by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Basketball at Utah State University, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. USU plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Mountain West Conference.
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The USU men’s basketball team carries 15 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 53. The NCAA tracked 53 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The USU women’s basketball team fields 31 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 59. Academic data covers 59 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, USU fields 46 basketball athletes — 15 on the men’s side and 31 on the women’s.
Among the 11 varsity sports USU sponsors, basketball sits at #3 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. At the helm is Ben Jacobson.
The women’s basketball program employs 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. In all, 5 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Wes Brooks.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 6 coaches to the women’s 5.
Among the school’s 11 sports, basketball sits #2 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The USU men’s basketball program brought in $5,717,996 in revenue against $5,717,996 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $84,188 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,262,825 per team.
The USU women’s basketball program reported $3,078,211 in revenue against $3,078,211 in expenses, right at break-even. Per athlete, that is about $29,104 in operating expense per athlete, or $902,238 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team generated $5,717,996 to the women’s $3,078,211 in revenue.
Among the school’s 11 sports, basketball sits #2 by revenue, or about 18% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 971 (940 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 67%. The program kept 92% of its athletes, with 95% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 955 (973 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 87%. Year over year, it held onto 95% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 971 and the women 955, with graduation success rates of 67% and 87% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 987, basketball trails the average at 963.
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