Article on Kentucky Recruiting

[Feedman]

This sums it up why UK is where it is at currently.
Hobbs and Hanson joined the staff in 2000 and Rigot in 2002.
The knock on Smith's current staff is that it hasn't consistently recruited at the level of UK's biggest rivals.
According to the Recruiting Services Consensus Index, a Web site that gives high school players a consensus ranking based on the top recruiting services' lists, UK has had one top-10 recruiting class since 2000.
That came in 2004, when the Cats signed the No. 4 class in the nation, according to the RSCI.
By comparison, North Carolina and Kansas have each had five consensus top-10 recruiting classes since 2000. Duke and the University of Louisville have each had three.

Here is what we have coming in next year.
UK signed two high school seniors last fall, center Mike Williams from Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria, Va., and forward A.J. Stewart from Jacksonville (Fla.) Arlington Country Day.
Neither is expected to have a significant immediate impact. Rivals.com ranks Stewart the 138th-best senior in the class of 2007. Williams is not among Rivals' top 150 seniors.

[MsgMills]

Looks like a possible NIT bid for next season...* Maybe *:eek:

[AteUp]

http://interact.cstv.com/recruiting/basketball.cfm
That site has the last few years rankings and the recruits listed.

UK recruiting class of 2004

Morris, Randolph C 6'11"
Bradley, Ramel G 6'3"
Crawford, Joe G 6'4"
Rondo, Rajon G 6'2"
Sparks, Patrick G 6'1"
Williams, Adam G 6'4"

Wonder how may of these guys will be around next year?

[AteUp]

http://interact.cstv.com/recruiting/basketball.cfm

Florida's class was only ranked 8th in 2004. Wonder how these guys turned out?:eek: BTW, that site has UK's class ranked #1 that year.

Brewer, Corey F 6'7" 180 Signed Tennessee Florida Top 100
Green, Taurean G 6'0" 165 Signed Florida Florida Super
Horford, Al F 6'8" 215 Signed Michigan Florida Top 100
Noah, Joakim F 6'10" 200 Signed New York Florida Top 100

[AteUp]

UL's 2005 class was ranked 16th. Only 3 players are still on the team; Huffman, Mcgee and Williams.


Name Pos Ht Wt Status Home State School Rank
Grinter, Maurice G 6'4" 220 Walk-on Kentucky Louisville
Harvey, Bryan G 6'5" 210 Signed California Louisville Top 100 (42)
Holloway, Clarence C 7'0" 270 Signed Illinois Louisville Top 100 (77)
Huffman, Jonathan F 7'0" 215 Signed Alabama Louisville Super
McGee, Andre G 5'10" 190 Signed California Louisville Super
Millard, Chad F 6'8" 210 Signed N. Hampshire Louisville Top 100 (97)
Spillman, JaJuan G 5'11" 165 Walk-on Kentucky Louisville
Williams, Terrence G 6'5" 225 Signed Washington Louisville Super

[MsgMills]

At the rate Uk is getting recruits of superior quality...Uk will be lucky if they have a recruiting class ranked in the Top 50 of classes......:(