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247 releases final 2013 Basketball Top 247, + final ESPN 100
Posted on 4/30/13 at 12:51 pm
Posted on 4/30/13 at 12:51 pm
As usual, I love the format which shows where players moved...
Kentucky now has 5 of Top 10 players
Updated Team Rankings
Nice to see we moved up a spot to #6 class now with Martin's jump
Final ESPN 100 also released (5/1/13)
ESPN 100
Team Rankings
Glad to see Mickey move up a bit in their 100 and we moved to #9 for team ranking. A unanimous Top 10 class among rivals, scout, 247 and espn.
Kentucky now has 5 of Top 10 players
Updated Team Rankings
Nice to see we moved up a spot to #6 class now with Martin's jump
Final ESPN 100 also released (5/1/13)
ESPN 100
Team Rankings
Glad to see Mickey move up a bit in their 100 and we moved to #9 for team ranking. A unanimous Top 10 class among rivals, scout, 247 and espn.
This post was edited on 5/1/13 at 4:56 pm
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Posted on 4/30/13 at 8:48 pm to thunderbird1100
I still don't get how it's possible to have the #7 and #9 players in the class and be ranked #15th. 
Posted on 4/30/13 at 9:13 pm to GatorsGators
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I still don't get how it's possible to have the #7 and #9 players in the class and be ranked #15th
Because basketball recruiting rankings (for teams) are worthless due to the variance of how many a team will sign in a given year. Sometimes teams will sign just 2 guys other times they sign 7. When teams like UK completely reload it can often skew the rankings (although UK isn't the best example since they would be at the top regardless). Its not like football when we can expect pretty much everyone to sign 20 in a given year.
Posted on 4/30/13 at 10:20 pm to Bassmanbruno
Not bad for Frank Martin's first full year of recruiting. Already has a 4 star PG for next year and we lead for LJ Peak.
Posted on 5/1/13 at 12:09 am to Big_Cock_Fan
Reshawn Powell for Memphis is soo underrated
Posted on 5/1/13 at 12:24 am to GatorsGators
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I still don't get how it's possible to have the #7 and #9 players in the class and be ranked #15th.
There's only so much you can do with basketball rankings. You dont want to push teams too far down who only take 2-3 guys but they are very good but you also dont want to punish teams who take 5-6 guys with 2-3 guys very highly rated.
Because some classes are much different in size than others, unlike football, it's much harder to get an as accurate ranking system. It's hard to measure the value of 2 highly ranked guys in 1 class vs. 1 highly ranked guy, 2 fairly highly ranked guys, and 2 lesser guys in another class.
Posted on 5/1/13 at 11:26 am to thunderbird1100
Have people found 247 to be as good for basketball as they are for football?
Edit: In Bball prob need to go more by average of the recruits than # since the number is so skewed for teams, although even that number is skewed by one 'bad' recruit. Average rankings moves Kentucky out of the top 10.....
Edit: In Bball prob need to go more by average of the recruits than # since the number is so skewed for teams, although even that number is skewed by one 'bad' recruit. Average rankings moves Kentucky out of the top 10.....
This post was edited on 5/1/13 at 11:29 am
Posted on 5/1/13 at 11:45 am to Buckeye06
Scout used to be the best in basketball - they still may be.
Posted on 5/1/13 at 12:45 pm to Buckeye06
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Have people found 247 to be as good for basketball as they are for football?
They are not close. With this update, I think it's a lot better, but there's still a lot of room for improvement on the basketball side.
Posted on 5/1/13 at 12:45 pm to Buckeye06
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In Bball prob need to go more by average of the recruits than # since the number is so skewed for teams, although even that number is skewed by one 'bad' recruit. Average rankings moves Kentucky out of the top 10.....
This is my point, the balance between # of recruits and caliber is really tough to make a formula for.
Posted on 5/1/13 at 4:56 pm to thunderbird1100
Added in ESPN's final set as well
Posted on 5/1/13 at 5:14 pm to thunderbird1100
Wow, ESPN is really bullish on Embiid. I don't get why they're lower on Walker than everyone else is, though. He's easily a Top 10 player imo.
Posted on 5/1/13 at 5:32 pm to GatorsGators
I only watched Hill once and he didn't seem like a 5-star player in that game. It was the tournament against Prime Prep. Walker was playing out of control (probably had 6-7 turnovers) and fouled out with a few minutes left in the game. Didn't really score much either.
But it was just 1 game. #12 is really close to where other sites have him.
But it was just 1 game. #12 is really close to where other sites have him.
This post was edited on 5/1/13 at 5:46 pm
Posted on 5/1/13 at 5:38 pm to thunderbird1100
Walker... Not Hill. Rivals has Walker 6th and 247 has him 7th.
Hill is ranked right where he should be imo.
Hill is ranked right where he should be imo.
Posted on 5/1/13 at 5:46 pm to GatorsGators
Yeah sorry, I did mean Hill, the PG
This post was edited on 5/1/13 at 5:46 pm
Posted on 5/1/13 at 9:38 pm to thunderbird1100
Top 10... 
Posted on 5/3/13 at 9:48 am to GatorsGators
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I still don't get how it's possible to have the #7 and #9 players in the class and be ranked #15th
Because you only have 2 guys signed
Posted on 5/3/13 at 10:46 am to Lee Chatelain
Also JUCO guys get little to no recognition even though they may be just as good if not better than regular 4 year recruits. Also the way college basketball is today with Transfers and Graduate transfers a lot can be added to a team that has nothing to do with recruiting rankings.
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