This page takes a deep look at Basketball at University of Notre Dame, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Notre Dame plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Atlantic Coast Conference.
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The Notre Dame men’s basketball team lists 17 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 48. The most recent cohort included 48 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Notre Dame women’s basketball team lists 12 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 47. The NCAA tracked 46 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, Notre Dame fields 29 basketball athletes — 17 on the men’s side and 12 on the women’s.
Among the 17 varsity sports Notre Dame reports, basketball ranks #9 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Micah Shrewsberry.
The women’s basketball program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Niele Ivey.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 4.
Among the school’s 17 sports, basketball ranks #5 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Notre Dame men’s basketball program generated $13,245,301 in revenue against $13,245,301 in expenses, breaking even on the year. That works out to about $203,619 in operating expense per athlete, or $3,461,531 per team.
The Notre Dame women’s basketball program generated $9,051,995 in revenue against $9,051,995 in expenses, right at break-even. This comes to about $272,628 in operating expense per athlete, or $3,271,538 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $13,245,301 to the women’s $9,051,995 in revenue.
Against the school’s 17 sports, basketball ranks #2 by revenue, or about 8% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 982 (989 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 99% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (995 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 88%. The program kept 100% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 982 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 100% and 88% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 998, basketball lands below the pack at 991.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.