Some fascinating recruiting and OAD stats between blue bloods...

[bigbluelou]

Here are some eye-popping stats I picked up from the Devil's Den message board, edited for relevance here.

John Calipari has recruited 16 top 10 prospects at UK -- 12 of them have been one and dones (75 percent).

In that span, K had recruited seven top 10 players. Five have been one-and-done, including the last five in a row.

The national average is that 62.2 percent of top 10 prospects are one-and-done ... 82 percent of top 5 prospects are one-and-done.

At UNC***, Roy has recruited eight top 10 prospects since 2006. Only one (Brandon Wright) has been one-and-done. That's 12.5 percent. Furthermore, just one of his four top 5 prospects have been one and done.

That's right, since 2006, 37 of 45 top 5 prospects have been one-and-done. Roy has had three of the eight who failed to do it -- Harrison Barnes stayed two years; Ty Lawson and Jon Henson each stayed three years (the only top 5 players anywhere to stay more than two years).

It's pretty devastating proof of how Roy holds his kids back.

Getting top players to the league

An analysis of how Dook, UNC***, KU and UK have done with Top 25 recruits between 2008-2014.

Number of top 25 recruits:
UK: 22
Dook: 9
UNC***: 9
KU: 8

Average ranking of those recruits:
UK: 9.0
KU: 9.25
UNC***: 10.11
Dook: 10.44

Average years in school:
UK: 1.5
KU: 1.62
Dook: 1.78
UNC***: 2.67

Percentage that were one-and-done:
KU: 75.0%
Dook: 66.6%
UK: 63.3%
UNC***: 0%

 

[bigbluelou]

Bump. Thought this was quite interesting. Would love to hear thoughts. The number of top 25 recruits plus how we have fewer oad players as a percentage.

 

[mailman85]

Only 1 OAD out of 8 top 10 kids for Roy is pretty damning on the recruiting trail I would think. Interesting post.

 

[gossie21]

It would be interesting to compare draft position of top 5 or 10 prospects among the blue bloods.

 

[Blue Decade]

Here are some eye-popping stats I picked up from the Devil's Den message board, edited for relevance here.

John Calipari has recruited 16 top 10 prospects at UK -- 12 of them have been one and dones (75 percent).

In that span, K had recruited seven top 10 players. Five have been one-and-done, including the last five in a row.

The national average is that 62.2 percent of top 10 prospects are one-and-done ... 82 percent of top 5 prospects are one-and-done.

At UNC***, Roy has recruited eight top 10 prospects since 2006. Only one (Brandon Wright) has been one-and-done. That's 12.5 percent. Furthermore, just one of his four top 5 prospects have been one and done.

That's right, since 2006, 37 of 45 top 5 prospects have been one-and-done. Roy has had three of the eight who failed to do it -- Harrison Barnes stayed two years; Ty Lawson and Jon Henson each stayed three years (the only top 5 players anywhere to stay more than two years).

It's pretty devastating proof of how Roy holds his kids back.

Getting top players to the league

An analysis of how Dook, UNC***, KU and UK have done with Top 25 recruits between 2008-2014.

Number of top 25 recruits:
UK: 22
Dook: 9
UNC***: 9
KU: 8

Average ranking of those recruits:
UK: 9.0
KU: 9.25
UNC***: 10.11
Dook: 10.44

Average years in school:
UK: 1.5
KU: 1.62
Dook: 1.78
UNC***: 2.67

Percentage that were one-and-done:
KU: 75.0%
Dook: 66.6%
UK: 63.3%
UNC***: 0%

This is an interesting, well researched analysis. Calipari has done a nice job of developing his players, whether they are in Lexington for 1 year or more. Kentucky and North Carolina have 1 thing in common. Both have been among the top college basketball programs for a long time, so Calipari and Roy are simply custodians of great programs that were developed by their predecessors. At this, Calipari has done a stellar job. Kentucky's program is as strong today as it has ever been. Roy cannot say the same in Chapel Hill.