by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at University of Evansville, a winter sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. UE plays at the level of NCAA Division I without football as a member of Missouri Valley Conference.
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The UE men’s basketball team carries 16 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 53. Academic data covers 52 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The UE women’s basketball team lists 15 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 56. The most recent cohort included 60 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, UE fields 31 basketball athletes — 16 on the men’s side and 15 on the women’s.
Of the 12 varsity sports UE reports, basketball comes in at #6 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program is staffed by 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Staffing-wise, 6 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is David Ragland.
The women’s basketball program is staffed by 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. In all, 5 work full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Vacant.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 6 coaches to the women’s 6.
Across the school’s 12 sports, basketball ranks #1 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The UE men’s basketball program reported $3,212,821 in revenue against $3,212,821 in expenses, right at break-even. This comes to about $45,120 in operating expense per athlete, or $721,923 per team.
The UE women’s basketball program brought in $2,020,930 in revenue against $2,020,930 in expenses, right at break-even. This comes to about $20,154 in operating expense per athlete, or $302,303 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $3,212,821 to the women’s $2,020,930 in revenue.
Among the school’s 12 sports, basketball sits #1 by revenue, or about 35% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 972 (966 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 92%. It retained 96% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 962 (957 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 86%. It retained 92% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 972 and the women 962, with graduation success rates of 92% and 86% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 983, basketball sits below average at 967.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.