The long weekend is behind us and it is time to get back into hoops. Admittedly I was MIA towards the end of last week, I was in over my head getting everything straight with the Scion Dental Milwaukee Summer Pro-Am. Always comes down to the wire, and with a few unexpected turns we are now in the hands of the NCAA. As soon as the NCAA gives us their blessing, all info will be released.
So - on to hoops.... We will start with high school/recruit rankings as everyone is coming out with their updated rankings, and final rankings for the 2012 class. Anyone's rankings can be skewed, as most national writers see kids at monster AAU events and do not pay much attention to high school ball, so one that I like to pay most attention to as far as the seniors go, is RSCI Hoops. What Jeff Crume does is apply a point system and ties it in to where kids are ranked with Van Coleman (Hot100Hoops), Dave Telep (ESPN), Scout.com, Rivals.com, MaxPreps and PrepStars. So, as it relates to the locals, not a great year......
#19 - Sam Dekker Sheboygan, WI - Committed to Wisconsin - Dekkar was ranked...
Van Coleman - #14, Dave Telep - #17, Scout.com - #15, Rivals.com - #13, MaxPreps - #30, PrepStars - #31.
#57 - JP Tokoto Menomonee Falls, WI Committed to North Carolina - Tokoto was ranked ....
Van Coleman - #59, Dave Telep - #70, Scout.com - #75, Rivals.com - #45, MaxPreps - #58, PrepStars - #44.
#82 - Steve Taylor Chicago, IL - Committed to Marquette - Taylor was ranked...
Van Coleman - #72, Dave Telep - #83, Scout.com - #73, Rivals.com - unranked, MaxPreps - unranked, PrepStars - #84.
(Rivals had Taylor at #109 and MU recruit Jamal Ferguson at #134, but only top 100 rankings apply here)
Dekker's ranking is the highest in the state since Brian Butch finished #7 in 2003.
No surprise that Kentucky once again finished with the #1 recruiting class, but give credit to NC State (#5) and Providence (#9) who are not frequent Top 10 finishers. The Top Ten is was as follows.....
#1 Kentucky, #2 Arizona, #3 UCLA, #4 North Carolina, #5 NC State, #6 Baylor, #7 Indiana, #8 Michigan, #9 Providence and #10 Duke.
So - let's look at some of the other updated rankings....
Scout.com
2013 Class (Top 100)
#43 Deonte Burton, Milwaukee Vincent (Committed to Marquette)
#63 Duane Wilson, Dominican High School (Committed to Marquette)
#87 Matt Thomas, Onalaska High School (Iowa State, Virginia, Wisconsin)
#94 Luke Fischer, germantown (Committed to Indiana)
2014 Class (Top 100)
#14 Kevon Looney, Milwaukee Hamilton (Partial list includes Georgetown, Marquette, Tennessee, Wisconsin)
Rivals.com
2013 Class (Top 150)
#41 Deonte Burton, Milwaukee Vincent (Committed to Marquette)
#70 Bronson Koenig, LaCrosse Aquinas (Committed to Wisconsin)
#93 Duane Wilson, Dominican High School (Committed to Marquette)
#131 Matt Thomas, Onalaska High School (Iowa State, Virginia, Wisconsin)
#134 Luke Fischer, Germantown (Committed to Indiana)
ESPN
2013 Class (Top 100)
#43 Deonte Burton, Milwaukee Vincent (Committed to Marquette)
#58 Duane Wilson, Dominican High School (Committed to Marquette)
#75 Bronson Koenig, LaCrosse Aquinas (Committed to Wisconsin)
#83 Matt Thomas, Onalaska High School (Iowa State, Virginia, Wisconsin)
#92 Luke Fischer, Germantown (Committed to Indiana)
2014 Class (Top 60)
#17 Kevon Looney, Milwaukee Hamilton (Partial list includes Georgetown, Marquette, Tennessee, Wisconsin)
2015 Class (Top 25)
#3 Diamond Stone, Dominican High School (Marquette, Wisconsin and a whole bunch of others)
Hot100Hoops
Class of 2013 (Top 150)
#36 Deonte Burton, Milwaukee Vincent (Committed to Marquette)
#92 Bronson Koenig, LaCrosse Aquinas (Committed to Wisconsin)
#94 Luke Fischer, Germantown (Committed to Indiana)
#97 Duane Wilson, Dominican High School (Committed to Marquette)
Honorable mention names include Toby Hegner (Berlin) Luke Worthington (Homestead) David Jesperson (Merrill) Matt Thomas (Onalaska)
Class of 2014 (Top 25)
#22 Jonathan Carson, Messmer High School
(None listed in best of the rest)
Of course when it comes to ranking all of the in-state kids, nobody does it better than Mark Miller at WisHoops.net.
More to come as things develop!
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