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Originally Posted by Wickedson
Of course.
However a large endowment is essential to winning championships at major college universities. Facilities, recruiting, advertising, etc... all go into winning.
This is why schools like UNC, Duke and Syracuse win. This is why they are more valuable on television then a school like Clemson.
If Harvard wanted to compete at a big time level in sports they would. They just have no interest. They are an academic institution first.
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That's funny because West Virginia and Clemson have nearly identical endowments.
I found a list from 2009 that listed 791 schools by endowments. It's not 100% up to date, but I'm going to assume that it's close enough to paint a pretty accurate picture.
Boise State is 437th
Memphis is 246th
UCONN is ranked 189th
Wisconsin is ranked 187th
Kansas State is ranked 182nd
Clemson is ranked 158th
Auburn is ranked 157th
South Carolina is ranked 156th
Oregon is ranked 148th
Arizona is ranked 140th
Virginia Tech is ranked 138th
Florida State is ranked 128th
LSU is ranked 119th
Stanford is ranked 3rd
Yale is ranked 2nd
Harvard is ranked 1st
There is minimal correlation between endowments and athletic performance, and there is no causation because the primary purpose of endowments is not typically to fund athletic ventures. Your point, as usual, is reeruned.