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It's kind of interesting to see the correlation between these recruit rankings and how things have played out. There is a ... lose correlation. 
I don't think the scouting of high school players is any looser than in football or basketball, but I think the business of putting rankings out on the web is much less developed. That leads to a lot of misses in what is available. 

I will add that PG rankings in particular have to be taken with a grain of salt since they are biased toward players who attend their showcases. Being in the showcase business and the rankings business leads to a conflict of interest that they don't really try to address.

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One other things about the rankings and the biggest one is that many of these kids will be drafted and signed thus unlike Stanford signees never play in college

Indeed. For example LSU has 11 top-100 commits this year and Vanderbilt has 8, but the vast majority of those players will sign pro contracts. Nobody expects Druw Jones or Brandon Barreira to ever set foot on Vanderbilt's campus. Stanford only has one top-100 commit but he will probably enroll, just as last year we only had one top-100 commit (Montgomery) and he enrolled and has played a big role.

[DC 86]

It's kind of interesting to see the correlation between these recruit rankings and how things have played out. There is a ... lose correlation. 
I don't think the scouting of high school players is any looser than in football or basketball, but I think the business of putting rankings out on the web is much less developed. That leads to a lot of misses in what is available. 

I will add that PG rankings in particular have to be taken with a grain of salt since they are biased toward players who attend their showcases. Being in the showcase business and the rankings business leads to a conflict of interest that they don't really try to address.

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One other things about the rankings and the biggest one is that many of these kids will be drafted and signed thus unlike Stanford signees never play in college

Indeed. For example LSU has 11 top-100 commits this year and Vanderbilt has 8, but the vast majority of those players will sign pro contracts. Nobody expects Druw Jones or Brandon Barreira to ever set foot on Vanderbilt's campus. Stanford only has one top-100 commit but he will probably enroll, just as last year we only had one top-100 commit (Montgomery) and he enrolled and has played a big role.