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Back by popular demand, it's another chart of who's got money and who doesn't. Basing your prognostications on athletic budgets isn't a perfect method -- you would have gone 24-8 in the first round, which seems about average for all those suffering from Tampa Madness (you would have had WKU over Drake, though).

But now we're on to the second round, where big time players make big time plays, and recruiting them generally takes big time money. First, each matchup ranked on the basis of overall athletic budgets, then by the government-mandated report of specific men's basketball expenses.

For those of you just joining us, data is culled from the Office of Postsecondary Education's Equity in Athletics report, using 2006-07 information (the latest available).

Differences in Overall Athletic Expenses

$82,321,690 - [2] Tennessee ($92,557,528) vs. [7] Butler ($10,235,838)
$42,885,269 - [6] Purdue ($54,322,400) vs. [3] Xavier ($11,437,131)
$42,031,172 - [3] Stanford ($63,834,192) vs. [6] Marquette ($21,803,020)
$41,783,728 - [3] Wisconsin ($81,401,728) vs. [11] Kansas State ($39,618,000)
$40,093,800 - [2] Texas ($89,313,536) vs. [7] Miami (Fla.) ($49,219,736)
$32,880,442 - [1] Kansas ($58,046,960) vs. [8] UNLV ($25,166,518)
$32,449,000 - [5] Michigan State ($69,914,584) vs. [4] Pittsburgh ($37,465,584)
$27,675,684 - [5] Notre Dame ($57,406,112) vs. [4] Washington State ($29,730,428)
$18,732,148 - [2] Georgetown ($27,358,934) vs. [10] Davidson ($8,626,786)
$17,763,744 - [6] Oklahoma ($69,266,320) vs. [3] Louisville ($51,502,576)
$13,413,436 - [12] Villanova ($21,749,786) vs. [13] Siena ($8,336,350)
$8,103,980 - [9] Texas A&M ($69,413,648) vs. [1] UCLA ($61,309,668)
$3,500,538 - [1] Memphis ($29,335,796) vs. [8] Mississippi State ($25,835,258)
$4,670,572 - [2] Duke ($47,391,264) vs. [7] West Virginia ($42,720,692)
$2,089,625 - [12] Western Kentucky ($17,208,710) vs. [13] San Diego ($15,119,085)
$1,901,984 - [9] Arkansas ($60,090,484) vs. [1] North Carolina ($58,188,500)

Differences in Men's Basketball Budgets

$7,220,072 - [2] Duke ($8,010,066) vs. [7] West Virginia ($789,994)
$7,076,218 - [6] Marquette ($7,993,191) vs. [3] Stanford ($916,973)
$3,108,583 - [1] Kansas ($6,170,233) vs. [8] UNLV ($3,061,650)
$2,531,464 - [12] Villanova ($4,202,768) vs. [13] Siena ($1,671,304)
$2,147,359 - [2] Tennessee ($3,611,347) vs. [7] Butler ($1,463,988)
$2,007,658 - [5] Michigan State ($6,407,390) vs. [4] Pittsburgh ($4,399,732)
$1,850,138 - [3] Louisville ($6,082,104) vs. [6] Oklahoma ($4,231,966)
$1,778,140 - [2] Texas ($6,594,163) vs. [7] Miami (Fla.) ($4,816,023)
$1,201,727 - [8] Mississippi State ($2,224,925) vs. [1] Memphis ($1,023,198)
$1,162,042 - [3] Wisconsin ($5,315,234) vs. [11] Kansas State ($4,153,192)
$995,966 - [9] Texas A&M ($6,258,741) vs. [1] UCLA ($5,262,775)
$887,384 - [2] Georgetown ($2,032,205) vs. [10] Davidson ($1,144,821)
$845,474 - [5] Notre Dame ($3,196,599) vs. [4] Washington State ($2,351,125)
$530,591 - [6] Purdue ($3,684,697) vs. [3] Xavier ($3,154,106)
$378,996 - [9] Arkansas ($6,011,514) vs. [1] North Carolina ($5,632,518)
$361,156 - [13] San Diego ($2,050,065) vs. [12] Western Kentucky ($1,688,909)