The Wall Street Journal list the top 10 college-basketball programs...

[Catswin9]

based on an assessment of what every college team would be worth on the open market (valuations in millions):

1. Kentucky - $342.6
2. Louisville - $320.1
3. Indiana - $277.8
4. Duke - $190.3
5. Kansas - $181.4
6. Wisconsin - $178.9
7. Ohio State - $177.9
8. Maryland - $154.6
9. Syracuse - $153.9
10. North Carolina - $143

 

[kentuckykowboy8]

These numbers seem low. How is Wisconsin worth more than UNC?

 

[TheFolker]

Kentucky owns about half of the Louisville program too with the bailout of the Yum Center.

Oh, and Indiana.

 

[TheFolker]

These numbers seem low. How is Wisconsin worth more than UNC?

UNC's legal fees were factored in.

 

[*CatinIL*]

UNC's legal fees were factored in.

I laughed

 

[*CatinIL*]

based on an assessment of what every college team would be worth on the open market (valuations in millions):

1. Kentucky - $342.6
2. Louisville - $320.1
3. Indiana - $277.8
4. Duke - $190.3
5. Kansas - $181.4
6. Wisconsin - $178.9
7. Ohio State - $177.9
8. Maryland - $154.6
9. Syracuse - $153.9
10. North Carolina - $143

Look at all the Money Coach Tom Crean made for that Corn school...NO appreciation for all HIS HARD work!!!

 

[Mojocat]

If Louisville didn't have a scandalous sweetheart lease that fleeced taxpayers - which doesn't have anything to do with basketball - it wouldn't be on any such list.

 

[d2atTech]

These numbers seem low. How is Wisconsin worth more than UNC?

And UCLA didnt make the list??

 

[RipThru]

Somebody show this to the losers to the west. They love to crow about this.

 

[JFCats22]

They put this out every year and every year I think it's complete nonsense. Methodology makes no sense and the values don't either.

 

[docholiday51]

And UCLA didnt make the list??

Lonzo is leaving,if he was still there it would be different........right Lavar?

 

[CrustyCat]

These numbers seem low. How is Wisconsin worth more than UNC?

I agree. Given that Duke and UNCheat each own half of ESPN, they should be higher on the list.

 

[Jkwo]

Show up on Shark Tank with a 320 million dollar valuation for Louisville.

Mark Cuban - "Your last title was marred by a prostitute scandal, only two coaches have won titles, so I have no guarantee of future success once the crypt keeper leaves, and your two biggest financial advantages have nothing to do with the program - a sweetheart arena deal resting on the taxpayer and loosey-goosey alcohol policies that most other teams don't enjoy. And for that reason, I'm out."