Compare Ben's recruiting to Rick Pitino at St Johns...turned the roster completely over and added 11 new guys...they'll likely be a top 25 team. ALL his guys shoot better than anybody we have.
Butch Beard Ole Miss - completely turned over the roster keeping a few guys....they will be twice as good.
Fred Hoiberg Nebraska - won 9 conference games and added 5 better players....won't be bottom 4. Guys who can shoot again.
Richard Pitino New Mexico - won 20 games his second year and and has a much improved roster heading into his third year...they'll likely be a top 25 team. Added like 6 guys.
Indiana, Ohio State, Arkansas, Kansas, West Virginia, TCU, Villanova, Texas, Penn State ...on and on
Top Portal Teams Minnesota is ranked at 82 and with 3 low level commits. That ain't a guy worried about getting fired. Ben recruits two high school developmental players like he's going to be here for the next 5 years. EVERYBODY including Ben says older is the way to go. Ben is developing freshmen into sophomores.
Freshmen. No freshmen started in the Final Four. Somewhere I read 23 freshmen averaged double figures in scoring in all of DI ...13 of those were Top 25 recruits....some similar numbers to that.
The approach is not a guy worried about getting fired or winning now....he's building for year 6.