Respectfully, my young friend ... and my reason for use of the word "young" will be obvious ... I suggest that the 1980 recruiting class of Sam Bowie, Dirk Minnifield, Derrick Hord, and Charles Hurt was a "mega class." They would have gone to the Final Four, but for Sam Bowie missing the 1982 season with the leg injury. Likewise (going back in time), the 1975 "mega class" of Jack Givens, Rick Robey, Mike Phillips, and James Lee did in fact win the NCAA National Championship in 1978. Similarly, the 1972 "mega class" of Kevin Grevey, Jimmy Dan Conner, Bob Guyette, and Mike Flynn went to the National Championship final game, and would have won it all but for the refs bending over for John Wooden in his last game as coach at UCLA. Then there was the 1967 class (which for the time was certainly a "mega class") of Dan Issel, Mike Casey, and Mike Pratt. Then there were Louie Dampier and Pat Riley headlining the 1964 class, and Larry Conley and Tommy Kron in '63 ... and perhaps the "granddaddy of all college basketball recruiting classes" - the 1946 "mega class" of Ralph Beard, Wallace ("Wah Wah") Jones, Alex Groza, and Cliff Barker ... you may better recall them as "The Fabulous Five" that won back-to-back NCAA National Championships in 1948 and 1949.
Just a pleasant little walk down memory lane.
Go 'Cats ! ! !