by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at University of Wisconsin-Superior, a winter sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. UW - Superior plays at the level of NCAA Division III without football as a member of Upper Midwest Athletic Conference.
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The UW - Superior men’s basketball team lists 22 players.
The UW - Superior women’s basketball team carries 20 student athletes.
Combined, UW - Superior fields 42 basketball athletes — 22 on the men’s side and 20 on the women’s.
Among the 12 varsity sports UW - Superior sponsors, basketball ranks #5 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Staffing-wise, 1 work full-time and 3 part-time. Leading the program is Greg Polkowski.
The women’s basketball program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. In all, 1 are full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Eveline Parsons.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 2.
Among the school’s 12 sports, basketball sits #5 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The UW - Superior men’s basketball program reported $236,512 in revenue against $236,512 in expenses, right at break-even. Per athlete, that is about $3,853 in operating expense per athlete, or $84,757 per team.
The UW - Superior women’s basketball program generated $166,509 in revenue against $166,509 in expenses, breaking even on the year. That works out to about $3,249 in operating expense per athlete, or $64,987 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team generated $236,512 to the women’s $166,509 in revenue.
Among the school’s 12 sports, basketball ranks #1 by revenue, accounting for 11% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
When UW - Superior earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, we include that ranking. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.