by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Basketball at University of the Incarnate Word, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. UIW plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Southland Conference.
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The UIW men’s basketball team fields 25 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 53. The most recent cohort included 54 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The UIW women’s basketball team carries 23 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 58. The NCAA tracked 58 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, UIW carries 48 basketball athletes — 25 on the men’s side and 23 on the women’s.
Of the 15 varsity sports UIW reports, basketball ranks #4 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program employs 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. In all, 5 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Shane Heirman.
The women’s basketball program employs 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. Staffing-wise, 5 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Jhasmin Player.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 5 coaches to the women’s 5.
Among the school’s 15 sports, basketball sits #2 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The UIW men’s basketball program brought in $1,722,172 in revenue against $1,722,172 in expenses, right at break-even. Per athlete, that is about $15,572 in operating expense per athlete, or $389,293 per team.
The UIW women’s basketball program generated $1,508,307 in revenue against $1,508,307 in expenses, breaking even on the year. This comes to about $7,721 in operating expense per athlete, or $177,587 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $1,722,172 to the women’s $1,508,307 in revenue.
Against the school’s 15 sports, basketball sits #2 by revenue, accounting for 13% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 982 (941 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 86%. It retained 94% of its athletes, with 94% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 990 (963 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 90%. The program kept 94% of its athletes, with 96% remaining academically eligible.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 982 and the women 990, with graduation success rates of 86% and 90% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 985, basketball comes in above the pack at 986.
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