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<blockquote data-quote="lauraee" data-source="post: 791671" data-attributes="member: 2078"><p><h3><strong>Duke (115.4% above ACC median, 89.4% above average)</strong></h3> <h3><strong>Kentucky (108.1% above SEC median, 88.9% above average)</strong> </h3><p>The two biggest brands in college hoops are the only two programs that exceeded $20M in basketball expenditures, and it’s not hard to see why. They have the two <a href="https://sports.usatoday.com/ncaa/salaries/mens-basketball/coach" target="_blank"><strong><em>highest-paid coaches in the country</em></strong></a> by an extremely comfortable margin. Both programs print money, though (revenue north of $35M, per the same government report), so it’s not exactly a financial strain.</p><p></p><h2><strong>Some random fun facts</strong></h2> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Combined basketball budget for the 21 MEAC/SWAC schools: <strong>$22,940,904</strong></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Duke’s basketball budget: <strong>$22,178,473</strong></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Duke’s budget is the highest in the country, but <strong>61 schools </strong>still spend more on football.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The top 69 programs (heh) spend more combined money than the bottom 284.</li> </ul><p></p><p>Tech is # 77 2 spots above BC. I'm sure both are last in the ACC. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😞" title="Disappointed face :disappointed:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.6/png/unicode/64/1f61e.png" data-shortname=":disappointed:" /> C'mon guys time to make donations earmarked solely to basketball.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lauraee, post: 791671, member: 2078"] [HEADING=2][B]Duke (115.4% above ACC median, 89.4% above average) Kentucky (108.1% above SEC median, 88.9% above average)[/B] [/HEADING] The two biggest brands in college hoops are the only two programs that exceeded $20M in basketball expenditures, and it’s not hard to see why. They have the two [URL='https://sports.usatoday.com/ncaa/salaries/mens-basketball/coach'][B][I]highest-paid coaches in the country[/I][/B][/URL] by an extremely comfortable margin. Both programs print money, though (revenue north of $35M, per the same government report), so it’s not exactly a financial strain. [HEADING=1][B]Some random fun facts[/B][/HEADING] [LIST] [*]Combined basketball budget for the 21 MEAC/SWAC schools: [B]$22,940,904[/B] [*]Duke’s basketball budget: [B]$22,178,473[/B] [*]Duke’s budget is the highest in the country, but [B]61 schools [/B]still spend more on football. [*]The top 69 programs (heh) spend more combined money than the bottom 284. [/LIST] Tech is # 77 2 spots above BC. I'm sure both are last in the ACC. 😞 C'mon guys time to make donations earmarked solely to basketball. [/QUOTE]
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