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Best D2 Men's Basketball Programs, Ranked by Resources

Not every program invests equally in its athletes. Below, we've ranked all 289 D2 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 D2 men's Basketball programs is $7,546 per athlete, with an average operating budget of $110,856, and rosters of about 18 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
289
Avg. Aid/Athlete
$7,546
Avg. Op. Budget
$110,856

Top programs

Showing 10 of 289 programs.

Aid/Athlete
$10,224
Op. Budget
$584,825
Recruiting
$12,423
Aid/Athlete
$12,765
Op. Budget
$191,404
Recruiting
$8,644
Aid/Athlete
$22,404
Op. Budget
$174,955
Recruiting
$18,454
Aid/Athlete
$15,623
Op. Budget
$138,048
Recruiting
$10,207
Aid/Athlete
$15,494
Op. Budget
$136,065
Recruiting
$15,034
Aid/Athlete
$7,018
Op. Budget
$139,431
Recruiting
$7,709
Aid/Athlete
$3,864
Op. Budget
$219,054
Recruiting
$9,003
Aid/Athlete
$14,724
Op. Budget
$134,873
Recruiting
$10,065
Aid/Athlete
$8,407
Op. Budget
$251,102
Recruiting
$10,079
Aid/Athlete
$13,905
Op. Budget
$206,210
Recruiting
$2,129

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