Vols' 2014 class rated 41st by 247

[germanicus]

Seventh in SEC. KY top-rated in nation. UF 4th. Vols behind those two, Arkansas, Bama, Missouri and Vandy in league.

Maybe can shore it up in the Spring.

2014 Basketball Recruiting Team Rankings

 

[iKrager]

Do we have any targets for the spring that you know of?

 

[clay1551]

Need scoring big men desperately

 

[Roustabout]

7th in a league that is getting 3 teams in the tourney. Future is bright.

 

[bleedingTNorange]

7th in a league that is getting 3 teams in the tourney. Future is bright.

16th nationally and 3rd in the SEC behind UK and UF


NCAAM 2014 Basketball Class Rankings - ESPN

 

[bleedingTNorange]

Do we have any targets for the spring that you know of?

I would expect we target some JUCO bigs

 

[clay1551]

I would expect we target some JUCO bigs

Good. We need it

 

[Vols4us]

Zo needs to target somebody that is going to get this thing going. This bunch hasn't shown the killer instinct for 2+ years.

 

[volbeast33]

16th nationally and 3rd in the SEC behind UK and UF


NCAAM 2014 Basketball Class Rankings - ESPN

Don't have any clue how espn has that class rated that high but they are the only ones.

 

[D.C. Vol]

I would expect we target some JUCO bigs

Typical 'Zo recruiting...I'm getting really tired of settling for the Yemis and Pops of the world.

 

[bleedingTNorange]

Don't have any clue how espn has that class rated that high but they are the only ones.

It should be somewhere in the middle IMO.

 

[bleedingTNorange]

Typical 'Zo recruiting...I'm getting really tired of settling for the Yemis and Pops of the world.

I don't think they'll look for that kind of guy, they'll look for an impact guy. Or possibly a graduate transfer, like the guy Memphis got this year, or Kansas got in Black.

 

[VOLywood]

Why is everyone so big on bashing Cuonzo's recruiting? We've landed two 5-stars since he's been here....how many of those did we land in the previous 10 years?

 

[orangefloyd]

Nice class.....for Missouri State.

 

[volbeast33]

Why is everyone so big on bashing Cuonzo's recruiting? We've landed two 5-stars since he's been here....how many of those did we land in the previous 10 years?

4..... It's not the couple of high rated recruits but the fact we haven't had a top 25 class yet.

 

[germanicus]

Why is everyone so big on bashing Cuonzo's recruiting? We've landed two 5-stars since he's been here....how many of those did we land in the previous 10 years?

Five - Duke Crews, Ramar Smith, Scotty Hopson, J. P. Prince and Tobias Harris.

 

[bleedingTNorange]

4..... It's not the couple of high rated recruits but the fact we haven't had a top 25 class yet.

Except we do

 

[volbeast33]

Except we do

I don't like espn at all for basketball recruiting but that is the only one that has us close

 

[germanicus]

Looked over at Scout and, for some reason, I can't get it to show more than 25. It shows a next button, so maybe it will function later. Tennessee isn't in their top 25.

Kentucky (1), Florida (6), Missouri (22) and Alabama (25) are SEC schools on their list.

Scout.com: Men's Basketball Recruiting

 

[germanicus]

Rivals put out a top 30.

KY (1), UF (4), Missouri, AL, Vandy 24-25-26.

Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting - Wildcats sit atop 2014 team rankings

Have noticed Xavier is ranked highly in all of them.

 

[Stoked]

I don't like espn at all for basketball recruiting but that is the only one that has us close

How convenient...

 

[D.C. Vol]

How convenient...

Fahr Koonzo!

 

[Stoked]

Five - Duke Crews, Ramar Smith, Scotty Hopson, J. P. Prince and Tobias Harris.

I hope Cuonzo gets some 5 stars like Crews and Smith

 

[germanicus]

I hope Cuonzo gets some 5 stars like Crews and Smith

They only stayed two years, but you don't sign five stars expecting to get more than two years out of them. They weren't great offensive players, but they were 5 star defenders and they were key players in two straight Sweet 16 teams.

They surely had flaws as people, but - based on basketball ability only - both would be starting on any of Cuonzo's teams and have made them better. He'd love to have a PG and PF who defended like those guys.

 

[bleedingTNorange]

I don't like espn at all for basketball recruiting but that is the only one that has us close

That doesn't negate the fact that they're ranked in the top 25 by a reputable site. Just because you don't like them doesn't make our ranking any less true, sorry.