Signing Day

[BearcatSpaniard513]

Good article about the the conference commits:

http://247sports.com/Article/Basketb...e-AAC-32853256

[LaxCat31]

Originally Posted by BearcatSpaniard513

Good article about the the conference commits:

http://247sports.com/Article/Basketb...e-AAC-32853256

I know it means nothing, but #34 on their recruiting class rankings ain't that bad.

[L-T]

Originally Posted by LaxCat31

I know it means nothing, but #34 on their recruiting class rankings ain't that bad.

.....and it ain't that good either. We're only 4th best in a mid-major conference. To get where we want to go, it needs to be higher.

[#BearcatNation]

Originally Posted by L-T

.....and it ain't that good either. We're only 4th best in a mid-major conference. To get where we want to go, it needs to be higher.

Recruiting rankings are weird, though. They think more bodies is always better. There are teams with two 5-star guys ranked lower than teams with a few 4-stars.

I fully trust Mick, and think all 3 players we've added will be great, but I sort of get what you're saying. This recruiting class is "nice" and "fine," if you strictly go by rankings, but I think we can do better once the new arena is set and stone. We'll get more looks from top 50 candidates.

[BearcatSpaniard513]

I'm excited Justin Jenifer's name was mentioned on here for scoring and passing. Hopefully he will be a solid backup to Caupain for his first year. Same goes for Evans behind Shaq

[Patrick Bateman]

Originally Posted by L-T

.....and it ain't that good either. We're only 4th best in a mid-major conference. To get where we want to go, it needs to be higher.

These aren't the final recruiting rankings. All 3 guys still have a season to play, they could move up, due to committing to UC they probably won't but could. We saw how Beasley blew up. Chad has said on here that due to politics Gary Clark was ranked lower than he should be, he stated Clark should have been in the 50's. Do you really think that the experts see every recruit in the nation? The most important thing is all players fill a need and they WANT to be bearcats.

[BearcatSpaniard513]

Originally Posted by Patrick Bateman

These aren't the final recruiting rankings. All 3 guys still have a season to play, they could move up, due to committing to UC they probably won't but could. We saw how Beasley blew up. Chad has said on here that due to politics Gary Clark was ranked lower than he should be, he stated Clark should have been in the 50's. Do you really think that the experts see every recruit in the nation? The most important thing is all players fill a need and they WANT to be bearcats.

Kilpatrick was reason enough not to listen to rankings

[jacobkdoyle]

Originally Posted by BearcatSpaniard513

Kilpatrick was reason enough not to listen to rankings

And Devonte Graham

[Patrick Bateman]

Originally Posted by BearcatSpaniard513

Kilpatrick was reason enough not to listen to rankings

Nobody wants 4 year players anymore, let alone RS Seniors. Players that take 2-4 years to develop are ranked lower and those are the players Mick mainly targets for his system. Some targets blow up too much that we can't compete, but 99% of players we get are 3-4 year system guys.

[Bearcat_NTS]

Originally Posted by L-T

.....and it ain't that good either. We're only 4th best in a mid-major conference. To get where we want to go, it needs to be higher.

Class rankings can be skewed by having a large class or landing one top recruit. This 2015 class is very good. They landed a true point guard in Jenifer (replaces graduating Guyn), a scoring wing in Evans (replacing graduating Sanders). I don't know enough about Tre Scott to comment but he will be an adequate 3/4 player a few years down the road.