PAC 10 Dominates Early Top 100 Commits

[joemontes]

As of July 7, 2010, the PAC 10 found itself as the surprising runaway leader in early commits from the 2011 Top 100 prospects, with UCLA at #2, USC tied at #3, Stanford at #5, and Arizona State tied at #9:

#1: Duke (25 pts)
10 - Amber HENSON / 6'3 / PF (13 pts)
36 - Whitney KNIGHT / 6'1 / SG (7 pts)
52 - Kalia JOHNSON / 5'9 / PG (5 pts)


#2: UCLA (23 pts)
08 - Justine HARTMAN / 6'2 / C (13 pts)
17 - Kacy SWAIN / 6'3 / SF (10 pts)


#3: UConn (22 pts)
02 - Kaleena MOSQUEDA-LEWIS / 6'0 / SF (15 pts)
33 - Brianna BANKS / 5'9 / SG ((7 pts)


#3: USC (22 pts)
14 - Alexyz VAIOLETAMA / 6'1 / PF (11 pts)
15 - Ariya CROOK-WILLIAMS / 5'7 / PG (11 pts)


#5: Stanford (21 pts)
18 - Bonnie SAMUELSON / 6'2 / SF (10 pts)
35 - Amber ORRANGE / 5'7 / PG (7 pts)
61 - Erica PAYNE / 6'2 / PF (4 pts)


#6: Rutgers (20 pts)
07 - Shakeena RICHARDSON / 5'6 / PG (13 pts)
31 - Syessence DAVIS / 5'7 / SG (7 pts)


#7: Texas A&M (19 pts)
16 - Rachel MITCHELL / 6'7 / PF (10 pts)
24 - Alexia STANDISH / 5'8 / PG (9 pts)


#8: North Carolina (15.75 pts)
44 - Brittany ROUNDTREE / 5'9 / PG (6 pts)
49 - Megan BUCKLAND / 6'0 / SG (6 pts)
75 - Danielle BUTTS / 5'10 / SF (3 pts)
93 - Whitney ADAMS / 6'1 / PF (1 pt)


#9: Tennessee (15 pts)
04 - Cierra BURDICK / 6'2 / PF (15 pts)


#9: Arizona State (15 pts)
28 - Eliza NORMEN / 6'1 / SF (8 pts)
34 - Karina ALOFAITULI / 6'0 / SF (7 pts)


#9: Oklahoma (15 pts)
42 - Kaylon WILLIAMS / 6'2 / PF (6 pts)
53 - Dashawn HARDEN / 5'9 / PG (5 pts)
65 - Sharane CAMPBELL / 5'10 / SF (4 pts)


Formula Used: (based on ESPN/HG Top 100 individual rankings)
01 to 05 : 15 value points
06 to 10 : 13 value points
11 to 15 : 11 value points
16 to 20 : 10 value points
21 to 25 : 09 value points
26 to 30 : 08 value points
31 to 40 : 07 value points
41 to 50 : 06 value points
51 to 60 : 05 value points
61 to 70 : 04 value points
71 to 80 : 03 value points
81 to 90 : 02 value points
91 to 100: 01 value points


Total Value Points = (1.0 x Value Points for No. 1 Recruit) + (1.0 x Value Points for No. 2 Recruit) +
(1.0 x Value Points for No. 3 Recruit) + (0.75 x Value Points for No. 4 Recruit) +(0.5 x Value Points for No. 5 Recruit)

[scoutnwhoops]

It is a great start for the west coast and very much needed as those outside of Pac-10 country think it is a one team conference.

The only trouble with is that college coaches feel this class is shallow and thus not using every available scholarship as 2012 has set itself up to be a deep class, or at least that is the perception as of right now. However, the class may not be deep nationally but California and Washington have a relatively deep class and because of that I expect to see more Pac-10 teams with top 30 recruiting classes than normal.