New Rivals top 150 Class of 2009

[tornado]

Just posted today, revised rankings by Rivals...

http://basketballrecruiting.rivals.com/viewrank.asp?SID=910&Year=2009&ra_key=1642

A new #1, John Wall

Highest rated local recruit is #49 Brandon Paul (to Illinois)
DJ Richardson #57, Darius Smith #62, Joseph Bertrand #77, Diamond Taylor #82, Chris Colvin #112. Very few have pledged to mid-majors.


BUT-- this is encouraging....
Only a few of these top 150 have any of the Valley schools listed,
and no Valley school is listed more than once or twice on this list except Bradley, BUT...
a full SEVEN of them list Bradley as one of their options...SEVEN of the Rivals 150 still listing Bradley!
Rodney Williams #28, Glen Rice #56, Darius Smith #62, Eric Bledsoe #85, Reginald Buckner at #87, Chris Colvin at #112 and Jordan Prosser at #135 all list Bradley.

[mportsch]

Very promising! I'd love to see a couple of these highly ranked players choose the Braves. Smith, Colvin, and Prosser all seem most possible just because they are in-state, but it's great to see that the others are still listing Bradley as well.

[Stryker]

It would be GREAT if we could land 1 or even 2 of these guys that still list us. It's good to know that the staff are recruiting some great kids, even if it is unlikely that they commit to us.

[Da Coach]

ESPN has a new ranking for the Class of 2008--
http://insider.espn.go.com/ncb/recru...cker%2fespn150

Note Matt Roth is listed at #145, and Verdell Jones at #136.
Stan Simpson is #122, Brett Thompson is #134. Only Michael Dunigan (#21), Iman Shumpert (#26), and Kevin Dillard (#105) from Illinois are rated higher.

Scout recently released their updated Top 100--
http://scouthoops.scout.com/a.z?s=75...pid=88&yr=2008

[Da Coach]

Scout just revised their ranking for the class of 2009--

http://scouthoops.scout.com/a.z?s=75&p=9&c=4&cfg=bb&pid=88&yr=2009

Bradley is listed with a couple players--
Eric Bledsoe #90
Reggie Buckner #92