Showing posts with label college basketball. Show all posts
Showing posts with label college basketball. Show all posts

Monday, March 24, 2008

Most Profitable NCAA Tournament Teams

According to figures filed with the Department of Education by each school, North Carolina's men's basketball program had revenue of $17.2 million during the 2006-07 school year, second only to the University of Louisville's $23.2 million among the 65 in this year's tournament. North Carolina's profit of $11.6 million is behind only Louisville's and Arizona's.

By comparison, the Mount, as it is known to its students and faculty, essentially broke even with revenue of $876,744 from it's men's basketball program. That makes it the tenth poorest school invited to March Madness this year.

Mississippi Valley State, with revenue of $233,036 had the lowest revenue from its men's program. It also lost $249,199 from its men's basketball program, is the poorest.

read the CNN article