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Ranking the top 25 men’s basketball recruiting classes on national signing day

College basketball’s early signing period kicks off Wednesday. It’s expected to be a busier week than it was the past couple of years, with multiple five-star prospects set to announce decisions — and that’s after four top-50 recruits already announced commitments in the last few days.

Isaiah Collier (No. 6), Cody Williams (No. 14) and Baye Fall (No. 20) are all expected to announce decisions in the next week, while D.J. Wagner (No. 1) and A.J. Johnson (No. 25) could opt to decide soon as well.

Since our initial class rankings were released in early October, the biggest movers were Memphis (unranked to No. 8), Kansas (unranked to No. 10), Stanford (unranked to No. 11) and North Carolina (unranked to No. 14). But depending on how the dominoes fall during the early signing period, these rankings could look dramatically different a week from now.

Let’s take a look at four potential movers:

Kentucky Wildcats: The Wildcats are sitting at No. 2 right now, just behind Duke, but they have three top-10 prospects and another ranked inside the top 30. Duke has four five-star prospects and another top-40 recruits. Any addition to John Calipari’s class likely pushes them over the top to No. 1 — especially if it’s top-ranked prospect D.J. Wagner. Wagner would give the Wildcats their fourth top-10 recruit and potentially their best class since the historically good 2013 group that saw Calipari reel in five players ranked inside the top nine.

USC Trojans: The Trojans are considered the favorites for uncommitted point guard Isaiah Collier, the second-best available player in the class. As it stands, Andy Enfield’s program doesn’t find itself inside the top 25 of the class rankings, but Collier would send them skyrocketing. He would join a group that includes his high school and AAU teammate Arrinten Page, an ESPN 100 center, and four-star guard Silas Demary.

Arkansas Razorbacks: After a cycle in which Eric Musselman reeled in three five-star prospects and the No. 2 recruiting class in the country, the Razorbacks currently find themselves outside the top 25 with only one pledge: top-25 guard Layden Blocker. Despite losing Ron Holland to Texas last weekend, however, the Razorbacks could end up with a borderline top-10 class soon. They’re considered the favorites for five-star center Baye Fall and teammate Assane Diop, an ESPN 100 forward.

LSU Tigers: Matt McMahon got things started early, landing a pledge from four-star point guard Mike Williams over the weekend. That gives the Tigers a pair of 2023 commits, with Williams joining ESPN 100 forward Corey Chest. There’s plenty left to play out with LSU’s class, however. The Tigers are one of two front-runners for five-star wing Cody Williams, with Colorado their primary competition, and they are also one of two main options for top-25 prospect A.J. Johnson — if Johnson decides to make a commitment soon.

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