I thought it was fun to see what the ROI was for teams recruitment spending. Here's the chart:

Here's the data from the Chronicle of Education. I estimated UofL's spending at $950,000. I get the impressions that Syracuse and Kansas State's terrible showings might have skewed the results.

Directors' Cup rank
U. of Tennessee at Knoxville $2,005,700 16
U. of Notre Dame 1,758,300 21
U. of Florida 1,451,400 6
Auburn U. 1,374,900 20
Kansas State U. 1,316,700 71
U. of Georgia 1,284,000 10
U. of Nebraska at Lincoln 1,275,000 31
U. of Arkansas at Fayetteville 1,259,700 24
Duke U. 1,245,300 19
Ohio State U. 1,236,800 11
U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1,203,500 34
U. of Texas at Austin 1,156,800 5
Syracuse U. 1,121,200 87
U. of Oklahoma at Norman 1,120,800 23
U. of Virginia 1,112,000 17
Georgia Tech 1,111,900 55
Michigan State U. 1,098,800 29
West Virginia U. 1,094,200 30
U. of Oregon 1,077,300 26
U. of Kentucky 1,056,100 36
Louisville 950,000 28
Median for all Division I-A 632,600