by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at Xavier University, a winter sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Xavier competes in NCAA Division I without football as a member of BIG EAST Conference.
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The Xavier men’s basketball team carries 20 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 47. Academic data covers 52 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Xavier women’s basketball team fields 16 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 57. Academic data covers 61 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, Xavier fields 36 basketball athletes — 20 on the men’s side and 16 on the women’s.
Among the 11 varsity sports Xavier reports, basketball comes in at #6 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Staffing-wise, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Richard Pitino Jr..
The women’s basketball program carries 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. Staffing-wise, 5 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Billi Chambers.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 5.
Across the school’s 11 sports, basketball ranks #1 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Xavier men’s basketball program generated $16,016,940 in revenue against $11,742,338 in expenses, netting $4,274,602. That works out to about $178,615 in operating expense per athlete, or $3,572,290 per team.
The Xavier women’s basketball program reported $3,696,345 in revenue against $3,696,344 in expenses, netting $1. Per athlete, that is about $57,306 in operating expense per athlete, or $916,890 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team brought in $16,016,940 to the women’s $3,696,345 in revenue.
Among the school’s 11 sports, basketball sits #1 by revenue, accounting for 62% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 976 (967 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 78%. It retained 97% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 981 (969 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 86%. It retained 97% of its athletes, with 96% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 976 and the women 981, with graduation success rates of 78% and 86% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 987, basketball lands below the pack at 978.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.