by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at The University of Tennessee-Knoxville, a winter sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. UT Knoxville is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Southeastern Conference.
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The UT Knoxville men’s basketball team carries 15 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 51. The NCAA tracked 51 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The UT Knoxville women’s basketball team lists 30 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 44. The NCAA tracked 56 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, UT Knoxville carries 45 basketball athletes — 15 on the men’s side and 30 on the women’s.
Among the 14 varsity sports UT Knoxville sponsors, basketball sits at #6 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program is staffed by 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. In all, 5 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Rick Barnes.
The women’s basketball program is staffed by 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Of those, 6 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Kim Caldwell.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 5 coaches to the women’s 6.
Across the school’s 14 sports, basketball ranks #3 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The UT Knoxville men’s basketball program brought in $35,316,920 in revenue against $20,241,922 in expenses, netting $15,074,998. This comes to about $343,690 in operating expense per athlete, or $5,155,350 per team.
The UT Knoxville women’s basketball program brought in $4,352,348 in revenue against $7,559,834 in expenses, coming up short by $3,207,486. Per athlete, that is about $80,716 in operating expense per athlete, or $2,421,480 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $35,316,920 to the women’s $4,352,348 in revenue.
Against the school’s 14 sports, basketball sits #2 by revenue, or about 14% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (974 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 94% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 995 (971 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 97% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 1000 and the women 995, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 991, basketball sits above average at 998.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.