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C-USA Average Budget $2.85M/Team up from $2.79M
1. The University of Texas at El Paso $ 4,166,643
2. University of Alabama at Birmingham $ 3,413,518
3. Old Dominion University $ 3,348,329
4. University of North Texas $3,276,255
5. Middle Tennessee State University $ 3,263,120
6. Rice University $ 3,257,777
7. Marshall University $ 2,980,567
8. Western Kentucky University $ 2,976,173
9. University of North Carolina at Charlotte $2,718,767
10. Louisiana Tech University $ 2,378,057
11. Florida Atlantic University $ 2,358,998
12. The University of Texas at San Antonio $ 2,181,947
13. Florida International University $ 1,846,565
14. University of Southern Mississippi $ 1,781,086
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RE: College Basketball Teams' Budget Evaluations
So we do invest in b-ball.
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RE: College Basketball Teams' Budget Evaluations
We've earned a bye in the CUSA 3.0 tournament one time (pending tomorrows results) yet we have the 2nd largest budget.

CUSA 2.0, 2006-2013: Bye's in 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011. 2 NCAA bids, 3 NIT bids

CUSA 3.0, 2014-2018: Bye in 2016. 1 NCAA bid, 1 NIT bid

Pretty illustrative of why attendance is so down.

We do need to grow the basketball budget but we also have to make sure we're getting what we're paying for.
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(03-08-2019 09:12 AM)BlazerGreen Wrote:  We've earned a bye in the CUSA 3.0 tournament one time (pending tomorrows results) yet we have the 2nd largest budget.

CUSA 2.0, 2006-2013: Bye's in 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011. 2 NCAA bids, 3 NIT bids

CUSA 3.0, 2014-2018: Bye in 2016. 1 NCAA bid, 1 NIT bid

Pretty illustrative of why attendance is so down.

We do need to grow the basketball budget but we also have to make sure we're getting what we're paying for.

This is a program with a historical average of making either the NCAA or NIT in 2 of every 3 years. They;re looking at the 3rd straight season of not making either, and only having gone to one of each over the past 8 seasons. That's not acceptable. I also understand the changing landscape of college basketball...rant over.
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RE: College Basketball Teams' Budget Evaluations
Wonder if we compare to true bball schools
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Wait, this doesn't fit the narrative that we cant compete in this league until we start investing in basketball. So.....what's the next excuse?
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RE: College Basketball Teams' Budget Evaluations
Folks in Alabama love to say , "Thank God for Mississippi or else we'd be...". I think we could probably use that same line of thought for UAB and UTEP.
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(03-08-2019 12:47 PM)BlazintheATL Wrote:  Wait, this doesn't fit the narrative that we cant compete in this league until we start investing in basketball. So.....what's the next excuse?

Who said that?
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(03-08-2019 07:27 PM)ATTALLABLAZE Wrote:  
(03-08-2019 12:47 PM)BlazintheATL Wrote:  Wait, this doesn't fit the narrative that we cant compete in this league until we start investing in basketball. So.....what's the next excuse?

Who said that?

Apparently stating basketball needs money equates to we can’t compete without money.
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So the excuse is usually we cant win because of the league we are in or we cant win until we start investing in basketball, etc. The counter is why cant we consistently be one of the best teams in CUSA instead of barely above .500 like weve been the last few years. We invest enough in basketball and we have nice enough facilities to where we should be, even if we could use some improvements. The bottom line is there is no excuse for UAB basketball to be where it's been the last few years.
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Seems like I recall reading on BlazerTalk that we had one of the smallest recruiting budgets in CUSA but I could be wrong. If we do, I have to wonder what we're spending our $ on because Ehsan isn't that highly paid.

(03-08-2019 11:04 AM)Big Dee Wrote:  Wonder if we compare to true bball schools

UAB's bball budget would be:

12th out 13 in the AAC (ECU)

12th out of 14 in the A10

9th out of 11 in the WCC

7th out of 11 in MWC (slightly behind Utah State)

3rd out of 11 in the MVC

1st in the Colonial

2nd out of 10 in the WAC

1st in the MAC

*The Belt or Horizon weren't listed. Don't get why CUSA would make a basketball scheduling agreement with those two leagues.

Lowest budgets in the Power Conferences:

ACC - Boston College $6.6M
B10 - Penn State $7.2M
B12 - OSU $6.1M
BE - Butler $5.5M
SEC - MSU $6.8M
PAC - WSU $4.9M
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RE: College Basketball Teams' Budget Evaluations
(03-09-2019 10:01 AM)BlazerGreen Wrote:  Seems like I recall reading on BlazerTalk that we had one of the smallest recruiting budgets in CUSA but I could be wrong. If we do, I have to wonder what we're spending our $ on because Ehsan isn't that highly paid.

(03-08-2019 11:04 AM)Big Dee Wrote:  Wonder if we compare to true bball schools

UAB's bball budget would be:

12th out 13 in the AAC (ECU)

12th out of 14 in the A10

9th out of 11 in the WCC

7th out of 11 in MWC (slightly behind Utah State)

3rd out of 11 in the MVC

1st in the Colonial

2nd out of 10 in the WAC

1st in the MAC

*The Belt or Horizon weren't listed. Don't get why CUSA would make a basketball scheduling agreement with those two leagues.

Lowest budgets in the Power Conferences:

ACC - Boston College $6.6M
B10 - Penn State $7.2M
B12 - OSU $6.1M
BE - Butler $5.5M
SEC - MSU $6.8M
PAC - WSU $4.9M

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Southern Miss is getting their moneys worth this season.
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Really surprised ODU and Western dont have the highest budgets. Actually, I thought ODU had the highest athletic budget in the conference by a pretty wide margin.
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Money is not the only factor in a program's success, but no program has demonstrated great success without it. Some may still insist that FBHC Clark would have had his current success with Watson Brown's level of funding and facilities, but I don't agree. Basketball may be in the same relatively deprived facility condition as some have suggested in the past. If so, more money can be the quickest answer to a range of desired improvements.
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(03-08-2019 09:23 PM)BlazintheATL Wrote:  So the excuse is usually we cant win because of the league we are in or we cant win until we start investing in basketball, etc. The counter is why cant we consistently be one of the best teams in CUSA instead of barely above .500 like weve been the last few years. We invest enough in basketball and we have nice enough facilities to where we should be, even if we could use some improvements. The bottom line is there is no excuse for UAB basketball to be where it's been the last few years.

Exactly. Do we need more money? Sure. But we also haven't even been getting what we've paid for the last few years.
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