Who spends the most on men's basketball recruiting
Transportation, lodging, and meals for prospective student-athletes and for staff on official and unofficial visits. These figures are the amounts each school allocated to men's basketball.
Kentucky
$1.19M · $1,194,514
Texas Tech
$949K · $948,712
UConn
$908K · $908,064
Texas
$842K · $841,665
Alabama
$794K · $793,985
Louisville
$747K · $747,443
Texas A&M
$746K · $746,310
Missouri
$637K · $637,162
Indiana
$621K · $621,224
Iowa
$524K · $524,032
Georgia
$497K · $496,744
Michigan
$495K · $495,060
NC State
$491K · $490,784
Mississippi State
$413K · $412,513
Georgia Tech
$400K · $400,080
Arizona
$398K · $398,123
Nebraska
$388K · $387,920
Michigan State
$381K · $381,295
Florida
$364K · $364,417
Oklahoma State
$348K · $348,021
Maryland
$343K · $342,594
UNLV
$291K · $291,356
Wyoming
$250K · $249,851
Rutgers
$247K · $247,483
Auburn
$235K · $235,243
Arizona State
$235K · $235,192
Oregon State
$215K · $214,951
UIC
$210K · $209,739
North Carolina
$205K · $205,389
Clemson
$202K · $201,928
Missouri State
$194K · $193,724
UCLA
$192K · $192,316
San José State
$181K · $180,655
Memphis
$172K · $171,773
Tarleton State University
$169K · $169,103
George Mason University
$165K · $164,972
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
$158K · $158,218
South Florida
$158K · $158,144
VCU
$156K · $155,510
Florida Gulf Coast University
$147K · $147,209
Buffalo
$146K · $146,136
Nevada
$142K · $142,302
Boise State
$142K · $142,048
Fresno State
$138K · $137,851
Chattanooga
$135K · $134,888
Indiana State
$129K · $128,776
Montana
$126K · $126,266
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
$124K · $123,768
Army
$115K · $114,977
San Diego State
$113K · $113,480
Stephen F. Austin State University
$112K · $112,035
University of Hawaii, Manoa
$110K · $110,336
Eastern Michigan
$108K · $108,229
Texas State
$106K · $106,406
Murray State University
$104K · $104,384
UAlbany
$103K · $102,741
New Mexico State
$100K · $99,647
Stony Brook
$95K · $94,509
Florida Atlantic
$94K · $94,036
Central Michigan
$94K · $94,000
Purdue Fort Wayne
$94K · $93,572
California State University, Bakersfield
$93K · $93,492
Longwood
$93K · $92,741
Marshall
$92K · $91,677
California Polytechnic State University
$88K · $87,552
Long Beach State
$87K · $86,902
North Dakota State
$87K · $86,646
Georgia Southern
$86K · $86,027
Eastern Kentucky
$85K · $84,974
South Dakota
$84K · $84,171
Oakland
$83K · $83,204
William & Mary
$83K · $82,782
Montana State
$81K · $81,089
UC Irvine
$80K · $80,108
North Dakota
$79K · $79,315
Sam Houston
$79K · $78,695
University of Missouri-Kansas City
$78K · $77,603
Idaho
$77K · $76,868
Morehead State
$77K · $76,781
University of Nebraska Omaha
$77K · $76,749
Maine
$76K · $76,363
Arkansas State
$76K · $75,834
Charlotte
$75K · $75,112
NJIT
$74K · $74,237
UAB
$74K · $73,861
Vermont
$73K · $72,868
Eastern Washington
$72K · $71,745
Kennesaw State
$69K · $69,325
Milwaukee
$68K · $68,315
UMBC
$65K · $65,273
Towson
$64K · $64,155
Ball State
$64K · $63,967
University of Northern Iowa
$63K · $62,828
Florida International
$63K · $62,822
University of Massachusetts Lowell
$63K · $62,597
Georgia State
$61K · $61,028
California State University, Northridge
$61K · $60,801
The Citadel
$61K · $60,797
Binghamton
$60K · $60,007
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
$58K · $57,842
California State University, Fullerton
$57K · $57,276
Western Carolina
$56K · $56,353
Western Michigan
$55K · $55,326
South Dakota State
$53K · $52,978
Northern Kentucky University
$52K · $52,344
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
$52K · $52,113
North Alabama
$50K · $50,307
UC Riverside
$49K · $49,164
Winthrop
$45K · $45,410
Lamar
$45K · $44,812
Morgan State
$45K · $44,693
Portland State University
$41K · $40,900
Texas A&M International University
$37K · $37,164
Western Illinois
$37K · $36,622
Southeast Missouri State University
$35K · $35,134
Eastern Illinois
$27K · $27,106
Austin Peay State University
$27K · $26,522
Western Washington University
$23K · $22,996
UNC Asheville
$22K · $22,480
University of Central Missouri
$21K · $20,724
California State University, East Bay
$21K · $20,622
Norfolk State
$20K · $19,936
California State University, Monterey Bay
$19K · $18,788
California State Polytechnic University,
$19K · $18,605
Northern Michigan University
$18K · $17,963
Western Colorado University
$16K · $16,314
University of West Georgia
$16K · $15,611
Missouri Western State University
$14K · $13,997
St. Cloud State University
$14K · $13,662
Nebraska-Kearney
$13K · $12,981
Truman State
$13K · $12,508
Northwest Missouri State
$12K · $11,979
Grand Valley State University
$11K · $11,254
University of Missouri–St. Louis
$11K · $10,724
North Carolina Central
$10K · $9,713
Texas A&M-Kingsville
$10K · $9,593
Central Washington
$8K · $8,314
Alcorn State University
$8K · $7,515
Minnesota State Moorhead
$7K · $7,369
University of Illinois Springfield
$7K · $6,979
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
$6K · $6,463
Augusta University
$6K · $6,408
Montana State University Billings
$6K · $6,298
California State University, Los Angeles
$6K · $5,791
University of West Florida
$6K · $5,730
California State University, Chico
$6K · $5,557
Texas Woman's University
$5K · $5,233
Jackson State
$5K · $4,961
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
$5K · $4,876
Valdosta State University
$5K · $4,580
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
$4K · $4,435
Sonoma State University
$4K · $4,400
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
$4K · $4,283
University of Texas Permian Basin
$4K · $3,885
California State University San Marcos
$4K · $3,764
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
$3K · $3,315
Frostburg State
$3K · $2,938
Millersville University of Pennsylvania
$2K · $2,025
University of North Georgia
$2K · $1,673
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
$2K · $1,505
College of Staten Island
$2K · $1,500
Savannah State University
$980 · $980
Fort Valley State
$975 · $975
Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania
$879 · $879
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
$707 · $707
Coppin State University
$638 · $638
Mansfield University of Pennsylvania
$374 · $374
Alabama A&M
$0 · $0
University of the District of Columbia
$0 · $0
How to read these rankings
These figures come from filed NCAA financial reports collected in our document corpus and parsed from the report text. 831 reports parsed cleanly; 56 could not be read and are absent from these rankings, so a school missing from a year has not necessarily reported nothing.
Football and basketball views come from the report's per-sport allocation tables. They cover recruiting and team travel, not aviation alone: commercial airfare, buses, hotels, meals, and other eligible costs share the same lines. A school can also leave some expenses unallocated.
Private universities have no public-disclosure obligation and generally do not appear. Fiscal years are not uniform — most close June 30, but some schools close on a different date, so a single “FY” column compares slightly different periods. Schools also categorize inconsistently between reports, so treat cross-school gaps of a few percent as noise rather than signal.