
Among the school’s 9 sports, basketball ranks #1 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The ORU men’s basketball program brought in $2,973,435 in revenue against $2,973,435 in expenses, right at break-even. This comes to about $52,723 in operating expense per athlete, or $949,006 per team.
The ORU women’s basketball program generated $1,796,906 in revenue against $1,796,906 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $32,868 in operating expense per athlete, or $427,283 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $2,973,435 to the women’s $1,796,906 in revenue.
Against the school’s 9 sports, basketball ranks #1 by revenue, accounting for 25% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 994 (964 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 94% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 963 (986 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 98% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 994 and the women 963, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 982, basketball sits below average at 978.
If ORU earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, you’ll see it called out. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.