Thursday, April 08, 2004

Final Recruiting Rankings from Rivals

In Rivals hoops final recruiting rankings here is how our players stack up:

39......J-Smith
55......R.Dickey
94......A.Morrow

Interestingly in this ranking the SC POY Buck Fredrick is not even in their top 150. Don't ask my why - he is in the top 100 on virtually all the other ranking services.

You will also notice that Randolph Morris has moved up to #10.

ROY WILLIAMS YANKS JAMESON CURRY'S 'SHIP
Well, it is official. The young man who was busted for dealing dope in a raid at his high school that netted about 50 students has cost him a chance to play for UNC. Here is the press release. Jameson was #72 in the Rivals ranking above. He broke the all-time North Carolina state high school career scoring mark that stood since the 50's. The kid was a major scorer. Now Roy Williams faces an daunting possibility. He has two guys (Smith / Williams) who are in the Rivals top 11. Both are looking into the NBA as a possibility, so he could look at his only recruit being Quentin Thomas, a 6'4" PG ranked #96. With those 4 guys, he had a top 5 recruiting class. With only QT, he won't be in the top 30. My guess is that Williams and Smith end up at UNC although Smith's stock has risen dramatically in recent weeks, showing 30 foot range on his jumper and moster dunking ability, along with a 44" vertical. One guy described him as Vince Carter with a jump shot.