2/5ths of that top 25 class took a red shirt. And lets be real, there's a big difference between the top 25 class we pulled in and getting 6 of the top 25 high school kids in the country.
And 3/5 of that class lost to Detroit, who's 2013 class was unranked since it fell outside of the top 179.
And for comparison, here are the last 3 years of recruiting (using 24/7's composite numbers. 2010 doesn't work right on the site) for a couple schools who did ok this year.
Manhattan 69, unranked, 93
Wichita State 95, unranked, unranked