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This can be used to help us get a new coach in here, but also major :facepalm: at being top 5 in recruiting and having the horrible talent on the roster we have right now. Oh and add to the fact all the big 12 teams we finished behind this year who barely have half the budget we did.
Here's the entire list of 2010-2011 men's basketball recruiting budgets via Eben Novy-Williams and his story on Bloomberg.com.
Below are recruiting expenditures**, ranked from highest to lowest, for public schools in the Big Ten, Big 12, Big East, Southeastern Conference, Atlantic Coast Conference and Pac-10.
1. Kentucky -- $434,095
2. Kansas -- $419,228
3. Florida -- $326,306
4. Arkansas -- $322,517
5. Oklahoma -- $316,755
6. Louisville -- $263,391
7. Iowa State -- $254,584
8. West Virginia -- $223,632
9. Auburn -- $222,128
10. Arizona -- $215,246
11. Alabama -- $209,218
12. Virginia Tech -- $197,269
13. Illinois -- $187,157
14. Georgia -- $186,906
15. Michigan -- $186,732
16. Clemson -- $180,621
17. Minnesota -- $176,677
18. Connecticut -- $175,740
19. Arizona State -- $174,682
20. Virginia -- $173,884
21. Texas -- $164,935
22. Missouri -- $163,800
23. Kansas State -- $161,567
24. Oregon State -- $159,763
25. Nebraska -- $159,166
26. Ohio State -- $152,981
27. Cincinnati -- $151,341
28. Georgia Tech -- $149,516
29. South Florida -- $148,778
30. Indiana -- $143,287
31. UCLA -- $141,824
32. Texas A&M -- $138,584
33. South Carolina -- $132,758
34. Texas Tech -- $132,268
35. Washington State -- $131,193
36. California -- $126,678
37. Tennessee -- $122,675
38. Colorado -- $121,759
39. Oregon -- $119,152
40. Oklahoma State -- $117,364
41. Washington -- $113,421
42. Michigan State -- $108,478
43. Louisiana State -- $107,164
44. Maryland -- $100,551
45. North Carolina -- $98,517
46. Purdue -- $97,123
47. Florida State -- $93,119
48. Mississippi -- $90,935
49. North Carolina State -- $87,613
50. Mississippi State -- $79,285
51. Iowa -- $76,547
52. Rutgers -- $74,902
53. Wisconsin -- $57,397
**According to expense reports from 53 schools obtained through open-records requests. Private schools such as Duke University aren't required to divulge the information (Editor: please also note that teams like UNLV and Memphis from conferences such as the Mountain West and Conference USA were not included either).