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Best Southeastern Conference Men's Basketball Programs, Ranked by Resources

Not every program invests equally in its athletes. Below, we've ranked all 14 Southeastern Conference men's Basketball programs by investment score — a composite built from aid per athlete, operating budget, recruiting spend, coaching staff, and head coach salary relative to its peers.

Average aid across Southeastern Conference men's Basketball programs is $34,655 per athlete, with an average operating budget of $2,705,436, and rosters of about 17 athletes. Programs near the top tend to combine larger budgets with stronger per-athlete support.

Use this ranking to find programs that back their athletes with real resources, then read our guide on how to compare scholarship offers.

Programs
14
Avg. Aid/Athlete
$34,655
Avg. Op. Budget
$2,705,436

Top programs

Showing 14 of 14 programs.

Aid/Athlete
$40,248
Op. Budget
$2,302,481
Recruiting
$163,870
Aid/Athlete
$37,569
Op. Budget
$3,803,899
Recruiting
$173,592
Aid/Athlete
$33,833
Op. Budget
$2,974,745
Recruiting
$208,931
Aid/Athlete
$57,139
Op. Budget
$2,481,619
Recruiting
$224,451
Aid/Athlete
$28,208
Op. Budget
$2,307,273
Recruiting
$290,835
6. Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, MS
Aid/Athlete
$38,719
Op. Budget
$2,078,954
Recruiting
$159,018
Aid/Athlete
$23,734
Op. Budget
$1,931,976
Recruiting
$176,239
Aid/Athlete
$27,401
Op. Budget
$3,410,662
Recruiting
$345,548
Aid/Athlete
$27,316
Op. Budget
$2,480,551
Recruiting
$242,861
Aid/Athlete
$24,412
Op. Budget
$2,406,787
Recruiting
$316,830
Aid/Athlete
$34,129
Op. Budget
$3,339,455
Recruiting
$477,207
Aid/Athlete
$45,085
Op. Budget
$3,403,456
Recruiting
$219,368
Aid/Athlete
$28,137
Op. Budget
$2,002,160
Recruiting
$164,422
Aid/Athlete
$39,231
Op. Budget
$2,952,090
Recruiting
$150,245

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