by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at University of Massachusetts-Boston, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. UMass Boston is classified as NCAA Division III without football as a member of Little East Conference.
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The UMass Boston men’s basketball team fields 17 players.
The UMass Boston women’s basketball team lists 17 student athletes.
Across both rosters, UMass Boston fields 34 basketball athletes — 17 on the men’s side and 17 on the women’s.
Among the 11 varsity sports UMass Boston reports, basketball comes in at #6 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program is staffed by 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. Staffing-wise, 1 work full-time and 4 part-time. Leading the program is Jason Harris.
The women’s basketball program carries 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. In all, 1 work full-time and 4 part-time. The head coach is Heather Jacobs.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 5 coaches to the women’s 5.
Across the school’s 11 sports, basketball ranks #1 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The UMass Boston men’s basketball program generated $177,758 in revenue against $176,585 in expenses, for a surplus of $1,173. That works out to about $4,328 in operating expense per athlete, or $73,584 per team.
The UMass Boston women’s basketball program reported $220,038 in revenue against $203,725 in expenses, netting $16,313. This comes to about $5,904 in operating expense per athlete, or $100,373 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team brought in $177,758 to the women’s $220,038 in revenue.
Among the school’s 11 sports, basketball ranks #4 by revenue, accounting for 6% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
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