by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Basketball at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, a winter sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Rutgers New Brunswick competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big Ten Conference.
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The Rutgers New Brunswick men’s basketball team carries 15 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 50. The most recent cohort included 53 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Rutgers New Brunswick women’s basketball team lists 31 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 58. The most recent cohort included 46 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, Rutgers New Brunswick carries 46 basketball athletes — 15 on the men’s side and 31 on the women’s.
Of the 18 varsity sports Rutgers New Brunswick sponsors, basketball ranks #6 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program is staffed by 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Staffing-wise, 6 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Steve Pikiell.
The women’s basketball program is staffed by 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Of those, 6 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Gary Redus.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 6 coaches to the women’s 6.
Among the school’s 18 sports, basketball ranks #2 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Rutgers New Brunswick men’s basketball program reported $16,076,899 in revenue against $16,076,899 in expenses, right at break-even. This comes to about $177,712 in operating expense per athlete, or $2,665,686 per team.
The Rutgers New Brunswick women’s basketball program brought in $7,528,347 in revenue against $7,528,347 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $59,886 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,856,468 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team brought in $16,076,899 to the women’s $7,528,347 in revenue.
Among the school’s 18 sports, basketball sits #2 by revenue, accounting for 14% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 951 (969 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 91%. Year over year, it held onto 96% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 953 (987 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 98% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 951 and the women 953, with graduation success rates of 91% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 991, basketball trails the average at 952.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.