Interesting .........

[Sweetest OU Girl]

What are your thoughts?

http://www.big12sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=211204789&DB_OEM_ID=10410

 

[SoonerinNC]

Looks like the conference coaches agree with some posters that our recruiting needs to improve. Didn't know Davis was still eligible.

 

[SuperHoops]

Looks OK to me. Out of the top 12, 3 from BU, 2 each from OU, UT and WVU.

 

[womenssports]

I was glad to see VIVI mentioned. I am anxious to see how well she
does this year. She's always been a favorite of mine from her first introduction interview to all interviews, articles and videos since. Oh and games too.

 

[Sweetest OU Girl]

I was hoping some of our members could analyze things more wisely. Consider this post (which is similar to ideas expressed by several) from another very recent thread:

If you look at the number of nationally top 20 prospects on the present rosters of Texas, Baylor and OU the numbers are Texas 7, Baylor 6 and OU 2. Lower that to top 15 players are the numbers are Texas 6, Baylor 4 and OU 1.

Take another look at the members of the pre-season Big-12 team and think for a moment about just how dependable the recruiting rankings really are. Are they sometimes correct? Of course. Are they really a great predictor of future performance. Obviously not.

Oh, it's extremely easy to predict likely great performance of the truly special player(s), but beyond that it is almost a guessing game.

Coaches - like Sherri - know a lot more about player quality than recruiting websites.

 

[AustinTXSooner]

That's the nature of rankings. The difference between each player is not the same.

I've only really studied football recruiting rankings. Depending on the year, there are 10-20 kids that stand out above the rest. So the difference between #1 and #21 is bigger than the difference between #21 and #150.

With the smaller numbers in basketball, I would expect the top 3-5 players to stand out disproportionately. And the difference between #10 and #50 is probably not much.

That's why a rating system is more informational than a ranking system. Of course, how they come up with the rating/ranking is subject for debate as well.