Sideline Data Desk · Men's Basketball rankings
Top Men's Basketball NIL Schools 2026
- Men's Basketball market
- $1.05B
- Programs ranked
- 354
- Top program
- Indiana · $15.9M
- Tracked total
- $1.1B
- Programs
- 354
- Leader
- Indiana
Indiana
$15.9M
MBB value
Kentucky
$15.8M
MBB value
Florida
$15M
MBB value
Duke
$14.1M
MBB value
Texas
$12.9M
MBB value
Miami (FL)
$12.8M
MBB value
Texas A&M
$12.7M
MBB value
Tennessee
$12.6M
MBB value
USC
$12.2M
MBB value
UCLA
$12.2M
MBB value
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Men's Basketball NIL spending by school
Each figure is The Sideline's best current estimate for the active men's basketballroster market. It combines available public benchmarks with roster, conference and player-level inputs. It is not a school payroll, a single collective's budget or a list of verified contracts.
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