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Message: [QUOTE="NycUcWbbFan, post: 5002366, member: 13453"] Having to combine quantity and quality to get a ranked score leads me to suspect that ESPN uses a weighted sum as the score with weights derived from its grade system (98, 97, etc). Obviously, the weights themselves are arbitrary. Example*: [LIST] [*]UConn: 2x1.0 + 0.9 = 2.90 [*]USC: 1.0 + 2x0.9 + 2x0.6 + 0.30 = 4.30 [*]* Weights: 98: 1.00 | 97: 0.90 | 96: 0.80 | 95: 0.70 | 94: 0.60 | 93: 0.50 | 92: 0.40 | 91: 0.30 | [*]5 grade 95 players would have a score* higher than UConn’s. [*]One can divide the scores above by the number of players, but I suspect ESPN doesn’t do that, as you pointed out. [/LIST] I like Geno’s recruiting class philosophy, especially evidenced by his recent classes. ESPN’s yearly recruiting ranked scores do not capture a program’s recruiting philosophy overall. Geno got the recruits he wanted — that’s enough for me. [/QUOTE]