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I get nervous at any recruiting class greater than 3. by BabaGhanouj
Any recruiting class greater than 3 is encouraging the Transfer Syndrome that has hit women's college basketball, as you point out. UConn's class of 2 in the top 5 is ideal. Note that the transfers lost in the examples I gave below were just in that particular class. One would also want to check for transfers from previous classes to get the full impact.
However, as Domerduck pointed out, sometimes you need that big class to jumpstart a program, even though you realize there will be adverse side effects down the road.