by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Basketball at Purdue University-Main Campus, a winter sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Purdue is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big Ten Conference.
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The Purdue men’s basketball team carries 18 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 51. Academic data covers 52 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Purdue women’s basketball team fields 15 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 50. Academic data covers 58 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, Purdue fields 33 basketball athletes — 18 on the men’s side and 15 on the women’s.
Of the 13 varsity sports Purdue reports, basketball comes in at #7 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program employs 7 coaches — 1 head coach and 6 assistants. In all, 5 are full-time and 2 part-time. Leading the program is Matt Painter.
The women’s basketball program carries 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. Of those, 4 work full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Katie Gearlds.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 7 coaches to the women’s 5.
Across the school’s 13 sports, basketball ranks #1 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Purdue men’s basketball program brought in $20,966,991 in revenue against $14,040,438 in expenses, for a surplus of $6,926,553. This comes to about $157,310 in operating expense per athlete, or $2,831,587 per team.
The Purdue women’s basketball program brought in $8,493,747 in revenue against $4,911,279 in expenses, a net profit of $3,582,468. That works out to about $127,654 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,914,813 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $20,966,991 to the women’s $8,493,747 in revenue.
Among the school’s 13 sports, basketball ranks #2 by revenue, or about 20% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 974 (975 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 75%. It retained 97% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 985 (973 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 88%. The program kept 97% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 974 and the women 985, with graduation success rates of 75% and 88% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 985, basketball trails the average at 980.
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