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NCAA Basketball Recruiting: Biggest winners and losers from 2019 classes

By Tristan Freeman

ORLANDO, FLORIDA - NOVEMBER 25: Penny Hardaway, head coach of the Memphis Tigers, watches the action during the game against the Charleston Cougars at HP Field House on November 25, 2018 in Orlando, Florida. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)
ORLANDO, FLORIDA - NOVEMBER 25: Penny Hardaway, head coach of the Memphis Tigers, watches the action during the game against the Charleston Cougars at HP Field House on November 25, 2018 in Orlando, Florida. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images) /
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ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 30: Head coach Chris Beard of the Texas Tech Red Raiders celebrates after defeating the Gonzaga Bulldogs during the 2019 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament West Regional at Honda Center on March 30, 2019 in Anaheim, California. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)
ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 30: Head coach Chris Beard of the Texas Tech Red Raiders celebrates after defeating the Gonzaga Bulldogs during the 2019 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament West Regional at Honda Center on March 30, 2019 in Anaheim, California. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images) /

No. 4 Winner – Texas Tech Red Raiders

The Kansas Jayhawks has – and will always be the recruiting juggernaut in the Big 12. After missing out on RJ Hampton, I was planning on making them a “loser” this offseason. But in typical Bill Self fashion, the Jayhawks grabbed a pair of four-star recruits late to end up with a solid overall class.

Texas Tech did their work early to earn them the program’s best-ever recruiting class. Ranked No. 16 overall led by Jahmius Ramsey. According to 247sports, the four-star combo guard is the highest-rated individual recruit to join the Red Raiders straight out of high school. Joining him is four-star small forward and top-100 prospect Terrence Shannon, along with a trio of talented three-star players. That doesn’t even including three transfers who elected to play for head coach Chris Beard, including grad transfer forwards TJ Holyfield and Chris Clarke.

It’s been an amazing few months for Texas Tech, coming off of making it to the national title game. That was a step up from making the Elite Eight for the first time in school history just 12 months prior. The recruiting for the program has shot up to incredible levels and arguably now the best in the state of Texas. The transfer commits in the offseason are proof of that.

The Red Raiders also were the biggest winners in the RJ Hampton sweepstakes despite him not picking a college program. Not only did they get nice buzz by being in his final three but he decided not to play for Kansas, the perceived favorite. Now the Jayhawks will have to look in the rearview mirror for the Red Raiders who are coming after them now.

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