At the moment, Kentucky’s 2014 recruiting class wasn’t considered John Calipari’s best, but with time comes perspective. This morning, SB Nation’s Ricky O’Donnell ranked the eleven best recruiting classes of the past decade, and Kentucky’s 2014 haul of Karl Towns, Devin Booker, and Trey Lyles took the No. 2 spot, right behind Duke’s class from the same year that included Jahlil Okafor, Justise Winslow, Tyus Jones and Grayson Allen.
“The most unforgettable college basketball team of the decade didn’t win a national championship, but it did captivate the country by coming tantalizingly close to perfection. The story of Kentucky’s chase for history started way back when John Calipari agreed to coach the Dominican Republic national team as a way of getting in tight with 16-year-old Karl Towns.