Sadly, it appears that Hubert has improved and modernized UNC in the X's and O's departments and is now doing the same in recruiting. In the class of 2024, UNC already has three commitments from #10 overall PG Elliot Cadeau, #27 C James Brown, and #50 SF Drake Powell. Additionally, UNC is considered the favorite for #11 G Boogie Fland, and #13 PF Jarin Stevenson, and they have as good a shot as anyone to land #2 overall Ian Jackson.
Using 247's class calculator, I put in that UNC will land all the names mentioned above. That would give them a class score of 70.73. For reference, going back to 2010 when 247 begins to keep a history of their class rankings, this would be the #1 recruiting class in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2020, and 2021, and it would've finished #2 in 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2022. Here are the actual results of UNC's recruiting since 2010 (beginning with 2010): #7, #12, #5, #15, #10, 2015 N/A, #14, #19, #13, #9, #2, #20, #17.
If 2024 isn't a fluke and Hubert has improved UNC's recruiting and combined it with a strong NIL game, Duke will really fall behind if the on-court product doesn't improve.