Steve Elliott, President | Black Hills State University
Steve Elliott, President | Black Hills State University
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $1,321,393, with the men’s team receiving $719,758.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Lawrence County have grown 209.4%.
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 | $719,758 | 13.6% | $5,305,099 |
| 2022 | $575,958 | 13.2% | $4,360,605 |
| 2021 | $401,294 | 11.2% | $3,592,853 |
| 2020 | $684,549 | 14.7% | $4,668,116 |
| 2019 | $524,539 | 11.6% | $4,518,848 |
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