by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Basketball at University of Mississippi, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Ole Miss competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Southeastern Conference.
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The Ole Miss men’s basketball team carries 16 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 51. Academic data covers 53 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Ole Miss women’s basketball team carries 15 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 55. The most recent cohort included 59 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, Ole Miss fields 31 basketball athletes — 16 on the men’s side and 15 on the women’s.
Among the 12 varsity sports Ole Miss reports, basketball ranks #5 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program is staffed by 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Staffing-wise, 6 are full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Chris Beard.
The women’s basketball program is staffed by 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. In all, 6 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Yolett McPhee-McCuin.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 6 coaches to the women’s 6.
Among the school’s 12 sports, basketball ranks #3 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Ole Miss men’s basketball program generated $18,228,379 in revenue against $18,228,379 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $196,081 in operating expense per athlete, or $3,137,302 per team.
The Ole Miss women’s basketball program generated $8,479,325 in revenue against $8,479,325 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $130,503 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,957,544 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team brought in $18,228,379 to the women’s $8,479,325 in revenue.
Against the school’s 12 sports, basketball sits #2 by revenue, accounting for 16% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 982 (979 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 90%. Year over year, it held onto 96% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 994 (965 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 95% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 982 and the women 994, with graduation success rates of 90% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 989, basketball lands below the pack at 988.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.