The late signing period is finally drawing to a close and most schools in the Big Ten are putting the finishing touches on their incoming classes of 2012. In that spirit, national scouting services have also released the majority of their final recruiting rankings and we’ve updated our compilation of Big Ten Recruiting Rankings.
| Rk |
School |
|
# |
Rivals |
Scout |
ESPN |
Avg. |
Avg. Score |
Cum. Score |
| 1 |
Indiana |
|
5 |
3.80 |
3.60 |
3.60 |
3.67 |
110.39 |
1335 |
| 2 |
Michigan |
|
5 |
3.80 |
3.20 |
3.20 |
3.40 |
103.78 |
1255 |
| 3 |
Michigan State |
|
4 |
4.00 |
4.00 |
4.25 |
4.08 |
101.70 |
1100 |
| 4 |
Iowa |
|
5 |
3.40 |
3.00 |
2.80 |
3.07 |
99.64 |
1205 |
| 5 |
Purdue |
|
4 |
3.75 |
4.00 |
3.75 |
3.83 |
98.46 |
1065 |
| 6 |
Northwestern |
|
4 |
3.00 |
2.75 |
2.25 |
2.67 |
80.89 |
875 |
| 7 |
Nebraska |
|
4 |
2.50 |
1.50 |
1.00 |
1.67 |
63.33 |
685 |
| 8 |
Penn State |
|
3 |
2.33 |
1.67 |
2.00 |
2.00 |
62.98 |
590 |
| 9 |
Minnesota |
|
2 |
3.00 |
3.00 |
3.00 |
3.00 |
59.49 |
455 |
| 10 |
Wisconsin |
|
1 |
5.00 |
5.00 |
5.00 |
5.00 |
55.47 |
300 |
| 11 |
Ohio State |
|
1 |
3.00 |
3.00 |
3.00 |
3.00 |
42.53 |
230 |
| 12 |
Illinois |
|
0 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
Find full class breakdowns, additions and subtractions of the last two months, and a note on how all of these numbers were calculated after the jump.
Movement
- April: Fahro Alihodzic, Keith Coleman and Jerran Young decommit from Nebraska
- Apr 6: Michigan adds commitment from Spike Albrecht
- Apr 13: Michael Orris decommits from Illinois
- Apr 15: Nebraska adds commitment from Deverell Biggs
- Apr 21: Ohio State adds commitment from Amedeo Della Valle
- May 2: Penn State adds commitment from Donovan Jack
- May 3: Nebraska adds commitment from Sergej Vucetic
- May 11: Michigan adds commitment from Caris LeVert
- May 14: Northwestern adds commitment from Mislav Brzoja
1. Indiana
| Name |
|
Pos. |
State |
Rivals |
Scout |
ESPN |
| Kevin Ferrell |
|
PG |
IN |
5 |
4 |
4 |
| Jeremy Hollowell |
|
SF |
IN |
4 |
4 |
4 |
| Peter Jurkin |
|
C |
NC |
3 |
3 |
3 |
| Ron Patterson |
|
SG |
IN |
3 |
3 |
3 |
| Hanner Mosquera-Perea |
|
PF |
IN |
4 |
4 |
4 |
2. Michigan
3. Michigan State
| Name |
|
Pos. |
State |
Rivals |
Scout |
ESPN |
| Matt Costello |
|
C |
MI |
4 |
4 |
4 |
| Gary Harris |
|
SG |
IN |
5 |
5 |
5 |
| Kenny Kaminski |
|
PF |
OH |
3 |
4 |
4 |
| Denzel Valentine |
|
SF |
MI |
4 |
3 |
4 |
4. Iowa
| Name |
|
Pos. |
State |
Rivals |
Scout |
ESPN |
| Anthony Clemmons |
|
PG |
MI |
3 |
2 |
2 |
| Mike Gesell |
|
PG |
NE |
4 |
4 |
4 |
| Patrick Ingram |
|
SG |
IN |
3 |
2 |
2 |
| Kyle Meyer |
|
C |
GA |
3 |
3 |
2 |
| Adam Woodbury |
|
C |
IA |
4 |
4 |
4 |
5. Purdue
| Name |
|
Pos. |
State |
Rivals |
Scout |
ESPN |
| Raphael Davis |
|
SG |
IN |
4 |
4 |
4 |
| A.J. Hammons |
|
C |
IN |
4 |
4 |
4 |
| Ronnie Johnson |
|
PG |
IN |
4 |
4 |
4 |
| Jay Simpson |
|
PF |
IL |
3 |
4 |
3 |
6. Northwestern
| Name |
|
Pos. |
State |
Rivals |
Scout |
ESPN |
| Mislav Brzoja |
|
SG |
IN |
3 |
3 |
NR |
| Kale Abrahamson |
|
SF |
IA |
3 |
3 |
3 |
| Sanjay Lumpkin |
|
SG |
MN |
3 |
3 |
2 |
| Alex Olah |
|
C |
IN |
3 |
2 |
2 |
7. Nebraska
| Name |
|
Pos. |
State |
Rivals |
Scout |
ESPN |
| Deverell Biggs |
|
PG |
NE |
3 |
NR |
NR |
| Benny Parker |
|
PG |
KS |
3 |
NR |
1 |
| Shavon Shields |
|
SG |
KS |
3 |
3 |
2 |
| Sergej Vucetic |
|
C |
MI |
NR |
NR |
NR |
8. Penn State
| Name |
|
Pos. |
State |
Rivals |
Scout |
ESPN |
| Donovan Jack |
|
PF |
PA |
NR |
2 |
2 |
| Akosa Maduegbunam |
|
SF |
MA |
3 |
NR |
2 |
| Brandon Taylor |
|
PF |
PA |
3 |
3 |
2 |
9. Minnesota
| Name |
|
Pos. |
State |
Rivals |
Scout |
ESPN |
| Charles Buggs |
|
PF |
TX |
3 |
3 |
3 |
| Wally Ellenson |
|
SG |
WI |
3 |
3 |
3 |
10. Wisconsin
| Name |
|
Pos. |
State |
Rivals |
Scout |
ESPN |
| Sam Dekker |
|
SF |
WI |
5 |
5 |
5 |
11. Ohio State
| Name |
|
Pos. |
State |
Rivals |
Scout |
ESPN |
| Amedeo Della Valle |
|
SG |
ITA |
3 |
3 |
3 |
12. Illinois
No class of 2012 commitments.
Ranking Explanations
Every player is given a normalized score on a 100 point scale for each of the three major scouting services. That score breaks down like this:
| Player Score |
|
| 100 = |
5* Player |
| 95 = |
4* and top 50 player |
| 90 = |
4* player not in top 50 |
| 85 = |
Top 150 player or top 30 at position |
| 80 = |
Top 40 at position |
| 75 = |
Top 50 at position or 3* player unranked at his position |
| 70 = |
Top 75 at position |
| 65 = |
Top 100 at position or 2* player unranked at his position |
| 60 = |
Top 300 player or 1* player unranked at his position |
| 50 = |
Player who has no star rating or position ranking |
That much is relatively simple. Those scores are combined into two cumulative metrics: Class Average Score and Class Cumulative Score.
- Class Average Score: Average normalized scores by service multiplied by the square root of the number of commitments/3.25 (13 total scholarships over 4 years).
- Class Cumulative Score: Sum of all normalized score for all recruits based on all services
The system is far from perfect. I wouldn’t hesitate to choose a one man class of Sam Dekker over a three man class consisting of Donovan Jack, Akosa Maduegbunam, Brandon Taylor – and I don’t think I’m alone. However, that problem is almost unavoidable when evaluating classes mathematically. As always, we’re open to suggestions on how to improve this feature.
Special thanks to Trent Montemayor for compiling all of the data.
