by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at Louisiana Tech University, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Louisiana Tech competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Conference USA.
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The Louisiana Tech men’s basketball team fields 13 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 53. Academic data covers 51 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Louisiana Tech women’s basketball team fields 14 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 56. The NCAA tracked 56 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, Louisiana Tech fields 27 basketball athletes — 13 on the men’s side and 14 on the women’s.
Among the 12 varsity sports Louisiana Tech reports, basketball comes in at #5 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program employs 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. In all, 6 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Talvin Hester.
The women’s basketball program employs 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. Staffing-wise, 5 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Brooke Stoehr.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 6 coaches to the women’s 5.
Across the school’s 12 sports, basketball sits #1 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Louisiana Tech men’s basketball program generated $2,572,343 in revenue against $2,572,343 in expenses, breaking even on the year. Per athlete, that is about $39,035 in operating expense per athlete, or $507,455 per team.
The Louisiana Tech women’s basketball program reported $2,028,126 in revenue against $2,028,126 in expenses, breaking even on the year. This comes to about $27,558 in operating expense per athlete, or $385,810 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $2,572,343 to the women’s $2,028,126 in revenue.
Against the school’s 12 sports, basketball sits #2 by revenue, accounting for 14% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 970 (967 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 77%. Year over year, it held onto 96% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 984 (974 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 87%. Year over year, it held onto 97% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 970 and the women 984, with graduation success rates of 77% and 87% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 979, basketball trails the average at 977.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.