2012 Top Recruiting Classes

    Kentucky

2012 Commits/Rank

Nerlens Noel #2

Alex Poythress #11

Archie Goodwin #12

Willie Cauley #39

Didn't take the Cats long to make their way back to a place of familiarity at

the No. 1 spot in the class rankings.  Calipari has signed the top recruiting

class three years running.  Helping them to a possible 4th, is the latest

additions of our No. 2 (Noel) and No. 11 (Poythress) prospects to the already

    UCLA

2012 Commits/Rank

Shabazz Muhammad #1

Kyle Anderson #3

Tony Parker #23

Jordan Adams #54

Making a huge late push that almost landed them at No. 1, the Bruins added

the No. 1 prospect in the class (Muhammad), as well as No. 23 (Parker). 

Howland already had a solid class with Kyle Anderson (No. 3) and Jordan

Adams (no. 54).

    Arizona

2012 Commits/Rank

Brandon Ashley #6

Kaleb Tarczewski #8

Grant Jerrett #16

Gabe York #34

Matt Korcheck

Sean Miller was off and running as he had the Wildcats poised at the top of the

2012 class rankings. They dropped to No. 3, but Arizona's class is still extremely

solid with four top 40 kids.  Miller added another post player late from the Juco

ranks.

      Indiana

2012 Commits/Rank

Yogi Ferrell #27

Jeremy Hollowell #31

Hanner Perea #37

Ron Patterson

Peter Jurkin

The Hoosiers class is solid from top to bottom, and actually held the #1

spot in the rankings for quite some time early. Three top 40 prospects highlight

this class which will only help Indiana's return to national prominence.

    NC State

2012 Commits/Rank

Rodney Purvis #14

T.J. Warren #24

Tyler Lewis #46

The addition of top 25 wing T.J. Warren to a class with an already top 15

prospect, Rodney Purvis and top 50 point guard Tyler Lewis, plants Mark

Gottfried's class firmly in the top 5.

       UNC

2012 Commits/Rank

Marcus Paige #29

Brice Johnson #38

Joel James #61

J.P. Tokoto #74

The Tar Heels come in at the #6 spot.  Roy William's class is led by big men

Brice Johnson and Joel James to go along with point guard Marcus Paige and

wing J.P. Tokoto.

     Providence

2012 Commits/Rank

Ricardo Ledo #18

Kris Dunn #21

Josh Fortune

Ian Baker

New head coach Ed Cooley has easily endeared himself to the Friar faithful

thus far by securing the commitments of possibly the top backcourt in the

country in Ledo and Dunn. The Friars made a recent addition to the class of

former South Carolina commit Ian Baker.

     Baylor

2012 Commits/Rank

Isaiah Austin #4

Ricardo Gathers #33

L.J. Rose #81

Chad Rykhoek

Scott Drew's class gets a bump to No. 8 with the February commitment of Ricardo

Gathers our No. 33 prospect.  The Bears class is highlighted by top 5 seven

footer (Austin), and is complimented by point guard of the future (Rose) and

another big man to boot (Rykhoek).

    Michigan

2012 Commits/Rank

Mitch McGary #19

Glenn Robinson III #32

Nik Stauskas #70

Spike Albrecht

Caris Levert

John Beilein was able to land highly coveted power forward Mitch McGary

over the likes of Duke and UNC. Joining him in this top 10 Wolverine

class are Robinson, Stauskas and the newly signed Spike Albrecht.

   Texas

2012 Commits/Rank

Cameron Ridley #9

Prince Ibeh #66

Javan Felix #76

Connor Lammert

Ioannis Papapetrou

DeMarcus Holland

   Michigan St.

2012 Commits/Rank

Gary Harris #15

Matt Costello #84

Denzel Valentine #91

Kenny Kaminski

Top 15 signee Gary Harris is the gem of Izzo's 2012 class, but he's not the only

talent headed to the Spartans. MSU adds two more ranked prospects (Costello and

Valentine) and one that was ranked until the end in Kaminski.

     UNLV

2012 Commits/Rank

Anthony Bennett #7

Katin Reinhardt #43

Demetris Morant

DaQuan Cook

The addition of the No. 7 prospect in the 2012 class, coupled with the earlier

signing of top 50 shooting guard Katin Reinhardt has the Running Rebels

on the map, debuting at No. 12 in the 2012 class rankings.

   Pittsburgh

2012 Commits/Rank

Steven Adams #5

James Robinson #64

Chris Jones

New Zealand (Notre Dame Prep) top 10 seven footer (Adams) carries the

Panthers class to the No. 13 spot.  Joining him is a top 100 point guard

(Robinson) needed to get Adams the rock.

  Syracuse

2012 Commits/Rank

DaJuan Coleman #13

Jerami Grant #45

Jim Boeheim always seems to have a steady stock of legit bigs coming into

the program.  The 2012 class is no different, as Syracuse adds two more in

NY center DaJuan Coleman and the son of former NBA player Harvey Grant,

Jerami Grant out of DeMatha Catholic.

    Kansas

2012 Commits/Rank

Perry Ellis #30

Andrew White #51

Anrio Adams

Zach Peters

Landen Lucas

The Jayhawks debut in our rankings at No. 15.  Highlighting the jump is

Wichita Heights' own Perry Ellis as well as a high level wing (White).

Adams, Peters and Lucas all three sit not far outside our top 100.

   Maryland

2012 Commits/Rank

Shaquille Cleare #36

Jake Layman #68

Charles Mitchell #87

Sam Cassell

Seth Allen

Damonte Dodd

Mark Turgeon has just flat gotten it done on the recruiting trail since

becoming the Terps head coach. He successfully recruited Texas big man

Shaquille Cleare, also added top 70 prospect Jake Layman, and picked

up two extremely solid recruits in the late period (Mitchell & Cassell).

       Houston

2012 Commits/Rank

Danuel House #28

Danrad Knowles #75

Valentine Izundu

Brandon Morris

Tione Womack

   Georgia Tech

2012 Commits/Rank

Robert Carter #25

Marcus Hunt #85

Chris Bolden

Corey Heyward

The Yellow Jacket's class is easily headlined by top 25 Georgia big

man Robert Carter. Coach Gregory also adds Hunt and Bolden to form a

great class at Georgia Tech.

    Villanova

2012 Commits/Rank

Daniel Ochefu #52

Ryan Arcidiacono #57

Jay Wright has a solid 2 man top 60 backcourt/frontcourt combination in

tow.  Ochefu will bring the post presence needed for the Wildcats. 

Arcidiacono adds a scoring point guard to the mix.

   Virginia

2012 Commits/Rank

Justin Anderson #49

Evan Nolte #80

Mike Tobey #99

Teven Jones

Taylor Barnette

A superb class is in store for Cavaliers fans, as Tony Bennett loaded up with 3

top 100 prospects (Anderson, Nolte and Tobey) as well as Virginia

point guard Teven Jones and a recent addition of former UCF commit Taylor

Barnette.

   Texas A&M 

2012 Commits/Rank

J-Mychal Reese #59

Alex Caruso #83

Fabyon Harris

Shawn Smith

Andrew Young

The Aggies sport a talented five man class that boasts a ready made backcourt

in Reese and Caruso. A&M coach Billy Kennedy has done a magnificent job

on the recruiting trail thus far.

    Xavier

2012 Commits/Rank

Semaj Christon #44

Jalen Reynolds #100

Myles Davis

James Farr

The Musketeers are another team to make their debut in our rankings.  They

show up at No. 22 with a class of two top 100's (Christon and Reynolds).  

Davis is just to the outside of those rankings looking in.
 

   Florida St.

2012 Commits/Rank

Montay Brandon #55

Aaron Thomas #78

Devon Bookert

Robert Gilchrist
   

Yet another debut, as the Seminoles grace our rankings for the first time, at 

No. 23.  Brandon and Thomas are the jewels of this class, but Bookert and

Gilchrist arent slouches.

    Iowa

2012 Commits/Rank

Adam Woodbury #50

Mike Gessell #90

Kyle Meyer

Anthony Clemons

Mike Gessell was the first to commit to Iowa, and the pairing with native Iowa

big man Adam Woodbury, has the Hawkeye fans licking their chops for the future

of Iowa basketball.  Fran McCaffrey and staff with a nice 5 man class.

   Colorado

2012 Commits/Rank

Josh Scott #63

Xavier Johnson #69

Wesley Gordon

Chris Jenkins

Eli Stalzer

Xavier Talton

Not a place the Buffaloes are used to being in, top 25 in recruiting class

rankings. Leading the way in this class are two top 70 prospects (Scott &

Johnson).  First year coach Tad Boyle getting it done with this 6 man class.