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Our 2010 recruiting class was ranked highly because it was a six-member class.  Very few bball programs recruit that many in a single year.

Only two of our recruits that year were ranked in the top 100 recruits in the country -- Powell at 40 (the 11th ranked power forward recruit that year) and Anthony Brown at 82 (the 17th ranked small forward that year).  Gage was a 4-star recruit, but not ranked.  Bright, Nastic, and Heustis were all three star players.

Our current team has four active players who were ranked in the top 100 when recruited -- Powell, Brown, Randle (60th & 10th ranked PG his year), and Verhoeven (89th, 19th C).  Rosco Allen was also in the top 100, but has only been able to play 7 minutes this year.

In contrast, Arizona has recruited 12 top 100 ranked players over that time period, most of them much more highly ranked than our ranked players. Their classes have just typically included 3-4 players per year.

In basketball, quality of recruits counts much more than quantity. The incoming class of recruits -- all 4-star recruits, all ranked, with a McDonald all american in Travis -- should be much more highly regarded class than our 2011. Whether they will play that way remains to be seen....

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Our 2010 recruiting class was ranked highly because it was a six-member class.  Very few bball programs recruit that many in a single year.

Only two of our recruits that year were ranked in the top 100 recruits in the country -- Powell at 40 (the 11th ranked power forward recruit that year) and Anthony Brown at 82 (the 17th ranked small forward that year).  Gage was a 4-star recruit, but not ranked.  Bright, Nastic, and Heustis were all three star players.

Our current team has four active players who were ranked in the top 100 when recruited -- Powell, Brown, Randle (60th & 10th ranked PG his year), and Verhoeven (89th, 19th C).  Rosco Allen was also in the top 100, but has only been able to play 7 minutes this year.

In contrast, Arizona has recruited 12 top 100 ranked players over that time period, most of them much more highly ranked than our ranked players. Their classes have just typically included 3-4 players per year.

In basketball, quality of recruits counts much more than quantity. The incoming class of recruits -- all 4-star recruits, all ranked, with a McDonald all american in Travis -- should be much more highly regarded class than our 2011. Whether they will play that way remains to be seen....