by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at Providence College, a winter sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Providence plays at the level of NCAA Division I without football as a member of BIG EAST Conference.
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The Providence men’s basketball team lists 16 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 48. Academic data covers 50 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Providence women’s basketball team carries 15 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 49. The NCAA tracked 55 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, Providence fields 31 basketball athletes — 16 on the men’s side and 15 on the women’s.
Of the 13 varsity sports Providence sponsors, basketball ranks #6 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program employs 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Staffing-wise, 6 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Kim English.
The women’s basketball program carries 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. In all, 5 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Erin Batth.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 6 coaches to the women’s 5.
Across the school’s 13 sports, basketball sits #1 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Providence men’s basketball program brought in $12,518,606 in revenue against $12,518,606 in expenses, right at break-even. This comes to about $181,343 in operating expense per athlete, or $2,901,491 per team.
The Providence women’s basketball program brought in $5,171,580 in revenue against $5,171,580 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $105,836 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,587,538 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team brought in $12,518,606 to the women’s $5,171,580 in revenue.
Among the school’s 13 sports, basketball sits #1 by revenue, accounting for 30% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 957 (984 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 82%. Year over year, it held onto 98% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 957 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 82% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 993, basketball sits below average at 978.
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