NCAA Basketball: Top 25 recruiting programs of the 2010’s

2. Duke Blue Devils (ACC)

Average recruiting ranking: 7.80

With two national championships over the past decade, Duke was easily one of the most successful programs. Head coach Mike Krzyzewski seemingly always puts out a winning product as a result of high-quality recruiting and their overall look-back on the decade is tremendous. The Blue Devils did not miss an NCAA Tournament during the 2010’s and landed a top-4 seed in every single year.

Duke has been arguably the most dominant recruiting program for the last few years as well. Ever since Coach K fully embraced the “one-and-done” era of college basketball, he has been a menace on the trail. It would be a mistake to list all of his accomplishments with regards to recruiting wins because the list would seemingly never end. The Blue Devils have landed a top-5 class in each of the last six seasons with four of those snagging the top overall team spot. They have landed 11 top-5 prospects including  Zion Williamson, Kyrie Irving, Jayson Tatum, Marvin Bagley, and the list would…yeah…never end.

That list is also continuing to grow as the Blue Devils look poised to continue their success into the next decade. It might seem amazing to say this, but Coach K might still be hitting his stride on the recruiting trail. Duke has already secured two top-20 commitments in the 2020 class and there is seemingly no sign of them slowing down. That is, of course, barring the potential that Coach K could retire within the next 10 years and then question marks might start to arise.