by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Basketball at University of Maryland Eastern Shore, a winter sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. UMES is classified as NCAA Division I without football as a member of Mid-Eastern Athletic Conf..
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The UMES men’s basketball team fields 13 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 50. The NCAA tracked 49 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The UMES women’s basketball team fields 15 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 57. The NCAA tracked 56 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, UMES fields 28 basketball athletes — 13 on the men’s side and 15 on the women’s.
Among the 10 varsity sports UMES sponsors, basketball comes in at #3 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Cleo Hill Jr.
The women’s basketball program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 3 are full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Malikah Willis.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 4.
Across the school’s 10 sports, basketball ranks #1 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The UMES men’s basketball program brought in $1,147,044 in revenue against $1,245,634 in expenses, a net loss of $98,590. This comes to about $20,320 in operating expense per athlete, or $264,163 per team.
The UMES women’s basketball program brought in $1,394,368 in revenue against $1,387,718 in expenses, netting $6,650. This comes to about $20,287 in operating expense per athlete, or $304,305 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $1,147,044 to the women’s $1,394,368 in revenue.
Among the school’s 10 sports, basketball sits #1 by revenue, accounting for 25% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 940 (931 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 82%. The program kept 93% of its athletes, with 92% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 961 (987 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 92%. It retained 96% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 940 and the women 961, with graduation success rates of 82% and 92% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 955, basketball trails the average at 950.
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