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Syracuse had a 4-1 record in the 2013 NCAA tournament as top recruits like Michael Carter-Williams helped Syracuse to the Final Four.

(Dennis Nett | dnett@syracuse.com)

Syracuse, N.Y. — Last week, ESPN's recruiting analyst Dave Telep took a look at which schools had recruited the best talent over the last five years.

Telep used a simple system. He looked at which schools had recruited the most recruits ranked in ESPN's Top 100 in their class.

The results were interesting. Kentucky, as most would expect, came out on top with 23 recruits who were ranked in the Top 100. Syracuse placed seventh with 12 Top 100 recruits over the past five years.

But recruiting is one thing. Winning is another. And several readers were quick to ask how the schools in Telep's rankings had performed on the court.

An examination of NCAA Tournament results over the last four years shows which coaches had gotten the most out of their talent and which teams had dramatically under-performed.

Here's a team-by-team breakdown of the schools in Telep's Top 10 (which was actually 12 thanks to some ties).

1. Kentucky (23 top 100 recruits). John Calipari may be known as a recruiter, but he's getting results, too. The Wildcats have a 13-2 NCAA record over the past four years, including a run to the 2012 NCAA championship.

2. Arizona (16). Sean Miller has recruited well, but his Wildcats haven't done as well in March as Calipari's Cats. Arizona is 5-2 in the last four NCAA Tournaments.

2 (tie). North Carolina (16). It's been a rough few years by Carolina standards for the Tar Heels. North Carolina is 7-3 in the NCAA tourney in the last four years.

4. Duke (14). Mike Krzyzewski's Blue Devils are 11-3 in the last four NCAA Tournaments. Duke won the 2010 national title.

4. (tie) Texas (14). Good talent is being wasted in Austin. Texas is 1-3 in the NCAA Tournament over the last four years. Ouch.

6. Kansas (13). The Jayhawks have a very good 11-3 record in the last four NCAA tourneys.

7. Syracuse (12). In the last four years, Syracuse has been to the Sweet 16, the Elite 8 and a Final Four, all of which leads to a 10-4 record.

8. Baylor (11). Scott Drew can recruit. And he wins at times. The Bears are 6-2 over the last four years.

8. (tie) Indiana (11). Tom Crean's been busy rebuilding the Indiana program, but the Hoosiers are 4-2 in the last four NCAAs.

8. (tie) UCLA (11). Ben Howland's struggled to turn UCLA into a winner despite getting good players. The Bruins are 1-2 over the last four years. That means UCLA has missed out on the NCAA tournament twice in the last four years.

8. (tie) Villanova (11). Jay Wright's regarded, and rightfully so, as a good coach. But how does anyone explain Nova's 1-3 NCAA record over the last four years?

8. (tie) Memphis (11). Josh Pastner can recruit, but the Tigers have done little in March with a 1-3 record.

So here are the revamped rankings of Telep's top recruiting teams based solely on NCAA Tournament records:

1. Kentucky (13-2)

2. Duke (11-3)

3. Kansas (11-4)

4. Syracuse (10-4)

5. Baylor (6-2)

6. North Carolina (7-3)

7. Arizona (5-2)

8. Indiana (4-2)

9. UCLA (1-2)

10. Texas (1-3)

11. Memphis (1-3)

12. Villanova (1-3)

And, for those wondering, the other two NCAA champions besides Kentucky and Duke in the last four years, were not among Telep's Top 12 recruiting schools. They were Louisville and Connecticut.