West LA Times

Los Angeles County spent $31,418,630 on women’s collegiate basketball teams in 2023, representing a 15.8% increase from the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $82,012,852, with women’s teams receiving $31,418,630.

Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Los Angeles County have grown 124.6%.

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	$31,418,630	5.4%	$585,723,911
2022	$27,137,069	5.1%	$529,593,565
2021	$14,975,937	4.3%	$350,025,620
2020	$22,437,406	5%	$451,770,493
2019	$22,049,601	4.9%	$446,813,846