by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at Seattle University, a winter sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Seattle U competes in NCAA Division I without football as a member of West Coast Conference.
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The Seattle U men’s basketball team lists 16 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 51. Academic data covers 52 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Seattle U women’s basketball team fields 11 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 60. Academic data covers 51 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, Seattle U carries 27 basketball athletes — 16 on the men’s side and 11 on the women’s.
Among the 12 varsity sports Seattle U sponsors, basketball sits at #6 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program employs 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. In all, 6 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Chris Victor.
The women’s basketball program carries 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. In all, 5 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Sklyer Young.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 6 coaches to the women’s 5.
Among the school’s 12 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 Seattle U men’s basketball program reported $3,375,756 in revenue against $3,375,756 in expenses, right at break-even. This comes to about $89,594 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,433,511 per team.
The Seattle U women’s basketball program reported $1,900,943 in revenue against $1,900,943 in expenses, right at break-even. Per athlete, that is about $52,922 in operating expense per athlete, or $582,140 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team brought in $3,375,756 to the women’s $1,900,943 in revenue.
Against the school’s 12 sports, basketball sits #1 by revenue, accounting for 24% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 992 (964 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 92%. Year over year, it held onto 94% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 978 (996 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 99% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 992 and the women 978, with graduation success rates of 92% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 986, basketball is on par with the average at 985.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.