Louisville and Cuse are the two most profitable teams. Syracuse profited over $17M from Men's Hoops and only Louisville was larger.

Here is the ranked order list of the gross revenue (not net profit) of the largest schools.

Here is a look at the 55 schools in the country that generate the most from college basketball, according to the numbers they supply to the federal government.

Louisville $43,134,625
Duke $36,412,223
Syracuse $31,772,639
Kentucky $30,743,306
Illinois $25,130,930
Indiana $25,086,839
North Carolina $24,660,258
Ohio State $24,056,371
Arizona $22,830,561
Wisconsin $22,438,795
Michigan State $21,882,125
Michigan $20,027,574
Marquette $19,668,714
Northwestern $19,562,252
Nebraska $19,340,390
Kansas $18,802,173
Texas $18,495,410
Villanova $17,605,994
Minnesota $17,454,711
Florida State $17,304,819
Arkansas $17,275,988
Texas Christian $16,239,880
North Carolina State $16,100,635
Tennessee $15,978,734
Alabama $15,298,808
Gonzaga $14,723,219
Dayton 14,201,764
Maryland $14,157,452
Iowa State $13,956,343
Missouri $13,772,989
Oklahoma $13,473,566
Virginia $13,468,010
Virginia Tech $13,410,392
Xavier $13,060,660
Georgetown $12,849,462
Oklahoma State $12,438,667
Pittsburgh $12,102,078
Memphis $11,859,500
Florida $11,460,512
Oregon $11,384,188
UCLA $11,325,876
Clemson $11,280,040
Auburn $11,214,964
South Carolina $11,112,728
Penn State $10,949,652
Iowa $10,828,407
Providence $10,768,267
Mississippi $10,572,245
Georgia $10,252,418
Washington $10,226,399
Purdue University $9,891,222
Texas Tech $9,889,275
Utah $9,754,858
Vanderbilt $9,739,474
Texas A & M $9,225,600


BTW, where is UConn? Have they fallen that much?

Nebraska is #15 at $19.3 M.
Texas Tech is #52 at $9.9 M.

wow. Husker fans ain't been getting their money's worth.

Northwestern’s gotta be doing some book cooking to be #14. Went to 9 of their games in Rosemont that year and roughly 7 of them were about 2-3k butts in the seats (Illinois & Michigan St the 2 exceptions). It was a morgue.

How about Dayton putting up Gonzaga numbers?! Amazing fan base.

(04-02-2019 10:35 PM)MidWestMidMajor Wrote:  Nebraska is #15 at $19.3 M.
Texas Tech is #52 at $9.9 M.

wow. Husker fans ain't been getting their money's worth.

(04-02-2019 11:42 PM)IWokeUpLikeThis Wrote:  Northwestern’s gotta be doing some book cooking to be #14. Went to 9 of their games in Rosemont that year and roughly 7 of them were about 2-3k butts in the seats (Illinois & Michigan St the 2 exceptions). It was a morgue.

How about Dayton putting up Gonzaga numbers?! Amazing fan base.

some of this "gross revenue" depends on how income is allocated between the various sports

you can slice up conference revenues, apparel deals, advertising, merchandise sales, donations without a specific use, unpsecified endowment income ect. many different ways

some schools slice it up by sport and some have a large category that is just general athletic department revenue

(04-02-2019 10:35 PM)MidWestMidMajor Wrote:  Nebraska is #15 at $19.3 M.
Texas Tech is #52 at $9.9 M.

wow. Husker fans ain't been getting their money's worth.

As an Illini fan, we’re definitely not getting our money’s worth sitting up there at #5 (although this doesn’t quite pass the smell test of being higher than UNC and Indiana).

(04-02-2019 11:42 PM)IWokeUpLikeThis Wrote:  Northwestern’s gotta be doing some book cooking to be #14. Went to 9 of their games in Rosemont that year and roughly 7 of them were about 2-3k butts in the seats (Illinois & Michigan St the 2 exceptions). It was a morgue.

Also, TCU is ranked 22nd. Both schools have recently rebuilt their arenas. Perhaps arena donations and gifts are included in this number? I remember a few years ago when Oklahoma State's football revenue went way up while they were rebuilding their stadium.

Not sure if this is the case, just an observation.

Pretty sure donations count.

Shocked that Creighton isn't on this list. They pull NBA-size crowds and have a wealthy alumni base.

(04-03-2019 09:24 AM)Frank the Tank Wrote:  

(04-02-2019 10:35 PM)MidWestMidMajor Wrote:  Nebraska is #15 at $19.3 M.
Texas Tech is #52 at $9.9 M.

wow. Husker fans ain't been getting their money's worth.

As an Illini fan, we’re definitely not getting our money’s worth sitting up there at #5 (although this doesn’t quite pass the smell test of being higher than UNC and Indiana).

Unless Illinois, Northwestern are counting the NCAA tournament credit portion of the B1G distribution as basketball revenue (which in a sense, it is) and UI and Indiana don't count it as basketball revenue.

(04-02-2019 10:27 PM)TexanMark Wrote:  Louisville and Cuse are the two most profitable teams. Syracuse profited over $17M from Men's Hoops and only Louisville was larger.

Here is the ranked order list of the gross revenue (not net profit) of the largest schools.

Here is a look at the 55 schools in the country that generate the most from college basketball, according to the numbers they supply to the federal government.

Louisville $43,134,625
Duke $36,412,223
Syracuse $31,772,639
Kentucky $30,743,306
Illinois $25,130,930
Indiana $25,086,839
North Carolina $24,660,258
Ohio State $24,056,371
Arizona $22,830,561
Wisconsin $22,438,795
Michigan State $21,882,125
Michigan $20,027,574
Marquette $19,668,714
Northwestern $19,562,252
Nebraska $19,340,390
Kansas $18,802,173
Texas $18,495,410
Villanova $17,605,994
Minnesota $17,454,711
Florida State $17,304,819
Arkansas $17,275,988
Texas Christian $16,239,880
North Carolina State $16,100,635
Tennessee $15,978,734
Alabama $15,298,808
Gonzaga $14,723,219
Dayton 14,201,764
Maryland $14,157,452
Iowa State $13,956,343
Missouri $13,772,989
Oklahoma $13,473,566
Virginia $13,468,010
Virginia Tech $13,410,392
Xavier $13,060,660
Georgetown $12,849,462
Oklahoma State $12,438,667
Pittsburgh $12,102,078
Memphis $11,859,500
Florida $11,460,512
Oregon $11,384,188
UCLA $11,325,876
Clemson $11,280,040
Auburn $11,214,964
South Carolina $11,112,728
Penn State $10,949,652
Iowa $10,828,407
Providence $10,768,267
Mississippi $10,572,245
Georgia $10,252,418
Washington $10,226,399
Purdue University $9,891,222
Texas Tech $9,889,275
Utah $9,754,858
Vanderbilt $9,739,474
Texas A & M $9,225,600


BTW, where is UConn? Have they fallen that much?

So in the top 55 these are how the conferences stand:
Big 10 has 13 represented. (Rutgers excluded)
SEC has 12 represented. (Mississippi State / L.S.U. excluded)
ACC has 10 represented. (B.C. / Ga Tech/ Miami / N.D. / W. Forest excluded)
Big 12 has 7 represented. (Baylor / Kansas St. / West Virginia excluded)
PAC has 5 represented (A.S.U. / Cal / Colorado / U.S.C. / Stanford / Ore St. / WasU excluded)
All others have 8 represented.

Why 55? Did they cut it off at 9 million gross revenue?

Louisville has a great thing going by playing in a basketball hungry market that is willing to pay NBA prices to attend an NBA level arena. Between all the corners of Kentucky and the Cincinnati area, Louisville could probably support the NBA every bit as much as Oklahoma City.

(04-03-2019 07:17 PM)bigblueblindness Wrote:  Louisville has a great thing going by playing in a basketball hungry market that is willing to pay NBA prices to attend an NBA level arena. Between all the corners of Kentucky and the Cincinnati area, Louisville could probably support the NBA every bit as much as Oklahoma City.

They supported the Kentucky Colonels pretty well. John Y. Brown just made a bad business decision and folded when the ABA and NBA merged. The Nets, Nuggets, Spurs and Pacers owners made money. The St. Louis owner who took a piece of the TV revenue to fold made one of the best deals in history. John Y. only did ok.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/monteburke/...2518d14f0b

The Colonels got $3 million. The ST. Louis owner got about $800 million over 40 years.

(04-03-2019 06:59 PM)JRsec Wrote:  

(04-02-2019 10:27 PM)TexanMark Wrote:  Louisville and Cuse are the two most profitable teams. Syracuse profited over $17M from Men's Hoops and only Louisville was larger.

Here is the ranked order list of the gross revenue (not net profit) of the largest schools.

Here is a look at the 55 schools in the country that generate the most from college basketball, according to the numbers they supply to the federal government.

Louisville $43,134,625
Duke $36,412,223
Syracuse $31,772,639
Kentucky $30,743,306
Illinois $25,130,930
Indiana $25,086,839
North Carolina $24,660,258
Ohio State $24,056,371
Arizona $22,830,561
Wisconsin $22,438,795
Michigan State $21,882,125
Michigan $20,027,574
Marquette $19,668,714
Northwestern $19,562,252
Nebraska $19,340,390
Kansas $18,802,173
Texas $18,495,410
Villanova $17,605,994
Minnesota $17,454,711
Florida State $17,304,819
Arkansas $17,275,988
Texas Christian $16,239,880
North Carolina State $16,100,635
Tennessee $15,978,734
Alabama $15,298,808
Gonzaga $14,723,219
Dayton 14,201,764
Maryland $14,157,452
Iowa State $13,956,343
Missouri $13,772,989
Oklahoma $13,473,566
Virginia $13,468,010
Virginia Tech $13,410,392
Xavier $13,060,660
Georgetown $12,849,462
Oklahoma State $12,438,667
Pittsburgh $12,102,078
Memphis $11,859,500
Florida $11,460,512
Oregon $11,384,188
UCLA $11,325,876
Clemson $11,280,040
Auburn $11,214,964
South Carolina $11,112,728
Penn State $10,949,652
Iowa $10,828,407
Providence $10,768,267
Mississippi $10,572,245
Georgia $10,252,418
Washington $10,226,399
Purdue University $9,891,222
Texas Tech $9,889,275
Utah $9,754,858
Vanderbilt $9,739,474
Texas A & M $9,225,600


BTW, where is UConn? Have they fallen that much?

So in the top 55 these are how the conferences stand:
Big 10 has 13 represented. (Rutgers excluded)
SEC has 12 represented. (Mississippi State / L.S.U. excluded)
ACC has 10 represented. (B.C. / Ga Tech/ Miami / N.D. / W. Forest excluded)
Big 12 has 7 represented. (Baylor / Kansas St. / West Virginia excluded)
PAC has 5 represented (A.S.U. / Cal / Colorado / U.S.C. / Stanford / Ore St. / WasU excluded)
All others have 8 represented.

Why 55? Did they cut it off at 9 million gross revenue?

Looks good for Texas Tech.

How is Illinois ahead of UNC? Doesn't seem right to me

(04-04-2019 06:25 AM)AuzGrams Wrote:  How is Illinois ahead of UNC? Doesn't seem right to me

Why "I take these with a grain of salt". Their is only a list and not a detailed accounting of apples and apples across all the schools. Use it as a general guide.

Private schools are always suspect (sometimes not on the list, sometimes they hide income, etc...) Schools with mandatory student fees are also suspect as that income is not predictable.

(04-03-2019 06:59 PM)JRsec Wrote:  So in the top 55 these are how the conferences stand:
Big 10 has 13 represented. (Rutgers excluded)
SEC has 12 represented. (Mississippi State / L.S.U. excluded)
ACC has 10 represented. (B.C. / Ga Tech/ Miami / N.D. / W. Forest excluded)
Big 12 has 7 represented. (Baylor / Kansas St. / West Virginia excluded)
PAC has 5 represented (A.S.U. / Cal / Colorado / U.S.C. / Stanford / Ore St. / WasU excluded)
All others have 8 represented.

Why 55? Did they cut it off at 9 million gross revenue?

To round out the breakdown:

The others 8 include:

Big East with 5:
Marquette, Villanova, Xavier, Georgetown, Providence.

WCC has 1, Gonzaga.
A-10 has 1, Dayton.
American has 1, Memphis.

(04-04-2019 02:35 PM)billyjack Wrote:  

(04-03-2019 06:59 PM)JRsec Wrote:  So in the top 55 these are how the conferences stand:
Big 10 has 13 represented. (Rutgers excluded)
SEC has 12 represented. (Mississippi State / L.S.U. excluded)
ACC has 10 represented. (B.C. / Ga Tech/ Miami / N.D. / W. Forest excluded)
Big 12 has 7 represented. (Baylor / Kansas St. / West Virginia excluded)
PAC has 5 represented (A.S.U. / Cal / Colorado / U.S.C. / Stanford / Ore St. / WasU excluded)
All others have 8 represented.

Why 55? Did they cut it off at 9 million gross revenue?

To round out the breakdown:

The others 8 include:

Big East with 5:
Marquette, Villanova, Xavier, Georgetown, Providence.

WCC has 1, Gonzaga.
A-10 has 1, Dayton.
American has 1, Memphis.

Thank you, as it illustrates a very important divide between the Big East and the AAC.