Besides Kentucky’s annual haul, there was a lot to take away from SEC Basketball’s recruiting classes. What were the biggest takeaways this year?
When it comes to SEC Basketball in recruiting in the last decade, the Kentucky Wildcats have always been king. They get the No. 1 class in the conference (and sometimes overall) and constantly land multiple five-star prospects.
But recently, the league has started to catch up with the Bluegrass blue bloods. Teams such as Tennessee, Mississippi State, LSU, Alabama, Auburn and others have recently been landing top-50 recruits and even some five-star players of their own.
From all of the 2019 SEC recruiting classes, there are eight incoming five-star prospects. Kentucky had three, Florida got two and Tennessee, LSU and Georgia each got one. The Bulldogs did bring in several four-star recruits to get the 3rd-best SEC class, behind both the Wildcats and Gators.
Auburn and Alabama round out the top five, followed by Tennessee, LSU, Texas A&M, Missouri, Ole Miss and South Carolina in order. At the bottom was Vanderbilt, Mississippi State and Arkansas, the only SEC program who had less than three commitments (1 total).
With so many graduating seniors and players entering the draft early, look for many of these incoming freshmen to have a big impact for their respective programs. That’ll have to happen in order for those teams to reach expectations for the 2019-20 season.
With 14 different SEC Basketball teams involved, there is a lot to take away with their recruiting classes. Here are my thoughts on the overall recruiting commitments.