by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Basketball at Texas Tech University, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Texas Tech plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big 12 Conference.
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The Texas Tech men’s basketball team fields 15 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 54. The NCAA tracked 53 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Texas Tech women’s basketball team lists 15 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 56. The NCAA tracked 57 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, Texas Tech fields 30 basketball athletes — 15 on the men’s side and 15 on the women’s.
Of the 11 varsity sports Texas Tech reports, basketball ranks #4 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program is staffed by 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. Of those, 5 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Grant McCasland.
The women’s basketball program employs 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. Of those, 5 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Krista Gerlich.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 5 coaches to the women’s 5.
Across the school’s 11 sports, basketball sits #3 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Texas Tech men’s basketball program generated $15,976,185 in revenue against $15,637,329 in expenses, a net profit of $338,856. That works out to about $228,984 in operating expense per athlete, or $3,434,756 per team.
The Texas Tech women’s basketball program generated $2,215,872 in revenue against $7,100,215 in expenses, coming up short by $4,884,343. Per athlete, that is about $209,099 in operating expense per athlete, or $3,136,482 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team generated $15,976,185 to the women’s $2,215,872 in revenue.
Against the school’s 11 sports, basketball ranks #2 by revenue, or about 14% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 963 (954 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 33%. The program kept 91% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 995 (985 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 86%. The program kept 98% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 963 and the women 995, with graduation success rates of 33% and 86% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 988, basketball lands below the pack at 979.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.