Rivals Rankings Week: Duke finishes with No. 1 class
Five-star Cooper Flagg headlines Duke's top-ranked 2024 recruiting class.
THE RUNNER-UP: Rutgers
The surprise of the cycle, Rutgers checks in at No. 2 in the team rankings and boasts the highest-ranked class in program history. The haul is, of course, co-headlined by No. 2 prospect Airious Bailey and do-it-all guard Dylan Harper, who finished the cycle on the No. 3 line. Bailey’s pledge to the Scarlet Knights came as a bit of a shock and helped head coach Steve Pikiell recruit and ultimately land Harper, a legacy recruit who will follow his older brother Ron Harper Jr.’s footsteps to campus.The five-star duo will arrive in Piscataway with sky-high expectations and attempt to will Rutgers to the NCAA tournament for the third time since 1991. Bailey and Harper are joined in the class by four-star center Lathan Sommerville as well as forwards Dylan Grant and Bryce Dortch. The class will attract some serious national attention to the program next season, as Harper and Bailey will be under the NBA microscope while Pikiell will be expected to will his talented roster to a single-digit seed in the tournament.
