Bball one more 5*

[TennJoe06]

Who would have thought UT basketball would have more 5* recruits (1) than football? Never thought that would ever happen.

At least we got one 5* at UT (not counting womens bball).

 

[Ohiovol09]

That is a good point now that you think about it. But the truth is that UT is going to have quite a few 5*'s in the 09 class.

 

[TennJoe06]

Yea, I'm looking forward to next years class. With this last class all we can go is up. If not, Fulmer is not doing his job and needs to go.

 

[govols182]

Football 5*'s:
Eric Berry
Brent Vinson
Kenny O'Neal
Chris Donald
Ben Martin
Walter Fisher
Demetrice Morley

Basketball 5*'s
Scotty Hopson
Duke Crews
Ramar Smith
JP Prince

If you take out O'Neal and Fisher, the football team still has more 5 stars.

 

[Ohiovol09]

No, he was talking about the 08 class, basketball vs football.

 

[vols kick balls]

Football 5*'s:
Eric Berry
Brent Vinson
Kenny O'Neal
Chris Donald
Ben Martin
Walter Fisher
Demetrice Morley

Basketball 5*'s
Scotty Hopson
Duke Crews
Ramar Smith
JP Prince

If you take out O'Neal and Fisher, the football team still has more 5 stars.

Basketball has more 5 stars per player than the football team does.

 

[Oldblood]

Football 8% of scholarship players are 5*, basketball 31%

 

[TennJoe06]

Yea, I was just talking about this years recruiting class, but the 8%/31% stat is also relative to the thread. I think CBP needs to do some recruiting for the football team as well.

 

[TennJoe06]

Football 5*'s:
Eric Berry
Brent Vinson
Kenny O'Neal
Chris Donald
Ben Martin
Walter Fisher
Demetrice Morley

Basketball 5*'s
Scotty Hopson
Duke Crews
Ramar Smith
JP Prince

If you take out O'Neal and Fisher, the football team still has more 5 stars.

Wasn't Crompton a 5* too?

 

[govols182]

Wasn't Crompton a 5* too?

I used rivals instead of scout. It is better for football recruiting. He was a 4 star on rivals.

 

[thunder5]

Yea, I was just talking about this years recruiting class, but the 8%/31% stat is also relative to the thread. I think CBP needs to do some recruiting for the football team as well.

I don't know if that's a legit point...just based on the difference in the amount of players on each squad...

If the football team were to have 31% five stars on their team it would mean that 26 out of 85 players have a five star rating....

I may be wrong but I don't think even USC or Florida have that many five stars...and they have dominated recruiting for 3+ years now...

But I agree completely that this years football class sucked and we are in trouble if we don't rebound with a bunch of five stars next year

 

[ukvols]

I think the competition for football recruits is higher. Most schools take football more seriously than basketball, especially in the conference we play in.

 

[thunder5]

I think the competition for football recruits is higher. Most schools take football more seriously than basketball, especially in the conference we play in.

I agree with that...and think about this...

In a 4 year span...if you get one 5* recruit in basketball and they all stay then you have 4 out of 12 scholarship players or 33% of your squad with a 5* rating...

On the flip side...if you do that in football...then only 4 out of 85 or 4% of your squad is a 5*...

It's defintely harder to get a high % of 5*'s on your football team