by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Basketball at University of Arizona, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. University of Arizona is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big 12 Conference.
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The University of Arizona men’s basketball team lists 20 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 53. The most recent cohort included 51 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The University of Arizona women’s basketball team carries 15 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 58. The NCAA tracked 56 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, University of Arizona fields 35 basketball athletes — 20 on the men’s side and 15 on the women’s.
Among the 16 varsity sports University of Arizona sponsors, basketball comes in at #5 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program carries 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Staffing-wise, 6 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Tommy Lloyd.
The women’s basketball program is staffed by 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. Staffing-wise, 5 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Becky Burke.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 6 coaches to the women’s 5.
Across the school’s 16 sports, basketball sits #4 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The University of Arizona men’s basketball program reported $22,635,363 in revenue against $22,635,363 in expenses, breaking even on the year. That works out to about $175,761 in operating expense per athlete, or $3,515,215 per team.
The University of Arizona women’s basketball program generated $8,001,360 in revenue against $8,001,360 in expenses, right at break-even. This comes to about $113,814 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,707,215 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $22,635,363 to the women’s $8,001,360 in revenue.
Against the school’s 16 sports, basketball ranks #2 by revenue, or about 23% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (980 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 56%. The program kept 94% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 984 (991 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 98% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 1000 and the women 984, with graduation success rates of 56% and 100% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 988, basketball comes in above the pack at 992.
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