NCAA basketball recruiting classes fly under the radar each year with the potential to influence for their programs. Which ones are doing so this year?
Recruiting is the most important aspect of developing a strong NCAA basketball program. That much is evident in how the recruiting successes of Duke and Kentucky have translated to victories on the court. Not every program can consistently land elite-level recruiting classes, though, and that is why focusing on the potentially influential groups of newcomers to specific programs is important.
In addition to simply impacting their respective programs in the near future, these influential classes could also represent a shift in recruiting patterns for that school. This is sometimes by virtue of a coaching change resulting in better success with high school talents or the momentum that a program garners by landing a top-tier class. This piece will also showcase the potential for programs to explode on the recruiting scene following successes in the postseason.
With the expansion of the transfer market in recent years, there are other ways to recruit but landing high school talent is still the preferred method for building prolonged success. Here is a look at 10 of the incoming 2019 recruiting classes with the most potential to influence their programs in a myriad of ways.
(All recruiting rankings used in this piece were found via 247Sports Composite.)