2 college basketball teams are out-spending the field in men’s transfer portal, and the numbers are wild

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Last week, Matt Norlander of CBS Sports reported that 10 schools had NIL budgets of about $10 million to throw around on the recruiting trail. That number might have been about 20 percent too low for two big spenders.

The BYU Cougars and Kentucky Wildcats are each pushing $12 million with their roster budgets, according to insider Jeff Goodman of The Field of 68. Goodman speculates that BYU and Kentucky could have the most expensive rosters in the country for the 2025-2026 season, and both have been making major noise in the transfer portal lately.
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Aside from Kentucky and BYU, these schools reportedly have $10 million to spend on their men’s basketball roster next year: Duke, Arkansas, Louisville, Texas Tech, Indiana, St. John’s, Michigan, and North Carolina.

https://www.sbnation.com/college-ba...ege-basketball-most-money-nil-transfer-portal
 



The common factor between BYU and Kentucky? Mark Pope is also Mormon (and coached at BYU). Those substantial LDS dollars are flowing freely to support their own in college basketball.
 

Every year the deck will be re-shuffled to benefit the haves. Have-nots wait for the leftovers.
Imagine if the Gophs had 10 mill like Hoosiers and Wolverines.
 


golf said:
Every year the deck will be re-shuffled to benefit the haves. Have-nots wait for the leftovers.
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Right now, big donors are drunk on the idea that they can buy hometown U a title with their cash. It's a new toy. I wonder how long they will continue to do this at this level. I hope at some point some sort of cap goes into place or the goose that laid the golden egg will get destroyed.
 

bga1 said:
Right now, big donors are drunk on the idea that they can buy hometown U a title with their cash. It's a new toy. I wonder how long they will continue to do this at this level. I hope at some point some sort of cap goes into place or the goose that laid the golden egg will get destroyed.
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I wonder how the recruitment process goes. Recruits are no doubt mostly interested in the money. Do coaches lead with that to save time or is money talked about later in the process? Is haggling involved?

Agree with you that likely to get crazy. How much will the next Cooper Flagg be offered?

Good luck to mid and small schools. That's why I like the idea of a large school bracket and a small/mid bracket. Cross-match when 8 schools left in each for the sweet sixteen.

Pretty sad that such a great American sports extravaganza like the Big Dance is put on the ropes like this. A cap makes all the sense in the world.
 

golf said:
Every year the deck will be re-shuffled to benefit the haves. Have-nots wait for the leftovers.
Imagine if the Gophs had 10 mill like Hoosiers and Wolverines.
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Money is not a magic fix. Nobody in the last 25 years spends more money than the Yankees and Dodgers. They each have two titles in the last 25 years. Lately the Mets have spent wild amounts of money and come up empty as well.
In basketball it is coaching in combination with at least some money.
I think the Gophers have a chance to compete. It oftens take some luck...best players stay healthy...some two star turns into the league MVP....something.
 

bga1 said:
Right now, big donors are drunk on the idea that they can buy hometown U a title with their cash. It's a new toy. I wonder how long they will continue to do this at this level. I hope at some point some sort of cap goes into place or the goose that laid the golden egg will get destroyed.
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Sky Carp crap on everything, eventually, and make a royal mess.
 



RockChalk said:
That's probably not to far off from happening. Give it another year or maybe two. LOL
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It's not gambling. It's NIL. I just need to you to come film this commercial RIGHT NOW.
 

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