Dr Z Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 Click here to see the whole list130. AKRON (11 Points)..........5 Recruits..........2.2 Talent Rating Average Per Recruit(3) Anthony Hitchens, 5'10, PG, Chillicothe (H.S.) OH; (2) Brett McClanahan, 6'3, 2G, Nitro (H.S.) WV; (2) Alex Sullivan, 5'10, PG, Painesville (Riverside) OH; (2) Nikola Cvetinovic, 6'7, PF, Lynchburg (Virginia Episcopal) VA; (2) Andrew Parrish, 6'7, PF, Clayton (Northmont) OH. I looked this up because of this article in today's PG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UAZipster0305 Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 Click here to see the whole list130. AKRON (11 Points)..........5 Recruits..........2.2 Talent Rating Average Per Recruit(3) Anthony Hitchens, 5'10, PG, Chillicothe (H.S.) OH; (2) Brett McClanahan, 6'3, 2G, Nitro (H.S.) WV; (2) Alex Sullivan, 5'10, PG, Painesville (Riverside) OH; (2) Nikola Cvetinovic, 6'7, PF, Lynchburg (Virginia Episcopal) VA; (2) Andrew Parrish, 6'7, PF, Clayton (Northmont) OH. I looked this up because of this article in today's PGWhat you mention is for the 2008 recruiting class. I find it to be an under-rating; however, if you scroll down, you'll find that UA is #34 for the 2009 class with the commitment from Zeke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoZips Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 Hooey, hagwash, flapperdoodle ....What are these so called evaluations really worth? Giving a few players exorbitant numbers there by inflating their status. Poor old Akron was way back in the packjust among the MAC schools. Which one of you really believes that the Zips have recruited that poorly? Little Anthony Hitchens is a three point value. Obviously no one from Hoop-poop watched the Ohio state tournament. Buford, headed to the Sucks was valued asan eight. In the state championship game against Hitchens and the Chillicothe team he looked pretty good. After all, he was the state's Mr. Basketball for 2008.Poor little Humpty finished fourth in the balloting for that honor. For which Hitchens is valued as a three point. Ahem. Really?Buford had a nice game against Chillicothe. He scored the most points of any player. He had a better, more talented team around him than Anthony did. When thedust cleared there was the Chillicothe Cavaliers holding the championship trophy and little Humpty awarded MVP of the tournament. Mind you, not the MVP of division 2, but MVP of the entire tournament. And, he is a three? Buford is rated an eight. Wunderbar.Most if not all of the Zips recruits were under valued. The coming years will bear this out.As for Zeke. He is rated a four. Which should improve by the end of his senior year. Perhaps to a six or seven. Which will place the Zips at around one hundredninetieth because of having just one scholarship.Let us determine the worth of these players on the court.In KD I trust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoZips Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 GoZip's honest player evaluations.Wm Buford headed to the Sucks is a legitimate six. Its great to recruited by the most blessed over dog.Anthony "Humpty" Hitchens. One of the premier players in Ohio is also a six. Alex Sullivan. A kid who carried a program on his back and made them notable is a three.Andrew Parrish. Big, strong, leaper, defender is a three. If he could score he would be a five.Brett McClanahan has been listed as the fourth best player in West Virginia. Sounds like a four to me.Nikola Cvetinovic. Big, strong, rebounds, scores, led his team to fine record rates as a four.So, six + three + three + four + four equals eleven? Twenty-one is much more realistic. But, Hoop-poop caters to the big name schools who subscribe to theirservice. It is amazing how much better your recruits get ranked if you subscribe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugo42 Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 Not defending but alot of these rankings are based off of how they play in Summer league ball. AAU and Nike, Adidas Tournaments. Therefore if you are not on a top team or on a certain sponsor team like Nike Reebok or Adidas you will suffer from that.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoZips Posted June 11, 2008 Report Share Posted June 11, 2008 Not defending but alot of these rankings are based off of how they play in Summer league ball. AAU and Nike, Adidas Tournaments. Therefore if you are not on a top team or on a certain sponsor team like Nike Reebok or Adidas you will suffer from that....A point well taken. Excellent observation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gozips19 Posted June 12, 2008 Report Share Posted June 12, 2008 MOREHEAD STATE 29th????????? i can't take this site seriously with rankings like that.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quickzips Posted June 12, 2008 Report Share Posted June 12, 2008 To me the major flaw in the rankings of this site are that they are strongly tied to the number of recruits that a program signs. Morehead State is a great example. They signed 8 recruits. None of them have better than a 3 rating from that site and they average out at 2.6 rating per recruit, but because they signed so many players they are placed well ahead of programs like Texas (101) which only signed 2 players, one rated at an 8 and the other rated as a 4 for an average of 6. You really can't rate one class higher than another based off of pure volume. I'd also like to know what kind of criteria they use to determine these ratings, but that could be said for just about any recruiting service where a number or star rating is used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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