by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Basketball at University of Southern California, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. USC plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big Ten Conference.
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The USC men’s basketball team lists 17 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 47. Academic data covers 52 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The USC women’s basketball team fields 30 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 52. The NCAA tracked 59 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, USC carries 47 basketball athletes — 17 on the men’s side and 30 on the women’s.
Among the 16 varsity sports USC reports, basketball ranks #6 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program employs 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Staffing-wise, 6 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Eric Musselman.
The women’s basketball program is staffed by 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. In all, 6 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Lindsay Gottlieb.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 6 coaches to the women’s 6.
Across the school’s 16 sports, basketball ranks #3 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The USC men’s basketball program reported $13,074,782 in revenue against $13,074,782 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $107,535 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,828,093 per team.
The USC women’s basketball program reported $9,610,324 in revenue against $9,610,324 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $70,413 in operating expense per athlete, or $2,112,376 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team brought in $13,074,782 to the women’s $9,610,324 in revenue.
Against the school’s 16 sports, basketball ranks #2 by revenue, or about 10% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (967 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 88%. It retained 94% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 990 (980 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 99% of its athletes, with 96% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 1000 and the women 990, with graduation success rates of 88% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 990, basketball grades out ahead at 995.
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