Recruiting - Hoops 2007

No, I'm not kidding. 2007. Insiders has a ranking of the top 15 in that class. Interestingly the #1 guy, OJ Mayo, has GT on his list.

In more recent recruiting news, Brandon Costner has narrowed his final list down to 4, and GT is not on it. His finalists are NCST, Seton Hall, Kansas (yes them again) and UCLA. It also seems (from RamblinRed and the recruiting sites) that Cyrus McGowan is down to Miss.St and GT..... and he had like 9 relatives go to Miss.St. That one should be interesting.

Now for something you DON'T want to hear. Evidently our top player on the board, Lewis Clinch, now has another team involved - Duke. Just what we need. And of course, we all know the Dukies don't "recruit", they "chose". We'll have to stay tuned to see how this impacts his recruiting, but anytime Duke decides to get involved - like it or not - they are a factor. Stay tuned.

Around the ACC, UNC received a commit from Tyler Hansbrough, who is considered by some to be the #1 player in the 2005 class. He's not one of the those super-athletic freaks, just a very hard worker who has a lot of all-around skills. Here's a nice story on him just prior to his announcement today for UNC - link here. No doubt Roy Williams is stepping up recruiting for UNC. But again, here's the rub. If the kid is assured to be a lottery pick in the 2005, be assured he is gone. He has said so. It will be interesting to watch. But the ACC snags another top recruit.