November Conference Recruiting Breakdown: 5. Pac-12
by Alex Schwartz
For the class of 2011, the Pac-12 finished No. 6 in the conference recruiting rankings, last amongst the BCS conference schools. In 2012, things are not all that
much better, as the Pac-12 is at No. 5 right now.
Of the six high-major conferences, none have less schools either ranked or listed as Honorable Mentions in the Team Recruiting Rankings than the Pac-12 Conference. Conferences such as the ACC at No. 1 and the Big East at No. 2 are way ahead at this point, but there is certainly time to make up ground.
The Pac-12 also checks in behind the third-ranked Big 12 and fourth-ranked Big Ten, but there is not as much of a gap, especially from four to five. The main reason for that is that the Pac-12 is the only conference with two top 10 players in the Northstar Basketball Post-July 2012 Top 150. In fact—not counting Drummond— two of the top five committed players and three of the top nine off the board are pledged to Pac-12 schools.
Now, have check out how the members of the Pac-12 are faring in recruiting during the conference's first year with a dozen schools.
BIG 12 RECRUITING BREAKDOWN
*Asterisk indicates that player is a junior college transfer and not eligible to be ranked
^Carrot indicates player is verbally committed, but has not signed NLI
HM = Honorable Mention, NR = Not Ranked
Number of Top 30 Classes: 2 (plus 1 HM)
Class with the Most Commits: Colorado with 5
Class with the Most Ranked Commits: Arizona with 4
Top Ranked Player: Kyle Anderson, UCLA
Best Unranked Player: Wesley Gordon, Colorado
Top Ranked Point Guard: Dominic Artis, Oregon
Top Ranked Shooting Guard: Gabe York, Arizona
Top Ranked Small Forward: Jordan Adams, UCLA
Top Ranked Power Forward: Kyle Anderson, UCLA
Top Ranked Center: Kaleb Tarczewski, Arizona
Number of Top 10 Players: 2
Number of Top 25 Players: 3
Number of Top 50 Players: 5
Number of Top 100 Players: 9
Number of Top 150 Players: 15
CLASS RANKINGS
Rank. School (National Rank)
Player, Position, Height, High School (State), Rank
1. Arizona (1st)
Brandon Ashley, PF, 6'7, Findlay Prep (NV), #7
Kaleb Tarczewski, C, 7'0, St. Mark's (MA), #14
Grant Jerrett, PF, 6'9, La Verne Lutheran (CA), #29
Gabe York, SG, 6'2, Orange Lutheran (CA), #40
2. UCLA (5th)
Kyle Anderson, PF, 6'8, St. Anthony's (NJ), #5
Jordan Adams, SF, 6'5, Oak Hill Academy (VA), #57
3. Stanford (HM)
Rosco Allen, SF, 6'8, Bishop Gorman (NV), #74
Christian Sanders, SG, 6'3, Saint Thomas (TX)
Grant Verhoeven, PF, 6'8, Central Valley Christian (CA), #112
4. Colorado (NR)
Xavier Johnson, SF, 6'6, Mater Dei (CA), #88
Josh Scott, PF, 6'9, Lewis-Palmer (CO), #131
Wesley Gordon, PF, 6'8, Sierra (CO), NR
Chris Jenkins, SF, 6'6, University of Detroit Jesuit HS (MI), NR
Xavier Talton, PG, 6'0, Sterling (CO), NR
5. USC (NR)
*JT Terrell, SG, 6'3, Peninsula JC (CA) (Note: Taylor was ranked #42 in Northstar Basketball's 2010 Terrific 125)
^Larry Lewis, SG, 6'3, Arcadia (AZ), NR
Strahinja Gavrilovic, PF, 6'8, La Jolla Prep (CA), NR
6. Oregon (NR)
Dominic Artis, PG, 6'0, Findlay Prep (NV), #79
Ben Carter, PF, 6'8, Bishop Gorman (NV), NR
Damyean Dotson, SG, 6'5, Yates (TX), NR
7. Washington State (NR)
Demarquise Johnson, SG, 6'5, Westwind Prep (AZ), #121
Richard Peters, C, 6'10, Wrestwind Prep (AZ), NR
Richard Longrus, PF, 6'8, Bishop O'Dowd (CA), NR
Brett Boese, SF, 6'7, Shadle Park (WA), NR
8. Cal (NR)
Tyrone Wallace, PG, 6'4, Bakersfield (CA), #128
Kaileb Rodriguez, PF, 6'9, Thunder Ridge (CO), NR
9. Arizona State (NR)
Eric Jacobsen, C, 6'10, Hamilton (AZ), #150
Calaen Robinson, PG, 6'2, Corona Del Sol (AZ), NR
Kenny Martin, PF, 6'9, Raymond S. Kellis (AZ), NR
10. Oregon State (NR)
Jarmal Reid, SF, 6'7, Columbia (GA), NR
Langston Morris-Walker, SG, 6'4, Berkeley (CA), NR
Maika Ostling, C, 6'10, Dayton (OR), NR
11. Utah (NR)
Jordan Loveridge, SF, 6'6, West Jordan (UT), NR
Justin Seymour, SG, 6'3, Wheeler (GA), NR
Josh Hearlihy, SF, 6'7, Harvard-Westlake (CA), NR
12. Washington (NR)
No commits
Note- photo is of Arizona head coach Sean Miller and is from http://www.gvnews.com/
For the class of 2011, the Pac-12 finished No. 6 in the conference recruiting rankings, last amongst the BCS conference schools. In 2012, things are not all that
much better, as the Pac-12 is at No. 5 right now.Of the six high-major conferences, none have less schools either ranked or listed as Honorable Mentions in the Team Recruiting Rankings than the Pac-12 Conference. Conferences such as the ACC at No. 1 and the Big East at No. 2 are way ahead at this point, but there is certainly time to make up ground.
The Pac-12 also checks in behind the third-ranked Big 12 and fourth-ranked Big Ten, but there is not as much of a gap, especially from four to five. The main reason for that is that the Pac-12 is the only conference with two top 10 players in the Northstar Basketball Post-July 2012 Top 150. In fact—not counting Drummond— two of the top five committed players and three of the top nine off the board are pledged to Pac-12 schools.
Now, have check out how the members of the Pac-12 are faring in recruiting during the conference's first year with a dozen schools.
BIG 12 RECRUITING BREAKDOWN
*Asterisk indicates that player is a junior college transfer and not eligible to be ranked
^Carrot indicates player is verbally committed, but has not signed NLI
HM = Honorable Mention, NR = Not Ranked
Number of Top 30 Classes: 2 (plus 1 HM)
Class with the Most Commits: Colorado with 5
Class with the Most Ranked Commits: Arizona with 4
Top Ranked Player: Kyle Anderson, UCLA
Best Unranked Player: Wesley Gordon, Colorado
Top Ranked Point Guard: Dominic Artis, Oregon
Top Ranked Shooting Guard: Gabe York, Arizona
Top Ranked Small Forward: Jordan Adams, UCLA
Top Ranked Power Forward: Kyle Anderson, UCLA
Top Ranked Center: Kaleb Tarczewski, Arizona
Number of Top 10 Players: 2
Number of Top 25 Players: 3
Number of Top 50 Players: 5
Number of Top 100 Players: 9
Number of Top 150 Players: 15
CLASS RANKINGS
Rank. School (National Rank)
Player, Position, Height, High School (State), Rank
1. Arizona (1st)
Brandon Ashley, PF, 6'7, Findlay Prep (NV), #7
Kaleb Tarczewski, C, 7'0, St. Mark's (MA), #14
Grant Jerrett, PF, 6'9, La Verne Lutheran (CA), #29
Gabe York, SG, 6'2, Orange Lutheran (CA), #40
2. UCLA (5th)
Kyle Anderson, PF, 6'8, St. Anthony's (NJ), #5
Jordan Adams, SF, 6'5, Oak Hill Academy (VA), #57
3. Stanford (HM)
Rosco Allen, SF, 6'8, Bishop Gorman (NV), #74
Christian Sanders, SG, 6'3, Saint Thomas (TX)
Grant Verhoeven, PF, 6'8, Central Valley Christian (CA), #112
4. Colorado (NR)
Xavier Johnson, SF, 6'6, Mater Dei (CA), #88
Josh Scott, PF, 6'9, Lewis-Palmer (CO), #131
Wesley Gordon, PF, 6'8, Sierra (CO), NR
Chris Jenkins, SF, 6'6, University of Detroit Jesuit HS (MI), NR
Xavier Talton, PG, 6'0, Sterling (CO), NR
5. USC (NR)
*JT Terrell, SG, 6'3, Peninsula JC (CA) (Note: Taylor was ranked #42 in Northstar Basketball's 2010 Terrific 125)
^Larry Lewis, SG, 6'3, Arcadia (AZ), NR
Strahinja Gavrilovic, PF, 6'8, La Jolla Prep (CA), NR
6. Oregon (NR)
Dominic Artis, PG, 6'0, Findlay Prep (NV), #79
Ben Carter, PF, 6'8, Bishop Gorman (NV), NR
Damyean Dotson, SG, 6'5, Yates (TX), NR
7. Washington State (NR)
Demarquise Johnson, SG, 6'5, Westwind Prep (AZ), #121
Richard Peters, C, 6'10, Wrestwind Prep (AZ), NR
Richard Longrus, PF, 6'8, Bishop O'Dowd (CA), NR
Brett Boese, SF, 6'7, Shadle Park (WA), NR
8. Cal (NR)
Tyrone Wallace, PG, 6'4, Bakersfield (CA), #128
Kaileb Rodriguez, PF, 6'9, Thunder Ridge (CO), NR
9. Arizona State (NR)
Eric Jacobsen, C, 6'10, Hamilton (AZ), #150
Calaen Robinson, PG, 6'2, Corona Del Sol (AZ), NR
Kenny Martin, PF, 6'9, Raymond S. Kellis (AZ), NR
10. Oregon State (NR)
Jarmal Reid, SF, 6'7, Columbia (GA), NR
Langston Morris-Walker, SG, 6'4, Berkeley (CA), NR
Maika Ostling, C, 6'10, Dayton (OR), NR
11. Utah (NR)
Jordan Loveridge, SF, 6'6, West Jordan (UT), NR
Justin Seymour, SG, 6'3, Wheeler (GA), NR
Josh Hearlihy, SF, 6'7, Harvard-Westlake (CA), NR
12. Washington (NR)
No commits
Note- photo is of Arizona head coach Sean Miller and is from http://www.gvnews.com/
Posted by northstarbball at 11/27/2011 4:47 PM 
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Categories: Rankings, Class of 2012, Class of 2010
Tags: Arizona UCLA Stanford Sean Miller Pac12 USC Colorado Oregon Washington State Cal Oregon State Arizona State Utah Washington Brandon Ashley Kaleb Tarczewski Grant Jerrett Gabe York Kyle Anderson Jordan Adams Rosco Allen Christian Sanders Grant Verhoeven Xavier Johnson Josh Scott Wesley Gordon Chris Jenkins Xavier Talton JT Terrell Larry Lewis Strahinja Gavrilovic Dominic Artis Ben Carter Damyean Dotson Demarquise Johnson Richard Peters Richard Longrus Brett Boese Tyrone Wallace Kaileb Rodriguez Eric Jacobsen Calaen Robinson Kenny Martin Jarmal Reid Langston MorrisWalker Maika Ostling Jordan Loveridge Justin Seymour Josh Hearlihy
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