stevens prefers to recruit strong team players instead of going after "top recruits." "the guys we [have] recruited, most of them weren't very highly ranked," stevens says. "they had very good high school careers or careers at other places (transfers), but for one reason or the other they weren't seen as great players. but they all had intangibles." stevens puts a strong emphasis on education and has said he would only recruit a "one and done" player if he was committed to getting his degree while playing professionally.