Fightin Choke
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OK, so Blue Star has updated their class rankings for the Class of 2016. They do not incorporate transfers (in or out) when computing these values but rather just assign values to each recruit based on their rankings and then sum the values of each member of a recruiting class to get a total score (similar to vowelguy's method, although VG uses a composite ranking that incorporates all available ranks, i.e. Hoopgurlz, Prospects Nation, Blue Star, and ASGR). And it seems to me that, like vowelguy's method, it is difficult to balance class quantity and quality. While we cannot see the scores of each class, they ranked each school by its score (LINK). Here, I list the schools and Blue Star ranks of each player are in parentheses. Unranked US recruits are listed as all ranked 400th by Blue Star. Foreign recruits are not ranked because they are not evaluated, so they are different than unranked US athletes who should have been evaluated and were deemed unworthy of being ranked above 400th.
Does anyone have a problem with how they arrived at these recruiting class scores (assuming Blue Star's individual rankings are accurate)? Does it pass the smell test? As usual, I think it values quantity far more than quality. Would you really rather have Oregon's class (ranked 5th) than Notre Dame's class (ranked 14th)? The Ducks have 5 recruits (ranked between 70th and 181st) whereas the Irish have 2 recruits (ranked 6th and 8th). I suppose one could argue that for a school that had very few good players, a large class (with a bunch of recruits ranked around 100th) could be preferable, but if they already have some talent at the school, wouldn't a small class of high quality recruits (top 20 or even top 10) be more valuable? I know I would rather have Baylor's class than Oregon's, and it's not close. TCU's class or ND's? Give me the Irish and it's not close.
1. Maryland (10, 15, 23, 25, 33, 67)
2. Louisville (12, 24, 29, 57, 74)
3. Texas (1, 17, 36, foreign)
4. Ohio State (7, 28, 30)
5. Oregon (70, 75, 78, 176, 181)
6. Baylor (2, 13, 54)
7. Iowa (20, 79, 84, 91, 120)
8. Florida State (27, 41, 76, 123, foreign)
9. USC (18, 45, 101, 134)
10. Connecticut (3, 44, 111)
11. Vanderbilt (9, 50, 117, 155, 400)
12. Virginia (16, 26, 53)
13. Texas Christian (11, 86, 122, 189)
14. Notre Dame (6, 8)
15. North Carolina (47, 87, 114, 128, 136, 208, 226)
16. Michigan (19, 102, 113, 126)
17. Stanford (42, 43, 85, foreign)
18. West Virginia (63, 138, 213, 400)
19. Mississippi (40, 82, 99)
20. Texas A&M (49, 68, 149, 195)
21. North Carolina State (34, 58, foreign)
22. Wisconsin (52, 133, 142, 249, 295, 400)
23. Arizona State (64, 103, 119, 132, 400)
24. Washington (46, 72, 154, 164)
25. Wake Forest (80, 216, 232, foreign)
Does anyone have a problem with how they arrived at these recruiting class scores (assuming Blue Star's individual rankings are accurate)? Does it pass the smell test? As usual, I think it values quantity far more than quality. Would you really rather have Oregon's class (ranked 5th) than Notre Dame's class (ranked 14th)? The Ducks have 5 recruits (ranked between 70th and 181st) whereas the Irish have 2 recruits (ranked 6th and 8th). I suppose one could argue that for a school that had very few good players, a large class (with a bunch of recruits ranked around 100th) could be preferable, but if they already have some talent at the school, wouldn't a small class of high quality recruits (top 20 or even top 10) be more valuable? I know I would rather have Baylor's class than Oregon's, and it's not close. TCU's class or ND's? Give me the Irish and it's not close.
1. Maryland (10, 15, 23, 25, 33, 67)
2. Louisville (12, 24, 29, 57, 74)
3. Texas (1, 17, 36, foreign)
4. Ohio State (7, 28, 30)
5. Oregon (70, 75, 78, 176, 181)
6. Baylor (2, 13, 54)
7. Iowa (20, 79, 84, 91, 120)
8. Florida State (27, 41, 76, 123, foreign)
9. USC (18, 45, 101, 134)
10. Connecticut (3, 44, 111)
11. Vanderbilt (9, 50, 117, 155, 400)
12. Virginia (16, 26, 53)
13. Texas Christian (11, 86, 122, 189)
14. Notre Dame (6, 8)
15. North Carolina (47, 87, 114, 128, 136, 208, 226)
16. Michigan (19, 102, 113, 126)
17. Stanford (42, 43, 85, foreign)
18. West Virginia (63, 138, 213, 400)
19. Mississippi (40, 82, 99)
20. Texas A&M (49, 68, 149, 195)
21. North Carolina State (34, 58, foreign)
22. Wisconsin (52, 133, 142, 249, 295, 400)
23. Arizona State (64, 103, 119, 132, 400)
24. Washington (46, 72, 154, 164)
25. Wake Forest (80, 216, 232, foreign)