by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at Sacred Heart University, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Sacred Heart competes in NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.
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The Sacred Heart men’s basketball team carries 16 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 50. The NCAA tracked 53 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Sacred Heart women’s basketball team fields 14 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 55. Academic data covers 54 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, Sacred Heart carries 30 basketball athletes — 16 on the men’s side and 14 on the women’s.
Among the 22 varsity sports Sacred Heart sponsors, basketball comes in at #13 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Anthony Latina.
The women’s basketball program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Jessica Mannetti.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 4.
Across the school’s 22 sports, basketball sits #3 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Sacred Heart men’s basketball program brought in $2,194,183 in revenue against $2,194,183 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $30,391 in operating expense per athlete, or $486,263 per team.
The Sacred Heart women’s basketball program brought in $2,013,534 in revenue against $2,013,534 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $19,939 in operating expense per athlete, or $279,144 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team generated $2,194,183 to the women’s $2,013,534 in revenue.
Among the school’s 22 sports, basketball sits #3 by revenue, or about 10% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 963 (954 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 92%. Year over year, it held onto 94% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 964 (995 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 99% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 963 and the women 964, with graduation success rates of 92% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 986, basketball sits below average at 964.
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