From the moment Kevin Young was hired as BYU’s men’s basketball coach last spring, it was clear that the Cougars would have the resources to compete at the sport’s highest level.

“It became clear very quickly that there weren’t going to be a lot of things holding us back here,” Young said in April. “When you try to run your own program, it’s a huge deal. I didn’t hear ‘no’ very often.”

It didn’t take long for those words to bear fruit.

AJ Dybantsa, the No. 1 prospect in high school basketball, committed to BYU on Tuesday, choosing the Cougars over Alabama, North Carolina and Kansas. Shortly after taking the job, Young made Dybantsa a priority and didn’t relent as bluebloods and new recruits became more involved.

With Dybantsa — the program’s first five-star recruit in the modern recruiting era — at the helm, BYU now boasts a top-10 recruiting class in the country.

Note: Class rankings are determined by a mathematical formula that weights various factors related to the quality and quantity of players in the class.

Ranking after signing the contract: 1