by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at University of Nevada-Las Vegas, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. UNLV is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Mountain West Conference.
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The UNLV men’s basketball team carries 16 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 53. Academic data covers 53 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The UNLV women’s basketball team fields 23 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 58. The most recent cohort included 53 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, UNLV carries 39 basketball athletes — 16 on the men’s side and 23 on the women’s.
Among the 13 varsity sports UNLV reports, basketball sits at #5 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program carries 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. In all, 6 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Josh Pastner.
The women’s basketball program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Lindy La Rocque.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 6 coaches to the women’s 4.
Across the school’s 13 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 UNLV men’s basketball program reported $10,002,990 in revenue against $5,338,081 in expenses, for a surplus of $4,664,909. This comes to about $39,494 in operating expense per athlete, or $631,897 per team.
The UNLV women’s basketball program generated $1,417,483 in revenue against $2,863,324 in expenses, running a deficit of $1,445,841. Per athlete, that is about $13,870 in operating expense per athlete, or $319,014 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $10,002,990 to the women’s $1,417,483 in revenue.
Among the school’s 13 sports, basketball sits #2 by revenue, or about 15% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 958 (964 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 73%. Year over year, it held onto 95% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (982 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 83%. Year over year, it held onto 99% of its athletes, with 96% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 958 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 73% and 83% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 984, basketball trails the average at 979.
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