by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, a winter sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. UT Rio Grande Valley is classified as NCAA Division I without football as a member of Southland Conference.
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The UT Rio Grande Valley men’s basketball team lists 17 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 52. The NCAA tracked 54 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The UT Rio Grande Valley women’s basketball team fields 16 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 63. The most recent cohort included 61 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, UT Rio Grande Valley fields 33 basketball athletes — 17 on the men’s side and 16 on the women’s.
Among the 12 varsity sports UT Rio Grande Valley sponsors, basketball sits at #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 Vacant.
The women’s basketball program is staffed by 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. Staffing-wise, 5 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Lane Lord.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 5 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 UT Rio Grande Valley men’s basketball program brought in $1,982,207 in revenue against $1,982,207 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $29,240 in operating expense per athlete, or $497,076 per team.
The UT Rio Grande Valley women’s basketball program generated $1,487,405 in revenue against $1,487,405 in expenses, right at break-even. This comes to about $22,176 in operating expense per athlete, or $354,821 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team brought in $1,982,207 to the women’s $1,487,405 in revenue.
Among the school’s 12 sports, basketball sits #1 by revenue, accounting for 15% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 945 (970 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 76%. It retained 96% of its athletes, with 95% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 986 (959 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 94%. The program kept 93% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 945 and the women 986, with graduation success rates of 76% and 94% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 983, basketball lands below the pack at 966.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.