NCAA Basketball: 25 biggest team winners from 2021 recruiting classes

There’s no question that this past year was the most difficult in terms of recruiting for NCAA Basketball’s 2021 class. Programs were unable to host prospects for official visits throughout the past year and many live recruiting events/high school seasons were canceled due to the covid-19 pandemic.

It’ll be interesting to see the overall impact with the incoming true freshmen, as many had to make decisions from miles away after going through dozens of zoom conversations. But as we enter the end of June, many of these class of 2021 recruits are already at their respective campuses.

With the potential exception of No. 2 class of 2022 prospect Jalen Duren reclassifying, the business for the 2021 recruiting class is done. So which programs did the best job overall? Here’s a look at the top 25 winners, taking into account the potential impact of the incoming recruiting classes and what it means for the program, both short and long-term.

*Team and individual rankings used are courtesy of 247sportsComposite

25. Arizona State Sun Devils (No. 27 overall class)

The Sun Devils have six non-transfer newcomers, with five of them being small or power forwards. The one real center in the class is Enoch Boakye, a former Michigan State commit and top-30 prospect that reclassified to join this upcoming season.

The team will hope for a big impact from the 6’11 center, a position where Arizona State struggled mightily last season. If Boakye can do his part to provide some balance in the frontcourt along with the perimeter transfers brought in this offseason, this team will be able to bounce back in the Pac-12.