Iowa Basketball is the Most Valuable Program in the State

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MeowingCows

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I wouldn't have guessed either of our programs were worth that much. I wonder how much they tanked after subpar seasons this year.
 

harimad

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peteypie

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That's because, with all that empty space in CHA, there's a lot of room to grow. People who are out there purchasing college basketball programs are looking for some rundown fixer-upper opportunities.
It's all the rage, they could probably get their own reality TV show on HGTV. Fixer upper the CBB version
 

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https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-much-is-your-college-basketball-team-worth-1522670400


Rank School 2017 Valuation 2016 Valuation %Change

29 Iowa $63,834,000 $60,765,000 5.05%
31 ISU $62,819,000 $67,899,000 -7.48%
116 UNI $12,560,000 $11,656,000 7.76%
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YeahBuddy

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Couple shockers...

14 Northwestern
20 Dayton

Everything else seems reasonable but these 2 stood out to me....Northwestern?

Those 2 and Nova being so low are definitely odd. The rest of the list seems legit.
 

MeowingCows

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Its in the OP.

ISU dropped 7.48% from last year and Iowa went up 5.05%.

Nice work, Barta!

If JP stays on this trajectory, ISU basketball will start to look like ISU wrestling.
I see (I can't read the article, itself). I read "2017 valuation" and "2016 valuation" as two years and one year ago, not as 2016-2017 and 2017-2018.

It must've been that extension for Fran that reeled money in this season. Keep it up, Barta, we love it!