Jayathi Y. Murthy President | Oregon State University
Jayathi Y. Murthy President | Oregon State University
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $11,758,999, with the men’s team receiving $7,085,122.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Benton County have grown 100.8%.
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 | $7,085,122 | 7.2% | $97,792,784 |
| 2022 | $7,494,512 | 8.5% | $87,727,179 |
| 2021 | $4,943,574 | 7.2% | $68,306,135 |
| 2020 | $6,401,055 | 8.3% | $77,034,669 |
| 2019 | $6,203,088 | 7.5% | $82,364,021 |
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