by Alex Schwartz

For the past couple of years, the Pac-10 has been considered extremely weak in hoops. Well, this incoming class of 2011 will not do much to change that, as there is even a huge gap between the Pac-10's commits and those going to the fifth ranked Big 12. In addition, the SEC is number one in the conference rankings despite not being a traditional BCS hoops conference.

There are more players in the just the top 50 of the NBE Post-Summer Class of 2011 Top 150 headed to the second ranked conference, the Big East, than there are in the full 150 bound for the Pac-10. One school has a third of the Pac-10's 2011 commits and is the only one ranked in the Post-Early Signing Period Top 25 Classes. Meanwhile, the other five BCS conferences have at least two teams in the top 12 of the rankings.

Conferences such as the ACC (ranked third) and the Big Ten (ranked fourth) will continue to stay above the Pac-10 if the talent level does not drastically increase. Nonetheless, there are a few to-notch players heading to the conference and here is the full Pac-10 2011 recruiting breakdown.

PAC-10 RECRUITING BREAKDOWN
Player rankings are based off NBE Post-Summer Class of 2011 Top 150
HM= Honorable Mention; NR= Not Ranked

Number of Top 25 Classes:  1 (plus 2 HM)
Class With the Most Commits: Oregon with 4
Class With the Most Ranked Commits: Arizona with 3

Top Ranked Player: Jabari Brown, Oregon
Best Unranked Player: Hikeem Stewart, Washington
Top Ranked Point Guard: Tony Wroten, Jr., Washington
Top Ranked Shooting Guard: Jabari Brown, Oregon
Top Ranked Small Forward: no ranked small forwards are committed to Pac-10 schools
Top Ranked Power Forward: Sidiki Johnson, Arizona
Top Ranked Center: no ranked centers are committed to Pac-10 schools

Number of Top 10 Players: 0
Number of Top 25 Players: 3
Number of Top 50 Players: 6
Number of Top 100 Players: 8
Number of Top 150 Players: 9

Class Rankings
Rank. School (National Rank)

1. Arizona (9th)
Nick Johnson, SG, 6'3, Findlay Prep (NV), #22
Josiah Turner, PG, 6'3, Sacramento (CA), #31
Sidiki Johnson, PF, 6'8, Oak Hill Academy (VA), #73

2. Oregon (HM)
Jabari Brown, SG, 6'4, Oakland (CA), #11
Austin Kuemper, C, 6'9, Westview (OR), NR
Brett Kingma, SG, 6'1, Henry M. Jackson (WA), NR
Bruce Barron, PG, 6'3, Brehm Prep (IL), NR

3. Washington (HM)
Tony Wroten, Jr., PG, 6'4, Garfield (WA), #16
Hikeem Stewart, SG, 6'3, Rainier Beach (WA), NR
Jernard Jarreau, PF, 6'10, McDonogh 35 (LA), NR

4. Arizona State (NR)
Jahii Carson, PG, 5'11, Mesa (AZ), #43

5. Stanford (NR)
Chasson Randle, PG, 6'2, Rock Island (IL), #45

6. UCLA (NR)
Norman Powell, SG, 6'4, Lincoln (CA), #64

7. USC (NR)
Byron Wesley, SF, 6'5, Etiwanda (CA), NR
Alexis Moore, PG, 6'2, Long Beach Poly (CA), NR
James Blaczyk, C, 7'0, Lee CC (TX)

8. Oregon State (NR)
Daniel Gomis, PF, 6'9, Oak Hill Academy (VA), #132

9. Washington State (NR)
Davonte Lacy, PG, 6'3, Curtis (WA), NR
Greg Sequele, PF, 6'8, Ribet Academy (CA), NR

10. Cal (NR)
David Kravish, PF, 6'9, Lee's Summit North (MO), NR

Note- photo is of Arizona head coach Sean Miller and is from http://azwildcatequipment.blogspot.com/