by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at Texas Lutheran University, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. TLU competes in NCAA Division III with football as a member of Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference.
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The TLU men’s basketball team lists 20 student athletes.
The TLU women’s basketball team carries 21 student athletes.
Across both rosters, TLU carries 41 basketball athletes — 20 on the men’s side and 21 on the women’s.
Of the 12 varsity sports TLU reports, basketball ranks #5 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program is staffed by 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. In all, 2 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Austin Falke.
The women’s basketball program employs 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Of those, 2 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Troy Patterson.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 2.
Among the school’s 12 sports, basketball ranks #3 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The TLU men’s basketball program generated $155,173 in revenue against $158,642 in expenses, running a deficit of $3,469. That works out to about $2,346 in operating expense per athlete, or $46,916 per team.
The TLU women’s basketball program generated $146,749 in revenue against $149,784 in expenses, coming up short by $3,035. Per athlete, that is about $1,868 in operating expense per athlete, or $39,236 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team brought in $155,173 to the women’s $146,749 in revenue.
Among the school’s 12 sports, basketball ranks #4 by revenue, or about 7% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
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