The final 2024 college basketball recruiting rankings are in, and Cooper Flagg, a commit to Duke, maintained his position as the class’s top talent from start to finish. Though he is by no means the only highly regarded prospect to sign with the Blue Devils, Jon Scheyer assembled an impressive class in advance of what may prove to be a breakout season for the third-year head coach. A change in the national recruiting class hierarchy coincided with the release of the final player rankings, with Arkansas, Arizona State, and Baylor vying for a spot in the middle of the top 10. Significant recruiting developments in the first few days of the summer were also sparked by coaching changes at some of the best programs in the sport.
These teams were able to assemble excellent players through recruitment.
This cycle is not over yet, and several of the top risers in the most recent rankings update are still uncommitted. The teams that succeed in the later phases of this cycle will gain momentum heading into the 2024–2025 season.
Class Overview: 6 Commits | 92.40 Avg. Rating | 63.78 Points
Headliner: 4-Star SF Kanon Catchings
The 2024-25 season marks the beginning of a new era at Purdue, which will no longer feature heavily the dominance of Zach Edey and must instead become an even more well-rounded squad. The Boilermakers signed prospects at every position during this recruiting cycle, and four of their six newcomers rank inside the top 150. Overtime Elite product Kanon Catchings is the top signee in the haul as the nation’s No. 38 overall prospect, and in addition to Purdue’s backcourt newcomers, the program also kept its big-man tradition alive with two centers, including 7-foot-3 Daniel Jacobsen.
Class Overview: 3 Commits | 98.64 Avg. Rating | 64.32 Points
Headliner: 5-Star SG Ian Jackson
It is a modest class in volume for North Carolina, but the quality of the Tar Heels’ individual signees goes toe-to-toe with any haul in the 2024 cycle. Only seven schools have a higher average player rating, and that is in large part due to two-thirds of UNC’s class holding five-star status. Shooting guard Ian Jackson is the nation’s No. 8 overall prospect, and small forward Drake Powell checks in just behind him at No. 11. The former already embraced the rivalry with Duke ahead of his freshman season.
Class Overview: 4 Commits | 95.41 Avg. Rating | 64.77 Points
Headliner: 5-Star C Jayden Quaintance
Arizona State coach Bobby Hurley made a statement to the college basketball world when he landed a stunning commitment from No. 9 overall prospect Jayden Quaintance. The former Kentucky commit reopened his recruitment when John Calipari left for Arkansas and again picked up interest from college basketball blue bloods, and with his decision to join the Sun Devils, he became the program’s highest rated commit of all time. Hurley’s latest push to bolster ASU’s NIL efforts clearly paid off.
Class Overview: 4 Commits | 99.03 Avg. Rating | 64.74 Points
Headliner: 5-Star SF VJ Edgecombe
If this recruiting class suggests anything about the status of Baylor basketball, it is that the Bears will not soon relinquish their status as a national championship contender. Scott Drew held onto commitments from the top-ranked small forward and point guard in the 2024 class when he elected to stay at Baylor rather than to take the Kentucky job. He also beat out a handful of power conference programs for junior college big man Noah Boyed, who brings a 7-foot presence to the frontcourt. The talent influx pairs marvelously with two stellar incoming transfers in Jeremy Roach and Norchad Omier.
Class Overview: 3 Commits | 99.25 Avg. Rating | 64.80 Points
Headliner: 4-Star CG Boogie Fland
The John Calipari effect is real at Arkansas, and it made an immediate impact on the program’s talent acquisition efforts. In the days following Cal’s arrival, he picked up commitments from a trio of top-25 prospects in Boogie Fland, Karter Knox and Billy Richmond to build a monster debut recruiting class. All of that freshman talent, plus the nation’s No. 1 transfer portal class, should make the Razorbacks an immediate bounce-back squad which could compete for an SEC title in its first year under a Hall of Fame coach.
Class Overview: 5 Commits | 96.21 Avg. Rating | 65.47 Points
Headliner: 4-Star SF Annor Boateng
A last-place finish and winless SEC season did not prevent coach Dennis Gates from raking in talent during the present recruiting cycle. Missouri completely overhauled the roster that went 8-24 last season with five additions from the high school ranks and four incoming transfers, including former Duke standout Mark Mitchell. The prep class is outstanding and features a quartet of four-star recruits. The Mizzou frontcourt could be formidable for years to come with forwards Annor Boateng and Marcus Allen ranking firmly inside the top 100 and centers Peyton Marshall and Trent Burns each measuring at least seven feet tall.
Class Overview: 5 Commits | 94.87 Avg. Rating | 67.24 Points
Headliner: 5-Star SF Ace Bailey
Few programs came even remotely close to Rutgers in acquiring the very best talent from the 2024 class as the Scarlet Knights signed the No. 2 and No. 3 overall players in small forward Ace Bailey and shooting guard Dylan Harper. Those two incoming freshmen are the highest-rated commits in program history and elevated Rutgers’ status so much that it earned a spot in the high-profile debut Players Era Festival — a new in-season tournament set to dish out millions of dollars in NIL payments.
Class Overview: 4 Commits | 98.27 Avg. Rating | 67.75 Points
Headliner: 4-Star SF Joson Sanon
Joson Sanon reclassified from 2025 to 2024 and committed to Arizona in March and will be the highest-rated player in the Wildcats’ signing class when he makes his arrival official. His addition gives Arizona the top class in the new-look Big 12 and No. 3 haul nationally despite the lack of a five-star prospect in Tommy Lloyd’s haul. This is a unique class for Lloyd — an international recruiting force — in that each of the newcomers played their high school ball domestically. What’s more, shooting guard Jamari Phillips and center Emmanuel Stephen are local teammates at Glendale (Ariz.) Dream City Christian.
Class Overview: 4 Commits | 98.98 Avg. Rating | 68.64 Points
Headliner: 5-Star SF Derrion Reid
Alabama’s ascent under Nate Oats continues into 2024 as the Crimson Tide reloads its roster with the nation’s No. 2 recruiting class. Each of the four prospects in this haul rank inside the top 40 players nationally, and small forward Derrion Reed is one of 18 five-star recruits in the country. Alabama also boasts a top-10 transfer class, and all eight newcomers could carve out roles on a team that figures to once again pose all kinds of challenges for opponents as a high-flying offensive squad.
Class Overview: 6 Commits | 99.41 Avg. Rating | 70.93 Points
Headliner: 5-Star SF Cooper Flagg
Duke’s recruiting class is truly unmatched. Including the obvious headliner in Cooper Flagg —who went wire-to–wire as the top dog in the 2024 cycle — every single one of the Blue Devils’ six signees ranks inside the top 37 nationally. Center Khaman Maluach and small forwards Isaiah Evans and Kon Knueppel round out the quartet of five-star additions to a roster that could take Jon Scheyer to his first Final Four as the leader of his alma mater’s program.
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