The best recruiting class to me is easily Kentucky. They get Randolph Morris, Joe Crawford, Rajon Rondo, and Ramel Bradley. Crawford, Morris, and Rondo were All Americans, and Randolph Morris and Joe Crawford were thinking about the NBA Draft. Morris and Crawford were both top 10 recruits, and Rondo was a top 25 recruit. Randolph Morris- Center - 6-11/250 (2nd best C behind Al Jefferson) Joe Crawford - Guard - 6-4/205 (2nd Best SG behind Malik Hairston) Rajon Rondo - Guard - 6-1/160 (5th best PG, Telfair, Livingston, Farmar and Steele) Ramel Bradley - Guard - 6-3/190 - (Top 100)
I like Indiana's recruiting class, even without Josh Smith. Going by who the High School All-Americans are as well as Rivals.Com's rankings will give you a good idea of who will be good; it's not 100% accurate though. Kentucky may have some highly touted players coming in, but there's no guarantees that they'll stick around, be elligable academically, or live up to the hype. Indiana's players all seem like sold four-year players to me. They have D.J. White, Robert Vaden, James Hardy, Robert Rothbart, and A.J. Ratliff. You've got to love that class for the Hoosiers. They fill ever need they had. Another good recruiting class is Texas'. They have Daniel Gibson, Mike Williams, LeMarcus Aldridgbe, and Kenton Thornton all coming in. All of whom are regaurded as top 25-50 players throughout the south.
UCLA supposedly got a good recruiting class. grabbing 4 highly top-100 highschool players. Arron Afflalo, Jordan Farmar, Lorenzo Mata and Josh Shipp...Farmar and Affalo were in the McDonald's all-american game... However, I just found out that Trevor Ariza is leaving school, and so is Dijon Thompson so here comes another down year...
I agree with Kentucky. Louisville would have had one of the best. Telfair and Donta Smith coming in. Telfair was one of the best PG's, #2 to be in fact but we all new he would leave. Donta Smith made a very stupid decision declaring for the draft. He better come back and play under Pitino.
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Louisville would have had one of the best. Telfair and Donta Smith coming in. Telfair was one of the best PG's, #2 to be in fact but we all new he would leave. Donta Smith made a very stupid decision declaring for the draft. He better come back and play under Pitino.</div> Louisville could have had one of the best, and you are missing one of the best HS players, Juan Palacios. He is a top 30 player, 6-8 forward. I saw him play once during his junior year. He is going to Louisville.
