by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Basketball at Saint Louis University, a winter sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. SLU plays at the level of NCAA Division I without football as a member of Atlantic 10 Conference.
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The SLU men’s basketball team lists 16 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 54. Academic data covers 53 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The SLU women’s basketball team fields 15 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 56. The NCAA tracked 57 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, SLU fields 31 basketball athletes — 16 on the men’s side and 15 on the women’s.
Among the 12 varsity sports SLU reports, basketball sits at #5 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program employs 7 coaches — 1 head coach and 6 assistants. Of those, 7 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Josh Schertz.
The women’s basketball program employs 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. Staffing-wise, 5 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Rebecca Tillett.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 7 coaches to the women’s 5.
Across the school’s 12 sports, basketball sits #1 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The SLU men’s basketball program reported $7,230,593 in revenue against $7,230,593 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $74,998 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,199,973 per team.
The SLU women’s basketball program reported $3,288,054 in revenue against $3,288,054 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $55,102 in operating expense per athlete, or $826,534 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $7,230,593 to the women’s $3,288,054 in revenue.
Against the school’s 12 sports, basketball ranks #1 by revenue, accounting for 36% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 940 (938 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 75%. Year over year, it held onto 94% of its athletes, with 93% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 995 and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 100% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 940 and the women 995, with graduation success rates of 75% and 100% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 985, basketball sits below average at 968.
When SLU places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, you’ll see it called out. College Factual’s sports rankings weigh both athletics and academics.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.