Duke lands another top class

[uconngb]

Other than Carmelo and AD what other freshmen lead their teams to titles? Not sure thats really a thing as an "era".

Never Nervous Pervis but that was a different “era”

 

[willie99]

And UConn wins another title

Go figure

 

[uh-no]

And UConn wins another title

Go figure

doomed

 

[boog204]

Other than Carmelo and AD what other freshmen lead their teams to titles? Not sure thats really a thing as an "era".

Jahlil Okafor, Tyus Jones, and Winslow won with Duke.

 

[TheChamps990411]

Never Nervous Pervis but that was a different “era”

It does happen from time to time for sure but its not common.

 

[Iluvsuebird]

This is reason #400 why I enjoy seeing Duke lose in March EVERY. SINGLE. YEAR. No titles in 11 years with a top 3 class every year. Hilarious.

 

[UCLJ0211]

Congrats to Duke for another top rated class and another early exit in the NCAA tourney.

 

[RuffRuff]

Congrats to Duke for another top rated class and another early exit in the NCAA tourney.

Duke isn't winning with a freshmen class next year.

 

[HooperScooper]

This is reason #400 why I enjoy seeing Duke lose in March EVERY. SINGLE. YEAR. No titles in 11 years with a top 3 class every year. Hilarious.

Kind of like Notre Dame football.

 

[StllH8L8ner]

This is reason #400 why I enjoy seeing Duke lose in March EVERY. SINGLE. YEAR. No titles in 11 years with a top 3 class every year. Hilarious.

No one does less with more.

 

[uconngb]

No one does less with more.

Cal and Scheyer can't lose enough for me......coaching is more than just rolling a ball out there to a bunch of studs. That's why 2014 will always be one of, if not THE, most satisfying NCs for me. Look at our "talent" vs theirs. And by the end Cal was too overwhelmed to even have his boys foul us.

 

[superjohn]

Cal and Scheyer can't lose enough for me......coaching is more than just rolling a ball out there to a bunch of studs. That's why 2014 will always be one of, if not THE, most satisfying NCs for me. Look at our "talent" vs theirs. And by the end Cal was too overwhelmed to even have his boys foul us.

There wasn't a talent discrepancy in the 2014 championship game. Kentucky guys were ranked higher out of high school and Julius Randle is a stud but nobody else on that team cut it in the NBA. UConn was the 7th seed Kentucky was the 8th seed. I think we were the slight favorite on the betting line and I wasn't even nervous heading into that title game.

 

[RuffRuff]

There wasn't a talent discrepancy in the 2014 championship game. Kentucky guys were ranked higher out of high school and Julius Randle is a stud but nobody else on that team cut it in the NBA. UConn was the 7th seed Kentucky was the 8th seed. I think we were the slight favorite on the betting line and I wasn't even nervous heading into that title game.

Could have actually been one of Cal's better coaching efforts getting that far with that team.

 

[WeAreUCONN]

Rippey committed today, Scheyer will be reloading with frosh. I find that fairly interesting in this class given it's been widely noted as not having a lot of difference makers behond Stokes.

With Boozer, Ngongba, Evans likely leaving, makes you wonder what Scheyer will do given he has no Boozer/Flagg coming in. And that is going to be a really crowded backcourt, so you'd have to think he pushes a couple of the current guys as well. His strategy will be tested this year.

We love to see it. All roads in college basketball run through Duke.

 

[Scoe]

We love to see it. All roads in college basketball run through Duke.

 

[TheHorde]

The formula that wins appears to include developing existing players who stay 2-4 years, and then bringing in specific types of players to fill specific roles in the portal and with recruits from high school. A three legged stool approach.

 

[FightOnCT]

We love to see it. All roads in college basketball run through Duke.

It’s coming on 11 years my guy

 

[uconngb]

There wasn't a talent discrepancy in the 2014 championship game. Kentucky guys were ranked higher out of high school and Julius Randle is a stud but nobody else on that team cut it in the NBA. UConn was the 7th seed Kentucky was the 8th seed. I think we were the slight favorite on the betting line and I wasn't even nervous heading into that title game.

That’s exactly why I used quotes. All the “experts” had their guys rated so much higher than ours. And while KY only had Randle make it in the NBA, who from our team did?? Bazz had a cup of coffee and that was it.

KY definitely had better players, they just didn’t have a coach

 

[uconngb]

Could have actually been one of Cal's better coaching efforts getting that far with that team.

Because he took a team full of top 10 recruits that completely underachieved all season? I ain’t buying that.

According to 24/7 he had 4 of the top 10 recruits in the country that year. It’s criminal they were an 8 seed, but that’s Cal’s “coaching”

 

[caw]

Scheyer has arguably brought in better talent than K was at the end:

2026 (current #1)
2025 (#1) - ??
2024 (#1) - FF
2023 (#2) - EE
2022 (#1) - R32

2021 (#6) - FF
2020 (#3) -
2019 (#3) -
2018 (#1) - EE

but both underachieved for what the were bringing in, without a question.

 

[JCisthegoat]

Scheyer is cal 2.0. Great collector of talent. But can’t coach his way out of a paper bag

 

[JCisthegoat]

Kind of like Notre Dame football.

This is not true. Notre dames recruiting was never elite with Brian Kelly. They just had their first top 5 class in over a decade.

The teams with the best classes in football actually win for the most part

 

[HooperScooper]

This is not true. Notre dames recruiting was never elite with Brian Kelly. They just had their first top 5 class in over a decade.

The teams with the best classes in football actually win for the most part

I don't want to do the research but play around with this and tell me their recruiting classes aren't high enough to win more than they have the past 25 years.

2021 Recruit Football Team Rankings

In order to create the most comprehensive Team Recruiting Ranking without any notion of bias, 247Sports Team Recruiting Ranking is solely based on the 247Sports Composite Rating.

247sports.com

 

[BGesus4]

The freshman thing works if you have Flagg and Knueppel or AD but most classes it’s not going to be a great strategy.

Considering they could get the Lendebourgs of the world if they really wanted, it’s somewhat perplexing that they don’t put more of an emphasis on it.

 

[thekollieman]

Scheyer has arguable brought in better talent than K was at the end:

2026 (current #1)
2025 (#1) - ??
2024 (#1) - FF
2023 (#2) - EE
2022 (#1) - R32

2021 (#6) - FF
2020 (#3) -
2019 (#3) -
2018 (#1) - EE

but both underachieved for what the were bringing in, without a question.

Duke made the final four in 2025 with Flagg. They lost in the elite eight to NC State in 2024. I don’t have a point - just making some corrections from recent memory.