by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at Saint Mary’s College of California, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. SMC is classified as NCAA Division I without football as a member of West Coast Conference.
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The SMC men’s basketball team lists 15 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 50. The most recent cohort included 54 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The SMC women’s basketball team carries 15 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 56. Academic data covers 59 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, SMC fields 30 basketball athletes — 15 on the men’s side and 15 on the women’s.
Among the 14 varsity sports SMC reports, basketball sits at #7 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program employs 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. In all, 5 work full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Vacant.
The women’s basketball program is staffed by 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. Of those, 5 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Jeff Cammon.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 6 coaches to the women’s 5.
Across the school’s 14 sports, basketball ranks #1 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The SMC men’s basketball program generated $8,298,148 in revenue against $8,298,148 in expenses, breaking even on the year. That works out to about $138,630 in operating expense per athlete, or $2,079,446 per team.
The SMC women’s basketball program generated $2,874,127 in revenue against $2,874,127 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $55,527 in operating expense per athlete, or $832,902 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $8,298,148 to the women’s $2,874,127 in revenue.
Among the school’s 14 sports, basketball ranks #1 by revenue, or about 35% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 973 (990 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 91%. Year over year, it held onto 98% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 986 (981 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 90%. Year over year, it held onto 97% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 973 and the women 986, with graduation success rates of 91% and 90% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 986, basketball lands below the pack at 980.
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