by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Basketball at University of California-San Diego, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. UCSD competes in NCAA Division I without football as a member of Big West Conference.
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The UCSD men’s basketball team lists 16 players. The NCAA tracked 53 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The UCSD women’s basketball team carries 16 athletes. The NCAA tracked 56 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, UCSD carries 32 basketball athletes — 16 on the men’s side and 16 on the women’s.
Of the 14 varsity sports UCSD reports, basketball comes in at #9 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program is staffed by 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Of those, 5 are full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Clint Allard.
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. The head coach is Heidi VanDerveer.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 6 coaches to the women’s 6.
Among the school’s 14 sports, basketball ranks #2 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The UCSD men’s basketball program brought in $3,633,627 in revenue against $3,633,627 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $36,208 in operating expense per athlete, or $579,325 per team.
The UCSD women’s basketball program brought in $2,868,871 in revenue against $2,868,871 in expenses, breaking even on the year. That works out to about $33,632 in operating expense per athlete, or $538,110 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team generated $3,633,627 to the women’s $2,868,871 in revenue.
Against the school’s 14 sports, basketball sits #1 by revenue, or about 18% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 979 and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%.
The women’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 967 and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 979 and the women 967, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 992, basketball sits below average at 973.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.