by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at Western Connecticut State University, a winter sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. WestConn competes in NCAA Division III with football as a member of Little East Conference.
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The WestConn men’s basketball team carries 21 athletes.
The WestConn women’s basketball team fields 13 student athletes.
Across both rosters, WestConn fields 34 basketball athletes — 21 on the men’s side and 13 on the women’s.
Among the 15 varsity sports WestConn sponsors, basketball comes in at #7 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program carries 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. In all, 1 work full-time and 2 part-time. At the helm is Guy Rancourt.
The women’s basketball program is staffed by 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Staffing-wise, 1 work full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Maria Conlon.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 2.
Across the school’s 15 sports, basketball ranks #7 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The WestConn men’s basketball program brought in $264,166 in revenue against $264,166 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $3,169 in operating expense per athlete, or $66,556 per team.
The WestConn women’s basketball program reported $175,231 in revenue against $175,231 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $3,578 in operating expense per athlete, or $46,510 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team brought in $264,166 to the women’s $175,231 in revenue.
Against the school’s 15 sports, basketball sits #4 by revenue, or about 9% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.