ACC Discussion

[CuseJacket]

Was that Gerry McNamara's 4 or 5th senior year?

He didn't graduate until 2007. So it had to be his true frosh year, duh.

Donovan McNabb was a basketball walk-on that year and maybe one more. You can see him celebrating on the bench.

 

[kg01]

Conspiracy theories without facts aside, it's important that I share one example of how Boeheim made all our lives better. He does these things for the greater good.



The futures of Kg02, Kg03 and Kg04 have more hope with leaders like Jim Boeheim.

Funny thing is I used to root for them before joining the ACC. That game was one reason why.

 

[Peacone36]

Funny thing is I used to root for them before joining the ACC. That game was one reason why.

Knicks: Wallace, Jones and McCarty

The future.....

 

[RamblinRed]

Not going to lie, this is both geeky, snarky and gives KY fans just one more reason to hate Laettner

 

[orientalnc]

This is not basketball, but the Georgia Tech Sailing team is staying at my house in Oriental this weekend for the Sailpack Regatta. Go Jackets!

http://www.sailpack.org/2017sailpackoriental

 

[lauraee]

Not going to lie, this is both geeky, snarky and gives KY fans just one more reason to hate Laettner

Thought this tweet was hilarious & love it.

 

[Techster]

 

[CuseJacket]

Love it. Big thanks to UNC for handing GT another $500K or so this year.
Not sure if that math is correct; basing off of memory from doing the calculation years prior. Either way, it's big money.

 

[orientalnc]

I think the ACC gets ~$250K for every game an ACC team plays in the tournament (up until the Final Four).

This was published last year and I do not think it's changed.

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...-make-more-30-million-ncaa-tournament-success

 

[CuseJacket]

Here's the key point:

Each game played in this year's tournament is worth $265,791. That money is paid out in each of the next six years (2017-22), with the number for each game, or unit, growing each year of the payout. Over that six-year span, the total value of a game played in this year's tournament will be at least $1.59 million.

So each game played (i.e., unit) is worth $1.59 million ($265k x 6 years). $1.59 million divided 15 ways means each school earns a total of $106,000 for each game the ACC played in this year's tournament.

So if my logic is sound, I was pretty close. UNC played the max 5 games this year. Therefore they earned GT ~$500K.

 

[dtm1997]

About the only fun part of Thursday's game was @Peacone36 ROASTING Pitt basketball on twitter over the fact they let Jamie Dixon go.

Since the season ended, Pitt has lost a key rising sophomore and 3 rising JRs, including their leading returning scorer. They've also lost a pretty good assistant who returned to VCU.

Yeesh!

 

[Peacone36]

Ha, that was fun..

 

[CuseJacket]

Which college basketball programs make the most money?

Here's some numbers from the U.S. Dept of Education. Includes television contracts and ticket sales. Not sure what else.

1. Louisville $45.6M
2. Duke $36M
3. Kentucky $27.2M
4. Syracuse $26.9M
5. Indiana $23.1M
6. Wisconsin $22.8M
7. Arizona $21.7M
8. North Carolina $21.3M
9. Ohio State $19.9M
10. Tennessee $19.9M
11. Marquette $18.3M
12. Kansas $18M
13. Texas $18M
14. Michigan State $17.6M
15. Maryland $17.1M
16. Michigan $16.8M
17. Illinois $16.7M
18. Arkansas $16M
19. Pittsburgh $15.8M
20. Alabama $14.4M

5 ACC teams in the top 20. Wonder if there's accounting tricks involved as I would expect UNC and Kansas to be higher.

 

[Milwaukee]

Interesting to see Marquette and Alabama as high as they are.

 

[ESPNjacket]

Which college basketball programs make the most money?

Here's some numbers from the U.S. Dept of Education. Includes television contracts and ticket sales. Not sure what else.


5 ACC teams in the top 20. Wonder if there's accounting tricks involved as I would expect UNC and Kansas to be higher.

There aren't any accounting standards for these figures. They include what the school chooses to include.

 

[orientalnc]

UL has a sweetheart lease at the KFC Yum arena with no responsibility for maintenance. It is the 3rd largest basketball arena behind the Carrier Dome and Rupp Arena. When you realise that KY has no professional sports it is easy to see that UL and UK are going to be getting a ton of attention in a basketball crazy state.

 

[Techster]

Apparently schools are getting a one time payout from the NCAA that ties into the amount of scholarships awarded:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/2017/03/24/ncaa-200-million-payout-bonus/99582450/

Here's the breakdown. (We're getting the least amount in the ACC)

https://www.gannett-cdn.com/usatoday/editorial/sports/2017-ncaa-special-distribution-by-school.pdf

 

[Fatmike91]

Congratulations (?) to UNC

There - I said it.

/

 

[kg01]

Congratulations (?) to UNC

There - I said it.

/

I think what you meant to say was, "Congrats to GT for getting another payout from an ACC-won tournament game! Yay!"

 

[Peacone36]

Can they go on probation now or are they going to be good again next year?