by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at Tufts University, a winter sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Tufts plays at the level of NCAA Division III with football as a member of New England Small College Athletic Conference.
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The Tufts men’s basketball team fields 19 student athletes.
The Tufts women’s basketball team lists 15 athletes.
Combined, Tufts carries 34 basketball athletes — 19 on the men’s side and 15 on the women’s.
Among the 20 varsity sports Tufts reports, basketball ranks #8 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program carries 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Staffing-wise, 2 work full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Brandon Linton.
The women’s basketball program employs 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. In all, 2 work full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Meredith Mesaris.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 3.
Across the school’s 20 sports, basketball ranks #7 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Tufts men’s basketball program reported $317,821 in revenue against $298,411 in expenses, a net profit of $19,410. This comes to about $4,011 in operating expense per athlete, or $76,205 per team.
The Tufts women’s basketball program reported $290,429 in revenue against $266,850 in expenses, netting $23,579. This comes to about $3,065 in operating expense per athlete, or $45,980 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $317,821 to the women’s $290,429 in revenue.
Among the school’s 20 sports, basketball ranks #6 by revenue, or about 5% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.