Philip G. Rogers, Chancellor | East Carolina University
Philip G. Rogers, Chancellor | East Carolina University
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $7,117,560, with men’s teams receiving $4,469,550.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Pitt County have grown 107.6%.
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 | $4,469,550 | 7.3% | $61,322,208 |
| 2022 | $4,322,602 | 8.3% | $52,170,462 |
| 2021 | $2,916,471 | 7.1% | $41,132,706 |
| 2020 | $4,047,951 | 8.3% | $48,884,394 |
| 2019 | $4,000,252 | 8.4% | $47,340,981 |
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