UK vs Duke Head to Head Recruiting

[Philstat]

Was going through 24-7 sports and just looking at the last eight years or so, look at the busts we've had during this time compared to them, it speaks volumes of where things are at right now. This list only accounts for players both programs actively recruited and offered coming out of HS, we definitely got the short end of the stick:

2021
Paolo Banchero (No. 2)—Duke
AJ Griffin (No. 7)—Duke

2020
Brandon Boston (No. 5)—Kentucky
Jalen Johnson (No. 13)—Duke
Jeremy Roach (No. 23)—Duke

2019
Matthew Hurt (No. 11)—Duke
Vernon Carey (No. 6)—Duke

2018
R.J. Barrett (No. 1)—Duke
Zion Williamson (No. 2)—Duke
Cam Reddish (No. 3)—Duke
E.J. Montgomery (No. 14)—Kentucky

2017
Kevin Knox (No. 10)—Kentucky

2016
Harry Giles (No. 1)—Duke
Jayson Tatum (No. 3)—Duke
Wenyen Gabriel (No. 14)—Kentucky
Marques Bolden (No. 16)—Duke

2015
Brandon Ingram (No. 3)—Duke
Luke Kennard (No. 24)—Duke

2014
Karl Anthony-Towns (No. 9)—Kentucky

 

[UKortho]

Out of the last 10, Duke 7- UK 3. Zero championships for either since 2016. Building a core around one and done no longer works.

 

[cornbreadnmilk]

And they got Banchero for next season.

 

[kydmb99]

Who cares? I’m tired of recruiting against Duke. Just focus on getting good college basketball players.

 

[Philstat]

Who cares? I’m tired of recruiting against Duke. Just focus on getting good college basketball players.

Mostly I agree, though Cal needs this level of talent in order to win, when he was getting these types of players, he was on a roll. No longer the case.

 

[JasonS.]

Need to build this list back to Cherokee Parks. This board’s great grandfather was lit when Pitino lost out on Cherokee.

 

[michael895]

And 0 titles between the 2. OAD is not the way to win anymore.

 

[LukaszObrzut87]

Minus one thing, their players were bought.

 

[Philstat]

Minus one thing, their players were bought.

I agree, they've had some very shady things to come out and swept underneath the rug that Cal and UK would have been persecuted for.

 

[RunninRichie]

Can’t wait to see big O bitch slap Banchero in the champions classic.