San Diego City Wire

San Diego County spent $9,704,155 on women’s collegiate basketball teams in 2023, representing a 0.7% decrease from the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $28,682,789, with women’s teams receiving $9,704,155.

Since 2010, the average sports expenses in San Diego County have grown 173.5%.

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	$9,704,155	5.2%	$186,448,321
2022	$9,774,807	6.2%	$158,570,305
2021	$6,851,375	6.4%	$106,580,237
2020	$8,744,061	6.3%	$139,365,136
2019	$8,037,497	6.3%	$127,637,611