With a verbal commitment from Jalen Carey on Wednesday afternoon, the Syracuse basketball program set the stage for the Class of 2018 to be one of the better recruiting classes in program history.
He and Darius Bazley give the Orange a pair of Top 50 recruits, while Buddy Boeheim seems to provide a valuable complimentary piece. On paper, it is likely the Orange's best group in at least seven years.
But just where does this group rank among the best recruiting classes in SU history? Hopefully, this provides some idea.
The following list is created based on the recruiting ranking (or estimations of it) when each class arrived at Syracuse, without taking their results into account.