Duke and Kentucky have had the top freshmen college basketball recruiting classes in 2014, 2015 and 2016.
Prior to the past three years, Duke and Kentucky dominated the recruiting scene by signing some of the best basketball players while UNC was the forgotten powerhouse who was once the top recruiting basketball program in the nation.
Although North Carolina has had their share of top recruiting classes in recent years, including 2010 (Harrison Barnes, Kendall Marshall, Reggie Bullock, Justin Knox), 2012 (Marcus Paige, Brice Johnson, J.P. Tokoto, Joel James) and 2014 (Theo Pinson, Joel Berry, Justin Jackson), UNC has not duplicated the same type of success compared to Duke and Kentucky in a short span of time.