The effect of 2025 No

• Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterSep 25, 2024, 10:42 PM ET

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  • Basketball recruiting insider.
  • Joined ESPN in 2014.
  • Graduate of University of Delaware.Notre Dame made a

declaration on the recruiting trail Wednesday, vanquishing Indiana and Michigan State for the 2025 class’s No. 10 prospect, Jalen Haralson, the best boys’high school player in the state of Indiana.Micah Shrewsberry has actually hired successfully because taking over in

South Bend after the 2022-23 season, landing four ESPN 100 prospects in the previous 18 months. Wednesday was different. Haralson was a national hire, with offers from the similarity Duke, Kansas, Auburn, Missouri and others. The 6-foot-7 little forward was a priority for Indiana whom Mike Woodson and his staff invested a lot of time trying to woo to Bloomington. Michigan State was involved, Purdue was involved.And Notre Dame– which last won an NCAA tournament game in 2016– beat them all out.Haralson is the Battling Irish’s highest-ranked commitment since the

ESPN recruiting database began in 2007. Let’s take a much deeper look at the effect of Haralson’s commitment, for Notre Dame along with the finalists who lost out.