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Coach Dakich and the rest of the coaching staff have compiled a national ranking of 35 for this year's recruiting class.

Here are the national rankings from Hoopscoop.com that lists the top recruiting classes for this year. (member site, link will not work)

MAC RECRUITING RANKINGS (National Rank)
1. Bowling Green (#35)
2. Western Michigan (#87)
3. Central Michigan (#89)
4. Ball State (#94)
5. Buffalo (#113 Tie)
6. Akron (#113 Tie)
7. Miami (#140)
8. Kent State (#176)
9. Toledo (#200)
10. Ohio (#217)
11. N. Illinois (below 220)
12. Eastern Michigan (below 220)

NOTABLES & Their Ranking [BGSU is #35]
38. Texas A & M
39. Miami FL
44. DePaul
45. Wake Forest
46. Villanova
47. Oklahoma
48. N.C. State
49. Clemson
50. Georgia Tech
52. Rutgers
53. Purdue
54. Georgetown
60. Indiana
62. Tennessee
63. Missouri
66. Southern Illinois
67. Kentucky
68. South Carolina
70. Gonzaga
72. Utah
74. Wright State
79. Stanford
83. Virginia
85. Penn State
91. Ohio State
92. Iowa
93. Michigan
95. Pepperdine
105. Maryland
109. Xavier
113. Wyoming
120. St. Joes
124. Oakland
125. Illinois
128. Minnesota
135. Princeton
140. Northern Iowa
144. Creighton
150. Michigan State
152. Dayton
155. Vanderbilt
176. Temple
178. Cleveland State
179. Arkansas
186. Bradley
193. Seton Hall
200. Indiana State

TOP TEN IN THE NATION
1. Louisville
2. Duke
3. Mississippi State
4. UNLV
5. Washington
6. Mississippi
7. Oklahoma State
8. Marquette
9. Baylor
10.Memphis

Other quotes regarding BG's recruiting class from Hoopscoop.com...
Darryl Clements (6'4") -- ranked 2nd best 2-guard in the state of Michigan
Dusan Radivojevic (6'7") -- 35ppg. for Serbian club team
Martin Semarco (6'3") -- from Schoolcraft (JC) Michigan
Erick Marschall (6'8") -- New London, Ohio
Jeremy Holland (6'8") -- Austin H.S., Indiana
Lionel Sullivan (6'6") -- Detroit DePorres, Michigan
Nick Wilson (6'5") -- Trenton, New Jersey

basketballcontact wrote:Coach Dakich and the rest of the coaching staff have compiled a national ranking of 35 for this year's recruiting class.

Anyone still worried? Hopefully this gives people some faith in the program! Sure they might leave after a year or two but if not, watch out for our mens team!! I can't wait til next season!!

Excuse me while I scrape my jaw up off the floor....

This team is going to be a nightmare to handicap this season.

Is the high ranking due to quality or quantity? :shrug:

Fire the coach. We should have been #34. Sorry, I thought this was October.

It's nice to have a good class but keeping them and winning is a bigger accomplishment. Congrats coach D. on a nice incoming class.

Warthog wrote:Is the high ranking due to quality or quantity? :shrug:

I believe when they figure these they use an average just like in Football. This is defintely great news for the bball team, this news just got me jacked for this upcoming year.

Internet recruiting rankings are as accurate as "internet gurus" predicting how a team will finish. Granted, I'm included, but there's no way a team like NC State with a McDonald's All American coming in is #48 and even worse Indiana who's featured player is an Australian that no two sites have an even remote read on is #60.

That's not to say that we shouldn't be #35 or higher, but these things are ridiculously inaccurate.

Wasn't it just a couple of weeks ago, right around the time that Depaul's coach left, that WMU's coach was being credited with the "highest Mid-Major recruiting class"? Wonder what happened to change that... won't complain if this rating proves to be accurate, but proves what was said previously, that these ratings mean virtually NOTHING til you see how the kids play...together.

Can anyone say "Blue Chips", not to start any speculation, but that's the first thing that came to my mind after our ok season last year and now a #35 class this year. Except, I'm sorta with option on this, I'm not so sure how accurate this is.

Pffft...We can't even afford to buy decent backbboards, where are we going to find the money to buy players?

This look like a great class.....on paper. But the game is played on the floor. If they don't gell it really doesn't matter if we have the #1 class. It's all about performance. And I believe we will perform much better in the long run for the program.

Whether or not this class is terrific is yet to be seen. However, I'm certainly glad that we're rated in the Top 35 instead of the bottom 35. Good news is good news.

Well Indiana was supposed to have a top 10 recruiting class if not the best. I think this was made to keep some of us quiet.

well, it worked.....