The USA Today has an opinion piece on Coach K’s recruiting classes at Duke and how no one should really care how high they are rated.
The reason?
Because Coach K can’t figure out how to win with them.
The Duke Blue Devils have done it again. With Monday’s commitment from four-star guard Cassius Stanley, Duke has locked up its fourth straight No. 1 recruiting class.
This year, every member of Duke’s class is ranked in 247Sports’ top 35. It’s been quite the recruiting run for Mike Krzyzewski who reinvented his roster-building strategy to embrace the one-and-done in 2014. Since winning the title in 2015, no coach has recruited better than Coach K – not John Calipari, not Bill Self, not Roy Williams.
But if last season taught us anything, it’s that Coach K’s recruiting dominance means nothing if his teams can’t win in March.
See: Since Coach K turned himself into basketball’s version of Nick Saban on the recruiting trail, the Blue Devils have turned in some decidedly un-Sabian results. The first two classes of Duke’s recruiting streak saw their seasons end in the Sweet 16 and second round respectively.
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