by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at University of Detroit Mercy, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Detroit Mercy plays at the level of NCAA Division I without football as a member of Horizon League.
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The Detroit Mercy men’s basketball team carries 18 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 49. The NCAA tracked 56 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Detroit Mercy women’s basketball team carries 15 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 59. Academic data covers 59 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, Detroit Mercy carries 33 basketball athletes — 18 on the men’s side and 15 on the women’s.
Among the 9 varsity sports Detroit Mercy sponsors, basketball ranks #4 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Staffing-wise, 4 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Mark Montgomery.
The women’s basketball program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Staffing-wise, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Kiefer Haffey.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 4.
Across the school’s 9 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 Detroit Mercy men’s basketball program brought in $3,100,195 in revenue against $3,090,652 in expenses, a net profit of $9,543. This comes to about $33,202 in operating expense per athlete, or $597,642 per team.
The Detroit Mercy women’s basketball program generated $1,971,433 in revenue against $1,971,433 in expenses, right at break-even. Per athlete, that is about $20,009 in operating expense per athlete, or $300,137 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $3,100,195 to the women’s $1,971,433 in revenue.
Among the school’s 9 sports, basketball ranks #1 by revenue, accounting for 34% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 916 (909 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 73%. It retained 90% of its athletes, with 91% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 951 (986 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 88%. The program kept 98% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 916 and the women 951, with graduation success rates of 73% and 88% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 975, basketball trails the average at 934.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.