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Ranking of college basketball schools by NBA earnings of alumni

BobHWS

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From the Wednesday Wall Street Journal:

The Richest of the Rich
The college-basketball teams whose alumni have earned the most money in the NBA, starting with players who entered the league in 1985.

Rank Team Amount
1 North Carolina $852,902,514
2 Duke $808,900,881
3 Arizona $737,802,141
4 Georgetown $727,262,515
5 Michigan $715,449,222
6 Connecticut $678,809,430
7 Georgia Tech $567,393,499
8 Kansas $553,601,581
9 Kentucky $553,592,560
10 UCLA $496,856,577
11 Alabama $462,571,154
12 LSU $449,204,235
13 California $404,240,093
14 Michigan State $389,190,509
15 UNLV $353,843,187
16 Wake Forest $348,249,657
17 Syracuse $344,036,690
18 Cincinnati $305,406,757
19 Xavier $301,886,181
20 Maryland $299,107,191
21 Florida $279,035,720
22 Clemson $276,686,450
23 Villanova $270,966,890
24 Memphis $261,103,508
25 Temple $236,517,395
26 Utah $225,081,425
27 St. John's $222,271,570
28 Purdue $215,922,548
29 Arkansas $210,533,144
30 Ohio State $208,145,033
31 DePaul $200,136,161
32 Oregon State $196,556,915
33 Louisiana Tech $194,512,547
34 Wisconsin $183,202,641
35 Illinois $182,574,252
36 Texas $181,935,353
37 Florida State $174,156,966
38 Rhode Island $166,970,908
39 Notre Dame $160,823,898
40 Stanford $159,381,070
41 Indiana $158,842,227
42 Oklahoma State $154,201,356
43 Iowa State $151,166,328
44 North Carolina State $148,853,477
45 Oklahoma $146,688,312
46 Virginia Union $146,477,145
47 Providence $145,785,533
48 UTEP $145,407,653
49 Marquette $142,417,843
50 Minnesota $138,691,160
51 New Mexico $133,419,598
52 Oregon $131,383,766
53 Tennessee $129,320,008
54 Iowa $128,741,910
55 Auburn $126,766,035
56 Seton Hall $126,617,705
57 Miami (Ohio) $124,196,551
58 Washington $116,757,854
59 Navy $116,500,123
60 Wyoming $110,203,374
61 Massachusetts $109,379,482
62 Central Arkansas $109,192,430
63 Louisville $108,339,189
64 Santa Clara $107,758,558
65 Georgia $104,047,703
66 Mississippi State $100,616,056
67 Boston College $99,127,216
68 Hartford $97,390,894
69 Nebraska $92,226,933
70 Colorado $91,594,136
71 Saint Louis $87,257,095
72 Pittsburgh $85,341,746
73 Virginia $83,292,887
74 Houston $83,205,220
75 Missouri $81,383,310
76 Central Michigan $79,849,368
77 Brigham Young $79,143,811
78 Baylor $78,167,120
79 Southern California $77,993,245
80 Kansas State $70,943,252
81 Texas Christian $67,127,733
82 Texas Tech $65,307,822
83 Colgate $63,361,840
84 Southern $62,317,400
85 Bradley $60,649,730
86 Pepperdine $60,385,770
87 Arizona State $60,144,498
88 Arkansas-Little Rock $59,844,941
89 Fresno State $57,559,222
90 Tennessee State $56,813,298
91 Creighton $54,974,963
92 La Salle $53,941,142
93 Bowling Green $53,919,029
94 Cal State Fullerton $53,505,960
95 Miami (Fla.) $52,797,244
96 Drexel $51,088,897
97 Florida International $50,121,519
98 Penn State $48,522,812
99 Gonzaga $48,307,816
100 Long Beach State $47,615,501

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I'd like to see the numbers from the mid-90s. Who cares about guys who have retired?
 
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