Riley County spent $4,546,419 on women’s collegiate basketball teams in 2023, representing a 17.5% increase from the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $13,905,668, with women’s teams receiving $4,546,419.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Riley County have grown 133.9%.
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 | $4,546,419 | 4.7% | $97,203,218 |
| 2022 | $3,869,727 | 4.6% | $84,537,381 |
| 2021 | $3,256,277 | 4.8% | $67,873,404 |
| 2020 | $4,165,381 | 5.3% | $79,182,612 |
| 2019 | $4,291,663 | 5.2% | $82,501,587 |
