by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at Utah Valley University, a winter sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. UVU plays at the level of NCAA Division I without football as a member of Western Athletic Conference.
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The UVU men’s basketball team lists 17 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 55. Academic data covers 52 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The UVU women’s basketball team carries 14 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 60. The NCAA tracked 57 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, UVU fields 31 basketball athletes — 17 on the men’s side and 14 on the women’s.
Among the 10 varsity sports UVU reports, basketball ranks #5 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program is staffed by 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. Of those, 4 are full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Todd Phillips.
The women’s basketball program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Dan Nielson.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 5 coaches to the women’s 4.
Among the school’s 10 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 UVU men’s basketball program generated $2,332,401 in revenue against $2,332,401 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $40,193 in operating expense per athlete, or $683,288 per team.
The UVU women’s basketball program brought in $1,370,919 in revenue against $1,370,919 in expenses, breaking even on the year. That works out to about $33,843 in operating expense per athlete, or $473,804 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $2,332,401 to the women’s $1,370,919 in revenue.
Against the school’s 10 sports, basketball sits #1 by revenue, accounting for 19% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 989 (986 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 94%. Year over year, it held onto 98% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (973 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 95% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 989 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 94% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 988, basketball comes in above the pack at 994.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.