NCAA Basketball Recruiting: Analyzing Caleb Love’s final six

Kansas Jayhawks

Kansas is one of the nation’s top programs every single year. That much has been evident over the course of Bill Self’s career with the program. The Jayhawks have never missed the NCAA Tournament with Coach Self at the helm (16 years) and they have secured a top-4 seed each time. That level of elite consistency is unbelievable and should always yield recruiting wins. Kansas is clearly one of the nation’s powerhouses on the court and can be quite dangerous on the recruiting trail as well.

Even though the Jayhawks already have Devon Dotson, Dajuan Harris, and Isaac McBride on the 2019-20 roster as underclassmen, they are in the market for a guard in the 2020 class (Dotson could be heading to the pros). There are very few better than Love and it seems clear that there is mutual interest. This is evident when you consider that Love took an official visit to Lawrence in early June and that the coaching staff came out and consistently watched him at Peach Jam. As a Saint Louis native, Love is also not that far from campus (4-5 hour drive).

With regards to fit, Love would likely have to compete with some of the aforementioned backcourt options for a starting job but he would find minutes nonetheless in 2020-21. He is simply way too talented not to. Kansas’ great reputation with developing point guards could be a useful pitch in this recruitment as the coaching staff could play an integral role in preparing him for the NBA.