by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Basketball at Washington State University, a winter sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Wazzu is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Pac-12 Conference.
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The Wazzu men’s basketball team carries 14 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 53. The most recent cohort included 53 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Wazzu women’s basketball team carries 13 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 56. The most recent cohort included 56 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, Wazzu fields 27 basketball athletes — 14 on the men’s side and 13 on the women’s.
Among the 12 varsity sports Wazzu sponsors, basketball ranks #6 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program is staffed by 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. In all, 5 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is David Riley.
The women’s basketball program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 4 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Kamie Ethridge.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 5 coaches to the women’s 4.
Across the school’s 12 sports, basketball sits #3 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Wazzu men’s basketball program brought in $6,640,383 in revenue against $4,336,028 in expenses, netting $2,304,355. That works out to about $95,633 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,338,862 per team.
The Wazzu women’s basketball program generated $870,584 in revenue against $3,718,741 in expenses, coming up short by $2,848,157. Per athlete, that is about $74,451 in operating expense per athlete, or $967,865 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $6,640,383 to the women’s $870,584 in revenue.
Against the school’s 12 sports, basketball sits #2 by revenue, accounting for 9% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 984 (959 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 92%. It retained 94% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 995 (991 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 85%. It retained 98% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 984 and the women 995, with graduation success rates of 92% and 85% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 988, basketball grades out ahead at 990.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.