by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at Pepperdine University, a winter sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Pepperdine is classified as NCAA Division I without football as a member of West Coast Conference.
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The Pepperdine men’s basketball team lists 17 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 52. The most recent cohort included 53 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Pepperdine women’s basketball team fields 20 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 60. Academic data covers 56 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, Pepperdine fields 37 basketball athletes — 17 on the men’s side and 20 on the women’s.
Of the 14 varsity sports Pepperdine sponsors, basketball ranks #4 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program carries 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Staffing-wise, 6 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Vacant.
The women’s basketball program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Katie Faulkner.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 6 coaches to the women’s 4.
Among the school’s 14 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 Pepperdine men’s basketball program reported $5,590,356 in revenue against $5,590,356 in expenses, breaking even on the year. That works out to about $66,887 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,137,072 per team.
The Pepperdine women’s basketball program brought in $3,548,150 in revenue against $3,548,150 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $30,455 in operating expense per athlete, or $609,095 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team generated $5,590,356 to the women’s $3,548,150 in revenue.
Among the school’s 14 sports, basketball sits #1 by revenue, or about 27% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 943 (960 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 80%. Year over year, it held onto 95% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 943 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 80% and 100% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 988, basketball sits below average at 972.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.