by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Basketball at University of North Carolina Wilmington, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. UNCW is classified as NCAA Division I without football as a member of Coastal Athletic Association.
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The UNCW men’s basketball team lists 17 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 50. The NCAA tracked 51 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The UNCW women’s basketball team lists 15 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 55. The NCAA tracked 56 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, UNCW fields 32 basketball athletes — 17 on the men’s side and 15 on the women’s.
Among the 13 varsity sports UNCW reports, basketball ranks #5 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program employs 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. In all, 6 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Takayo Siddle.
The women’s basketball program is staffed by 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. Of those, 5 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Nicole Woods.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 6 coaches to the women’s 5.
Across the school’s 13 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 UNCW men’s basketball program brought in $3,053,344 in revenue against $3,053,344 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $36,965 in operating expense per athlete, or $628,397 per team.
The UNCW women’s basketball program generated $1,758,688 in revenue against $1,758,688 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $21,026 in operating expense per athlete, or $315,391 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team generated $3,053,344 to the women’s $1,758,688 in revenue.
Among the school’s 13 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 983 (952 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 85%. It retained 91% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 984 (991 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 92%. It retained 98% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 983 and the women 984, with graduation success rates of 85% and 92% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 988, basketball trails the average at 984.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.