Article - Big Ten Recruiting Expenses

[Mr_Twister]

Article focuses on recruiting expenses for the year 2013-2014, the latest available figures. In particular, Indiana basketball recruiting expenses, the highest.

http://usatodayhss.com/2015/indiana-basketball-leads-big-ten-in-recruiting-expenses-by-far

Found this part of the article hard to believe -- from a competitive standpoint, and an accounting/record-keeping and insurance/liability standpoint.
Crean is “extremely conscientious, making sure we’re efficient budget-wise as well. He might even jump in with another coach, believe it or not, on their airplane, or have another coach fly on ours, even though they’re competing.”

At the tail end of the article, this list ...

BIG TEN MEN’S BASKETBALL RECRUITING EXPENSES, 2013-14

1. Indiana: $673,708

2. Illinois: $431,327

3. Nebraska: $416,096

4. Minnesota: $359,056

5. Iowa: $291,811

6. Michigan St.: $256,167

7. Michigan: $234,090

8. Ohio St.: $226,226

9. Purdue: $197,208

10. Rutgers: $111,178

11. Maryland: $104,889

12. Wisconsin: $62,082

 

[knights1212]

Where are Penn State and Northwestern?

 

[Mr_Twister]

Where are Penn State and Northwestern?

The end of the linked article includes ...

"Note: Northwestern is not included because it’s a private school and is not subject to public records laws. Penn St. is a public school, but Pennsylvania law does not require disclosure of the NCAA financial report."

 

[RUEd]

The end of the linked article includes ...

"Note: Northwestern is not included because it’s a private school and is not subject to public records laws. Penn St. is a public school, but Pennsylvania law does not require disclosure of the NCAA financial report."

That is why no one ever knew JoePa's salary

 

[Mr_Twister]

Bo Ryan must have been doing the bookkeeping at Wisconsin, or he and his staff took a year off from recruiting. Hard to imagine that Indiana spent 10 times the amount that Wisconsin spent for hoops recruiting.

 

[Knight_Light]

BIG TEN MEN’S BASKETBALL RECRUITING EXPENSES, 2013-14

1. Indiana: $673,708

Of which $569,817 was for charter flight expenses.

Article did note that IU Basketball did bring in $22.2 Million during that same year.

NOTE: Seeing how IU's Hoop team has played lately, I think IU's AD should probably tell Creen to stop spending $$ on the following:

$13,155 for subscriptions to recruiting publications with names such as PrepTracker E-News, Illinois Prep Bulls-Eye Recruiting Service and DunkDog.com Scouting Service