Dr. Robert C. Robbins President | University of Arizona
Dr. Robert C. Robbins President | University of Arizona
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $22,278,957, with women’s teams receiving $6,190,726.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Pima County have grown 62.6%.
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 | $6,190,726 | 4.4% | $139,672,574 |
2022 | $5,539,317 | 4.7% | $118,988,524 |
2021 | $3,772,737 | 4.1% | $92,333,087 |
2020 | $3,760,587 | 4.3% | $86,660,114 |
2019 | $3,540,538 | 4% | $88,891,225 |