Most Profitable Basketball Programs in NCAA Tourney

[Gerk]

From CNBC's Darren Rovell

Big 10 has a great TV deal, but still suprised to see Minny ranked that high

School, profit (Shoe and apparel deal)
1. Louisville $16.9 million (Adidas)
2. Ohio State $11.4 million (Nike)
3. Wisconsin $9.5 million (Adidas)
4. Syracuse $9.0 million (Nike)
5. Minnesota $7.8 million (Nike)
6. Kansas $7.5 million (Adidas)
7. Tennessee $7.1 million (Adidas)
8. Texas $6.9 million (Nike)
9. Michigan State $6.6 million (Nike)
10. Kentucky $6.2 million (Nike)
11. Maryland $5.9 million (Underarmour)
12. *Oklahoma State $5.9 million (Nike)
13. Pittsburgh $5.8 million (Nike)
14. Georgia Tech $5.3 million (Nike/Russell Athletic)
15. Xavier $4.9 million (Nike)

[Bisket]

[Lawnshark21]

shocked no Duke

[be47320]

duke/north carolina?

[Gerk]

I believe they said Duke LOST $2 million

[Gerk]

These are teams that made the tourney this year, so North Carolina wouldn't be included

[Lawnshark21]

how does Duke lose money in Hoops? They sell out every game with a solid ticket price even though small gym and have to have a solid nike contract. I guess they are paying wojo to much to be assistant coach

[skrilla]

O - h - i - o

[THE PROFIT]

If they are losing money why do it? I dont think thats true

[magicbus]

Not really surprised about Minnesota. It is the only division 1 school in the state and a Big Ten school. Xavier is much more surprising. Small school with only about 7000 students.

[WildKat]

Is this just shoe contracts? hmmmm seems a little fishy to me.............

[jam_jam33]

Originally Posted by magicbus

Not really surprised about Minnesota. It is the only division 1 school in the state and a Big Ten school. Xavier is much more surprising. Small school with only about 7000 students.

Agree, Minny is also one of, if not the largest school in the country....that's a hell of a lot of fans to buy shirts and stuff...

[Bisket]

Originally Posted by THE PROFIT

If they are losing money why do it? I dont think thats true

they dont lose money every year lol

from what i read, Duke spends more money per athlete

[jam_jam33]

Not real surprised about Duke, small school and all. BTW, unless you actually went there, most people can't stand the place!

[Lawnshark21]

Xavier has the largest catholic gym on campus in the country holds about 10,250 and there are about 7000 season ticket holders so it is sold out every game. The other thing is the student section only holds about 300 so there are a lot of paying people watching the games. I was an athlete there so I am well aware of the situation. The other thing is they do not pay their coach top rate and that is why they lost Sean Miller they could not pay what Arizona was offering. One other thing is they play a lot of games in the state of Ohio which is not flying for preseason.