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Division II · Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference

Black Hills State University Men's Basketball

Spearfish, SD · the Yellow Jackets · Black Hills State University overview
18
Roster
2024–25 season
$813k
Team budget
79th percentile in Division II
$45,184
Per roster spot
median $37,568
3
Coaches
1 head · 2 assistant
94%
Admitted
lower half for selectivity

Black Hills State University fields a men's basketball team in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (NCAA Division II). In 2024–25 the roster carried 18 players, about the median of 17, with 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Team expenses were $813,327, above the median of $642k — $45,184 per roster spot, upper half of Division II men's basketball programs. The school gave $938,433 in athletic aid across its men's teams, about $3,541 per roster spot.

Among Division II men's basketball programs

Where this program sits against its 293 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).

Team budget$813k
Spend per player$45,184
Roster size18
Coaching staff3

Team budgets across the division

$56k$2.2M
this programevery Division II men's basketball program

Roster sizes

1261
this programevery Division II roster

The program

  • Roster18 2024–25 season
  • Coaching staff1 head, 2 assistant
  • Team expenses$813,327 for the year
  • Operating expenses$152,367 game-day and travel
  • Spend per roster spot$45,184 division median $37,568
  • Athletic aid, men's teams$938,433 school-wide
  • Aid per roster spot$3,541 across men's teams
  • Recruiting spend, men's$98,620 school-wide

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
Ryan Thompson head coachHead Coachnot on file
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Recruiting timing

  • Coaches may first contact youJune 15 after sophomore year
  • Your own emailsAny time the rule limits what coaches send back
  • High-school basketball players540,704 2024-25
  • Division II roster spots5,660 293 programs
  • Odds of a spot1 in 96 1.0% of high-school players hold a Division II roster spot

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About the school

What an athlete asks first — each panel opens the full picture.
3,279undergraduates · 3,475 students in all
Women 64% Men 36%
Setting
Town
Type
Public · Master's university
Affiliation
None
94%admitted · of 1,617 applicants
ACT middle 50%18 – 23
Test scores
Test-optional
Graduate in 6 yrs
40%

Men's Basketball

Full picture →
18on the roster · 2024–25 season
Team expenses
$813,327 $45,185 per roster spot · top quarter of Division II
Coaches
1 head · 2 assistant
Athletic aid, men's teams
$938,433
Recruiting spend, men's
$98,620
$16,474net price · after grants, aided first-years
Sticker, in-state$22,100
Sticker, out-of-state$25,200
Average net price$16,474
Net price by family income
$0–30k$12,475
$30–48k$13,564
$48–75k$17,864
$75–110k$19,145
$110k and up$19,987
Tuition & fees
$8,916 in-state · $12,018 out

Campus safety

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0.6violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
Violent0.60
Property0.20
In residence halls
1 burglaries · 6 sex offences over 2022–2024
Residence-hall fires
0 over 2022–2024
20%of bachelor's degrees in business · 17 fields · Associate's, Bachelor's, Master's
Business65 · 20%
Education53 · 17%
Psychology30 · 9%
Kinesiology, parks & recreation28 · 9%
Visual & performing arts28 · 9%

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Men's Basketball programs within 150 miles

Black Hills State UniversitySouth Dakota School of Mines & Technology · 44 miChadron State College · 124 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
South Dakota School of Mines & Technology Division II · Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference4416$582k—85%
Chadron State College Division II · Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference12415$389k——

Other men's basketball programs in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference

SchoolRosterBudgetPer playerAPRCompare
Colorado School of Mines18$1.2M$64,464—vs
Metropolitan State University of Denver15$1.1M$73,395—vs
Colorado Mesa University15$963k$64,180—vs
Black Hills State University18$813k$45,184—vs
University of Colorado Colorado Springs16$747k$46,715—vs
Fort Lewis College16$697k$43,589—vs
Western Colorado University16$609k$38,060—vs
Colorado State University Pueblo17$594k$34,923—vs
Colorado Christian University17$593k$34,879—vs
Regis University (Colorado)15$583k$38,869—vs
South Dakota School of Mines & Technology16$582k$36,347—vs
Adams State University16$550k$34,369—vs
New Mexico Highlands University16$480k$29,991—vs
Westminster University (Utah)18$412k$22,867—vs
Chadron State College15$389k$25,902—vs

Every Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference men's basketball program · Men's Basketball budgets ranked