I decided to take a look at the current rosters of the 16 teams still alive in the NCAA Tournament. I limited it to players that are averaging 10+ minutes per game this season.
North Carolina: All 8 were Top 100 recruits (6 of those 8 were Top 50)
Kansas: 7 of 8 were Top 100 recruits (5 were Top 50)
Indiana: 5 of 8 were Top 100 recruits (5 were Top 50)
Villanova: 7 of 8 were Top 100 recruits (2 were Top 50)
Syracuse: 7 of 8 were Top 100 recruits (5 were Top 50)
Duke: 7 of 7 were Top 100 (6 were Top 50)
Virginia: 4 of 8 were Top 100 (0 top 50)
Gonzaga: 4 of 8 were Top 100 (2 were top 50)
Maryland: 5 of 7 were Top 100 (4 were Top 50)
Oklahoma: 2 of 7 were Top 100 (0 were Top 50)
Iowa State: 4 of 7 were Top 100 (2 were Top 50)
Notre Dame: 5 of 8 were Top 100 (1 was Top 50)
Oregon: 4 of 7 were Top 100 (1 was Top 50)
Miami: 5 of 9 were Top 100 (3 were Top 50)
Wisconsin: 1 of 7 were Top 100 (0 top 50)
Texas A&M: 7 out of 10 were top 100 (4 were top 50)
There are 125 players total that are averaging 10 or more minutes per game for these teams.
82 of those players were ranked in the Top 100 according to Rivals.
That means that 66% of all remaining players averaging over 10+ minutes per game this season were Top 100 recruits.
14 of those 16 teams have at least half of their players at 10+ minutes that were Top 100 players. That is 88%.
That same 88% of teams have at least 4 top 100 players playing significant (10+) minutes.
11 of the 16 teams have at least 2 players that were Top 50 recruits according to Rivals.
The outliers here are Oklahoma and Wisconsin. Oklahoma has obviously benefits from having the likely NCAA Player of the Year in Buddy Hield who has carried them all season. Wisconsin is harder to explain. They lost their 3 best players (2 1st round draft picks) from last season's runner up and are somehow still doing it.
For comparison, this season Arkansas had 2 out of 9 players that were top 100 and zero that were top 50.
Last season we had 3 out of 10 that were top 100 and 2 that were top 50.
North Carolina: All 8 were Top 100 recruits (6 of those 8 were Top 50)
Kansas: 7 of 8 were Top 100 recruits (5 were Top 50)
Indiana: 5 of 8 were Top 100 recruits (5 were Top 50)
Villanova: 7 of 8 were Top 100 recruits (2 were Top 50)
Syracuse: 7 of 8 were Top 100 recruits (5 were Top 50)
Duke: 7 of 7 were Top 100 (6 were Top 50)
Virginia: 4 of 8 were Top 100 (0 top 50)
Gonzaga: 4 of 8 were Top 100 (2 were top 50)
Maryland: 5 of 7 were Top 100 (4 were Top 50)
Oklahoma: 2 of 7 were Top 100 (0 were Top 50)
Iowa State: 4 of 7 were Top 100 (2 were Top 50)
Notre Dame: 5 of 8 were Top 100 (1 was Top 50)
Oregon: 4 of 7 were Top 100 (1 was Top 50)
Miami: 5 of 9 were Top 100 (3 were Top 50)
Wisconsin: 1 of 7 were Top 100 (0 top 50)
Texas A&M: 7 out of 10 were top 100 (4 were top 50)
There are 125 players total that are averaging 10 or more minutes per game for these teams.
82 of those players were ranked in the Top 100 according to Rivals.
That means that 66% of all remaining players averaging over 10+ minutes per game this season were Top 100 recruits.
14 of those 16 teams have at least half of their players at 10+ minutes that were Top 100 players. That is 88%.
That same 88% of teams have at least 4 top 100 players playing significant (10+) minutes.
11 of the 16 teams have at least 2 players that were Top 50 recruits according to Rivals.
The outliers here are Oklahoma and Wisconsin. Oklahoma has obviously benefits from having the likely NCAA Player of the Year in Buddy Hield who has carried them all season. Wisconsin is harder to explain. They lost their 3 best players (2 1st round draft picks) from last season's runner up and are somehow still doing it.
For comparison, this season Arkansas had 2 out of 9 players that were top 100 and zero that were top 50.
Last season we had 3 out of 10 that were top 100 and 2 that were top 50.
