by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Basketball at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. UIUC competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big Ten Conference.
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The UIUC men’s basketball team fields 14 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 50. The NCAA tracked 55 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The UIUC women’s basketball team fields 26 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 54. The NCAA tracked 56 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, UIUC fields 40 basketball athletes — 14 on the men’s side and 26 on the women’s.
Of the 15 varsity sports UIUC sponsors, basketball ranks #4 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program is staffed by 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Of those, 6 are full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Brad Underwood.
The women’s basketball program carries 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Staffing-wise, 6 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Shauna Green.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 6 coaches to the women’s 6.
Across the school’s 15 sports, basketball ranks #2 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The UIUC men’s basketball program brought in $34,764,436 in revenue against $20,565,967 in expenses, a net profit of $14,198,469. Per athlete, that is about $272,487 in operating expense per athlete, or $3,814,818 per team.
The UIUC women’s basketball program reported $2,186,498 in revenue against $7,258,435 in expenses, running a deficit of $5,071,937. This comes to about $74,117 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,927,048 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team generated $34,764,436 to the women’s $2,186,498 in revenue.
Among the school’s 15 sports, basketball ranks #2 by revenue, or about 21% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 962 (948 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 55%. It retained 95% of its athletes, with 95% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 989 (995 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 92%. It retained 99% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 962 and the women 989, with graduation success rates of 55% and 92% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 991, basketball trails the average at 976.
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