10,000: Salary, in dollars, of University of Vermont head coach John Becker when he took the Director of Basketball Operations job with the school five years ago. Today, he makes $170,000 as its head coach.
10,000: Amount, in dollars, of donation that a Missouri fan has to donate in order to have the right to purchase two tickets to the team's first game against Norfolk State. Tickets are $89.
25,000: The most common bonus, in dollars, coaches make for making the tournament. Coaches who made a $25,000 bonus include Alabama's Anthony Grant, USF's Stan Heath, Indiana's Tom Crean, Michigan's John Beilein, UNLV's Dave Rice among others. Florida's Billy Donovan is among the highest in terms of a bonus just to make the tournament ($37,500)
47,448.15: Amount, in dollars, Purdue head coach Matt Painter makes every win after the second round. Painter, who probably has the most incentive-laden contract, makes $23,724 for the first game.
52,650: Amount, in dollars, it costs students this year at Harvard for tuition. Harvard players are the only players in the tournament who do not have athletic scholarships. It is not known how many players on the team are paying the full amount, if any.
27,809,310: Amount, in dollars, of the disparity in 2010-11 basketball revenues between Duke ($28,917,328) and its first round opponent Lehigh ($1,188,018), according to Equity in Athletics data.
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