Recruiting Ranking Update Has Syracuse #2
5/17/2007 2:52:06 PM | Men's Basketball
Following a spring of additional recruit signings, Bob Gibbons, editor of the All-Star Sports Report, has updated his list of the nation's top 25 college basketball recruiting classes. Gibbons has Syracuse in second place behind only Southern California.
The Orange have added junior college transfer Kristof Ongenaet (Ghent, Belgium/Cuesta College) to class that already included freshmen Jonny Flynn (Niagara Falls, NY/Niagara Falls), Donte Greene (Baltimore, MD/Towson Catholic), Rick Jackson (Philadelphia, PA/Neumann-Goretti), Antonio Jardine (Philadelphia, PA/Neumann-Goretti) and Sean Williams (Villa Park, CA/Villa Park/Notre Dame Prep).
Greene is ranked third among power forwards, Flynn is fifth among point guards, Jackson is the ninth-rated center and Jardine 17th among shooting guards, according to Gibbons.
Southern California secured the top spot with a five-man class headlined by O.J. Mayo. The remainder of the top 10 includes: 3. Florida, 4. Indiana, 5. Kansas State, 6. Duke, 7. Kentucky, 8. Arizona, 9. Ohio State and 10. Depaul. Other BIG EAST Conference schools in the top 25 include Cincinnati (14th), St. John's (16th), Pittsburgh (20th) and Villanova (22nd).
