Sting Factor: Aftermath of Marvin Bagley's decision
The nation's top player in the class of 2018, Marvin Bagley III, announced on ESPN's SportsCenter on Monday night that he would attend Duke and enroll as a member of the 2017 class.
Even though Bagley's stay in college is likely to be a short one and is happening a year earlier than initially expected, it does impact each of the programs that missed out on him – Arizona, Kansas, Kentucky, UCLA and USC – to varying degrees.
Power forward
5 STARS
Duke
Chatsworth
RR: 0.0
Ht: 6'10.0"
Wt: 220.0
Class: 2017
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POSITION
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NATIONAL
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STATE
Commitment status:
verbal
KANSAS
Sting factor: 2
What's next?: The reality is that Kansas was seen as the least likely destination for Bagley so this one doesn't hurt too badly. It won't hurt at all if the Jayhawks can land 2017 five-star Mitchell Robinson – who visited over the weekend – later this week and find a way to avoid him having to sit out the year after leaving Western Kentucky. Without Robinson or Bagley the Jayhawks have a rotation short on bigs for 2017-18 but they'll deal with it.
The key is a big 2018 class where Kansas is looking to sign as many as six players. Point guards Devon Dotson, Immanuel Quickley and Ayo Dosunmu, combo guard Quentin Grimes, shooting guard Romeo Langford, forward Zion Williamson and bigs Emmitt Williams, Moses Brown and David McCormack are just few of their many high-profile targets.
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