Big changes coming for ACC Basketball?

[Sean Miller Fan]

Another W for the 🐐



Jim Phillips must read my posts. This tweet doesn't get into specifics but I interpret it as ACC programs must invest enough of the "revenue sharing money" into basketball player salaries so that each team is paying enough to compete with SEC talent levels.

Here's the thing, SEC and B10 programs will also have to pay out $20 million or so but I'd think almost all will go to football. L

Let's play with numbers:

Current SEC basketball payroll: $3 million
Current ACC basketball payroll (excluding Duke, UNC): $1.5 million

Rev share:
SEC teams give $18 million to football, $2 million to basketball.

ACC teams give $15 million to football, $5 million to basketball.

2025-26 basketball payrolls
SEC: $5 million (3 from boosters, 2 from university)
ACC: $6 million (1 from boosters, 5 from university).

So if you are Pitt, how do you spend $6 million? Here's me:

$4 million combined on a PG, wing scorer, and big who can rebound

$1 million on the 4th and 5th starters

$250K each for backup big, backup guard, and 1 more backup

$100K each for 9th and 10th man.

$50K each for 11th, 12th, 13th. These will be lowly ranked HS players (ie lottery tickets) or lower-rated MM transfers, preferably transfers. Like maybe some 22 year old who averaged 10 PPG at Quinnipiac.

 

[HailToPitt1985]

This is all fine and good. But we need a coach who can....you know....coach first. If we're paying players as professionals, I think we should expect professional level results. I don't care where the players come from, but we know there will be probably 6 or 8 new faces. Nothing short of an NCAAT bid as a higher seed will be acceptable from Capel now. That is the expectation. If he doesn't meet that minimum, cut him loose.

 

[Sam Young 23]

Pitt isn't serious about athletics. You see all these coaches being fired. We have 1 play in tournament appearance and had the same coaching staff for 8 years. It's a joke. Capel probably gets 2 more years as well.

 

[Gep Dawg]

Our head coach and his coaching staff can’t game day coach so we do need volume shooters from outside to soften the defense. Guys who can make contested threes all day. At least 2-3 of them.