President H. James Williams | Mount Saint Joseph University
President H. James Williams | Mount Saint Joseph University
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $29,466,830, with women’s teams receiving $6,783,706.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Hamilton County have grown 180.9%.
Basketball is one of the most popular sports played at U.S. colleges, as well as football. NCAA basketball teams are often as popular as NBA teams, and offer a different experience for fans.
In 2022, after a decades-long fight, student-athletes nationwide gained the right to profit from their names, likenesses, and images as a result of a flurry of new state laws and an NCAA policy change.
The basketball fund received around 168.57 million dollars from NCAA revenue in 2020–21.
| Year | Basketball team's expenditures | % from grand total sport team expenditures | Total Sport Team Expenditures |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $6,783,706 | 6% | $113,971,953 |
| 2022 | $5,850,623 | 5.7% | $102,435,102 |
| 2021 | $4,846,622 | 6.6% | $73,610,993 |
| 2020 | $5,306,892 | 6.5% | $81,266,333 |
| 2019 | $5,469,636 | 6.9% | $79,830,275 |
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