Started By
Message
2012 Forbes Top 20 Most Valuable Basketball Programs
Posted on 12/19/12 at 11:51 am
Posted on 12/19/12 at 11:51 am
9
Posted on 12/19/12 at 11:52 am to Tennessee Jed
Yeah because all the other ones suck (well other than Florida)
Posted on 12/19/12 at 11:53 am to Tennessee Jed
Big2
Posted on 12/19/12 at 11:53 am to Tennessee Jed
There must be some mistake, I think they left off UGA.
Posted on 12/19/12 at 11:54 am to Tennessee Jed
quote:These potatoes…… They are small.
2012 Forbes Top 20 Most Valuable Basketball Programs
Posted on 12/19/12 at 11:54 am to Tennessee Jed
Louisville number 1?
Ahead of Duke, UNC, UK, Kansas, etc??
Ahead of Duke, UNC, UK, Kansas, etc??
Posted on 12/19/12 at 11:54 am to 225rumpshaker
Posted on 12/19/12 at 11:55 am to genro
quote:
Louisville number 1?
Ahead of Duke, UNC, UK, Kansas, etc??
Must have been written by Forde...
Posted on 12/19/12 at 11:56 am to kywildcatfanone
quote:
The financial windfall that seating-related contributions generate for college basketball teams is just one way that the sport is progressively emulating its professional counterpart. This is the first year that our valuations have captured the effects of Louisville’s KFC Yum! Center, which opened in October 2010. The state-of-the-art waterfront arena rivals many NBA venues, and it has certainly played a major role in Louisville’s 39% growth in value over the last two years.
The KFC Yum! Center helped the Cardinals join Kentucky and Syracuse as the three teams that averaged more than 20,000 fans per home game last season. Only four NBA teams managed the same feat last season. The similarity between college and professional basketball is also apparent in ticket prices. Louisville charges $35 per ticket for most home games. It might not sound like a lot, but seven NBA teams had a lower average ticket price last season.
College basketball’s head coaches are also often paid as much as, if not more than, many NBA coaches. Louisville’s own Rick Pitino is a great example. Thanks to a loyalty bonus in his contract, Pitino received over $6 million from Louisville last year. Pitino’s contract is also laden with performance bonuses, and the head coach stands to make an additional $175,000 each time the Cardinals make the Final Four. If they win it all, he will receive $325,000. And Pitino isn’t even the sport’s highest earner. Consider that Kentucky’s John Calipari rakes in nearly $4 million annually before bonuses, and he can earn another $750,000 from the team’s on-court success.
Posted on 12/19/12 at 11:57 am to kywildcatfanone
Louisville has been at the top of this list since the new arena opened.
Posted on 12/19/12 at 12:06 pm to Tennessee Jed
quote:
5. UK
Won NC - and 7 others
24,000 seat arena
Top 5 Tier 3 deal in the country
Most obsessive fans
CLC puts UK as #4 in the USA and they have a terrible football team
CLC rankings
Top-75 Universities
(1.) The University of Texas at Austin
(2.) The University of Alabama
(3.) The University of Michigan
(4.) University of Kentucky
(5.) Louisiana State University
(6.) University of Notre Dame
(7.) University of Florida
(8.) University of Georgia
(9.) University of Arkansas
(10.) University of Nebraska
(11.) University of Wisconsin
(12.) University of North Carolina (1 of 4 teams ahead of UK)
(13.) University of Tennessee
(14.) The University of Oklahoma
(15.) Auburn University
(16.) University of South Carolina
(17.) University of Missouri
(18.) West Virginia University
(19.) Texas A&M University
(20.) The Pennsylvania State University
(21.) Florida State University
(22.) The University of Kansas (1 of 4 teams ahead of UK)
(23.) Oklahoma State University
(24.) Clemson University
(25.) University of Utah
.
.
.
.
(35.) University of Louisville (1 of 4 teams ahead of UK)
(43.) Duke University (1 of 4 teams ahead of UK)
Posted on 12/19/12 at 12:07 pm to Tennessee Jed
No Auburn.
Not legit.
Not legit.
This post was edited on 12/19/12 at 12:09 pm
Posted on 12/19/12 at 12:11 pm to genro
quote:
Louisville number 1?
And virtually all of their facilities are named after Yum Brands right down to the practice facility.
Posted on 12/19/12 at 12:13 pm to Tennessee Jed
Kentucky 2 year change -7percent
Posted on 12/19/12 at 12:13 pm to kywildcatfanone
quote:
Must have been written by Forde
No need any more. Now they are ACC bound all the ACC basketball pimps at ESPN will tout them like UNC and Dook.
Posted on 12/19/12 at 12:16 pm to BluegrassBelle
quote:
And virtually all of their facilities are named after Yum Brands
Well fast food at least
football = pizza via Papa Johns
basketball = chicken et al via YUM
baseball = fish via Long John Silvers
Republic Bank built the football practice facility and the minor stuff
Posted on 12/19/12 at 12:23 pm to tiger perry
quote:
Kentucky 2 year change -7percent
Considering they were coming off BCG and went on to win #8 I tend to doubt Forbes ability to understand college basketball. The brand (and merchandise money) has grown under Cal, not lost.
I can see Forbes pimping the ACC schools
UNC
Dook
UL
but KU ahead of UK seems impossible
Posted on 12/19/12 at 12:30 pm to Cheese Grits
quote:
baseball = fish via Long John Silvers
LJS is owned by YUM Brands. The one near my house is a combo LJS/Taco Bell, and next door is a combo KFC/A&W.
Posted on 12/19/12 at 12:46 pm to Tennessee Jed
I was at the Final Four and Kentucky had the most fans by far, followed by Kansas, followed by Louisville, and Ohio State was far, far, far, far, far behind the other 3 but here is the Forbes list by conference (after realignment) :
B1G = 8 of 14 schools
#6 Indiana, #7 Ohio State, #10 Wisconsin, #12 Maryland, #13 Illinois, #15 Michigan State, #16 Minnesota, #20 Purdue
ACC = 5 of 14 schools
#1 Louisville, #2 North Carolina, #4 Duke, #9 Syracuse, #19 Pittsburgh
Big 12 = 2 of 10 schools
#3 Kansas, #14 Texas
SEC = 2 of 14 schools
#5 Kentucky, #18 Tennessee
PAC = 2 of 12 schools
#8 Arizona, #11 UCLA
A10 = 1 of ?? (7 catholic school move still not finished)
#17 Xavier
Color me unimpressed if a school like Uconn is not in the Top 20 and Minnesota is!
B1G = 8 of 14 schools
#6 Indiana, #7 Ohio State, #10 Wisconsin, #12 Maryland, #13 Illinois, #15 Michigan State, #16 Minnesota, #20 Purdue
ACC = 5 of 14 schools
#1 Louisville, #2 North Carolina, #4 Duke, #9 Syracuse, #19 Pittsburgh
Big 12 = 2 of 10 schools
#3 Kansas, #14 Texas
SEC = 2 of 14 schools
#5 Kentucky, #18 Tennessee
PAC = 2 of 12 schools
#8 Arizona, #11 UCLA
A10 = 1 of ?? (7 catholic school move still not finished)
#17 Xavier
Color me unimpressed if a school like Uconn is not in the Top 20 and Minnesota is!
Posted on 12/19/12 at 12:47 pm to Crompdaddy8
quote:
Big2
Nope, that's just Arkansas and us.
Page 1 of 2
Popular
Back to top
Follow SECRant for SEC Football News