by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Basketball at University of the Pacific, a winter sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Pacific competes in NCAA Division I without football as a member of West Coast Conference.
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The Pacific men’s basketball team lists 15 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 46. Academic data covers 53 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Pacific women’s basketball team lists 16 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 60. The NCAA tracked 59 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, Pacific carries 31 basketball athletes — 15 on the men’s side and 16 on the women’s.
Among the 13 varsity sports Pacific sponsors, basketball comes in at #5 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program employs 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. In all, 6 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Dave Smart.
The women’s basketball program employs 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. Staffing-wise, 5 are full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Bradley Davis.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 6 coaches to the women’s 5.
Among the school’s 13 sports, basketball ranks #1 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Pacific men’s basketball program reported $4,203,536 in revenue against $4,203,536 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $50,448 in operating expense per athlete, or $756,726 per team.
The Pacific women’s basketball program generated $2,558,425 in revenue against $2,558,425 in expenses, right at break-even. This comes to about $27,766 in operating expense per athlete, or $444,251 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team generated $4,203,536 to the women’s $2,558,425 in revenue.
Among the school’s 13 sports, basketball sits #1 by revenue, or about 24% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 953 (945 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 69%. It retained 92% of its athletes, with 96% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 995 (987 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 93%. The program kept 96% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 953 and the women 995, with graduation success rates of 69% and 93% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 978, basketball lands below the pack at 974.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.