RE: Recruiting Mag. observation

[Holdheide, Brad]

"Its remarkable that Huggins can stay in the top 25 every year without top
line recruits."

McD's AA's ....maybe not.......but UC's recruiting class has been top 15
ranked 7 of the past 10 years.


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From: address@hidden [mailto:address@hidden 
Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2004 3:33 PM
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Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] Recruiting Mag. observation

In a message dated 5/15/2004 2:09:59 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
address@hidden writes:
It bothers me that of the Top
100 HS seniors, only a few mention UC and those few are at the
lower end of theTop 100.  Moving to the Big East, I hope will
get UC a little more consideration by the top players.
      Its been that like that for the past couple years or so. Hardly
anybody 
mentioned Kentucky the past couple years and they didnt recuit well and had 
no bench. They sure made a haul this year thou. Playing time is a big 
consideration but of course not everything. Duke has had McDonalds All
Americans on the 
bench. Id like to see a list of reasons a top 50 kid would go to UC. I caint

think of many can anyone else? Kids with good talent but a little baggage
that 
top programs can do without sometimes find their way to UC. Whaley and White

are two on the current roster that fit that description. Its remarkable that

Huggins can stay in the top 25 every year without top line recruits. There
is 
several teams that get great recruiting classes and sometimes dont even make

the NCAA tourney. Like Huggins says, he doesnt owe anybody anything. They
have 
to earn their way. Some schools promise recruits lots of things but Ive
heard 
several recruits say Huggins doesnt promise anything so they have no hold on

him. Hats off to Huggins he does a great job with what hes got and I enjoy
all 
those wins. Just like everybody else I get to expecting too much sometimes
but 
when you step back and look it over we arent doing too bad. Don