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Message: [QUOTE="ConwayGmck, post: 3980638, member: 10442"] Most online recruiting services like to imply that they are skilled as talent evaluators to a point where they function autonomously in that area, but mostly 90-95% of their evals are simply based on how much recruiting attention prospects get from college programs, and how big/successful those programs are. So its a pretty reactive things based on that. They try to learn from behind-the-scenes discussions with coaches with those big programs (which does not happen that often) what those coaches look for in prospects, and then try to apply that knowledge in their own evals early in the process to sort of guess that certain prospects will have "it" that will ultimately render a ton of major offers. But they always keep their eyes on the top recruiters. Alabama has enjoyed this "phenomenon" in recruiting for years now in college football: prospects that get offered by them jump up in the ratings, and when they commit to them suddenly become top 10 "blue chips". If they de-commit from Alabama for reasons that lean towards Alabama choosing to recruit over them and tell them to start looking elsewhere, then they somehow plummet in the ratings. I'm sure these online site evaluators regard Connecticut the same way with WBB..... [/QUOTE]