Big Ten 1st in tourney money; SEC sets own high
Since there is no more money to be earned from the tournament now that we have reached the Final Four, here are this years results....
2019 Tournament Units/Money by conference:
1. Big Ten - 21 units - $35.5 million +
2. ACC - 20 units - $33.8 million +
3. SEC - 19 units - $32.1 million +
4. Big 12 - 13 units - $22 million +
5 (tie) PAC 12 - 7 units - $11.8 million +
5 (tie) - AAC - 7 units - $11.8 million +
7 (tie) - Big East - 5 units - $8.4 million +
7 (tie) - WCC - 5 units - $8.4 million + (Gonzaga has a special deal with the WCC to keep a greater share of the units it earns and they earned 4 units. It is what kept them in the WCC when they could have went to the Mountain West)
9. Ohio Valley - 4 units - $6.7 million +
Everyone else earned 2 units or less.