247 Updated Rankings/ 17th ranked class

[superjohn]

Composite is more telling. #55 vs #167

Javonte Brown Ferguson is being ranked based on potential. He's massive with a huge wingspan and soft touch, and is a year young for his class. But he does not have experience with top competition like Sanogo.

I really think that we need to consider sophomore year his "freshman" year for comparison's sake, even if he does play next season.

That's what makes the Sanogo signing so huge. We don't have to expect anything from Javonte right away. We're setup like Nova with how Cole, Springs, Martin, and Javonte are brought along.

 

[Umami Zen]

Brown-Ferguson. He’s got impressive physical tools and is someone that could vastly outplay his ranking coming out of high school as he has plenty of upside as a post-scorer, lob-catcher, rebounder, defender and rim-protector.

I'm bullish on Javonte Brown Ferguson also.. As odd as it sounds..I think he's still growing into his body and getting used to his size.. Once he catches up.. I think the sky is the limit.. Practicing vs Sanogo and Springs every day can only help.

 

[NJHoops]

Composite is more telling. #55 vs #167

Javonte Brown Ferguson is being ranked based on potential. He's massive with a huge wingspan and soft touch, and is a year young for his class. But he does not have experience with top competition like Sanogo.

I really think that we need to consider sophomore year his "freshman" year for comparison's sake, even if he does play next season.

The composite, in this case, is more about math and Canada. Adama is also an international player but doesn’t get penalized (meaning, he’s more fully ranked across sites) because he played in the US. I think both of these players, to some extent, are more about potential then demonstrated performance, but I do agree that Adama is ahead of Javonte.

 

[businesslawyer]

18th last year, 17th this year. if hurley keeps pulling top 20 classes #5 is just a matter of time

Nope. Sorry, it's not that easy to win national championships. I know we're spoiled but it's not just a matter of time.

 

[businesslawyer]

I don't know, in the old days, it was fun counting the wins over BC the day the schedule was released.

In the famous words of the great JC at his first Final Four press conferences: "Mike, it's nice to see you. Tom, it's nice to see you. Jimmy, it's really great to see you." And if you don't get the context tough -- it just means you're too young.

 

[bendm]

Nope. Sorry, it's not that easy to win national championships. I know we're spoiled but it's not just a matter of time.

nope. sorry, if something isn't impossible then it is, in fact, just a matter of time.

 

[87Xfer]

Just got the season ticket email from Benedict. God I hope there's some sort of '20-21 BB season...

 

[navery12]

Marquette's class gets even better

 

[Lamble]

I don't know, in the old days, it was fun counting the wins over BC the day the schedule was released.

about 25 in a row!

 

[TheChamps990411]

Andre jumped 62 spots from their previous rankings of him, not too shabby.

Big East has 3 teams in the top 20 of 247 recruiting classes:
Marquette: 16
UConn: 17
Xavier: 20

AAC: Only one top 100 player signed into the conference. Houston and ranked 76th overall...


Anyone still wanna be in the AAC?

EDIT: I apologize, the AAC has two ranked top 100 players, the other is Caleb Murphy ranked 77 and headed to USF....
Big East has 8, AAC has 2. And this is without Nova even having a recruiting class, as they had 4 top 100 guys last season.

Man it feels good to be in the big east again and even better how we've loaded up on talent in a short time to be able to not only compete but succeed.

 

[Waquoit]

about 25 in a row!

The entire decade of the 90's

 

[Kenny11]

Nope. Sorry, it's not that easy to win national championships. I know we're spoiled but it's not just a matter of time.

Yup. the NCAA tournament is a single elimination tournament. No matter how good you are, you need some luck to win it.

 

[gtcam]

Andre jumped 62 spots from their previous rankings of him, not too shabby.

Big East has 3 teams in the top 20 of 247 recruiting classes:
Marquette: 16
UConn: 17
Xavier: 20

AAC: Only one top 100 player signed into the conference. Houston and ranked 76th overall...


Anyone still wanna be in the AAC?

EDIT: I apologize, the AAC has two ranked top 100 players, the other is Caleb Murphy ranked 77 and headed to USF....
Big East has 8, AAC has 2. And this is without Nova even having a recruiting class, as they had 4 top 100 guys last season.

To be honest - for a premier basketball only conference the NBE really hasn't had a glamorous recruiting year
And who cares about the AAC, they have never recruited like the big boys but Houston, WSU and Cinci has proven over the past 4 years they can hang competitively with most anyone. Anyone who thinks Houston wouldn't be a premier NBE team is crazy.

 

[FatHank]

Yup. the NCAA tournament is a single elimination tournament. No matter how good you are, you need some luck to win it.

Sometimes you just need to strike lightning for 11 consecutive post-season wins to get there too.

 

[ClifSpliffy]

5 star? meh. young James may not have started the season as a 5 star, but he sure did finish it as one. so, in my book, coach has already nailed a 5 star.

 

[selles]

5 star? meh. young James may not have started the season as a 5 star, but he sure did finish it as one. so, in my book, coach has already nailed a 5 star.

Yeah and he might have nailed 3, we'll see. People harp on the 1 year/5 star "get the brand in the league" thing but I'm not convinced that's all that helpful to the program. If you have the eye for the 50-100 diamond in the rough, that may well be the sweet spot for collegiate success.

 

[Matt1010]

To be honest - for a premier basketball only conference the NBE really hasn't had a glamorous recruiting year
And who cares about the AAC, they have never recruited like the big boys but Houston, WSU and Cinci has proven over the past 4 years they can hang competitively with most anyone. Anyone who thinks Houston wouldn't be a premier NBE team is crazy.

The NBE has actually never had a huge recruiting year since its creation. Hopefully last years strong conference performance and our addition helps take things to the next level.

 

[phillionaire]

To be honest - for a premier basketball only conference the NBE really hasn't had a glamorous recruiting year
And who cares about the AAC, they have never recruited like the big boys but Houston, WSU and Cinci has proven over the past 4 years they can hang competitively with most anyone. Anyone who thinks Houston wouldn't be a premier NBE team is crazy.

They’d be a huge travel outlier like we were in the AAC, it would definitely cost them some games like it no doubt did for us.

 

[CTFAN4LIFE]

Yeah and he might have nailed 3, we'll see. People harp on the 1 year/5 star "get the brand in the league" thing but I'm not convinced that's all that helpful to the program. If you have the eye for the 50-100 diamond in the rough, that may well be the sweet spot for collegiate success.

Totally agree - find the diamond in the rough sort of players that are willing to put in the work, have a coaching staff that can develop these sorts of players, and create three-year impact players that are cohesive together and will go through brick walls to win championships. That is what Calhoun and staff did and that is the way Hurley and staff will need to do it as well. They are showing glimpses of that after just a couple of years.