by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at University of Arkansas at Little Rock, a winter sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. UA Little Rock plays at the level of NCAA Division I without football as a member of Ohio Valley Conference.
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The UA Little Rock men’s basketball team carries 15 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 52. Academic data covers 53 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The UA Little Rock women’s basketball team lists 12 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 57. The NCAA tracked 55 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, UA Little Rock carries 27 basketball athletes — 15 on the men’s side and 12 on the women’s.
Of the 11 varsity sports UA Little Rock reports, basketball ranks #5 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program is staffed by 8 coaches — 1 head coach and 7 assistants. Of those, 7 are full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Darrell Walker.
The women’s basketball program employs 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. Staffing-wise, 5 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Steve Wiedower.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 8 coaches to the women’s 5.
Across the school’s 11 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 UA Little Rock men’s basketball program reported $2,226,185 in revenue against $2,226,185 in expenses, breaking even on the year. Per athlete, that is about $30,147 in operating expense per athlete, or $452,211 per team.
The UA Little Rock women’s basketball program generated $1,333,239 in revenue against $1,333,239 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $20,473 in operating expense per athlete, or $245,676 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team brought in $2,226,185 to the women’s $1,333,239 in revenue.
Against the school’s 11 sports, basketball sits #1 by revenue, or about 28% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 957 (936 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 75%. The program kept 93% of its athletes, with 93% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 941 (981 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 93%. Year over year, it held onto 96% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 957 and the women 941, with graduation success rates of 75% and 93% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 978, basketball trails the average at 949.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.