Updated Scout 2015 Top 100

[bmo22]

Will Jackson #43
Prince Ali #90

 

[husky99]

Ali ranking is odd.

 

[tcf15]

Ali ranking is odd.

Here's what I got about that:

Brian Snow ‏@BSnowScout 51s
@tcf_15 More just the shuffling and emergence of others around the country than him dropping

 

[Walker11]

I have no idea if that ranking is correct or not since I haven't seen Prince play but his updates from 3 always sound terrific. I'd be interested in knowing how many, if any times the Scout guys have seen him play in between rankings. It seems like Rivals and 247 have pulled way ahead in the recruiting game coverage so I'm always curious to see what they have say about players.

 

[Deleted member 3149]

Isn't prince' s team undefeated and he's been playing very well?

 

[AtlHusky]

Here's what I got about that:

Brian Snow ‏@BSnowScout 51s
@tcf_15 More just the shuffling and emergence of others around the country than him dropping

Otherwise known as the "UConn Bump".

 

[aceboon]

Isn't prince' s team undefeated and he's been playing very well?

doesn't really matter if the guys doing the rankings haven't seen him play.

 

[david]

Prince didn't play in the EYBL so it's much harder for him to be rated highly. This year I believe he said he would be playing in it. If he does well he will jump way up in the rankings

 

[3uconn]

Prince plays on a high school team with 4-6 other D1 players. That means he doesn't have to go out and score 30 point, get 10 assists and 10 rebounds per game. If scouts were seeing those number constantly I'm sure he wouldn't have dropped as much. Players that are top 10-20 can stay there while playing on teams like those because they are clearly the elite of the elite. For others it hurts them some.

Also, like david said he didn't play in the EYBL. No matter what people say I do believe that players get docked some if they don't play in the EYBL. However, Prince is most likely playing with the Southern Stampede this upcoming summer so that shouldn't be a problem.

At the end of the day I think this is how it plays out. There are the elite of the elites, top 10-20, the real good elites, 20-40, and the regular elite, 40-100. Not much separates 50 from 80 sometimes. It's about your personal preference.

 

[Kitaman]

Top 100 is fantastic, if you think of it as each state having only two players.

 

[superjohn]

Prince is a stud.