Dr. William Wilson, President | Oral Roberts University
Dr. William Wilson, President | Oral Roberts University
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $13,400,969, with men’s teams receiving $8,306,075.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Tulsa County have grown 56.9%.
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 | $8,306,075 | 14% | $59,121,721 |
| 2022 | $10,849,543 | 18.2% | $59,516,128 |
| 2021 | $6,831,303 | 14.3% | $47,615,401 |
| 2020 | $7,157,427 | 14.5% | $49,358,854 |
| 2019 | $8,282,282 | 15% | $55,070,978 |
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