by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Basketball at University of South Carolina-Upstate, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. USC Upstate competes in NCAA Division I without football as a member of Big South Conference.
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The USC Upstate men’s basketball team lists 15 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 52. The NCAA tracked 51 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The USC Upstate women’s basketball team lists 16 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 50. The most recent cohort included 56 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, USC Upstate fields 31 basketball athletes — 15 on the men’s side and 16 on the women’s.
Of the 10 varsity sports USC Upstate sponsors, basketball sits at #4 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Marty Richter.
The women’s basketball program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Staffing-wise, 4 are full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Jason Williams.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 4.
Among the school’s 10 sports, basketball sits #1 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The USC Upstate men’s basketball program brought in $1,419,533 in revenue against $1,419,533 in expenses, breaking even on the year. This comes to about $14,801 in operating expense per athlete, or $222,010 per team.
The USC Upstate women’s basketball program reported $1,247,773 in revenue against $1,247,773 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $11,634 in operating expense per athlete, or $186,149 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team brought in $1,419,533 to the women’s $1,247,773 in revenue.
Among the school’s 10 sports, basketball sits #1 by revenue, accounting for 24% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 962 (974 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 91%. It retained 93% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 973 (980 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 93%. The program kept 97% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 962 and the women 973, with graduation success rates of 91% and 93% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 980, basketball trails the average at 968.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.