Rethinking College Basketball Scholarships, Roster Construction Amid NIL Changes

Starting next year, Division I colleges that elect to opt into the preliminarily approved House v. NCAA settlement can provide their basketball teams with up to 15 scholarships, two more than the 13 currently allotted.

But just because you can doesn’t mean that you should –– in fact, if college basketball teams want to remain competitive, the entire way they think about athletic scholarships should change.

For many basketball programs, even at the Power 4 level, the additional cost of adding athletic scholarships will likely not justify the return in value on the court from players who occupy deep bench positions.