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Using the "transfer rating" instead of HS doesn't translate. There are just 25 4* transfers (per 247) and 130ish 4*+ HS recruits in each class. It's not the same scale. HS ratings at least keep it level.

Curious, what proportion of players are transferring every year this year.  It seems like it is probably comparable to the number of freshmen, but I don't have a good sense of it.  Of course, who are the players transferring?  I could imagine a lot are players that are disappointed in their playing time, perhaps those whose high school rating exceeded their college production (the other is also possible).

I guess my point is that you are probably right that the scaling might be off, but it could be spot on too.

BC

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One other comment about Haase.  I think you can and should be able to have a competitive basketball team with mostly solid three star players and a couple of 4* and one headliner, as Haase has.  A starting five of two three star players, two four star players and a five star player should not be near the bottom of the Pac-12.  Like, even if you look at our competitor's high school ratings, we still have comparable talent to them, not talent that would lose 0-5 to them.

By comparison, I'd probably give Montgomery's sweet sixteen team the following HS player ratings:
Brevin Knight 2* (only other offer was Seaton Hall, if I recall correctly)
Art Lee 3*
Kris Wheels 3*
Peter Sauer 3*
Tim Young 4*
(bench: Mark Madsen 4* freshman, Ryan Mendez 3*, David Mosely 3*)

It was not a more talented roster out of high school than what Haase has to work with right now.


BC

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Using the "transfer rating" instead of HS doesn't translate. There are just 25 4* transfers (per 247) and 130ish 4*+ HS recruits in each class. It's not the same scale. HS ratings at least keep it level.

Curious, what proportion of players are transferring every year this year.  It seems like it is probably comparable to the number of freshmen, but I don't have a good sense of it.  Of course, who are the players transferring?  I could imagine a lot are players that are disappointed in their playing time, perhaps those whose high school rating exceeded their college production (the other is also possible).

I guess my point is that you are probably right that the scaling might be off, but it could be spot on too.

BC

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One other comment about Haase.  I think you can and should be able to have a competitive basketball team with mostly solid three star players and a couple of 4* and one headliner, as Haase has.  A starting five of two three star players, two four star players and a five star player should not be near the bottom of the Pac-12.  Like, even if you look at our competitor's high school ratings, we still have comparable talent to them, not talent that would lose 0-5 to them.

By comparison, I'd probably give Montgomery's sweet sixteen team the following HS player ratings:
Brevin Knight 2* (only other offer was Seaton Hall, if I recall correctly)
Art Lee 3*
Kris Wheels 3*
Peter Sauer 3*
Tim Young 4*
(bench: Mark Madsen 4* freshman, Ryan Mendez 3*, David Mosely 3*)

It was not a more talented roster out of high school than what Haase has to work with right now.


BC