In our post on Dereck Lively’s committing to Duke, we said this: “Scheyer will almost certainly have no worse than the second-best class and may have the best overall, depending on how things break.“
In retrospect, it’s a bit exuberant. Is it wrong? Well, yes and no.
It’s quite right in the sense that this class will be ranked no lower than second. Absolutely true.
But will it be the second best class on the court?
That’s a very different question.
No one would have rated Murray State’s class of 2017 as Top Ten when the players reported to campus.