July is one of the busiest months on the college basketball recruiting calendar for D-I coaches—it includes an extended “live period” which means coaches are on the road watching top recruits at various AAU events, making sure they are front and center for their top targets.
Among other things, July’s significance is about to change, per this report from CBS Sports’ Matt Norlander. The NCAA is expected to implement an adjusted recruiting calendar next week that, moving forward, will shift some of the live period from July to June. There are larger implications to this than you’d think.