What’s an NCAA Tournament unit worth? Millions. Here’s how

[huskymedic]

What's an NCAA Tournament unit worth? Millions. Here's how

Here’s a look at how much each of college basketball’s biggest conferences have been paid from 1997 to 2018:

— Big Ten: $340.4 million.
— Atlantic Coast: $316.3 million.
— Big 12: $307.3 million.
— Southeastern: $266.4 million.
— Pac-12: $247.7 million.
— Big East, 1997-2013: $245.4 million.
— Big East, 2014-2018: $40.6 million.
— American Athletic: $106.4 million.

The figures reflect the split of the Big East, which was picked apart during realignment and reconfigured from 16 teams to 10.

 

[Excalibur]

So the 2013 units drop off after this year (13 units for AAC teams, mostly money from Syracuse and Louisville's final four runs, for $3.64 Million per year), to be replaced by the credits earned this season (7 so far, or $1.97 Million per year). The money drain continues . . .

 

[HuskyHawk]

So the 2013 units drop off after this year (13 units for AAC teams, mostly money from Syracuse and Louisville's final four runs, for $3.64 Million per year), to be replaced by the credits earned this season (7 so far, or $1.97 Million per year). The money drain continues . . .

UCF losing to Duke was costly. Need Houston to move on.

LOL at KU all alone in the upper right corner.

 

[huskymedic]

>>UNITS, DEFINED - “Units” are what the NCAA calls its tally of wins, automatic qualifiers and at-large bids that determine how much conferences are paid.

Each distribution year is assigned a value for a single unit, which is then applied to units earned by conferences over the previous six tournaments.

The NCAA paid conferences $216 million in 2018 — $273,500 per unit for tournament results from 2012-2017.

The value of each unit will be $280,300 when payments are made in 2019 and $282,100 in 2020.<<


>>HOW TO WIN UNITS - The units come from two funds. The Equal Conference Fund is a baseline through which the NCAA awards one unit to each of the 32 Division I conferences that have an automatic bid. Through the Performance Fund, the NCAA also awards a single unit to every team that makes the tournament via an at-large berth.

There are 68 teams that make the tournament; each accounts for one unit just for getting in.

Units are also awarded from the performance fund for teams that advance. One unit is awarded for every win until teams reach the Final Four. Wins in the semifinals or final don’t count for units.<<

 

[huskymedic]

>> NCAA MBB Tourney units update: Big Ten with 21 (at least $35.5M), ACCwith 20 (at least $33.8M), SEC with 19 (at least $32.1M), Big 12 with 13 units (at least $22M), Pac-12 & AAC with 7 (at least $11.8M), WCC & BIG EAST with 5 (at least $8.4M). The OVC was the only other league with multiple units at four (at least $6.7M).