We’ve all had at least one that just got away. But think about college basketball programs that are swinging and missing on high school prospects every single season. Big-name college hoops programs, in particular, are going after the best of the best, and those players often turn into some of the game’s greatest players.
Some recruiting battles are quickly forgotten, while others reverberate in the minds of fans for years to come. Namely, the recruitments that take place between two in-state schools or bitter rivals, or ones where a player spurns his hometown school in favor of another.