Something to ponder in the summer's final dog days: Did baseball coach Mark Kington make a more dazzling USF debut in the dugout or recruiting trenches?
Kingston, who guided his inaugural Bulls club (34-26-1) to the program's first NCAA Tournament berth in 13 years, has assembled -- and retained -- one of the nation's top recruiting classes according to perfectgame.org.
The site ranks USF's 16-player class as the sixth-best in the nation. Solidifying the ranking is Kingston's confirmation last week that all five Bulls signees taken in the recent Major League Baseball first-year player draft will attend USF.