ESPN completed its Sales Pitch (ESPN+) series this week, examining the men's college basketball programs beyond the top seven conferences that have the most and fewest advantages in enticing recruits and transfers to campus. After seeing the results of our survey, ESPN.com's writing team of Myron Medcalf, Jeff Borzello, John Gasaway and Joe Lunardi debated the high points of the recruiting landscape among college basketball's best mid-majors, including the most impressive part of Gonzaga's ascension to the game's top tier, the non-Gonzaga programs that have the most impressive roster construction and which new mid-major coaches figure to impress us with their ability to assemble a team and build a program.
Sales Pitch discussion: Gonzaga's emergence and what else matters in top mid-major conferences
