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Division II · South Atlantic Conference

Tusculum University Men's Basketball

Greeneville, TN · the Pioneers · Tusculum University overview
26
Roster
2024–25 season
$567k
Team budget
34th percentile in Division II
$21,799
Per roster spot
median $37,568
3
Coaches
1 head · 2 assistant
60%
Admitted
top quarter for selectivity

Tusculum University fields a men's basketball team in the South Atlantic Conference (NCAA Division II). In 2024–25 the roster carried 26 players, well above the median of 17, with 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Team expenses were $566,780, below the median of $642k — $21,799 per roster spot, bottom quarter of Division II men's basketball programs. The school gave $2,545,825 in athletic aid across its men's teams, about $6,364 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$567k
Spend per player$21,799
Roster size26
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

  • Roster26 2024–25 season
  • Coaching staff1 head, 2 assistant
  • Team expenses$566,780 for the year
  • Operating expenses$81,226 game-day and travel
  • Spend per roster spot$21,799 division median $37,568
  • Athletic aid, men's teams$2,545,825 school-wide
  • Aid per roster spot$6,364 across men's teams
  • Recruiting spend, men's$59,337 school-wide

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
JT Burton 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.
1,022undergraduates · 1,200 students in all
Women 50% Men 50%
Setting
Town
Type
Private · Master's university
Affiliation
Presbyterian Church (USA)
60%admitted · of 758 applicants
Test scores
Scores not considered
Graduate in 6 yrs
31%

Men's Basketball

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26on the roster · 2024–25 season
Team expenses
$566,780 $21,799 per roster spot · lower half of Division II
Coaches
1 head · 2 assistant
Athletic aid, men's teams
$2,545,825
Recruiting spend, men's
$59,337
$22,961net price · after grants, aided first-years
Sticker price$45,250
Average net price$22,961
Net price by family income
$0–30k$18,818
$30–48k$18,160
$48–75k$21,842
$75–110k$27,678
$110k and up$26,388
Tuition & fees
$28,500

Campus safety

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0violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
Violent0.00
Property3.32
In residence halls
9 burglaries · 0 sex offences over 2022–2024
Residence-hall fires
1 over 2022–2024
31%of bachelor's degrees in business · 18 fields · Associate's, Bachelor's, Master's
Business67 · 31%
Kinesiology, parks & recreation33 · 15%
Education22 · 10%
Psychology22 · 10%
Biological sciences12 · 6%

Research Tusculum University

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Men's Basketball programs within 150 miles

Tusculum UniversityEast Tennessee State University · 24 miMars Hill University · 27 miUniversity of North Carolina Asheville · 40 miCarson-Newman University · 41 miWarren Wilson College · 43 miKing University · 44 miLees-McRae College · 50 miThe University of Virginia's College at Wise · 56 miLincoln Memorial University · 57 miAppalachian State University · 60 miWestern Carolina University · 64 miBrevard College · 65 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
East Tennessee State University Division I · Southern Conference2415$2.2M95687%
Mars Hill University Division II · South Atlantic Conference2719$480k—78%
University of North Carolina Asheville Division I · Big South Conference4016$1.5M95694%
Carson-Newman University Division II · South Atlantic Conference4114$751k—68%
Warren Wilson College Division III · Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference4316$71k—78%
King University Division II · Conference Carolinas4425$483k—54%
Lees-McRae College Division II · Conference Carolinas5038$738k—81%
The University of Virginia's College at Wise Division II · South Atlantic Conference5619$417k—94%
Lincoln Memorial University Division II · South Atlantic Conference5714$1.1M—59%
Appalachian State University Division I · Sun Belt Conference6017$2.5M99089%
Western Carolina University Division I · Southern Conference6416$1.5M97387%
Brevard College Division III · USA South Athletic Conference6516$170k—40%

Other men's basketball programs in the South Atlantic Conference

SchoolRosterBudgetPer playerAPRCompare
Lincoln Memorial University14$1.1M$81,842—vs
Catawba College33$779k$23,618—vs
Anderson University (South Carolina)16$769k$48,070—vs
Lenoir-Rhyne University19$767k$40,342—vs
Carson-Newman University14$751k$53,659—vs
Newberry College33$638k$19,345—vs
Wingate University26$607k$23,364—vs
Coker University22$604k$27,441—vs
Tusculum University26$567k$21,799—vs
Emory & Henry University27$534k$19,781—vs
Mars Hill University19$480k$25,251—vs
The University of Virginia's College at Wise19$417k$21,938—vs

Every South Atlantic Conference men's basketball program · Men's Basketball budgets ranked