by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at University of California-Irvine, a winter sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. UC Irvine is classified as NCAA Division I without football as a member of Big West Conference.
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The UC Irvine men’s basketball team fields 16 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 53. Academic data covers 53 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The UC Irvine women’s basketball team carries 16 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 54. Academic data covers 56 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, UC Irvine fields 32 basketball athletes — 16 on the men’s side and 16 on the women’s.
Of the 11 varsity sports UC Irvine sponsors, basketball sits at #8 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program carries 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Staffing-wise, 6 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Russell Turner.
The women’s basketball program carries 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Of those, 6 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Tamara Inoue.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 6 coaches to the women’s 6.
Among the school’s 11 sports, basketball ranks #2 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The UC Irvine men’s basketball program brought in $4,248,011 in revenue against $4,248,011 in expenses, right at break-even. This comes to about $63,857 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,021,718 per team.
The UC Irvine women’s basketball program generated $2,884,029 in revenue against $2,884,029 in expenses, essentially breaking even. Per athlete, that is about $33,141 in operating expense per athlete, or $530,248 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team generated $4,248,011 to the women’s $2,884,029 in revenue.
Among the school’s 11 sports, basketball sits #1 by revenue, or about 24% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 995 (955 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 88%. The program kept 93% of its athletes, with 95% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 980 (962 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 95% of its athletes, with 96% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 995 and the women 980, with graduation success rates of 88% and 100% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 987, basketball is on par with the average at 988.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.