<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> 1. Ohio State: Who does Thad Matta think he is, Mike Krzyzewski? Matta has commitments from 7-foot Greg Oden, the most celebrated high school center since Ralph Sampson, plus three other potential McDonald's All-Americans (wings David Lighty and Daequan Cook, and point guard Michael Conley). Oh, and the OSU football team has a commitment from 6-8 receiver Josh Chichester, who's a basketball beast. Matta isn't done, either, with top 10 wing Thaddeus Young among his targets. 2. North Carolina: Roy Williams has commitments from three players who will provide immediate help in 2006-07, including two potential ACC all-rookie selections: wing Wayne Ellington and point guard Tywon Lawson. The other commitment, 6-5 William Graves, is a hulk of a small forward. The Tar Heels also are in the mix for Young as well as some of the top available big men from the Class of 2006. 3. Duke: Used to be Coach K signed an enormous recruiting class every other year. With Duke no longer immune to losing underclassmen to the NBA, and without the eight-and-five scholarship restriction, Coach K goes for enormity every year. In 2006 he'll add a future star at shooting guard (Jon Scheyer), small forward (Gerald Henderson) and center (7-footer Brian Zoubek). Like UNC and Ohio State, Duke is in good position with other star juniors, too. 4. Stanford: It's hard enough to find one potential NBA big man. Stanford has two: commitments from 6-11 Brook Lopez and 6-11 Robin Lopez, the most heralded set of twins since the Collins brothers chose (ahem) Stanford in 1997. 5. New Mexico: Ritchie McKay has seen Reggie Theus' early returns at New Mexico State -- and McKay has raised the ante. McKay has found the Lobos three stud transfers for the 2006-07 season, including Big Ten rebounding leader Aaron Johnson from Penn State and one-time projected lottery pick J.R. Giddens from Kansas. McKay also accepted a transfer from point guard Josh Jenkins, who averaged 10 points and 3.5 assists last season at ... New Mexico State. </div> Full Story
Good to see UNC in the top five after losing six members of their championship squad. UNC may have the best starting five for the years 2006-2008 (if it weren't for those Buckeyes), considering everybody stays in school. Here is the potential lineup for UNC in the years 2006-2008. G - Tywon Lawson G - Wayne Ellington F - Danny Green F - Kevin Durant (if he comes) or Thaddeus Young (if he comes) C - Tyler Hansbrough 6th Man - William Graves But no question who has the best recruting class of 2006 and that would be the Ohio State Buckeyes. Landing Greg Oden might have been good enough to turn the program around but they went the extra mile and got David Lighty, Daequan Cook, and point guard Michael Conley. If they get their freshman on the same page early in the year, the "Baby Buckeyes" will suddenly become title contenders.
^^I'm pretty sure you guys won't be getting kevin durant considering he has a solid verbal to texas. As for the list, OSU should definately be on top and it is rightfully so.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Confidence_5:</div><div class="quote_post">watch out for my home state's phenom oj mayo..i think its almost 90% that OJ a go to ohio stae</div>Maybe this wasn't the case when you posted that, but I've heard it's more like 0%. He and his Crew will most likely go to Cincinnati.
