by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at Rider University, a winter sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Rider competes in NCAA Division I without football as a member of Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.
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The Rider men’s basketball team carries 16 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 52. Academic data covers 53 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Rider women’s basketball team fields 14 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 53. Academic data covers 56 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, Rider fields 30 basketball athletes — 16 on the men’s side and 14 on the women’s.
Among the 15 varsity sports Rider reports, basketball sits at #7 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Staffing-wise, 4 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Kevin Baggett.
The women’s basketball program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 3 are full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Jackie Hartzell.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 4.
Among the school’s 15 sports, basketball ranks #3 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Rider men’s basketball program reported $2,394,999 in revenue against $2,394,999 in expenses, right at break-even. This comes to about $18,126 in operating expense per athlete, or $290,023 per team.
The Rider women’s basketball program reported $1,830,917 in revenue against $1,830,917 in expenses, breaking even on the year. This comes to about $7,607 in operating expense per athlete, or $106,495 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team generated $2,394,999 to the women’s $1,830,917 in revenue.
Among the school’s 15 sports, basketball sits #1 by revenue, or about 25% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 950 (965 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 94% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 991 (995 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 99% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 950 and the women 991, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 979, basketball trails the average at 970.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.