College basketball’s 11 greatest recruiting classes of the decade
Posted Jul 31, 2019
5. 2014 North Carolina: Justin Jackson, Joel Berry, and Theo Pinson were McDonald’s All-Americans who helped get the Tar Heels back into the national title game in 2017 after falling to Villanova in 2016. This time they outlasted Gonzaga to cut down the nets. Jackson was the only player in this class to leave early for the NBA after staying three years.
(SB Nation)
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