by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Basketball at University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus, a winter sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Pitt plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Atlantic Coast Conference.
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The Pitt men’s basketball team carries 16 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 51. Academic data covers 51 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Pitt women’s basketball team carries 24 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 56. Academic data covers 53 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, Pitt carries 40 basketball athletes — 16 on the men’s side and 24 on the women’s.
Of the 13 varsity sports Pitt sponsors, basketball sits at #5 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program employs 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Staffing-wise, 6 are full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Jeff Capel.
The women’s basketball program employs 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. Staffing-wise, 5 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Robin Harmony.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 6 coaches to the women’s 5.
Among the school’s 13 sports, basketball sits #4 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Pitt men’s basketball program reported $13,874,103 in revenue against $11,437,769 in expenses, netting $2,436,334. That works out to about $154,185 in operating expense per athlete, or $2,466,967 per team.
The Pitt women’s basketball program generated $5,131,830 in revenue against $5,131,830 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $64,591 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,550,172 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team generated $13,874,103 to the women’s $5,131,830 in revenue.
Against the school’s 13 sports, basketball sits #2 by revenue, accounting for 13% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 989 (968 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 88%. The program kept 98% of its athletes, with 96% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 989 (991 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 99% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 989 and the women 989, with graduation success rates of 88% and 100% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 987, basketball comes in above the pack at 989.
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