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[QUOTE="JimBoston, post: 5711653, member: 1312"]
Financial investment in basketball comes in 3 ways:  Program spending (coaching salaries, scholarships, travel,...), revenue sharing, and NIL.  Let's take a look at each.

[B][U]Program spending:[/U][/B]  
Syracuse's spending is not public, but I would assume Autry was getting paid, as a promoted assistant coach, either average or below average in the ACC.  Here are the top 10 program spenders from 2024/2025 public records (no private schools) and doesn't include rev share or NIL:

Indiana  $32 million (fired a coach so big expense)
Tennessee  $23.1 million
Arizona $22.6 million
Texas  $22.4 million
UConn  $21.5 million
Arkansas  $21.2 million
Michigan State  $21 million
Kentucky $20.7 million
Auburn $20.5 million
Louisville  $19.8 million

Other ACC schools:
UNC  $16.8 million
Virginia  $16.7 million
FSU  $15.1 million
Cal  $14.1 million
NC State  $12.9 million
Clemson  $12.8 million
Virgina Tech  $11.5 million

[B][U]Revenue share[/U][/B]:
The estimate for men's basketball is 15% of $20.5 million = $3.1 million, but I have seen that some ACC schools are doing 20% or $4.1 million.

[B][U]NIL[/U][/B]:
The numbers are all estimates, but in order to be a top 20 spender, it looks like you have to spend $10 million+ in NIL.

So, to be a top competitive program in the ACC and nationally, you are going to have to spend ~$20 million on program costs (the listed costs were last season, so assume they are higher this year), $4 million in revenue sharing, and $10 million in NIL which gets you to $34 million per year for men's basketball.  Maybe you can get away with ~$30 million.

If you are a top coach, you are going to want to see that level of financial commitment from Syracuse to take the job.  Can Syracuse make that commitment?
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