by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Basketball at University of San Diego, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. USD is classified as NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of West Coast Conference.
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The USD men’s basketball team carries 21 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 55. Academic data covers 53 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The USD women’s basketball team fields 16 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 59. The most recent cohort included 57 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, USD carries 37 basketball athletes — 21 on the men’s side and 16 on the women’s.
Of the 14 varsity sports USD sponsors, basketball ranks #6 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program is staffed by 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Staffing-wise, 4 are full-time and 2 part-time. The head coach is Walter "JR" Blount.
The women’s basketball program employs 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Staffing-wise, 5 work full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Blanche Alverson.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 6 coaches to the women’s 6.
Across the school’s 14 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 USD men’s basketball program brought in $5,328,384 in revenue against $5,328,384 in expenses, breaking even on the year. This comes to about $59,606 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,251,735 per team.
The USD women’s basketball program brought in $2,860,140 in revenue against $2,860,140 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $24,786 in operating expense per athlete, or $396,576 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $5,328,384 to the women’s $2,860,140 in revenue.
Among the school’s 14 sports, basketball ranks #1 by revenue, or about 22% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 949 (975 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 92%. It retained 96% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 990 (1000 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 99% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 949 and the women 990, with graduation success rates of 92% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 982, basketball trails the average at 970.
When USD places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, you’ll see it called out. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.