University of California, Los Angeles Men's Basketball
University of California, Los Angeles fields a men's basketball team in the Big Ten Conference (NCAA Division I). In 2024–25 the roster carried 17 players, about the median of 16, with 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Team expenses were $17,799,741, well above the median of $3M — $1,047,043 per roster spot, top 10% of Division I men's basketball programs. Under the Division I roster cap of 15 in force from 2025-26, that is 2 over — cuts or attrition are likely, though players already on the roster may stay (221 of 362 Division I programs carried more than the cap). The team's multi-year Academic Progress Rate is 945, about the median of 967, with 93% of players retained year to year. The school gave $9,893,320 in athletic aid across its men's teams, about $27,179 per roster spot.
Among Division I men's basketball programs
Where this program sits against its 362 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).
Team budgets across the division
Roster sizes (cap 15)
The program
- Roster17 2024–25 season
- Division I roster cap15 2 over last season
- Coaching staff1 head, 5 assistant
- Team expenses$17,799,741 for the year
- Operating expenses$3,267,378 game-day and travel
- Spend per roster spot$1,047,043 division median $196,319
- Academic Progress Rate945 multi-year; 981 latest
- Players retained93% year to year
- Eligible94% of player-terms
- Athletic aid, men's teams$9,893,320 school-wide
- Aid per roster spot$27,179 across men's teams
- Recruiting spend, men's$2,762,235 school-wide
Coaching staff
| Name | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Mick Cronin head coach | Head Coach | not on file |
Recruiting timing
- Coaches may first contact youJune 15 after sophomore year
- Your own emailsAny time the rule limits what coaches send back
- High-school basketball players540,704 2024-25
- Division I roster spots5,786 362 programs
- Odds of a spot1 in 93 1.1% of high-school players hold a Division I roster spot
General NCAA rule for Division I; the men's basketball recruiting guide has the date for each grad year, the eligibility checklist and what to put in a first email.
About the school
What an athlete asks first — each panel opens the full picture.Campus
Full picture →- Setting
- City
- Type
- Public · Research university
- Affiliation
- None
Getting in
Full picture →- Test scores
- Scores not considered
- Graduate in 6 yrs
- 93%
Men's Basketball
Full picture →- Team expenses
- $17,799,741 $1,047,044 per roster spot · top 10% of Division I
- Coaches
- 1 head · 5 assistant
- Athletic aid, men's teams
- $9,893,320
- Recruiting spend, men's
- $2,762,235
Cost
Full picture →- Tuition & fees
- $13,747 in-state · $44,524 out
Campus safety
Full picture →- In residence halls
- 82 burglaries · 57 sex offences over 2022–2024
- Residence-hall fires
- 16 over 2022–2024
Majors
Full picture →Research University of California, Los Angeles
School pages built around what an athlete needs to know — the program's money and roster room, admissions fit, what a family really pays, majors, campus life and safety.
Men's Basketball programs within 150 miles
| School | Miles | Roster | Budget | APR | Admitted | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loyola Marymount University Division I · West Coast Conference | 7 | 15 | $8.7M | 970 | 40% | |
| University of Southern California Division I · Big Ten Conference | 10 | 17 | $13M | 967 | 10% | |
| California State University, Northridge Division I · Big West Conference | 13 | 19 | $3M | 908 | 93% | |
| Occidental College Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. | 14 | 20 | $300k | — | 40% | |
| Pepperdine University Division I · West Coast Conference | 15 | 17 | $5.6M | 960 | 50% | |
| California State University, Los Angeles Division II · California Collegiate Athletic Association | 16 | 16 | $789k | — | 92% | |
| California State University, Dominguez Hills Division II · California Collegiate Athletic Association | 18 | 16 | $720k | — | 91% | |
| California Institute of Technology Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. | 19 | 14 | $219k | — | 3% | |
| Whittier College Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. | 24 | 15 | $143k | — | 85% | |
| Biola University Division II · Pacific West Conference | 27 | 17 | $940k | — | 60% | |
| California Lutheran University Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. | 27 | 20 | $266k | — | 89% | |
| Long Beach State University Division I · Big West Conference | 28 | 15 | $2.5M | 968 | 47% |
Other men's basketball programs in the Big Ten Conference
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