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[QUOTE="SWC75, post: 2940238, member: 289"]
I was looking at 24*7's history of recruiting classes. 
[URL="https://247sports.com/Season/2018-Basketball/CompositeTeamRankings/"]2018 Basketball Team Rankings[/URL]

In this decade, Bennett got the Virginia job in 2009)  they have been:

Syracuse 4th + 15th + 43th + 8th + 38th +8th + 18th + 38th +43rd = 215
Virginia 15th + 39th + 15th + 53rd + 32nd + 62nd + 7th + 98th + 63rd = 384

From one perspective that shows the fallacy of relying on these ratings, which are snapshots of a player's abilities at the end of his high school carrier when the key is what they do in college. But it also suggests that the success rate of the two teams should't be as skewed in Virginia's direction as it obviously is. Bennett hasn't been getting Duke or Kentucky type-classes at all.

They've got four players currently playing in the NBA: [URL="https://basketball.realgm.com/ncaa/conferences/Atlantic-Coast-Conference/1/Virginia/37/nba-players"]Virginia Players in the NBA - RealGM[/URL] 
We have five:
[URL="https://basketball.realgm.com/ncaa/conferences/Atlantic-Coast-Conference/1/Syracuse/382/nba-players"]Syracuse Players in the NBA - RealGM[/URL]
I'd rate their four above our 5, especially since BJ was included in the list. But Duke has 26 players in the NBA. North Carolina has 13. Kentucky has 28 and Kansas 11. So the Cavs haven't really had elite talent.  But they've gone 170-35 since the 2013-14 season while we've gone, as noted above 130-73.

Bennett is a great coach but we have a great coach, too. We had the probation which came for the 2014-15 season but is over now. And the total recruiting class rankings the last four years have been 107-230.

I don't have the answers but I understand the frustration.
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