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The biggest stories of 2012

It's been a memorable year in basketball recruiting. The reclassification trend, loaded recruiting classes, surprise commitments, and an epic battle for the No. 1 spot between superstars Andrew Wiggins and Jabari Parker created when Wiggins moved from 2014 to 2013 all made national headlines and kept recruitniks buzzing.

So with 2012 quickly winding to a close, we gathered our RecruitingNation basketball experts to get their takes on the most memorable recruiting stories of the year.