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Division II · Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association

Claflin University Men's Basketball

Orangeburg, SC · the Panthers, Lady Panthers · Claflin University overview
16
Roster
2024–25 season
$571k
Team budget
35th percentile in Division II
$35,712
Per roster spot
median $37,568
2
Coaches
1 head · 1 assistant
73%
Admitted
upper half for selectivity

Claflin University fields a men's basketball team in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (NCAA Division II). In 2024–25 the roster carried 16 players, about the median of 17, with 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Team expenses were $571,404, below the median of $642k — $35,712 per roster spot, lower half of Division II men's basketball programs. The school gave $414,559 in athletic aid across its men's teams, about $4,994 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$571k
Spend per player$35,712
Roster size16
Coaching staff2

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

  • Roster16 2024–25 season
  • Coaching staff1 head, 1 assistant
  • Team expenses$571,404 for the year
  • Operating expenses$123,256 game-day and travel
  • Spend per roster spot$35,712 division median $37,568
  • Athletic aid, men's teams$414,559 school-wide
  • Aid per roster spot$4,994 across men's teams
  • Recruiting spend, men's$98,785 school-wide

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
Brion Dunlap 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.
1,754undergraduates · 1,835 students in all
Women 73% Men 27%
Setting
Town
Type
Private · Liberal arts college
Affiliation
United Methodist
HBCU
Yes
73%admitted · of 6,999 applicants
Test scores
Scores not considered
Graduate in 6 yrs
49%

Men's Basketball

Full picture →
16on the roster · 2024–25 season
Team expenses
$571,404 $35,713 per roster spot · lower half of Division II
Coaches
1 head · 1 assistant
Athletic aid, men's teams
$414,559
Recruiting spend, men's
$98,785
$21,232net price · after grants, aided first-years
Sticker price$33,676
Average net price$21,232
Net price by family income
$0–30k$19,663
$30–48k$21,021
$48–75k$25,768
$75–110k$25,952
$110k and up$26,086
Tuition & fees
$17,046

Campus safety

Full picture →
2.52violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
Violent2.52
Property2.70
In residence halls
5 burglaries · 4 sex offences over 2022–2024
Residence-hall fires
1 over 2022–2024
21%of bachelor's degrees in psychology · 24 fields · Bachelor's, Master's
Psychology66 · 21%
Business49 · 16%
Biological sciences39 · 13%
Health professions & nursing25 · 8%
Criminal justice & protective services24 · 8%

Research Claflin University

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Men's Basketball programs within 150 miles

Claflin UniversitySouth Carolina State University · 0 miUniversity of South Carolina, Columbia · 36 miAllen University · 37 miBenedict College · 37 miUniversity of South Carolina Aiken · 53 miCharleston Southern University · 58 miAugusta University · 65 miNewberry College · 70 miThe Citadel · 71 miCollege of Charleston (South Carolina) · 72 miCoker University · 76 miUniversity of South Carolina Beaufort · 83 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
South Carolina State University Division I · Mid-Eastern Athletic Conf.016$1.4M96682%
University of South Carolina, Columbia Division I · Southeastern Conference3614$11M96661%
Allen University Division II · Southern Intercol. Ath. Conf.3721$312k—32%
Benedict College Division II · Southern Intercol. Ath. Conf.3716$508k—67%
University of South Carolina Aiken Division II · Peach Belt Conference5314$703k—80%
Charleston Southern University Division I · Big South Conference5815$1.7M97276%
Augusta University Division II · Peach Belt Conference6514$606k—89%
Newberry College Division II · South Atlantic Conference7033$638k—75%
The Citadel Division I · Southern Conference7121$2M93798%
College of Charleston (South Carolina) Division I · Coastal Athletic Association7216$5.4M99072%
Coker University Division II · South Atlantic Conference7622$604k—97%
University of South Carolina Beaufort Division II · Peach Belt Conference8318$629k—69%

Other men's basketball programs in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association

SchoolRosterBudgetPer playerAPRCompare
Virginia State University20$948k$47,423—vs
Bowie State University16$690k$43,103—vs
Winston-Salem State University15$639k$42,623—vs
Lincoln University (Pennsylvania)16$616k$38,519—vs
Virginia Union University28$614k$21,931—vs
Elizabeth City State University23$614k$26,697—vs
Livingstone College23$576k$25,046—vs
Claflin University16$571k$35,712—vs
Fayetteville State University13$549k$42,247—vs
Johnson C. Smith University14$537k$38,354—vs
Shaw University17$534k$31,406—vs
Bluefield State University20$432k$21,623—vs

Every Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association men's basketball program · Men's Basketball budgets ranked