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Best Men's Basketball Programs, Ranked by Resources

Not every program invests equally in its athletes. Below, we've ranked all 1,788 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 men's Basketball programs is $11,060 per athlete, with an average operating budget of $290,731, 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
1,788
Avg. Aid/Athlete
$11,060
Avg. Op. Budget
$290,731

Top programs

Showing 10 of 1,788 programs.

Aid/Athlete
$40,248
Op. Budget
$2,302,481
Recruiting
$163,870
Aid/Athlete
$57,365
Op. Budget
$4,280,872
Recruiting
$153,619
Aid/Athlete
$56,234
Op. Budget
$3,094,723
Recruiting
$120,792
Aid/Athlete
$37,777
Op. Budget
$2,212,209
Recruiting
$325,602
Aid/Athlete
$34,437
Op. Budget
$3,589,723
Recruiting
$174,075
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
$43,165
Op. Budget
$2,290,611
Recruiting
$289,333
Aid/Athlete
$57,139
Op. Budget
$2,481,619
Recruiting
$224,451
Aid/Athlete
$28,702
Op. Budget
$2,414,631
Recruiting
$238,251

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