College basketball recruiting: Top 10 college basketball recruiting classes for the 2024 cycle Tar Heels make good move

The final 2024 college basketball recruiting rankings are set in stone, and Duke commit Cooper Flagg extended his reign atop the class as the wire-to-wire No. 1 player. He is far from the only blue-chip prospect to sign with the Blue Devils, though, as Jon Scheyer compiled a behemoth of a class ahead of what could be a breakthrough year for the third-year head coach.

With the final player rankings update came a shift in the national pecking order among teams’ recruiting classes as Arkansas, Arizona State and Baylor jockeyed for positioning in the middle of the top 10. Coaching changes at some of the sport’s top programs also precipitated major recruiting developments in the early days of the offseason.

There is still time left in this cycle, and some of the biggest risers in the rankings update remain uncommitted. The winners from the latter stages of this cycle will generate momentum entering the 2024-25 season.

Here are the top 10 college basketball recruiting classes for the 2024 cycle:

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.

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.