If you have a desire to have a college basketball recruiter offer you a scholarship to play NCAA Division 1 basketball, you’re not alone. Nearly 4,500 players are on scholarship at the Division 1 men’s level while there are over 5,000 women basketball players with full rides to play college hoops.
NCAA Division 2 basketball scholarships are a bit trickier to figure out as these collegiate programs are permitted to offer full or partial scholarships to student-athletes. If you are one of the best players being recruited to play basketball at the D2 level, a college recruiter may offer you a ‘full’ scholarship to cover all college-related expenses. If not, you could be offered any variety of options (half-tuition with meals, e.g.).
The NCAA only mandates the total amount of scholarship monies per basketball program not go over the equivalent of 10 full scholarships for men or 10 full scholarships for women. College recruiters follow the same type guidelines in offering you a scholarship from NAIA schools. The better the athlete you are the higher the offer you could receive. Athletic scholarships offered to D1, D2 and NAIA programs, women’s and men combined, total over $2 billion.