Attached link from Mid Major Madness has the 2016 basketball expenses from every DI school. It is grouped by conferences and another list by individual schools. Money determines if a school is a High Major (Power 6), Mid Major or Low Major.
Average basketball expenses in millions -- Warren Nolan's final 2016-17 RPI conference ranking
1. ACC............. 10.12 -- 1
2. Big 12........... 9.27 -- 2
3. Big East......... 9.06 -- 3
4. SEC............... 8.92 -- 5
5. Big 10............ 8.77 -- 4
6. PAC 12........... 7.52 -- 6
7. American........ 6.12 -- 7
8. A-10.............. 4.36 -- 8
9. West Coast..... 4.35 -- 9
10. Mountain...... 3.84 -- 10
11. USA............. 2.79 -- 23
12. Missouri V..... 2.58 -- 12
13. Colonial........ 2.49 -- 11
14. Mid American. 2.35 -- 14
15. MAAC............ 2.24 -- 15
It is incredible how the average money spent by a conference correlates with its ranking. There was only one outlier with Conference USA.
Some interesting findings
-- Gonzaga is always #1 in these mid major polls. They might be in a mid major conference, but Gonzaga spends money like a Power 6 program. Gonzaga's $8.87 million budget is more than double its conference average. Gonzaga's budget is more than Michigan, Virginia, Purdue and many other schools from Power 6 conferences.
-- Dayton gets excellent return on the money they spend. Dayton has 86th highest budget, but is 24th in revenue.
-- A-10 has 4 schools with basketball budgets more than $5 million. Ranked in order VCU, Dayton, St. Louis and UMass.
-- A-10 has 4 schools with basketball budgets less than $3.5 million. Ranked in order Bona, LaSalle, GW and Davidson.
There are a few coaches like Schmidt and Davidson's McKillop who outperform their school's small budget. But overall a school and conference performance is determined by how much money is spent on basketball.
www.midmajormadness.com/2018/6/11/17441968/ncaa-revenue-expense-statistics-college-basketball-2016-gonzaga-mid-majorwarrennolan.com/basketball/2017/conferencerpi
