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Nueces County spent $1,734,409 on women’s collegiate basketball teams in 2023, representing a 21.5% increase from the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $4,136,230, with the women’s team receiving $1,734,409.

Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Nueces County have grown 111.4%.

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	$1,734,409	11.5%	$15,046,826
2022	$1,427,578	10.6%	$13,514,489
2021	$1,104,376	9.6%	$11,498,700
2020	$1,338,665	10.8%	$12,372,603
2019	$1,407,524	11.3%	$12,485,467