During the July live recruiting period and in the weeks since it ended, much of the discussion among college basketball coaches and other industry sources centered less around the prospects (besides Cooper Flagg and A.J. Dybantsa, at least) and more on the recruiting calendar.
A decade ago, July was the most important month on the recruiting calendar. By the end of those 31 days, if programs didn't have their recruiting boards set and their scholarship offers out, they were behind the curve. If players didn't have offers or were in the process of setting visits, they were falling behind.