NIL arms race: Matt Painter leads ranking of college basketball coaches outperforming their roster budgets

Purdue's Matt Painter and Alabama's Nate Oats have been identified by CBS Sports as the top college basketball coaches outperforming their roster budgets in the current NIL era. Both high-major coaches have consistently competed against and defeated programs with significantly larger NIL spending. The ranking highlights a group of coaches who routinely challenge college basketball's biggest spenders while operating on a fraction of their financial resources.