Dr. Andrew Armacost, President | University of North Dakota
Dr. Andrew Armacost, President | University of North Dakota
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $4,185,457, with the women’s team receiving $2,040,553.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Grand Forks County have grown 73%.
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 | $2,040,553 | 7% | $29,038,127 |
| 2022 | $1,866,814 | 7.1% | $26,449,160 |
| 2021 | $1,289,954 | 6.1% | $21,001,752 |
| 2020 | $1,874,642 | 7.6% | $24,572,295 |
| 2019 | $1,860,378 | 7.7% | $24,005,859 |
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