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NCAA Tournament Financial Growth Year Teams TotAtt AvgAtt ATP TVRev GrRec 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991-x 1992-x 1993-x 1994-x 1995-x 1996-x 1997-x 1998-x 25 25 25 25 25 32 32 32 32 40 48 48 48 52 53 64 64 64 64 64 64 64 64 64 64 64 64 64 64 146,794 207,200 147,304 163,160 154,112 183,857 202,502 241,610 227,149 262,101 321,260 347,414 427,251 364,356 397,481 422,519 499,704 654,744 558,998 613,242 537,138 665,707 580,462 707,719 578,007 540,101 631,834 646,531 663,876 9,175 12,950 9,207 10,198 9,632 10,214 11,250 13,423 12,619 11,914 12,356 13,362 16,433 13,013 14,196 12,427 14,697 19,257 16,441 18,037 15,798 19,580 17,072 20,815 17,000 15,885 18,583 19,016 19,526 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA $7.78 $7.95 $9.47 $9.69 $10.85 $11.67 $12.30 $14.26 $13.84 $14.77 $16.23 $16.38 $17.80 $18.33 $21.63 $21.31 $22.35 $23.96 $26.13 $27.64 $33.20 $37.20 $550,000 $726,500 $743,500 $1,165,755 $1,240,999 $2,530,000 $2,590,000 $4,041,063 $4,690,684 $5,159,473 $8,856,948 $10,317,521 $14,630,849 $16,878,979 $20,137,980 $28,327,009 $33,031,128 $36,635,300 $57,789,600 $57,161,500 $63,505,000 $112,437,757 $120,060,000 $129,060,000 $137,060,000 $166,200,000 $178,300,000 $188,400,000 $178,300,000 $1,374,976 $1,937,009 $1,741,442 $2,301,205 $2,314,236 $3,972,859 $4,286,456 $6,113,041 $6,629,477 $7,909,534 $12,157,002 $14,419,486 $20,106,130 $21,756,286 $26,884,182 $34,827,813 $41,160,135 $49,092,205 $68,230,513 $70,414,405 $76,178,792 $130,117,196 $135,411,145 $147,973,829 $154,908,574 $184,646,412 $200,584,080 $211,429,653 $226,354,186 TotAtt=Total Attendance; AvgAtt=Average Attendance; ATP=Average ticket price; TVRev=Televsion revenue; GrRec=Gross Receipts.

x-Beginning in 1991, television rights fees were no longer included in the gross receipts. Moneys are distributed to conferences and independent institutions for their tournament participation, based upon a rolling six-year average. Official gross receipt figures for those years are: 1991 ($17,679,43), 1992 ($15,351,145), 1993 ($18,913,829), 1994 ($17,848,574), 1995 (18,446,412), 1996 (22,284,080), 1997($23,029,653), 1998 ($25,454,186).