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Texas Basketball Recruiting: Ranking the past five classes for the Longhorns

By Andrew Miller

AUSTIN, TX - DECEMBER 21: Jarrett Allen #31, Andrew Jones #1 and Shaquille Cleare #32 of the Texas Longhorns high five during the game with the UAB Blazers at the Frank Erwin Center on December 21, 2016 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Chris Covatta/Getty Images)
AUSTIN, TX - DECEMBER 21: Jarrett Allen #31, Andrew Jones #1 and Shaquille Cleare #32 of the Texas Longhorns high five during the game with the UAB Blazers at the Frank Erwin Center on December 21, 2016 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Chris Covatta/Getty Images) /
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AUSTIN, TX – DECEMBER 21: Jarrett Allen #31, Andrew Jones #1 and Shaquille Cleare #32 of the Texas Longhorns high five during the game with the UAB Blazers at the Frank Erwin Center on December 21, 2016 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Chris Covatta/Getty Images)
AUSTIN, TX – DECEMBER 21: Jarrett Allen #31, Andrew Jones #1 and Shaquille Cleare #32 of the Texas Longhorns high five during the game with the UAB Blazers at the Frank Erwin Center on December 21, 2016 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Chris Covatta/Getty Images) /

We should start to see an uptick for the results on the court soon due to the success of Texas basketball recruiting in the past five years.

Texas basketball recruiting has actually done just as well, if not better, than the football program of late. Yet, the Longhorns do not have a single commitment in the 2019 basketball recruiting class up to this point. Under head basketball coach Shaka Smart, the Horns are now finding more success both on the court and on the recruiting trail.

Former Texas head man Rick Barnes is finding his own success with the Tennessee Volunteers, and looks to lead one of the most talented rosters in the nation into the 2018-19 campaign. But, it was good for both Texas and Tennessee to find those new head basketball coaches.

At a time like this during both the college football and college basketball off-seasons, it’s a great point to look back at some past recruiting trends. Recruiting headlines is one of the few things still ongoing for these major sports through the long summer months.

Texas could potentially turn to some past recruiting strategies from some of the best classes to find a top notch initial commitment for the 2019 cycle. Since it landed the eighth best recruiting class in the nation for the 2018 cycle, some of that momentum could carry over to the following group.

The most recent offer from the Horns for a 2019 high school prospect went out to four-star shooting guard and Missouri City, TX, native Donovan Williams. That could also be a lead for the first commitment of the 2019 class for Texas, out of the 23 offers the program sent out so far.

Here’s a look at the ranking of the past five recruiting class for the Texas Longhorns basketball program.

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