Like i said, if you really want to have a chance in MBB now then you probably need to be spending in the neighborhood of $4MM/yr to have a chance. That would include the HC and all other personnel. Does not include whatever the recruiting budget is.
Realistically right now GT is in the bottom 2 of the conference in terms of MBB spending with BC.
On St. John's. Ponds declared for the NBA and hired an agent this week. Like Hoiberg, Mullin reportedly does not like recruiting so abdelmassih has been doing most of the recruiting heavy lifting for St. Johns.
This is year 5 for Buzz so about time for him to move on. That is generally when he makes his move.
He also was looking at some rebuilding next season as he has a SR heavy class with Walker expected to leave as well.
I'm sure Texas would love for Shaka to go somewhere, but it has been mentioned in multiple articles i've seen that his wife has alot of pull in terms of what is acceptable. I did find it also interesting to read an article by one TX blogger this year. He mentioned that Shaka is a great guy, but the blogger feels he just isn't a high major coach, needs to be at a mid-major to succeed.