Recruiting is a vital aspect of building a successful NCAA Basketball program. Which schools were the most successful on the recruiting trail in the 2010’s?
Now the 2010’s of NCAA basketball are complete, it is time to take a look back at some of the programs that made their mark on the national scene. Of course, the national title victors have carved their names into the history books, but it is also important to analyze the programs that consistently won the college basketball offseason. Recruiting is the most important aspect of each offseason in NCAA basketball and it is no secret that some programs are absolute powerhouses when it comes to securing elite-level prospects.
This article is going to analyze the 25 programs that landed the best total collection of prospects over the past 10 years of recruiting. This list will not take into account how the commits performed at the college level or if they remained with their initial team. To construct this list, I went through the team recruiting rankings (per 247Sports) for every year of the decade and found the 10-year national average for each program. I used this tactic to completely eliminate my personal bias and simply use the numbers to create the rankings.
With that said, each slide will take a dive into who some of the top-rated prospects that committed to each school were and how they performed with the program. Recruiting is an important part of building a strong NCAA basketball team and there are booms and busts compared to player rankings every single year. So, without any further ado, let’s dive into analyzing the top 25 recruiting programs of the 2010’s decade.
Honorable Mention: Texas A&M, Xavier, Georgetown, Arizona State, Virginia, NC State, Oklahoma State, South Carolina, Michigan, Vanderbilt, Baylor, Connecticut, West Virginia, Notre Dame, and Tennessee.