"You can recruit there."
It's a statement made frequently during college basketball's annual coaching carousel, and relates to the attractiveness of any number of head-coaching vacancies. But what does it mean?
With the pursuit of top high school prospects set to resume next month, and with the transfer portal adding a new dimension to roster construction, we decided to take a conference-by-conference look at the recruiting landscape within the top leagues. Which schools have the biggest (legal) recruiting advantages? Who does more with less? Which programs have the biggest inherent recruiting challenges, and what are they?
To answer those questions, ESPN spoke with a wide variety of anonymous coaches across college basketball's top six leagues, as well as the nationally relevant programs beyond those conferences.