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Message: [QUOTE="CajunHusky, post: 3047695, member: 6416"] [URL="https://www.foxbusiness.com/features/what-uconn-womens-basketball-teams-record-run-is-really-worth"]What UConn Women's Basketball Team's Record Run is Really Worth[/URL] "Still, UConn officials likely view their women’s basketball program as a worthwhile investment, regardless of whether it turns a profit in any given year. The school’s pool of freshman applicants rose from 22,142 in 2010 to nearly 36,000 in 2016, according to [URL='http://today.uconn.edu/2016/05/uconn-sets-new-record-freshman-applications/']university dataOpens a New Window.[/URL]. UConn received a record $81 million in donations in 2014 – the same year that both its men’s and women’s basketball teams won national championships – and has earned at least $77 million in each year since. 'UConn isn’t trying to use the [women’s basketball team] to make a profit. They are trying to get a ton of free advertising through the success of the women’s team,' Matheson said. 'The team has probably generated more headlines than the rest of the school combined. And if you can guarantee this sort of success, that’s a pretty good return on the investment.' ” [/QUOTE]