by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at Ripon College, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Ripon competes in NCAA Division III with football as a member of Midwest Conference.
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The Ripon men’s basketball team carries 27 student athletes.
The Ripon women’s basketball team carries 21 athletes.
Between the two teams, Ripon fields 48 basketball athletes — 27 on the men’s side and 21 on the women’s.
Of the 13 varsity sports Ripon reports, basketball comes in at #5 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 1 work full-time and 3 part-time. The head coach is Kenny Finco.
The women’s basketball program employs 7 coaches — 1 head coach and 6 assistants. Staffing-wise, 1 are full-time and 6 part-time. The head coach is Lauren Busalacchi.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 7.
Among the school’s 13 sports, basketball sits #3 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Ripon men’s basketball program brought in $136,898 in revenue against $126,208 in expenses, netting $10,690. That works out to about $1,639 in operating expense per athlete, or $44,247 per team.
The Ripon women’s basketball program reported $158,373 in revenue against $153,994 in expenses, netting $4,379. This comes to about $2,713 in operating expense per athlete, or $56,979 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team brought in $136,898 to the women’s $158,373 in revenue.
Against the school’s 13 sports, basketball sits #2 by revenue, or about 9% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
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