According to Rivals.com, the Big East as a whole, scored best in basketball recruiting for the class of 2007. In their top-30 signing classes, the Big East had 7 schools ranked. Arguably, the PAC-10 with its 5 teams (USC, Ariz., UCLA, ASU, UW) from a 10 team conference was at least as impressive. Especially since all 5 schools were ranked in the top-20.
Still, they decided to declare it was the Big East that came out ahead.
- Syracuse (4)
- Villanova (12)
- Cincinnati (15)
- DePaul (16)
- Georgetown (23)
- Pittsburgh (26)
- St. John’s (30)
- Seton Hall
- Rutgers
- Marquette
- Louisville
- Providence
- South Florida
- West Virginia
- Notre Dame
- UConn
In the conference breakdowns, the Big 11 also placed 5 teams (OSU, Purdue, Indiana MSU, Illinois); the SEC (Fla, UK, Ala, LSU) and Big 12 (K-State, Tex, OU, OSU) had 4 teams each, the ACC (Duke, NC St., VT) had 3 teams. Memphis and Gonzaga also made the list.
They didn’t have much to say about Pitt’s class other then DeJuan Blair is expected to be the man inside.
