by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Basketball at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Virginia Tech plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Atlantic Coast Conference.
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The Virginia Tech men’s basketball team lists 15 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 51. The most recent cohort included 52 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Virginia Tech women’s basketball team fields 11 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 61. Academic data covers 48 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, Virginia Tech carries 26 basketball athletes — 15 on the men’s side and 11 on the women’s.
Among the 15 varsity sports Virginia Tech sponsors, basketball comes in at #9 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Staffing-wise, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Mike Young.
The women’s basketball program employs 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. In all, 5 are full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Megan Duffy.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 5.
Among the school’s 15 sports, basketball sits #4 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Virginia Tech men’s basketball program brought in $8,485,407 in revenue against $9,504,271 in expenses, coming up short by $1,018,864. That works out to about $142,258 in operating expense per athlete, or $2,133,873 per team.
The Virginia Tech women’s basketball program generated $2,046,594 in revenue against $4,459,989 in expenses, coming up short by $2,413,395. That works out to about $166,602 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,832,623 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team brought in $8,485,407 to the women’s $2,046,594 in revenue.
Against the school’s 15 sports, basketball sits #2 by revenue, or about 7% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 958 (980 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 96% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 988 (947 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 85%. It retained 93% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 958 and the women 988, with graduation success rates of 100% and 85% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 984, basketball lands below the pack at 973.
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