E. Gordon Gee President at West Virginia University | Facebook Website
E. Gordon Gee President at West Virginia University | Facebook Website
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $15,938,991, with the men’s team receiving $11,185,351.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Monongalia County have grown 82.2%.
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 | $11,185,351 | 10.8% | $103,142,400 |
2022 | $9,728,135 | 10% | $97,067,706 |
2021 | $7,499,341 | 11.5% | $64,937,194 |
2020 | $10,355,093 | 11.1% | $92,884,748 |
2019 | $10,798,893 | 10.7% | $101,095,223 |