With roster motion for the 2024-25 school basketball season lastly settling down, coaches across the nation are trying on the 2025, 2026 and 2027 lessons. However earlier than we totally shut the e-book on this 12 months’s senior class, let’s make yet another replace to the 2024 recruiting class rankings. There’s been loads of motion since January, with a half-dozen top-25 prospects choosing colleges. Right here have been the largest storylines:
Impression of teaching modifications: Earlier than April, Kentucky had the No. 2 recruiting class within the nation and Arkansas had a pair of top-60 recruits to maintain them within the prime 25. Two months later, the Razorbacks discover themselves at No. 9 and Kentucky is nowhere to be discovered. That is the influence of John Calipari’s transfer from Lexington to Fayetteville. Three of Calipari’s Kentucky recruits adopted him to Arkansas, whereas one stayed behind to play beneath Mark Pope. Each of Arkansas’ recruits adopted Eric Musselman to USC.
Arizona State’s surge: Bobby Hurley and the Solar Devils got here from out of nowhere to complete with the No. 6 recruiting class within the nation. They have been really No. 15 again in January, however 4 of their 5 commitments on the time are now not even within the fold. Hurley landed five-star Jayden Quaintance after which flipped Joson Sanon from Arizona. There’s plenty of expertise on the roster in Tempe.
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UConn’s reload: Dan Hurley has been the discuss of the basketball world over the past week, however now we all know he’ll be competing for back-to-back-to-back nationwide championships subsequent season. The important thing to his roster retooling within the spring was top-10 prospect Liam McNeeley, who had decommitted from Indiana in March. McNeeley is an elite shot-maker who will play a key function within the Huskies’ offense instantly.
Is there anybody left?: Whereas the 2024 class seemed nearly completed towards the tip of Could, two notable gamers went again on the board. Kanon Catchings (No. 35) acquired his launch from Purdue, whereas Arizona State pledge Sammie Yeanay (No. 90) reopened his recruitment.