Hoopmasters lists Bradley with #32 best recruiting class

[Da Coach]

Just posted today, July 4, Van Coleman of Hoopmasters has his Final Top 40 recruiting classes for 2007.

It is a subscription article. Here is the link--

http://hoopmasters.com/article.php?aid=1183562566

Bradley is #32. Here is what he says about Bradley--
32. Bradley (7) Signees: Anthony Thompson 6-foot-10 C Houston, TX Klein Forest; Sam Maniscalco 6-foot-1 PG Chicago, IL St. Patrick's; Will Egoff 6-foot-9 C Juneau, AK Douglas; David Collins 7-foot-0 C Missouri State-West Plains CC, MO; Tyrone Cole-Scott 6-foot-0 CG Tyler CC, TX; Rashad Austin 6-foot-7 PF Northeastern CC, CO; Theron Wilson 6-foot-5 SG Seward County CC, KS. The Braves finished with a flurry of quality jucos in Collins, Cole-Scott, and Austin to go with early signee Thompson to put Braves in hunt for Mo Valley crown.

Bradley is the only MVC team in the Top 40. Illinois comes in at #36. The only other Big Ten teams on the list are Indiana [2], Purdue [7], Ohio State [8], and Michigan State [18]. So Bradley comes in ahead of 7 of the 11 Big Ten schools!

Here is how Hoopmasters ranks the Top 40+--
1. Florida
2. Indiana
3. Syracuse
4. USC
5. Arizona
6. Duke
7. Purdue
8. Ohio State
9. Oklahoma State
10. DePaul
11. Memphis
12. Nebraska
13. Kansas State
14. LSU
15. St. John's
16. Cincinnati
17. Oklahoma
18. Michigan State
19. Iowa State
20. Pittsburgh
21. Texas Tech
22. Kentucky
23. New Mexico State
24. Georgetown
25. N.C. State
26. Arizona State
27. Virginia Tech
28. Villanova
29. Charlotte
30. Florida State
31. Texas
32. Bradley
33. Massachusetts
34. UNLV.
35. Texas A&M
36. Illinois
37. Mississippi
38. SMU
39. Seton Hall
40. Georgia Tech
40. Alabama
40. Gonzaga

Anyone who would like to know more about the list, what is said about the teams, or the teams listed as Near Misses, send me a PM.

[tornado]

If you note, Coleman is not just rewarding volume, he is very astute to the quality of the recruits.
Schools like WIU that have 9 new, incoming players, UMass with 8, and Wichita, Creighton, Ball State (8 ), and New Mexico-
all have quantity, but are NOT awarded the quality that he assigns to the Bradley players, so they don't make the list at all or are rated below Bradley.

His comments on Illinois seem to hint that Cole & Tisdale add only to depth, and he doesn't think they'll give any immediate help or get much playing time.

By the way only 3 (or 4 if you count Cincy as a midmajor) midmajors are given any props on his list.

[MacabreMob]

His comments on Illinois seem to hint that Cole ... add(s) only to depth, and he doesn't think (he'll) give any immediate help or get much playing time.

I agree, but I am a known Illini Flamer.