by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. UWM competes in NCAA Division I without football as a member of Horizon League.
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The UWM men’s basketball team lists 18 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 49. Academic data covers 53 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The UWM women’s basketball team carries 15 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 62. The NCAA tracked 60 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, UWM fields 33 basketball athletes — 18 on the men’s side and 15 on the women’s.
Of the 10 varsity sports UWM reports, basketball sits at #5 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program is staffed by 7 coaches — 1 head coach and 6 assistants. Of those, 6 are full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Bart Lundy.
The women’s basketball program employs 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. In all, 5 are full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Kyle Rechlicz.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 7 coaches to the women’s 6.
Across the school’s 10 sports, basketball sits #2 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The UWM men’s basketball program reported $2,879,547 in revenue against $2,879,547 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $34,481 in operating expense per athlete, or $620,665 per team.
The UWM women’s basketball program brought in $1,580,026 in revenue against $1,580,026 in expenses, breaking even on the year. Per athlete, that is about $23,418 in operating expense per athlete, or $351,270 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team brought in $2,879,547 to the women’s $1,580,026 in revenue.
Against the school’s 10 sports, basketball ranks #1 by revenue, or about 29% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (983 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 79%. It retained 97% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 995 (1000 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 1000 and the women 995, with graduation success rates of 79% and 100% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 991, basketball comes in above the pack at 998.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.