Updated 2014 class rankings

[HuskyFan1125]

Dont know if this changes anything but 2 more top 100 players committed:

ASGR #95 Adrianna Hahn 5-6 PG to Villanova

ASGR #71 Michelle Nwokedi 6'2 F to University of Pennsylvania (Ivy League)

 

[Vowelguy]

Dont know if this changes anything but 2 more top 100 players committed:

ASGR #95 Adrianna Hahn 5-6 PG to Villanova

ASGR #71 Michelle Nwokedi 6'2 F to University of Pennsylvania (Ivy League)

Hahn is class of 2015.
Yes, I had Nwokedi (consensus #73) who becomes the top player to go to a non big-7 conference.

 

[HuskyFan1125]

First off, thanks for doing this!

Looks great.

Looking it over I noticed one team not really mentioned with any top players, Texas A&M.

Is TAMU going to miss out on the 2014 top talent?

 

[Vowelguy]

TAMU has a big soph class -- 6, initially 7. That surely has limited recruiting.
Even with no recruits, they will have 11 players next year. And Blair has not been afraid to get JUCOs, so they could still grab another player or 2 next spring.

 

[LadyVolFan]

Vowelguy, do you have an updated excel spreadsheet with class rankings posted anywhere?

 

[Vowelguy]

Vowelguy, do you have an updated excel spreadsheet with class rankings posted anywhere?

Updated ranks have just 2 changes to the top 20 from above:
Tenn up to #6 with 1604 pts
St Johns to #19 with 906 pts

 

[stwainfan]

Updated ranks have just 2 changes to the top 20 from above:
Tenn up to #6 with 1604 pts
St Johns to #19 with 906 pts

If Jatarie White did go to Tennessee what would the rank be then? just curious.

 

[Vowelguy]

If Jatarie White did go to Tennessee what would the rank be then? just curious.

#2. Just slightly ahead of Duke.

 

[stwainfan]

#2. Just slightly ahead of Duke.

Thanks

 

[Vowelguy]

Miami gets #85 Aisha Edwards, its 4th top-150 player, and jumps to #21.

23 of the top 150 (15%) are uncommitted:
#1-50: 8
#51-100: 4
#101-150: 11

 

[Stray Cat]

Long time reader (of this thread), first time poster...

The Kathryn Westbeld sweepstakes could soon be coming to a close as she has already had her official visit with tOSU and has her official visit with ND this coming weekend. What impact would Westbeld have on the ranking of tOSU and ND?

...thanks, I'll sign-off and wait for your answer.

 

[doggydaddy]

Can someone ask Vowelguy how he will rank Canada when she commits somewhere? He has me on ignore. Thanks.

 

[Stray Cat]

Can someone ask Vowelguy how he will rank Canada when she commits somewhere? He has me on ignore. Thanks.

Did you say something? LOL

 

[Vowelguy]

Long time reader (of this thread), first time poster...

The Kathryn Westbeld sweepstakes could soon be coming to a close as she has already had her official visit with tOSU and has her official visit with ND this coming weekend. What impact would Westbeld have on the ranking of tOSU and ND?

...thanks, I'll sign-off and wait for your answer.

Ohio St would be #2; ND would be #6.

 

[UConnCat]

Can someone ask Vowelguy how he will rank Canada when she commits somewhere? He has me on ignore. Thanks.

Canada? Hasn't she already committed to UCLA?

 

[Fightin Choke]

Canada? Hasn't she already committed to UCLA?

That's funny. I saw DD's comment and read Nurse, not Canada. Anyway, Kia Nurse is ranked #65 (LINK) because she is unranked by some services and so VG would give her the default low ranking.

 

[UConnCat]

That's funny. I saw DD's comment and read Nurse, not Canada. Anyway, Kia Nurse is ranked #65 (LINK) because she is unranked by some services and so VG would give her the default low ranking.

I knew he meant Nurse.

 

[Fightin Choke]

I knew he meant Nurse.

No, you misinterpreted my post. I meant when I read DD's post, I didn't even notice he had typed "Canada." My brain immediately flipped it to "that UConn recruiting target from Canada." You were more observant than I was.

 

[tnvolfan65]

Taylor Rooks to Stanford.

 

[doggydaddy]

Canada? Hasn't she already committed to UCLA?

Old age SUCKS.

Of course I meant the lovely Canadian PG.

Oy.....

 

[doggydaddy]

That's funny. I saw DD's comment and read Nurse, not Canada. Anyway, Kia Nurse is ranked #65 (LINK) because she is unranked by some services and so VG would give her the default low ranking.

Having her as the 65th ranked recruit in his list it will impact the team that she commits to inaccurately considering her talent level. I've read she is more like a 10-15 level recruit.

 

[meyers7]

No, you misinterpreted my post. I meant when I read DD's post, I didn't even notice he had typed "Canada." My brain immediately flipped it to "that UConn recruiting target from Canada." You were more observant than I was.

That's the way I read it too.

 

[tnvolfan65]

Not trying to steal your thunder vowelguy, and I'm not even going to attempt to recreate the colored chart you did , but I've posted my own version of consensus/class rankings on my blog. They are obviously similar, but there are a few differences.

I started doing those consensus rankings a few years ago for a class and really enjoyed it. I've also been wanting to start a blog for a while now, so I decided to share these rankings as my first entry.

I'll update my class rankings over on the Summitt, but if you guys want to check out my blog I will try to keep it updated!

http://dubhoops.blogspot.com/

 

[CamrnCrz1974]

I'll update my class rankings over on the Summitt, but if you guys want to check out my blog I will try to keep it updated!

http://dubhoops.blogspot.com/

tnvolfan65, I appreciate the tremenous amount of work put into this. My only issue is the formula, which I explain below.

This was my understanding of your formula:

I assigned the following values to players.
1: 100
2,3: 95
4,5: 90
6-10: 85
11-15: 80
16-25: 75
26-35: 70
36-50: 65
51-65: 60
66-80: 55
81-100: 50
101-130: 40
131-160: 30
161-200: 20
200+: 10

To calculate the number of points for the class I used this formula:
Recruit No. 1 x 3 + Recruit No. 2 x 2 + Recruit No. 3 x 1.5 + Recruit 4 + Recruit 5...

I felt like these values emphasized the elite of the elite recruits and the formula emphasized the top of each class. I feel like that both of these things are what makes major differences for teams.


My issue is that the formula rewards the quanitity of the class over the quality. For example, UConn has three players, all ranked between #10 and #16 on your list. Louisville has five players, none ranked in the Top 25 (the highest rated is #27). Yet Louisville has a higher rated class, in part because it has more recruits to accumulate more points.

I think there needs to be less differential among the top ten and among most of the top categories. As it stands, the formula rewards the larger classes more than the classes with fewer commitments but commitments from all truly elite players.

 

[HuskyFan1125]

#37 McKenzie Calvert to USC.

Great pick up for Cooper and the Trojans.