by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Basketball at St. John’s University-New York, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. STJ plays at the level of NCAA Division I without football as a member of BIG EAST Conference.
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The STJ men’s basketball team lists 13 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 52. The NCAA tracked 51 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The STJ women’s basketball team fields 14 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 45. The NCAA tracked 52 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, STJ carries 27 basketball athletes — 13 on the men’s side and 14 on the women’s.
Among the 12 varsity sports STJ reports, basketball comes in at #6 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program is staffed by 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Staffing-wise, 6 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Rick Pitino.
The women’s basketball program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Joseph Tartamella.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 6 coaches to the women’s 4.
Among the school’s 12 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 STJ men’s basketball program generated $31,994,396 in revenue against $31,994,396 in expenses, right at break-even. Per athlete, that is about $283,903 in operating expense per athlete, or $3,690,733 per team.
The STJ women’s basketball program generated $6,689,315 in revenue against $6,689,315 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $53,705 in operating expense per athlete, or $751,864 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team brought in $31,994,396 to the women’s $6,689,315 in revenue.
Among the school’s 12 sports, basketball sits #1 by revenue, or about 50% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 982 (954 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 80%. It retained 94% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (994 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 92%. The program kept 99% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 982 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 80% and 92% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 987, basketball grades out ahead at 991.
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