by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Basketball at Santa Clara University, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. SCU is classified as NCAA Division I without football as a member of West Coast Conference.
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The SCU men’s basketball team carries 16 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 52. The NCAA tracked 51 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The SCU women’s basketball team fields 13 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 59. The most recent cohort included 48 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, SCU carries 29 basketball athletes — 16 on the men’s side and 13 on the women’s.
Among the 14 varsity sports SCU sponsors, basketball sits at #8 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Herb Sendek.
The women’s basketball program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Loree Payne.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 4.
Among the school’s 14 sports, basketball sits #1 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The SCU men’s basketball program brought in $5,977,436 in revenue against $5,977,436 in expenses, essentially breaking even. Per athlete, that is about $94,384 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,510,138 per team.
The SCU women’s basketball program brought in $2,734,910 in revenue against $2,734,910 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $39,357 in operating expense per athlete, or $511,639 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $5,977,436 to the women’s $2,734,910 in revenue.
Against the school’s 14 sports, basketball sits #1 by revenue, accounting for 20% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 986 (975 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 67%. It retained 96% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (984 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 93%. Year over year, it held onto 97% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 986 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 67% and 93% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 992, basketball comes in above the pack at 993.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.