President John Cech, Ph.D. | Carroll College
President John Cech, Ph.D. | Carroll College
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $1,253,865, with the women’s team receiving $632,489.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Lewis and Clark County have grown 80.2%.
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 | $632,489 | 9.2% | $6,858,725 |
| 2022 | $539,412 | 9.8% | $5,515,812 |
| 2021 | $519,073 | 9% | $5,764,136 |
| 2020 | $536,308 | 9.3% | $5,747,324 |
| 2019 | $473,610 | 8.2% | $5,798,249 |
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